--- title: Cranfield Executive Development Blog | Professor Richard Wilding OBE description: "Professor Richard Wilding OBE, BSc, PhD, CEng, Eur Ing, FIET, FCILT, FCIPS, PFHEA is recognised globally for his thought leadership in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.\n\nRichard is a highly acclaimed presenter and regularly speaks at Industrial Conferences and has undertaken lecture tours of Europe and Asia at the invitation of local Universities; Confederations of Industry. He is passionate about taking and creating academic knowledge that creates ACTION in business. \n\nHe has published widely in the area of supply chain management and is Editorial Advisor to a number of top journals in the area. Richard was appointed in 2005 as the first ever Full Professor and Chair of \"Supply Chain Risk Management\" in the World in recognition of his significant contribution to this subject area. \n\nAwards and Recognition\n\n2018: The 2018 Annual UK Top100 Corporate Modern Slavery Influencers’ Index Listed, recognising individuals from all business sectors, media and academia who are influence leaders in raising awareness to end modern slavery and labour exploitation.\n\n2017: Winner - Logistics100 Award - singles out an individual from the U.K. SHD Logistics100 who has created the most significant impact within the profession during the previous year.\n\n2017: Winner - Lifetime Contribution to Training & Development in Logistics - Talent in Logistics Awards\n\n2015, 2016, 2017: SHD Logistics 100 Listed - The definitive list of the UK Logistics Industry's most influential players.\n\n2014, 2015, 2016, 2017: Rated No.1 Supply Chain Power Influencer on Twitter globally by SupplyChainOpz.com\n\n2013: Recipient of Institute of Engineering & Technology “Viscount Nuffield Silver Medal for Achievement in Design & Production” \n\n2013: Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to Business.\n\n2010: Honoured by and is listed in: \" Who's Who\" A & C Black, London (from 162nd Edition), Debrett's \"People of Today\" (from 2010 Edition), Marquis \" Who's Who in the World\" (from 2010 Edition). \n\n2010: Winner of the \"Individual Contribution Award\" at the \"European Supply Chain Excellence Awards\n\n2008: European Supply Chain Distinction Awards 2008, he received the `Distinguished Service Award for Thought Leadership and Service to Supply Chain Management`. \n\n1992-1997 University Of Warwick. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [Part-Time] Title: \"An Investigation into Sources of Uncertainty in Industrial Supply Chains; Amplification, Deterministic Chaos & Parallel Interactions.\"" --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - [Logistics and Supply Chain](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/logistics-and-supply-chain) - [Organisational Behaviour](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-behaviour) - [Organisational Resilience](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-resilience) - [Strategic Marketing and Sales](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategic-marketing-and-sales) - [Strategy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategy) - [Sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability) - [Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development) - Content - [Articles](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article) - [Whitepapers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/whitepaper) - [eBooks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ebook) - [Podcasts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) - [Webinars](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) - [Videos](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/video) - Programmes - [Open Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes) - [Customised Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/consultancy-and-custom-solutions) - [MBA Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/cranfield-mba-programmes) - [Master's Apprenticeships ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/management-and-leadership-masterships) - [The Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) ### Subscribe to our blog for exclusive insights. # The Blog ## Actionable insights from across the Cranfield network [![BECOME A MEMBER](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7) - [Recent Posts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership#topic) - [Small business](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/small-business#topic) - [Skills](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/skills#topic) - [Reflections](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/reflections#topic) - [Mentoring](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/mentoring#topic) - [Coaching](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/coaching#topic) - [Impact](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/impact#topic) - [Influence](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/influence#topic) - [Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management#topic) - [Conversations](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/conversations#topic) - [Talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent#topic) - [Career](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/career#topic) - [Back to Knowledge hub](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge#topic) ![7 golden rules of supply chain management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Cogs%20-%20cropped%20and%20rotated.png) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [7 golden rules of supply chain management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/7-golden-rules-of-supply-chain-management) ##### Supply chain resilience has been sorely tested by Covid-19. As the repercussions from the pandemic continue to ricochet around... *( read )* Tags: [supply chain management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/supply-chain-management), [logistics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/logistics), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/article) ![Five ways to prepare your supply chain for a post Covid-19 World now.](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/SC%20%28Supply%20Chain%29/SC%20Covid19%20Blog%20Image.