The Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa hosts Distinguished Lecture Series and invites scholars and supply chain practitioners to deliver in-depth presentations to faculty and students of KNUST and other stakeholders. The series aims at providing attendees with the opportunity to learn about best practices, new techniques and ideas, and exemplary research activities and case studies.
Past Lectures:
2024-2025 Lectures
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024
Faith Mashele || University of Pretoria
“Beyond Disruption: Leveraging Strategic Foresight for Resilient Supply Chains”
2023-2024 Lectures
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
LT.COL. Solomon Ocran || Ghana Armed Forces
“Medical and Humanitarian Logistics in Disaster Settings: Preparedness and Response”
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Jonathan Helm || Indiana University
“The Role of Mobile Resources in Access to Healtcare in Undeserved Communities”
Thursday, May 22, 2024
Nannette Atuahene|| On Our Watch Global, LLC
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Marcia Mkansi ||Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of South Africa
2022-2023 Lectures
Thursday, September 15, 2023
Nathaniel Boso ||Professor of International Marketing and Strategy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
“Developing and Utilizing Relational Political Resources to Navigate Institutional Complexities”
Thursday, February 09, 2023
Frank Ojadi || Lecturer, Lagos Business School
“Seaports and African Trade: the Role of Ports in Africa’s Economic Growth”
Thursday, December 08, 2022
Denis M. Wolowiecki || Executive Managing Director of CAPS Research
2021-2022 Lectures
Friday, September 2, 2022
John Karani || Chairman, Kenya Institute of Supplies Management
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Veronica Villena|| Associate Professor, W.P Carey School of Business – Arizona State University.
“Do Sustainability and Resilience Go Hand in Hand? The Case of Pennsylvania Dairy Farmers”
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Speaker: Dr Samuel Fosso Wamba | Toulouse Business School, France
Title: Exploring AI capabilities in operations management: going from a bibliometic analysis to empirical studies
Friday, February 25, 2022
Speaker: Tobias Schoenherr, PhD | Michigan State University, Broad College of Business
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Mark Pagell, PhD, Chair in Global Leadership| Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University College Dublin | Co-Editor-in-Chief The Journal of Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and What Leading Journals like JSCM Look for in a Submission
Friday, October 1, 2021
Francis K. Ando-Baidoo, PhD | Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
How to Turn Your Thesis or Dissertation into a Peer-Reviewed Publication
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Mr Emmanuel Amoah-Adjei | Former Head of Supplies Division, Anglogold Ashanti, Obuasi
Supply Chain Management Strategies – Ways to reduce cost in an organization