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Robert Mason

Yr Athro Robert Mason

Professor in Logistics

Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd

Email
MasonRJ@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75511
Campuses
Adeilad Aberconwy, Ystafell C46, Rhodfa Colum, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU

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Dr Robert Mason is a Reader in Logistics at Cardiff Business School. He has led/participated in a number of research programmes. He has published around 120 papers around two main themes, logistics and developing organisational process capability, in many leading journals and conferences. He has also co-authored, with Barry Evans, two books which bring much of this work together: The Lean Supply Chain (2015) and Marketing and Logistics Led Organisations (2017).

His research interests centre on the optimisation of supply chain system processes which includes topics such as the integration of transport/logistics into national and international supply networks, the management of inter-organisational relationships (vertical and horizontal) and the organisation of enterprise to deliver customer value. He has a particular focus on the retail logistics sector. His PhD, entitled Collaborative Logistics Triads in Supply Chain Management, was awarded in 2009.

Robert's teaching profile focuses on logistics and supply chain management modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises a number of PhD students His former PhD student, Dong-Wook Kwak, was awarded The James Cooper Cup from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport for best Phd in 2015. He has acted as both an Internal and External PhD Examiner, as the External Examiner for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Logistics and Management Programmes and acts as a course validator and assessor for Universities in the UK and internationally, notably in Greece and Oman.

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Research interests

  • the optimisation of supply chain system processes including:
    • the integration of transport/logistics into national and international supply networks;
    • the management of inter-organisational relationships (vertical and horizontal);
    • the organisation of enterprise to deliver customer value.

    Robert covers many industries but has a particular focus on the retail logistics sector.

PhD supervision research interests

  • Applications of lean principles
  • E-commerce
  • Freight transport
  • Home shopping
  • Impact of e-commerce on supply chains
  • Lean logistics
  • Logistics and transport management
  • Logistics business relationships
  • Supply chain collaboration
  • Supply chain management
  • Sustainable distribution

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Teaching commitments

  • Undergraduate Year 3 - International Business Logistics
  • Postgraduate - International Logistics
  • Supervising MSc dissertation students and MBA Business project students
  • Supervising several doctoral students

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Qualifications

  • 2009 PhD (Cardiff University) Title: 'Collaborative Logistics Triads in Supply Chain Management'
  • 2000 MBA (Distinction), Cardiff Business School. Dissertation title: 'The Impact of E-commerce on the UK Grocery Industry'
  • 2000 Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing

Editorial work

  • International Journal of Production Economics - special issue editor

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

  • Best Cardiff Business School Dissertation Supervisor (2012)
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) Cymru - National Transport Award Winner (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

  • British Academy of Management (BAM)
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)