My visit to the John Lewis warehouse
As a Logistics and Supply Chain MSc student at Cranfield, I recently had the opportunity to visit the John Lewis warehouse at Magna Park, which is a world-famous warehouse. The company has been a game-changer ...
The Cranfield Chronicles, winter edition: runway to Cranfield!
As I travel to Tuscany in Italy, sitting by the window in the train, looking out at the picturesque hills, it seems an ideal time for me to write about all things Cranfield, to appreciate ...
A new perspective on strategy
Sharing knowledge Four times a year Cranfield’s Centre for Business Performance (CBP) invites members of its Round Table https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research-clubs/the-business-performance-roundtable to meet for a discussion under Chatham House Rules. It’s an opportunity for managers and leaders ...
Micromanagement and the seductive lure of high-tech! Or Humans vs Automatons!
On our travels we often support, along-side other commercial suppliers, learning institutions working to educate and train various professions. At one of these sessions before Xmas, a colleague and Visiting Fellow at Cranfield, Glenn Chambers, ...
Doing a PhD: the trials and tribulations…
Well, let’s be honest: if you’d asked me if I was interested in doing a PhD four or more years ago I’d have said, "Don’t be mad!" I definitely told people who asked such questions ...
The ‘seductive’ side of sustainability
Since starting my master's in Corporate Sustainability, many people have asked, what is sustainability? Countless times I’ve heard “oh, that’s needed, but how do you implement it?” At times, it has been a difficult question ...
Book Review: “The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results”
Basically, this book explains what “Mission Command” (subject of our on-going blogs) really is so that you can actually understand it, and start applying it on a practical basis. It also lines up beautifully with ...
Researching… the latest digital trends
Whether you’re researching the latest consumer electronics, or up and coming smart home tech, our industry and market resources can help you get up to speed with the latest trends and forecasts so you don’t ...
Snow fight between LSCM and PSCM
On the day of December 10th, which was the day before our exam in Accounting and Finance, students on the Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Procurement and Supply Chain Management courses were trying to ...
Why I would recommend Cranfield
From September 24th to December 23rd, it takes 100 days to see all leaves gone from the trees. And I realized I’ve been here for three months already. (Yes, Denyse, as you said in the ...