Professor Bartholomew MacCarthy

BA (Open), PhD (Bradford), FIMA (Institute of Matthematics and its Applications (IMA)), FIOM (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)), FIET (Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET))

Department: Operations Management and Information Systems
E-mail: Bart.MacCarthy@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 115 9514025
Location: C09 (Si Yuan Building, Jubilee Campus)

Professor MacCarthy is Professor of Operations Management at the University of Nottingham. Following his PhD at the University of Bradford, he undertook postdoctoral work at the Mathematics Institute at the University of Oxford. His research spans the analysis, modelling and management of supply chains and operational systems, employing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with particular interests in the impact of digital technologies.

His has led major research projects on Supply Chain Management, Decision Support in Planning and Scheduling, Order Fulfilment Modelling and Mass Customization. Sources of funding have included the research councils, European funding agencies and industry. He has researched and consulted with a range of companies in automotive, aerospace, engineering, textiles and clothing, consumer products, food, logistics and retail sectors. He has published widely in the Operations, Supply Chain, and Management Science literatures and delivered many keynote and plenary addresses on Supply Chain and Operations Management topics. He is Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management and an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Production Economics having been European Editor until February 2022. Currently he is European Vice-President and Board Member for the Decision Sciences Institute (2022-2024) with responsibilities for Europe.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and a member of other professional and learned organisations including POMS, EUROMA, ORS, and COPIOR, the UK's Committee of Professors of Operational Research. As well as the UK research councils, he has reviewed research and funding applications, promotions and appointments for Institutions in many countries.

He teaches at Executive, MBA and Masters levels in Operations, Supply Chain and Project Management. He developed Nottingham's Executive Masters program in Global Supply Chain Management with Rolls-Royce and has previously been Head of the Operations Management and Information Systems Department (OMIS) as well as Director of MBA programmes at Nottingham. He is Nottingham's representative on the Board of the Industrial Policy Research Centre (IPRC), located at Loughborough University.


Areas of Expertise
Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain Mapping. Supply Chain Analysis. Supply Chain Digitalization. Retail Supply Chains. Process Analysis. Forecasting and Operations Planning.