Dr Graeme Heron
Management School
Senior University Teacher in Operations Management and Continuous Improvement
+44 114 215 7185
Full contact details
Management School
Room D042
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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I am Interim Director Executive and Professional Education and have over 28 years of experience in manufacturing industries, initially as an apprentice millwright, before progressing through engineering maintenance roles in the petro-chem and pharmaceutical sectors.
I moved across to the food sector in a management role in my early thirties and developed a career in operations fields including supply chain management, warehousing, purchasing and logistics over an 11 year period.
My civic roles supporting the wider aims of the University include holding a directorship of a national charity which fights food poverty and food insecurity whilst reducing food waste.We achieve this through interventions and reprovisioning, saving good food from going to waste and redistributing it to frontline charities. I see this role as a natural extension to my PhD (2011) which considered the application of the Theory of Constraints in the development of more sustainable and resource efficient local food supply chains.
I also sit on a regional freight partnership group, as well as being I am an active member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport.
As part of my move to Sheffield University I have recently assisted with bid writing with the Sheffield Real Junk Food Project and I have also become involved with a Circular Economy funded project as part of the University's Sustainable Food Futures initiative.
I have served as a global reviewer for the recently Chopra & Meindl’s ‘Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation’, I currently sit on an advisory board to Pearson Publishing undertaking a review of Operations Management teaching and materials support provision.I hold two external examiner subject specialist roles at Roehampton and Lincoln Universities, and my research was selected as part of Northumbria University’s Research Excellence Framework submission for 2014 and subsequently rated at 4*.
My current research interest include the emerging roles of data enabled food value chains, quality management in the transport sector, adapted management science tools for equal participatory and inclusive learning, addressing sub-optimisation in reverse logistics flows and increasing values in food localisation.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Multi-layer laser cutting of electrical steel sheets applied to electric machine laminations. PLOS ONE, 18(7).
- Modelled optimisation approaches for laser cutting sheets simultaneously applied to EV component production. PLoS ONE, 17(10).
- Food Waste in Event Catering: A Case Study in Higher Education. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 26(4), 262-278.
- Can transport operator schemes deliver regional sustainability benefits? The case of the UK Northern Powerhouse region. Sustainability, 12(4). View this article in WRRO
- Testing the Theory of Constraints in UK Local Food Supply Chains. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 33(9).
- Testing the theory of constraints in UK local food supply chains. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 33(10), 1346-1367.
- Sensible operational choices for the climate change agenda. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 21(3), 538-557.
- The relevance of transport operator schemes to the Northern Powerhouse and Transport for the North. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport. View this article in WRRO
- Environmental turbulence and the role of business functions in the manufacturing strategy debate: the case of UK-based SMEs and the Great Recession. Journal of General Management, 44(3).
Chapters
- Freight transport, storage and distribution organisations to be able to identify customer requirements In Wilding R (Ed.), Supply Chains in Action: A Case Study Collection in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement and Operations Management Kogan Page
- The Same But Different: A Comparative Analysis of Common Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Issues in the UK Multiple Retail Sector In Wilding R (Ed.), Supply Chains in Action - A Case Study Collection in Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement & Operations Management London: Kogan Page.
- 'You want it where?’ - How a holistic and end to end sustainable logistics strategy can inform manufacturing plant location decisions In Bak O (Ed.), Sustainable and Green Supply Chains Kogan Page
Conference proceedings papers
- Achieving Sustainable Freight Transport In Vietnam Using Earned Recognition Schemes. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Logistics Research Network Conference
- Infrastructuring Food Democracy The Formation of a Local Food Hub in the Context of Socio-Economic Deprivation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, November 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) (pp 1-27). New York, NY, United States, 9 November 2019 - 13 November 2019.
- Infrastructuring Food Democracy. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 3(CSCW) (pp 1-27)
- Adapted Kaizen Group Enquiry Based Learning; A Four Year Longitudinal Analysis Utilising a Hybridised Kaizen Group Model for Plural Participatory Inclusion in a Post Graduate Taught Programme and the Emerging Role of Digital Collaborative Space.. Proceedings of the Society for Research into Higher Education Conference 2018,. UK, 5 December 2018 - 7 December 2018.
