Research Projects

Explore our research and learn more about Cranfield's impact

A Novel Events Environmental Sustainability Platform

This project will develop a novel Events Environmental Sustainability Platform to help events management companies and their clients verify their Greenhouse Gas emissions, and to make recommendations on how to reduce related GHG emissions
Adopting Additive Manufacturing to Enhance Supply Chain Resilience

This project aims to search for decision support system (DSS) for facilitating additive manufacturing (AM) adoption decisions in supply chains (SCs).
Blockchain Implementation in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

This project explored the true potential of blockchain technology along with developing an implementation framework for food and pharmaceutical supply chain management
Building Modern Supply Chain Resilience

Cranfield University's Resilience Grand Challenge is developing a guide to Modern Supply Chain Resilience for Practitioners
Can migrant entrepreneurs produce a more cosmopolitan outlook?

Insights into migrant entrepreneurs and cosmopolitan change
CECAN

Measuring the effectiveness of UK energy, water, environment and food policies
Co-opetition

Co-opetition takes place where rival companies come together
Co-Production of Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems for Disadvantaged Communities

The project aims to provide citizens of socio-culturally adverse disadvantaged communities with choice over the food they consume
Cost to serve

Measuring cost-to-serve in clothing omnichannel supply chains and exploring the ways to reduce it by using data standards
Cranfield investigates ways to improve platelet distribution

NHS Blood and Transplant has teamed up with Cranfield to improve nation-wide distribution of these very short shelf life products
CryoHub

Investigating and extending the potential of large-scale cryogenic energy storage
Development of a Tool for Assessing Supply Chain Readiness Levels in the Defence Sector

To enable advanced engineering systems and complex programmes to be developed successfully, there must be a viable means of delivery including a fit for purpose supply chain design
Eco-Ready

This project will develop a real-time surveillance system aiming to provide real-time assessments for the food system.
ENCORE

Establishing a strategically important network in engineering complexity resilience
ERP Integrated AI-Driven Inventory Forecasting Software

MacMillan Education (UK) funded project explored ways to improve inventory forecasting by leveraging ERP functionalities and advanced data analytics (AI) capabilities.