Dr Alireza Shokri

Associate Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Alireza Shokri is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Operations and Supply Chain Management and the subject group leader of "Operations, Supply Chain and Logistics Management" in the Department of Operations, Marketing and Systems. Prior to the current position, Alireza was the programme leader for the BA (Hon) International Business Management Programme. Before joining Newcastle Business School in 2011, Alireza had different practitioner roles including supply chain manager, quality manager, and ISO9001 internal consultant in food sector. Alireza got his first degree in Agriculture Engineering in University of Zanjan, Iran following by MSc in Food Technology in 2001 in Teesside University in the UK. Alireza completed his PhD in Lean Six Sigma application within food distribution SMEs in 2011 and since then he is working as an academic.

Alireza is passionate in teaching and research. He is very active in action research and research/Enterprise development activities. Alireza is currently leading the "Global Operations and Supply Chain Competitiveness" Research Interest Group with academic members across the globe. Alireza is also member of editorial board for the “International Journal of Lean Six Sigma". As the referee, Alireza is serving many different specialised and high ranking journals such as “International Journal of Operations and Production Management", "International Journal of Production Economics", "International Journal of Lean Six Sigma" and "International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management". As the principal investigator, Alireza currently led a British Academy - funded project about Green application of Lean Six Sigma projects in manufacturing sector. He is also part of the project management team as the quality manager and researcher of a multi-disciplinary global EU-funded (1m Euros) project as part of "Horizon 2020" called "GETM3 Project". The latest research funded project that Alireza was involved as principal investigator was an Innovate UK-funded feasibility study (£300k) in collaboration with external partners in digital supply chain and predictive maintenance integration.

Alireza's research focuses on Lean Six Sigma and its application in service and manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma integration with Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.0, HR and Sustainability, Supply Chain Quality Management and process improvement and Lean Management. His research has been published in international leading/excellence level journals in his research including "International Journal of Operations and Production Management (ABS 4*).

Alireza is the member of Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) as the practitioner. Alongside that, Alireza is the Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), and member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) that is co-joint professional body with Chartered Institute of Operations Management (CIOM). Alireza is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Green belt with professional capability of leading on lean Six Sigma projects.

Alireza is keen on working with local, national and international businesses and he is the strong believer on "Research in Practice". Alireza is currently working with leading organisations such as "Unipress", "Nifco", “NBT", "North East Chamber of Commerce", "North East Freight Partnership", etc.

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Key Publications

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Impact of perceived importance of cultural readiness factors on perceived importance of Lean Six Sigma success factors for manufacturers, Shokri, A., Li, G. 25 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
Industry 4.0 and Lean Six Sigma integration in manufacturing: A literature review, an integrated framework and proposed research perspectives, Skalli, D., Charkaoui, A., Cherrafi, A., Garza-Reyes, J., Antony, J., Shokri, A. 6 Jan 2023, In: Quality Management Journal
A global study on applicability of ISO 18404:2015 for SMEs: an exploratory qualitative study, Antony, J., Swarnakar, V., Salentijn, W., Shokri, A., Doulatabadi, M., Bhat, S., Mcdermott, O., Jayaraman, R., Sony, M. 4 Oct 2022, In: TQM Journal
A new way of environmentally sustainable manufacturing with assessing transformation through the green deployment of Lean Six Sigma projects, Shokri, A., Antony, J., Garza-Reyes, J. 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production
One size does not fit all: agri-food supply chain resilience in small and medium enterprises, Martins Sa, M., Gadema, Z., Shokri, A., Noorizadegan, M., Gonul, M. 2022, 29th International EurOMA conference
A readiness self-assessment model for implementing green lean six sigma initiatives in manufacturing, Shokri, A., Antony, J., Garza-Reyes, J. 16 Feb 2021, 28th EurOMA Conference
Evaluating Performance of Projects Using Six Sigma Approach, Sindhwani, R., Vaidya, O., Shokri, A., Antony, J. 28 Jul 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Managing a mega-project to explore and enhance careers: Insights from Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3, Pearce, A., Harney, B., Bailey, M., Dziewanowska, K., Bosak, J., Pease, P., Stalker, B., Skoumpopoulou, D., Doyle, P., Clegg, S., Shokri, A., Crane, S., O’Donnell, S., Quan, R., Ko, I., Mihelic, K., Kase, R., Cerne, M., Sun, H., Brueckner, J., Wu, S., Valencia Hernandez, J., McMackin, J. 8 Jun 2021, Handbook of Research Methods in Careers, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
Optimization Methods on Electricity Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning Problem, Noorizadegan, M., Shokri, A. 2021, Applied Operations Research and Financial Modelling in Energy , Cham, Springer

Current and Recent Projects

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Digital Spare Parts Supply Chain: An Integrated Solution of Spare Parts Inventory Management and PredictiveMaintenance, Shokri, A. (Principal Investigator), Innovate UK, 01/04/21 - 30/09/21, £79,531.00
Cultural investigation for green implementation of Lena Six Sigma projects in the manufacturing sector, Shokri, A. (Principal Investigator), British Academy, 01/01/19 - 31/07/19, £8,616.00
Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3 MSCA RISE Project No 734824, Pearce, A. (Principal Investigator), Shokri, A. (Co Investigator), European Commission, 14/12/16 - 30/12/20, £769,355.00

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: The Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management On-line Conference 2020
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: GETM3 Sandpit Dublin 2020 2020
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: ISME Lean Six Sigma/Lean Workshop for SMEs 2019
Invited talk: Flyer for ISME and GETM3 SandPit Lean Six Sigma talk for irish businesses 2019
Invited talk: Lean Six Sigma workshop invited by ISME 2019
Visiting an external academic institution: Technological University Dublin 2019
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: GETM3 Sandpit Dublin 2019 2019
Publication Peer-review: Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Publisher) 2019
Oral presentation: LSS awareness workshop to be presented to the Slovenian Government 2018
Other: Database for evaluation of awareness workshop and its impact 2018

PGR Supervision

Mohammed Sharaf AI-driven B2B supply chain automation: process, model and framework Start Date: 03/01/2022
Modupe Ferreira PhD Start Date: 01/12/2021
Fredrick Sheshe An Investigation into supply chain risk factors and their impact on performance of humanitarian pharmaceutical supply chain in Sub-Sahara Africa - A case study of the supply chain system for UNICEF Tanzania Start Date: 19/01/2016 End Date: 12/11/2018
Mahmoud Ramezani The role of continuous improvement methodologies in manufacturing SMEs to promote regional economic growth: A case study of the UK Northern Powerhouse Start Date: 01/03/2019
Rhoda Bello-Adeyinka PROMOTING AN INTEGRATED LEAN AND AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN TO OPTIMISE THE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 11/11/2021