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Dr Dong Li PhD

Reader in Operations and Supply Chain Management Operations and Supply Chain Management

    Research

    Research Overview

    Dong is a Reader working for Operations and Supply Chain Management Department. His present research is mainly in sustainable agri-food supply chain management, circular economy practice in supply chains, green logistics and supply chain optimisation. He is presently the grants holder of over €1M research project funded by EC H2020 on sustainable food security. His other research was granted by UK EPSRC on collaborative research on logistics innovation; by EU FP7 on integrated container supply chain management; by UK TSB on local food logistics systems; by EU ERDF on green packaging supply chains. And he was also a co-investigator of EU FP7 project on resilient supply networks and China NSFC funded Project on urban logistics systems.
    Dong’s research has been published extensively in high-ranking international journals such as Omega, EJOR, IJPE, TRB, TRE, IJPR, PPC, etc. He is a member of Editorial Boards of several international journals and Leading Guest Editor of special issues of a number of international journals. He was a assessment board member of a food supply chain research programme of Canadian Department of Environment and Agriculture, a Policy Advisory Group member for European project WeastFlows on sustainable transportation. Dong has been working closely with industries, including Peel Ports, Food Northwest, Sainsbury’s Supper Markets, Weir & Carmichael Ltd and Graham Oakes Ltd, etc, and international firms on food supply chain innovation, food waste reduction, green packaging supply chains and local food logistics solutions, etc.

    Research Interest 1

    Food supply chain management;
    Logistics/Supply chain Optimisation;
    Green supply chain and Logistics;
    Tracking and tracing enabled food supply chain innovation

    Research Grants

    EC-Asia Research Network on Integration of Global and Local Agri-Food Supply ChainsTowards Sustainable Food Security (GOLF)

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    January 2018 - October 2023

    Enhancing and implementing Knowledge based ICT solutions within high Risk and Uncertain Conditions for Agriculture Production Systems - RUCAPS

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    October 2016 - April 2022

    The feasibility of advance selling strategy in reducing household food waste

    DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS (UK)

    March 2016 - February 2019

    Collaborate to Innovate (C2I)

    EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

    April 2012 - June 2015

    ENRICH: EC-ChiNa Research Network on Integrated Container Supply CHains

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    October 2013 - September 2017

    Resilient Multi-Plant Networks (REMPLANET)

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    May 2009 - April 2012

    Overseas Travel Grant for a Maritime Logistics Symposium and a Research Visit at Shanghai

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    September 2010 - December 2010

    The KTP will help Suttons transform from being not only a third-party logistics provider (3PL) but also supply chain designer and manager.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL, INNOVATE UK (UK), SUTTON AND SONS LTD (UK)

    January 2010 - December 2011

    Research Collaborations

    Group

    External: Weir & Carmichael

    ERDF funded project through Centre of Global Eco-Innovation on development of product and supply chain assessment and design tools for green packaging.

    Group

    Internal

    Digital Economy Network, Project on integarted traceability, IT application to food supply chain management

    Group

    Internal

    Zoonosis Centre, through Food Security Network, Joint proposal in food safety for ESRC.

    Group

    External: Beijing Jiaotong University

    Working in a project on Eco-Supply Chain Information Platform, funded by the Minitry of Science and Technology, China.

    Collaboration of paper publication, Regular seminars/workshops, etc.

    Managing Diretor

    External: Suttons Group

    Research in innovation of logistics operations, Integrated decision making with business partners

    Senior Manager

    External: Liverpool Peel Port

    Research in minimisation of congestion, cost reduction in logistics operations.

    Integration of control in port and road transportation.

    Managing Director

    External: NSG UK Ltd

    Research in integration of enterprise systems, KTP and MSc projects

    Dr jozsef baranyi, Dr yvan lemarc

    External: Institute of Food Research

    Food shelf-life modelling for food waste minimisation in supply chains.

    Collaboration in research proposal to Defra

    Professor Zhibin Jiang, Ming Dong, Feng Chen

    External: Shanghai Jiaotong University

    Research collaboration in logistics innovation with tracking technology advancement and environment impact control.

    Collaboration in research proposal to RCUK, EPSRC

    The management group

    External: Xijiao Liverpool University

    Research collaboration with Logistics Centre at Suzhou Industrail Park, China.

    Steve Tope

    External: UNIPART

    Tracking technology (RFID) application in food supply chain innovation. Research proposal to Defra

    Professor Jari Porras

    External: Lappeenranta University of Technology

    Research in tracking technology enabled food supply chain innovation, Research proposal to EU FP7

    Professor Yifei Zhao

    External: Shanghai Jiaotong University

    Collaboration in teaching and research with setting up a logistics institute

    Prof. Bronek Wedzicha

    External: The University of Leeds

    Research on dynamic food shelf life management in chilled chains

    Nano technology

    Internal

    Collaborative research proposal to EU FP7.

    Group

    External: Tranfoods Ltd.

    Collaboration on developement of traceability systems, Research on operations management issues.

    Group

    External: Lappeenranta University of Technology

    Collaboration of EU project, Propose research projects, Seminars, etc.

    Individual

    Internal

    Research proposals, etc.

    Individual

    External: Linköping University

    Collaboration of Proposing research projects, Paper writing, etc.