Umair joined Exeter Business School in 2022 as Senior Lecturer in Operations Management. Prior to joining Exeter, Umair was a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management and Director of Resources and Work Allocation at University of Bristol.
Over the past 14 years, Umair has worked as senior leader, consultant, lecturer and a mentor in top institutions (i.e. University of Bristol, UCL, University of Warwick and Exxon Mobil).
Umair’s research interests are interdisciplinary, within the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management. His research predominantly adopts the analytical and empirical approaches. His current research interests include Food sustainability, social media research, Circular Economy and sustainable supply chains.
Qualifications
MBA, PGCAP, FHEA, FCILT
Research interests
- Circular Economy
- Sustainable Supply Chain
- Optimisation
- Operations Management
I am interested in supervising students who are interested in circular economy, SSCM, and specifically in operations management area. I have supervised students with analytics back ground. Some of the most recent dissertations I have supervised are titled as:
- Fuzzy TOPSIS for selection and evaluation of digital technologies in the context of circular supply chain management
- Framing integrated Sustainable Supplier Selection Criteria for HVAC Manufacturing firms
- Building an interactive low-cost air quality monitoring dashboard for a pre-revenue start-up with Streamlit
- Cognitive diversity and its contribution towards early-stage innovation success, using text analysis-based personality type predictions
Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year
Publications by category
Journal articles
Tanveer U (In Press). What configurations of structures facilitate supply chain learning? a supply chain network and complexity perspective.
International Journal of Operations & Production Management DOI.
Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Oqueli T (2023). An Insight into the Application of Gradations of Circularity in the Food Packaging Industry: a Systematic Literature Review and a Multiple Case Study.
Sustainability,
15(4), 3007-3007.
Abstract:
An Insight into the Application of Gradations of Circularity in the Food Packaging Industry: a Systematic Literature Review and a Multiple Case Study
Given its unsustainable growth, the food packaging industry (FPI) has become a priority industry in the circular economy. Given the academic significance attributed to the gradations of circularity in maximising resource efficiency in the food packaging industry, this paper aims to identify the current state of the application of those gradations of circularity in the FPI by finding the least and most commonly used circular strategies in the FPI. Moreover, it aims to identify the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the gradations of circularity and the levers for overcoming such barriers through SLR using multiple case studies, namely five small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the FPI that each represent one of the five least implemented circular strategies. The research identified that the efforts of the FPI toward adopting circular strategies were not aligned with the gradations of circularity. Based on the research findings, a lever–barrier matrix is proposed as a toolkit for SMEs planning a transition toward the circular economy or are in the transition phase.
Abstract.
DOI.
Yousaf Z, Mihai D, Tanveer U, Brutu M, Toma S, Zahid SM (2022). Organizational Innovativeness in the Circular Economy: the Interplay of Innovation Networks, Frugal Innovation, and Organizational Readiness.
SUSTAINABILITY,
14(11).
Author URL.
DOI.
Yousaf Z, Panait M, Tanveer U, Cretu A, Hrebenciuc A, Zahid SM (2022). Value Creation through Frugal Innovation, Innovation Capability and Knowledge Sharing in a Circular Economy.
SUSTAINABILITY,
14(14).
Author URL.
DOI.
Machokoto M, Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Areneke G (2021). Decreasing investment-cash flow sensitivity: Further UK evidence.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS,
38 Author URL.
DOI.
Koliousis IG, Tanveer U, Ishaq S (2020). A conceptual information sharing framework to improve supply chain security collaboration.
International Journal of Value Chain Management,
11(4), 346-365.
DOI.
Tanveer U, Koliousis IG, Ishaq S (2020). A conceptual information sharing framework to improve supply chain security collaboration.
International Journal of Value Chain Management,
11(4).
DOI.
Chapters
Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Gough A (2021). Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector: Food Waste Management Perspective. In (Ed)
Challenges and Opportunities of Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector, 55-75.
DOI.
Publications by year
In Press
Tanveer U (In Press). What configurations of structures facilitate supply chain learning? a supply chain network and complexity perspective.
International Journal of Operations & Production Management DOI.
2023
Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Oqueli T (2023). An Insight into the Application of Gradations of Circularity in the Food Packaging Industry: a Systematic Literature Review and a Multiple Case Study.
Sustainability,
15(4), 3007-3007.
Abstract:
An Insight into the Application of Gradations of Circularity in the Food Packaging Industry: a Systematic Literature Review and a Multiple Case Study
Given its unsustainable growth, the food packaging industry (FPI) has become a priority industry in the circular economy. Given the academic significance attributed to the gradations of circularity in maximising resource efficiency in the food packaging industry, this paper aims to identify the current state of the application of those gradations of circularity in the FPI by finding the least and most commonly used circular strategies in the FPI. Moreover, it aims to identify the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the gradations of circularity and the levers for overcoming such barriers through SLR using multiple case studies, namely five small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the FPI that each represent one of the five least implemented circular strategies. The research identified that the efforts of the FPI toward adopting circular strategies were not aligned with the gradations of circularity. Based on the research findings, a lever–barrier matrix is proposed as a toolkit for SMEs planning a transition toward the circular economy or are in the transition phase.
Abstract.
DOI.
2022
Yousaf Z, Mihai D, Tanveer U, Brutu M, Toma S, Zahid SM (2022). Organizational Innovativeness in the Circular Economy: the Interplay of Innovation Networks, Frugal Innovation, and Organizational Readiness.
SUSTAINABILITY,
14(11).
Author URL.
DOI.
Yousaf Z, Panait M, Tanveer U, Cretu A, Hrebenciuc A, Zahid SM (2022). Value Creation through Frugal Innovation, Innovation Capability and Knowledge Sharing in a Circular Economy.
SUSTAINABILITY,
14(14).
Author URL.
DOI.
2021
Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Gough A (2021). Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector: Food Waste Management Perspective. In (Ed)
Challenges and Opportunities of Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector, 55-75.
DOI.
Machokoto M, Tanveer U, Ishaq S, Areneke G (2021). Decreasing investment-cash flow sensitivity: Further UK evidence.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS,
38 Author URL.
DOI.
2020
Koliousis IG, Tanveer U, Ishaq S (2020). A conceptual information sharing framework to improve supply chain security collaboration.
International Journal of Value Chain Management,
11(4), 346-365.
DOI.
Tanveer U, Koliousis IG, Ishaq S (2020). A conceptual information sharing framework to improve supply chain security collaboration.
International Journal of Value Chain Management,
11(4).
DOI.
External Examiner Positions
External Examiner at Cardiff University.
My objective as a teacher is to develop students as independent learners by motivating them to develop their own learning interests and critical thinking. As an experienced academic, I know the importance of ethnic & cultural diversity, learning abilities, and collaborative learning in the student learning journey and try to make my course content interactive and inclusive for the diverse range of students at both UG and PG levels. I make the content and activities challenging for students that stimulate them to think outside the box and better engage with their own learning process.
I use gamification, simulation, case studies and group discussions that encourage students to develop their critical thinking and make connections between the academic and practical world alongside improving their communication and transcultural skills.
I am the module leader for BEMM784, Operations Management
