FOROPON Cyril

Dr. Cyril Foropon is Full Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, and the Director of Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Programs at Montpellier Business School (MBS). He holds a PhD in Management from HEC Paris. His research interests are Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Healthcare Operations, Humanitarian Operations Management, Humanitarian Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.0, Lean Operations, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management. He is particularly interested in the implementation of Lean management within both service and manufacturing organizations, quality management practices within ISO 9000 candidate organizations, process management within humanitarian operations and supply chains, the impact of emerging technologies in the field of operations and supply chain management, and the use of metaphors in operations management theory building. His articles are published in IJPE, IJPR, IJOPM, AOR, JCP, MD, IJIM, JEIM, IJLM, TFSC, amongst other leading academic journals. He serves as an Associate Editor of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management.

Case method teaching expert (Harvard Business School), International Teachers Program (ITP) participant (London Business School), and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Executive Certified (Centrale Supélec), Professor Foropon has more than 15 years of teaching experience in front of a large variety of audiences (Undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, Master, MSc, DBA, and Executive education), at leading international business schools (France, Canada, China, India). Moreover, he has developed a CGE-accredited Master of Science (MSc) in Lean Operations Management with a view to prepare all MSc students to face challenges, to solve problems, and to embrace opportunities within all types of companies in order to transform these firms into world-class and highly successful companies.

Cyril is the Director of Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Programs at MBS offered successfully in China and Tunisia as well as the Digital DBA Program which is fully delivered online.

DUBEY, R., D. J. BRYDE, C. BLOME, Y. K. DWIVEDI, S. CHILDE, C. FOROPON, "Alliances and digital transformation are crucial for benefiting from dynamic supply chain capabilities during times of crisis: a multi-method study", International Journal of Production Economics, March 2024, vol. 269, no. March 2024, pp. 109166

FOROPON, C., M. TIWARI, R. DUBEY, D. BRYDE, F. STAVROPOLOU, S. KUMARI, "Modelling Supply Chain Visibility, Digital Technologies, Environmental Dynamism and healthcare Resilience: an Information Processing Theory Perspective", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, August 2024, vol. 188, no. August 2024, pp. 103613

DUBEY, R., D. J. BRYDE, Y. DWIDEDI, G. GRAHAM, C. FOROPON, T. PAPADOPOULOS, "Dynamic digital capabilities and supply chain resilience: The role of government effectiveness.", International Journal of Production Economics, April 2023, vol. 258, no. April 23, pp. 108790

BAG, S., M. S. RAHMAN, G. SRIVASTAVA, M. GIANNAKIS, C. FOROPON, "Data-driven digital transformation and the implications for antifragility in the humanitarian supply chain", International Journal of Production Economics, December 2023, vol. 266, no. December 2023, pp. 109059

DUBEY, R., D. J. BRYDE, Y. K. DWIVEDI, G. GRAHAM, C. FOROPON, "Impact of Artificial Intelligence-driven Big Data analytics culture on agility and resilience in huM.tarian supply chain: A practice-based view.", International Journal of Production Economics, August 2022, vol. 108618, no. 250

DUBEY, R., A. GUNASEKARAN, S. CHILDE, D. BRYDE, M. GINANNAKIS, C. FOROPON, D. ROUBAUD, "Big data analytics and artificial intelligence pathway to operational performance under the effects of entrepreneurial orientation and environmental dynamism: A study of manufacturing orgA.ations.", International Journal of Production Economics, August 2020, vol. 226, no. August 2020, pp. 107599

LATAN, H., C. CHIAPPETTA JABBOUR, A. LOPES DE SOUSA JABBOUR, P. CAMARGO FIORINI, C. FOROPON, "Innovative efforts of ISO 9001-certified manufacturing firms: evidence of links between determinants of innovation, continuous innovation and firm performance.", International Journal of Production Economics, October 2020, vol. 3, no. 29, pp. 797-826

LARSON, P., C. FOROPON, "Process improvement in humanitarian operations: an organizational theory perspective.", International Journal of Production Research, December 2018, vol. 21, no. 56, pp. 6828-6841

FOROPON, C., R. MCLACHLIN, "Metaphors in operations management theory building.", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, January 2013, vol. 2, no. 33, pp. 181-196

FOROPON, C., M. TIWARI, D. BRYDE, F. STAVROPOLOU, S. KUMARI, R. DUBEY, "Modelling Supply Chain Visibility, Digital Technologies, Environmental Dynamism and Healthcare Supply Chain Resilience: An Organisation Information Processing Theory Perspective" Forthcoming Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Operations management, Operational excellence and continuous improvement, Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, Artificial intelligence - Automotive manufacturing

Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Case Study Research Strategy, Lean Management, Introduction To Research, Operational Excellence, Strategic Project Management, Theory of Constraints