Courses taught

Director, MSc in Major Programme Management.
MSc in Major Programme Management: Managing Performance.
Executive MBA: Operations Management.
Executive education short courses: Leading Change.

Expertise

Major programme management.
Leadership.
Delivering performance improvement.
Addressing retail losses.
Inter-organisational collaboration.

Overview

Paul Chapman has BEng (Hons), MSc and Engineering Doctorate (EngD) degrees from the University of Warwick. Before joining Oxford he was a Senior Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management and previously in the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick. Paul teaches at Copenhagen Business School, where he has twice been elected teacher of year on the Executive MBA.

Paul’s work in the automotive, aerospace and retail sectors has led to significant reductions in new product development time; introducing DFx concepts into product design; increased supply chain responsiveness and reducing waste and loss. In Europe’s grocery retail sector this work has delivered more than US$1billion in savings in recent years. This means that Paul has a track record of working closely with practitioner organisations to understand their potential for development and to realise these opportunities. Paul applies this capability as a consultant for a range of organisations across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. 

Research interests:

Paul’s research is focussed on mechanisms for benefit delivery, especially the role of collaboration. This takes concepts at the heart of operations management, especially engineering and production, and blends these with other insights. This includes researching the mega project phenomena, for example on the EPSRC funded ‘Super Value Goods Initiative’ and through managing projects in the aerospace sector, including at Airbus, Rolls-Royce and British Airways. He has also worked internationally researching logistics and supply chain management, which means he has a broad understanding of the major programme management field.

Books:

Beck, A.; Chapman, P.; Peacock, C., (2003), Shrinkage: a collaborative approach to reducing stock loss in the supply chain, ECR Europe, Brussels.

Book chapters:

Beck, A.; Bilby, C. and Chapman, P. (2003), “Tackling Shrinkage in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Supply Chain: Developing a Methodology,” in Gill, M. (editor) Managing Security, Perpetuity Press, Leicester.

Chapman, P.; Thayil, V.; Harrison, A. (2003) Supply chain redesign at Finnforest Corp. in Johnson, R; Chambers, S; Harland, C; Harrison, A; Slack, N.,  (2003) Cases in Operations Management Pearson Education, Harlow.

Journal articles:

van Hoek, Remko and Chapman, Paul (2007), “How To Move Supply Chain Beyond Cleaning Up After New Product Development”, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, V12 N4, pp239-244.

Chapman, Paul (2007) “Using FMEA to address lead-time variability: A tutorial”, Supply Chain Practice, V9 N1, pp 90-104.

Chapman, Paul and Templar, Simon (2006), “Scoping the Contextual Issues that Influence Shrinkage Measurement”, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, V34 N11, pp 860-872.

Chapman, Paul and Templar, Simon (2006), “Methods for Measuring Shrinkage”, Security Journal, V19 N4, pp 228-240.

van Hoek, Remko and Chapman, Paul (2006), “From Tinkering Around The Edge To Enhancing Revenue Growth: Supply Chain-New Product Development”, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, V11 I5, pp 385-389.

Chapman, Paul, (2003) “Time Based Process Mapping: A Technique for Diagnosing Supply Chain Performance.” Supply Chain Practice, V5 N4, pp 72-83

Beck, A.; Bilby, C. and Chapman, P. (2003), “Tackling Shrinkage in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Supply Chain: Developing a Methodology,” Security Journal, V16 N2, pp 61-75.

Chapman, P. and Wilding R., (2002), “The Biotechnology R&D Supply Chain Environment,” European Pharmaceutical Review, Issue 1 pp 7 – 11.

Beck, A., Chapman, P. and Peacock, C., (2002) “A Practical Way to Shrink Shrinkage,” International Commerce Review (ECR Journal) V2 N2 2002 pp 59-63

Beck, A.; Bilby, C. and Chapman, P. (2002), “Shrinkage in Europe: stock loss in the fast-moving consumer goods sector,” Security Journal V15 N4 pp25-40.

Chapman, P.A., James-Moore S.M.R., Szczygiel, M. and Thompson, D., (2000) “Building Internet Capabilities in SMEs.” Logistics Information Management V13 Nov / Dec 2000. pp 353-360.

Working papers:

Cerruti, C., Harrison, A. and Chapman, P. “Agile supply networks in the Italian fashion industry”.

Chapman, P., Bernon, M and Haggett, P. “Diagnosing Delivery Time Variability: A Case Study”.