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Aerial shot of parked trucks, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

It’s high time for alliances to ensure supply chain security, researchers urge

19 Oct 2023

̽»¨Ö±²¥COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the interconnected nature of global supply chains, and showed how a disruption in one part of the world can have...

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Dr Jagjit Singh Srai.

Comfortable with the uncomfortable

09 Nov 2022

Dr Jag Srai on finding unexpected ways around a problem and putting new supply chain thinking into practice with global companies.

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Keep taking the tablets

Take your medicine: how research into supply chains will help you take care of yourself

14 Jun 2017

Researchers are working with pharmaceutical companies to make improvements across the whole supply chain, from how a pill is made to the moment it is...

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Robots and carbon targets may signal the end of globalisation

17 May 2017

A new book suggests there is early evidence of a coming U-turn in the globalisation of manufacturing – and that the story we are told about the...

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pharmaceuticals

How bright is your digital future?

18 Jan 2017

Dr Jag Srai, Head of the Centre for International Manufacturing at Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, and colleagues are developing new ways to...

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Ford Rouge Factory Tour

Unlocking innovation in the supply chain

26 Apr 2016

Jinchen Hou from the Institute for Manufacturing comments on how members of complex supply chains can form alliances, in order to unlock the...

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Increasing the efficiency of food supply chains can decrease wastage

Keeping the supply chain flowing

06 Oct 2015

In this age of rapid and escalating change, what can businesses do to flourish? Take a look at their supply chains, say researchers in the Centre for...

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Tha'll do

Putting a price on our future

07 Oct 2013

Helping big businesses consider their impact on the environment is leading to a re-evaluation of activities to combine profitability with...

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