Dr Luai Jraisat is a Senior Lecturer of Logistics and Operation Management at Faculty of Business and Law (FBL), University of Northampton, UK.  Luai received his Ph.D. degree in Supply Chain Management from Brunel University-London, UK, hold M.Sc degree in Marketing from the University of Huddersffield, UK. 

Luai’s focus is to provide high quality teaching and develop research group and publications. He teaches both UG and PG levels, in addition to supervision of MSc, DBA and PhD projects. He has published more than 30 research works including top journals, conferences, professional reports and books. His key publications have appeared in a variety of journals (some ranked 3* ABS) including International Marketing Review, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Tourism Review, etc.. Further to this, he worked with project teams and consultancy works to implement best practices across more than 10 countries including UK, France, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Germany, Netherland, Tunisia, Gulf Countries and Jordan. He took part as a senior expert in international funded projects on Supply Chain Management (SCM), Value Chain Analysis (VCA), Marketing, Logistics, Sustainability and Food Markets. Those projects were funded by European Union (EU), World Bank (WB) United Nations (UN), USAID, FAO, GIZ, ICARDA, IFAD, ICARDA, CBI, CHIEAM-IAMM-France, CIHEAM-MAIB-Italy, Soges S.p.A-Italy, Planet-Greece, British Standards Institution (BSI) and other bodies.

Professional Qualifications: 

• A Fellow of High Education Academy (FHEA), UK.
• A member at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), UK.
• A member at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), UK.
• A member at Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), U.S.A. 
• A member at European Operation Management Association (EurOMA), EU.

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Value Chain Analysis.
• Sustainability Practices and Supply Chain Operations.
• Industrial Marketing.
• Food Supply Chain and Agriculture.

PhD and DBA Projects

1. Research (Supervisor Role): Sustainability in the Leather Supply Chain.

2. Research (Supervisor Role): Risk and Resilience in Medical Supply Chain Management: The Case of Pharmaceutical Industry in the UK

3. Research (Supervisor Role): Inducing Sales of Stagnant Inventory Through Deployment of a Sales Force Reward System with Inventory Considerations: A Case Study of The Abu Khader Automotive Group in Jordan.

4. Research (Supervisor Role): The Role of Ministry of Education in Implementing Government Policy towards Knowledge Economy

5. Research (External Supervisor Role/completed): The impact of the development of food retailing on Jordanian agricultural producers

Viva External Examiner/ Panel at FBL -University of Northampton 

1. Resaerch: Wheat supply chain: a comparative study of sustainability issues concerning Brazil and the United Kingdom through Circular Economy lenses

2. Research: A transition from linear to circular economy to enhance the sustainability of Supply Chain Management

Programmes at Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)

Luai is involved in a set of programmes as a module leader:

• MSc/BSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• MSc/BSc Project Management.
• MSc Business Analytics.
• MSc Strategic Technology Management.
• MBA CIPS
• MSc/BSc Distance Learning

Module Leader:

• BSOM072 Risk and Resilience in Holistic Value Chain Management
• BSOM064 Applied Logistics, Procurement and Supply
• BSOM077 Business Research Project
• BSOM076 Research Project
• BSOM073 Finance and Procurement Management
• BSOM074 Critical Issues in Project Management
• BSOM053 Project Management 
• BSO3017 Strategic Management of The Digital Organization
  
• BSOM054 –DL Dissertation and Research Methods 
  
• BSOM056 –DL Service Transition Management 
  
• BSOM057 –DL Service Operation Managemnt 
  

Teaching:

Undergraduate Level 6:

• BSO008 Supply Chain and Operations Management
• BSO009 Logistics Solutions
• BSO3017 Strategic Management of The Digital Organization

Postgraduate Level 7:

• BSOM072 Risk and Resilience in Holistic Value Chain Management
• BSOM064 Applied Logistics, Procurement and Supply
• BSOM073 Finance and Procurement Management
• BSOM046 Operation and Supply Chains-Stafford-Dubai
• BSOM077 Business Research Project
• BSOM076 Research Project

Postgraduate Level 8:

• PhD Supervision
• DBA Supervision

A member of the Centre for Sustainable Business Practices (CSBP), FBL, University of Northampton, UK.