Dr Tony Anosike
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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management
Email: a.anosike@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591078
Room: E320
Department: Centre for Supply Chain Improvement
Faculty: Business, Computing and Law
School: Derby Business School
Subject Area: Supply Chain Improvement
I'm working with a fantastic team at the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at Derby Business School. Derby Business School has a long-standing record as a Centre of Excellence in the area of supply chain and logistics.We specialise in delivering process improvements in supply chains, logistics and in manufacturing areas. We believe that streamlined and efficient processes that are properly aligned to strategic objectives are key to achieving sustainable competitiveness. Our expertise is continuously refined through our applied research activities in supply chain technologies such as RFID, and process improvements techniques such as Lean and Agile Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints and Systematic Innovation.I am passionate about improving organisational profitability and competitiveness through improvements and innovations in supply chain, logistics and manufacturing processes. I believe that every organisation has certain operational potential that can be identified and harnessed. Our aim is to help clients across industry sectors to identify unrealised operational potential and implement tangible improvements that are sustainable and reflect on bottom line.Over the years, I have worked with a range of manufacturing organisations delivering operational improvements of strategic importance to the client organisations as a consultant and also through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. I have scoped and managed KTP projects that delivered significant value to clients. So, we welcome various forms of collaborations with companies and other academic institutions in the form of KTPs, trainings, consultancy, joint research funding applications, student projects etc.
Research interests
- I am interested in exploring the following tools: Lean and Agile Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints and Systematic Innovation (TRIZ) to find out how the tools (or parts of the tools) can be integrated to form a coherent methodology for process improvement in manufacturing, supply chain and logistics applications.
- Applications of multi-agent systems in transport network modelling and optimisation; supply chain and logistics modelling and co-ordination; manufacturing systems modelling, simulation and control.
- Supply chain configuration and optimisation for new product development. For new products, particularly for start-ups, identifying and organising suppliers for the parts of the new products can be overwhelming. The current approach is mostly trial and error and hit and miss. I am interested in looking at ways to make the process much easier, efficient, effective and less costly.
- Waste reduction in food supply chain. It is estimated that about half of all global food are lost or wasted before and after they reach the consumer. I am keen to look into ways to help companies such as retailers, suppliers and logistics companies to minimise food waste that occur in their supply chains.
