Biography

Dr Srai has extensive experience of leading large scale complex research projects comprising multiple stakeholders across industry, academia, and public bodies. His research team at the Institute for Manufacturing’s (IfM) Centre for International Manufacturing brings an engineering and strategic operations management perspective to the design, analysis and operation of international supply chains and the impact of advanced production and digital technologies. Through major collaborations with industry (individual firms and consortia), his research findings have directly underpinned major organisational change.As Head of the Centre for International Manufacturing (CIM), Dr Srai manages a group of 20 researchers, lecturers and practitioners. The Centre also operates in-depth collaborative projects with industry to develop manufacturing and supply chain capabilities and their associated network configuration models.

Work Experience

2007– : Head, Centre for International Manufacturing, IfM

2007– : Supply Networks Programme Director, IfM

2011: Chair, European Operations Management Conference (and Board Member 2010-12)

2009–2010: National Automotive Innovation Growth Team (UK)

2004–2007: Co-Director, Centre for International Manufacturing, IfM, University of Cambridge

2003– : Senior Industrial Fellow, Programme Leader, Supply Networks Industry Consortium

2001–2002: Senior Management (UK) - Unilever North Africa Middle East Regional Supply Chain

1999–2001: Supply Chain Director, Unilever (N. Africa & Middle-East)

1996–1999: Technical Director, Unilever Egypt (including profit responsibility for selected categories)

1994–1996: R&D Operations Manager, Detergents, Unilever HQ (Global) (£220m R&D spend)

1992–1994: Europe Lead Factory Manager, Liquids Factories, Unilever (Lever Europe)

Selected Publications

1. Lim, S and Srai, J.S., Examining the anatomy of last-mile distribution in omni-channel retailing: A supply network configuration and contingency approach, International Journal of Operations and Production Management (in print) DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2016-0733

2. MacCarthy, B., Blome, C., Olhager, J., Srai, J.S., Zhao, X., 2016, Supply Chain Evolution - Theory, Concepts, Science, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, DOI:10.1108/IJOPM-02-2016-0080 (highly commended paper award Emerald publishers)

3. Brennan, L., Ferdows, K., Godsell, J., Golini R., Keegan, R., Kinkel, S., Srai, J.S., Taylor M., 2015 Manufacturing in the world: where next?, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 35 Iss: 9, pp.1253 - 1274 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-03-2015-0135

4. Holweg, M and Srai, J.S. 2013. Exploring Interfaces: Making the case for interdisciplinary research, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 33 (7) 792-799

5. Srai J.S. and Gregory M.J., 2008. A supply network configuration perspective on international supply chain development. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 28(5), 386-411.

6. Lorentz, H., Kumar, M., Srai J.S., 2017, Managing distance in international purchasing and supply: a systematic review of literature from the resource-based view perspective, International Business Review (in print) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.09.002

7. Rezk, R., Srai, J.S., Williamson P., 2016, The impact of product attributes and emerging technologies on firms' international configuration, Journal of International Business Studies, on-line March 2016, doi:10.1057/jibs.2016.9, June/July 47 (5), pp. 610-618

8. Harrington, T.S., Phillips, M.A., Srai, J.S. 2016, Reconfiguring global pharmaceutical value networks through targeted technology interventions, International Journal of Production Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1221541

9. Srai J.S. and Ané, C, 2016, Institutional and strategic operations perspectives on manufacturing reshoring, International Journal of Production Research, DOI:10.1080/00207543.2016.1193247

10. Srai J.S., Kumar M., Graham G., Phillips W., Tooze J., Tiwari M.K., Ford S., Beecher P., Raj B., Gregory M.J., Tiwari M.K., Ravi B., Neely A., Shankar R., Charnley F., and Tiwari A., 2016, Distributed Manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities, International Journal of Production Research doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1192302

11. Srai, J. S., Harrington, T.S., and Tiwari, M.K., 2016, Characteristics of redistributed manufacturing systems: a comparative study of emerging industry supply networksInternational Journal of Production Research doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1214765

12. Kumar M., Graham G., Hennelly P., Srai J.S., 2016 How will Smart City Production Systems Change Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Production Research, 54 (23): 7181-7192. ISSN 0020-7543