- The Role of Applied Theory to Deliver Safety, Compliance, Air Quality & Competitive Benefits to the UK Road Freight Transport Sector. 23rd Annual Logistics Research Network Conference Proceedings. UK, 5 September 2018 - 7 September 2018.
- Determinamts of Food Waste in University Event Catering. 2018 AAEA Selected Papers https://www.aaea.org/meetings/2018-aaea-annual-meeting/presenters-participants/selected-papers, 5 August 2018 - 7 August 2018.
- THE CASE FOR FREIGHT OPERATOR RECOGNITION SCHEMES AS BUSINESS READINESS QUALITY MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR THE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE TRANSPORT AGENDA. Logistics Research Network Conference 2016 Proceedings. UK
- Addressing sub-optimisation of reverse logistics systems managing recycling and multi-trip packaging streams: A comparative analysis from the UK multiple retail sector in its potential to apply "Just in Time" paradigms to reverse logistics systems management. Sustainable Freight for City and Global Logistics, 2 September 2015 - 4 September 2015.
- Kaizen group enquiry based learning, primary data analysis & research led outputs; lessons from an undergraduate final year module based upon strategic supply chain management investigation utilising a hybridised Kaizen group model for plural participatory inclusion. Proceedings of the Society for Research into Higher Education Conference 2015,. UK
- Dealing with environmental turbulence – manufacturing strategy review and the changing roles of the business functions post 2008-recession. British Academy of Management Proceedings 2014. UK, 9 September 2014 - 11 September 2014.
- The Adoption of Lean Six Sigma in the UK ‘Third Sector’ to Reduce and Control Waste to Promote Good Practice in Supply to overcome Food Insecurity Amongst the Urban Poor. Fifth International Conference on Lean Six Sigma Proceedings. UK, 30 June 2014 - 1 July 2014.
- Value Chain Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, the Theory of Constraints and Guanxi as tools to Micro, Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises to Militate for Downstream Demand. Proceedings of the 2nd Global Conference on Business Management. 2014. Singapore, 12 June 2014 - 13 June 2014.
- The application of ‘just in time’ to reverse logistics to increase network efficiencies and sustainability factors: A feasibility study from the UK multiple retail sector.. Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings. Paris, 4 April 2014 - 6 April 2014.
- Realigning the manufacturing priorities of SMEs as a result of the 2008 UK economic downturn. British Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings 2013. UK, 10 September 2013 - 12 September 2013.
- Assessing and evaluating Circular Business Models through challenging life cycle costing approaches. Proceedings of the IS4CE2020 Conference of the International Society for the Circular Economy
- Assessing and evaluating Circular Business Models through challenging life cycle costing approaches. Proceedings of the IS4CE2020 Conference of the International Society for the Circular Economy
- The Development of Mid-Range Theory to Deliver Sustainable Organisational Change in the Road Freight Transport Sector: Evidence from the UK.. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight Transport, 5 December 2019 - 6 December 2019.
- Infrastructuring Food Democracy. Infrastructuring Food Democracy, 9 November 2019 - 13 November 2019.
Reports
- Manufacturing SMEs in the Post-recession Business Environment key messages for a sustainable business
- Standing at the crossroads: a comparative analysis of logistics, supply chain mechanisms, collaboration and customer fulfilment strategies at farmers markets in the north-east of England and the state of Delaware between May & October 2011.
- Investigating the practicalities and benefits of local food production and identifying any unintended effects and trade-offs - FO0104
Presentations
Other
- Fleet Operator Recognition Schemes: A management science approach for competitive advantage, the Northern Powerhouse Freight Strategy and Brexit.
- Brexit: Are you Ready?.
- Multi-layer laser cutting of electrical steel sheets applied to electric machine laminations. PLOS ONE, 18(7).
- Research group
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Operations Management and Decision Sciences (OMDS)
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- PhD Supervision
Graeme has previously supervised:
Name Thesis title Year of completion Mécia Miguel Methods and tools for evaluating the life cycle cost of new products around the Circular Economy 2023