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Five ways to prepare your supply chain for a post Covid-19 World now.](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/5-ways-to-prepare-your-supply-chain-for-a-post-covid-19-world-now) **The Covid-19 pandemic has put the nature of global supply chains into sharp relief: how free and open movement of goods and...** *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management) ![Was your supply chain prepared for Covid-19?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/SC%20%28Supply%20Chain%29/Was%20your%20Supply%20Chain%20Prepared%20for%20Covis-19%20Image.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Was your supply chain prepared for Covid-19?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/was-your-supply-chain-prepared-for-covid-19) **Coronavirus (Covid-19) measures are seizing up the global supply chain and have become an emergency for board executives. Once...** *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [reflections](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/reflections) ![What will supply chains look like in zero carbon Britain?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/What_will_supply_chains_look_like_in_zero_carbon_britain_Image_2019_2.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [What will supply chains look like in zero carbon Britain?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/what-will-supply-chains-look-like-in-zero-carbon-britain) **The policy commitment to make Britain the first zero carbon nation by 2050 has all kinds of implications for supply chains, how...** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), ![Supply chains and Brexit - To stockpile or not to stockpile?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/SC%20(Supply%20Chain)/To%20Stockpile%20or%20Not%20Blog%20Omage%202019.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Supply chains and Brexit - To stockpile or not to stockpile?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/supply-chains-and-brexit-to-stockpile-or-not-to-stockpile) **The initial flurry of advice from Government to businesses suggested stockpiling after Brexit would be a ‘good thing’. Now...** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), ![Multi-Omni Channel Retail Supply Chains](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/OmniChannel_Blog_Image_1_Sept19.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Multi-Omni Channel Retail Supply Chains](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/multi-omni-channel-retail-supply-chains) **Multichannel and [Omni channel supply chains](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/how-the-omnichannel-may-fail?hs_preview=EidgUYlk-11836245170) - what are they and what is the difference?** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), ![Supply Chain Leaders - Are you ready to share leadership?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Are_you_ready_to_share_leadership_blog_image_July19.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Supply Chain Leaders - Are you ready to share leadership?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/are-you-ready-to-share-leadership) **Make a Google search for images of ‘[leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/lessons-from-the-movies)’ and see what the word still implies: there’s one person at the front of the...** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), ![Supply Chain Collaboration](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/SC%20(Supply%20Chain)/SCMP/Supply%20Chain%20Collaboration%20Blog%20Image%202019.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Supply Chain Collaboration](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/supply-chain-collaboration) **Within the supply chain, we all want win-win relationships. The key to this is [collaboration](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/reducing-costs-through-collaborative-working-in-the-supply-chain) but we need to be able to develop...** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), ![Will Supply Chain 4.0 digitisation mean integration or disintegration?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/SC%20(Supply%20Chain)/Digitalisation%20mean%20integration%20or%20disintegration%20Blog%20Image%20July%202019.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Will Supply Chain 4.0 digitisation mean integration or disintegration?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/will-supply-chain-4.0-digitisation-mean-integration-or-disintegration) **Certainly [Supply Chain 4.0](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/supply-chain-4.0-the-digital-era) is going to make the numbers sparkle. Nike’s plans to move to a model that cuts lead times from 60 to...** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), ![Supply Chain - Brexit Trick or Treat?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Brexit_Trick_or_Treat_Blog_Image_2019.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/wilding.jpeg) By [Professor Richard Wilding OBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe) ## [Supply Chain - Brexit Trick or Treat?](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/supply-chain-brexit-trick-or-treat) **The new Halloween date for Brexit means supply chains are faced with a round of Trick or Treat in the lead up to October.** *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), [VIEW MORE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-richard-wilding-obe/page/2) ## Talk to us about your world Call us on [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+441234754500) [Talk to us ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/contact-us) [![cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png?width=300&name=cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development)   - - - - - - © Cranfield Management Development Ltd - **[execdev@cranfield.ac.uk](mailto:execdev@cranfield.ac.uk)  ·  [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+44%20(0)%201234%20754500)**  ·  [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://417879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/417879/Knowledge%20Hub%20%2B%20Blog/CED_KH_v6.mp4", "dateModified" : "2023-05-12T11:14:23.676Z", "description" : "", "duration" : "PT1M13S", "height" : 1080, "name" : "CED_KH_v6", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Knowledge%20Hub%20%2B%20Blog/CED_KH_v6.mp4/medium.jpg", "uploadDate" : "2021-07-08T10:07:25.171Z", "width" : 1920 } ```