Our research centre

Our mission is to develop and disseminate world-class knowledge and practices in supply chain management applicable to Australasian economies by fostering cooperation, collaboration and communication among academic researchers, educators and industry practitioners. We are committed to encouraging talent to the discipline of supply chain management, accelerating high-quality research and spearheading new ways to create and implement more efficient and cost-effective supply chain management practices.

The Centre is based in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management and is supported by a range of member companies and government agencies. The SCM Journal List ranks our university’s Supply Chain Management research in the top 100 worldwide in both analytical and empirical research, and the best in Australia and Aotearoa in analytical modelling research. The Centre aims to develop and disseminate world-class knowledge and practices in supply chain management that are applicable to New Zealand organisations.

As New Zealand is a geographically remote but export-oriented country, supply chain issues are critical to our economy. The operation and development of New Zealand’s ports are obviously strategic to the country’s economic performance but so too are a range of issues to do with national and international transportation, with storage and stock management, with manufacturing performance, and with supply chain problems in industry clusters.

New Zealand needs more supply chain professionals to help the country prosper. CSCM aims to draw on the strengths of our corporate members and industry supporters to produce top quality, industry-focused graduates. In conjunction with The University of Auckland, CSCM promotes education in supply chain management and creates future researchers, managers and policy makers who will shape supply chain management both socially and economically for the benefit of New Zealand. The Centre is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate study, internships and short courses through the Graduate School of Enterprise.

Supply Chain Knowledge Network New Zealand LinkedIn page

BEIS Supply chain management library resources