Intelligent Operations and Resilient Supply Chains

The Intelligent Operations and Resilient Supply Chains (IORSC) research cluster carries out cutting-edge research and co-creates sustainable solutions with the stakeholders. Supply chains and operations are facing enormous challenges due to ongoing disruptions, especially in critical sectors such as healthcare, food, textiles, automotive, and energy.

New innovative ways and various intelligent options are required for managing and operating businesses to rebuild necessary resilience. Additionally, addressing challenges arising from the transition from linear to circular economic models to support sustainability requires managing different operations and supply chain management areas together from a holistic perspective.

To tackle such challenges, this cluster brings together key stakeholders, including a group of academics in Operations and Supply Chain Management, practitioners, and policymakers.

About us

In 2023, two academics with expertise in operations and supply chain management, Dr. Khadija Tahera and Dr. Oznur Yurt, founded the cluster with the goal of strengthening ties between practitioners and policy makers outside of the university as well as encouraging global collaboration and exchange between practitioners and academics.

Areas of expertise

Meet the team

Co-leads

• Khadija Tahera (Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, FBL)
• Oznur Yurt (Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain, FBL).

Members

• Bjorn Claes (Teaching Director Masters Programmes and Senior Lecturer)
• Carla Pereira (Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, FBL)
• Imelda.Haran (Knowledge Exchange Manager, The OU in Ireland, Belfast Office)
• Nicoleta Tipi (Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain, FBL)
• Liz Ponting (Business Development Manager, Account Management)
• Sheena Deley (Business Development Manager, Research and Enterprise, FBL, Research Directorate).

Associated members/collaborators

• Prof Claudia Eckert (Professor in STEM)
• Prof Mathew Cook (Profession in Innovation in STEM)
• Dr Francesca Calo (Lecturer in Management, Pulse, OU)
• Dr Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues (Lecturer in Engineering Management at the Department of Design, Manufacturing, and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Scotland)
• Dr Carolina Belotto Pedroso (Assistant Professor in Business and Economics, University of Twente, The Netherlands)
• Dr Flávio Henrique Costa de Oliveria (Lecturer in Industrial Engineering, FAAP, Brazil)
• Dr Jelena Vlajic (Senior Lecturer/Associate professor in Supply Chains and Operations Management, Queen’s Management School, Queen's University Belfast)
• Dr Fabiano Armellini (Associate Professor in Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada).

Our PhD Students

• Mr Ankith Kamalakshi Ramesh
• Mr Timothy Stevenson
• Mr Bakut Louis Dawuda
• Mr Liu Zhong