Professor Richard Wilding in the Financial Times
Collaboration in the Supply Chain
The Financial Times on Friday 1Oth November 2006 included a special supplement on "Understanding Collaboration". This was supported by a specially commissioned introductory article by Professor Richard Wilding on the creation of collaborative business environments titled "Playing the tune of shared success" Pages 2 & 3.
A pdf download of the printed version is available here.
The Financial Times web version of the article is available here
For the complete web supplement see www.ft.com/collaboration
For details on the SCCI (Supply Chain Collaboration Index) methodology for measuring the success of Collaborative Business Relationships co-developed by Professor Richard Wilding see www.sccindex.com
The Financial Times article by Clare Gascoigne "A broad constituency" (page 11) where Dr Andrew Humphries, the co-developer of the SCCI methodology, discusses collaboration in the Public Sector is available in web version here
For further information on the background to Professor Richard Wilding's and Dr Andrew Humphries work on business to business relationships see the following academic publications:
Humphries A. & Wilding R.D. "Partnerships in UK Defense Procurement," The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 12,No. 1 (2001), pp. 83-96.
Remko Van Hoek, Robina Chatham & Richard Wilding“Managers in Supply Chain Management: the critical dimension” Supply Chain Management: an international journal, Vol. 7 No.3 (2002) pp. 119 – 125.
Humphries, A. and Wilding, R.D. “Sustained Monopolistic Relationships: an interdisciplinary case” (with Andrew Humphries) British Journal of ManagementVol. 14 No.7 (2003) pp.323-338
Humphries A. & Wilding, R.D. “Sustained Monopolistic Business Relationships:A UK Defence procurement case” European Journal of Marketing Vol 38 No.1/2 (2004) pp99-120
Humphries A. & Wilding, R.D. “UK Defence Supply Chain Relationships: a study of Sustained Monopoly” Management Decision Vol 42 No. 2 (2004) pp259-276.
Humphries A. & Wilding R.D. “Long term collaborative relationships: the impact of trust and C3 behaviour” Journal of Marketing Management , Vol. 20, No. 9-10, (November 2004) pp. 1107-1122 (ISSN 0267-257X)
Wilding, R.D. & Humphries A."Understanding collaborative supply chain relationships through the application of the Williamson organisational failure framework" International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol. 36 No.4 (2006) pp.309-329.
Global Souring in the Supply Chain
The Financial Times on Friday 19th October 2006 included a special supplement on "Mastering Transactions". This was supported by a specially commissioned article by Professor Richard Wilding and Professor Alan Braithwaite on Effective Sourcing for Transaction Success - "Untangling Sourcing and Transactions".
A pdf download of the article is available here.
The Financial Times web version of the article is available here.
For further information on this see our Professor Richard Wilding's and Professor Alan Braithwaites chapter in "Managing Business Risk: a practical guide to protecting your Business"
“The Supply Chain Risks of Global Sourcing” (with Alan Braithwaite) Chapter 3 pp. 23-35, Managing Business Risk: a practical guide to protecting your business – 3rd Edition (Editor Jonathan Reuvid) ISBN 0-7494-4510-6, Kogan Page Limited, London & Philadelphia, 2006
Chaos in the Supply Chain
The Financial Times on Friday 7th April 2006 included a special supplement on "Managing Uncertainty". This contained a commissioned article by Professor Richard Wilding on page 5 on "Supply Chain Uncertainty" with the title "The Ghost in the Machine".
A pdf download of the article is available here.
The Financial Times web version of the article is available here.
For further information on the background to Professor Richard Wilding's research on Chaos in Supply Chains please see the following publications:
PhD Thesis
Wilding, R.D. "An Investigation into Sources of Uncertainty in Industrial Supply Chains; Amplification, Deterministic Chaos & Parallel Interactions.” PhD Thesis, Dept of Engineering, University of Warwick, U.K. 1997.
Academic Papers
Wilding, R.D. "Chaos Theory; Implications for Supply Chain Management”, International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol 9, No 1, pp 43-56, 1998
Wilding, R.D. “The Supply Chain Complexity Triangle: Uncertainty Generation in the Supply Chain”, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, MCB University Press, Vol 28, No.8, pp 599-616, 1998 (see attached download)
Download the Supply Chain Complexity Triangle Uncertainty Generation in the Supply Chain. (With thanks to the IJPDLM publisher Emerald Insight)
Professional Journal Publications.
Wilding, R.D. “Stock Uncertainty”, The Manufacturer, Conquest Publishing, pp 4-5, March/April 1998
Wilding, R.D. “Chaos Complexity and Supply-Chains”, Logistics Focus – The Journal of the Institute of Logistics. Vol 6, No.8, pp 8-10, October 1998
Wilding, R.D. “Planning for Uncertainty”, Logistics Solutions - The Magazine of the NITL Ireland (National Institute for Transport & Logistics, Ireland), Issue 1, pp 32-34, 1999
