Research Projects

Explore our research and learn more about Cranfield's impact

Adopting Additive Manufacturing to Enhance Supply Chain Resilience

This project aims to search for decision support system (DSS) for facilitating additive manufacturing (AM) adoption decisions in supply chains (SCs).
Blockchain Implementation in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

This project explored the true potential of blockchain technology along with developing an implementation framework for food and pharmaceutical supply chain management
Building Modern Supply Chain Resilience

Cranfield University's Resilience Grand Challenge is developing a guide to Modern Supply Chain Resilience for Practitioners
Can migrant entrepreneurs produce a more cosmopolitan outlook?

Insights into migrant entrepreneurs and cosmopolitan change
CECAN

Measuring the effectiveness of UK energy, water, environment and food policies
Co-opetition

Co-opetition takes place where rival companies come together
Co-Production of Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems for Disadvantaged Communities

The project aims to provide citizens of socio-culturally adverse disadvantaged communities with choice over the food they consume
Cost to serve

Measuring cost-to-serve in clothing omnichannel supply chains and exploring the ways to reduce it by using data standards
Cranfield investigates ways to improve platelet distribution

NHS Blood and Transplant has teamed up with Cranfield to improve nation-wide distribution of these very short shelf life products
CryoHub

Investigating and extending the potential of large-scale cryogenic energy storage
Eco-Ready

This project will develop a real-time surveillance system aiming to provide real-time assessments for the food system.
ENCORE

Establishing a strategically important network in engineering complexity resilience
FDI Location Choice

Understanding how Chinese multinationals choose foreign direct investment (FDI) location
Future trends in logistics and supply chain management

We were commissioned to identify the major logistics and supply chain management trends which will have an impact on specific sectors in the next five years
GEM

Encouraging employers to improve gender balance in key decision-making positions