Research
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
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
Digital Economy Network, Project on integarted traceability, IT application to food supply chain management
Group
Zoonosis Centre, through Food Security Network, Joint proposal in food safety for ESRC.
Group
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
Suttons Group
Research in innovation of logistics operations, Integrated decision making with business partners
Senior Manager
Liverpool Peel Port
Research in minimisation of congestion, cost reduction in logistics operations. Integration of control in port and road transportation.
Managing Director
NSG UK Ltd
Research in integration of enterprise systems, KTP and MSc projects
Dr jozsef baranyi, Dr yvan lemarc
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
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
Xijiao Liverpool University
Research collaboration with Logistics Centre at Suzhou Industrail Park, China.
Steve Tope
UNIPART
Tracking technology (RFID) application in food supply chain innovation. Research proposal to Defra
Professor Jari Porras
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Research in tracking technology enabled food supply chain innovation, Research proposal to EU FP7
Professor Yifei Zhao
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Collaboration in teaching and research with setting up a logistics institute
Prof. Bronek Wedzicha
The University of Leeds
Research on dynamic food shelf life management in chilled chains
Nano technology
Collaborative research proposal to EU FP7.
Group
Tranfoods Ltd.
Collaboration on developement of traceability systems, Research on operations management issues.
Group
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Collaboration of EU project, Propose research projects, Seminars, etc.
Individual
Research proposals, etc.
Individual
Linköping University
Collaboration of Proposing research projects, Paper writing, etc.