Staff profile

Atanu Chaudhuri is an Professor in Technology & Operations Management at Durham University Business School. He has around 9 years of industrial experience spanning automobile manufacturing, operations and supply chain consulting and research. He has worked with firms like Tata Motors, ECS Limited and Deloitte Research. He also has 9 years of academic experience and has held academic positions at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and at Aalborg University, Denmark. He had received the Best Teacher Award from the Study Board of Business and Industry at Aalborg University in 2017. He also leads the Digital Supply Chain working group of Mobility goes additive, a leading network for advancement and adoption of 3D Printing in mobility related industries and has been invited to speak at multiple industry forums on additive manufacturing in Denmark and Sweden.
His research interests are in supply chains and business models for digital manufacturing (with particular focus on additive manufacturing technologies), supply chain risk management and supply chain integration. His research is inspired by real problems in the industry and is most relevant for automotive, aerospace, industrial products, food processing, food retail and logistics industries. He is currently working on problems related to part selection for additive manufacturing, designing suitable supply chain structures and business models for additive manufacturing, design for additive manufacturing and its impact on performance, predictive analytics for maintenance and spare parts planning, risk and recall management in food supply chains and adoption of digital technologies in cold chains.
He has received funding from UK-India Education and Research Initiative, Danish agency for Science and Higher Education and Innovation Fund, Denmark, Turkish Research Agency (TUBITAK) for his research.
Dr. Chaudhuri has published in leading journals in Operations, Supply Chain and Technology Management such as International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Transportation Research: Part E, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Computers and Industrial Engineering, R&D Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management among others. He is also a Senior Associate Editor of International Journal of Logistics management.
Dr. Chaudhuri received his doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. His Phd focussed on integrated product platform planning, pricing and launch sequence determination and supply chain design for different platforms of commercial vehicles. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India.

Mini-Biography

Atanu Chaudhuri is an Professor in Technology & Operations Management. His research interests are in supply chains and business models for digital manufacturing (with particular focus on additive manufacturing technologies), supply chain risk management and supply chain integration.

• Supply chains and business models for digital manufacturing
• Supply chain risk management
• Supply chain integration.

Chapter in book

• Chaudhuri, A., & Massarola, D. Economic and environmental assessment of spare parts production using additive manufacturing. In Industry 4.0 and Hyper-Customized Smart Manufacturing Supply Chains. IGI Global
• Chaudhuri, A. (2015). Supply chain innovations in health care. In V. K. Singh, & P. Lillrank (Eds.), Innovations in Healthcare Management:Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions (261-272). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18113
• Theory and Practice of Managing Risk (303-317). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-778-5_11
• The Art and Science Behind Successful Product Launches (243-256). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2860-0_13
• Chaudhuri, A., & Singh, K. (2009). Two period product choice models for commercial vehicles. In N. Srinivasa Raghavan, & J. A. Cafeo (Eds.), The Art and Science Behind Successful Product Launches (289-301). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2860-0

Journal Article

• Palit, N., Chaudhuri, A., & Mishra, N. (online). Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: An optimization based approach. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05199-4
• Priyadarshini, J., Kr Singh, R., Mishra, R., Chaudhuri, A., & Kamble, S. (online). Supply chain resilience and improving sustainability through additive manufacturing implementation: a systematic literature review and framework. Production Planning and Control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2023.2267507
• Chaudhuri, A., Waehrens, B. V., Treiblmaier, H., & Jensen, S. F. (online). Impact Pathways: Digital Product Passport for embedding circularity in electronics supply chains. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-01-2024-0012
• Sharifi, E., Chaudhuri, A., Farahani, S. D., Staal, L. G., & Waehrens, B. V. (2025). Virtual warehousing through digitalized inventory and on-demand manufacturing: a case study. Computers in Industry, 164, Article 104184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2024.104184
• Chaudhuri, A., Bhatia, M. S., Subramanian, N., Kayikci, Y., & Dora, M. (2024). Socio-technical capabilities for blockchain implementation by service providers: multiple case study of projects with transaction time reduction and quality improvement objectives. Production Planning and Control, 35(9), 978-991. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2022.2128865
• Bhatia, M. S., Chaudhuri, A., Kayikci, Y., & Treiblmaier, H. (2024). Implementation of Blockchain-Enabled Supply Chain Finance Solutions in the Agricultural Commodity Supply Chain: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective. Production Planning and Control, 35(12), 1353-1367. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2023.2180685
• Pal, T., Ganguly, K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2024). Digitalisation in Food Supply Chains to build resilience from disruptive events: A combined Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge-based view. Supply Chain Management, 29(6), 1042-1062. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-02-2024-0108
• Edwards, D., Subramanian, N., Chaudhuri, A., Morlacchi, P., & Zeng, W. (2024). Use of delivery drones for humanitarian operations: analysis of adoption barriers among logistics service providers from the technology acceptance model perspective. Annals of Operations Research, 335(3), 1645-1667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05307-4
• Moursellas, A., De, D., Wurzer, T., Skouloudis, A., Reiner, G., Chaudhuri, A., Manousidis, T., Malesios, C., Evangelinos, K., & Dey, P. K. (2023). Sustainability Practices and Performance in European Small-and-Medium Enterprises: Insights from Multiple Case Studies. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 3(2), 835-860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-022-00224-3
• Chaudhuri, A., Bhatia, M., Kayikci, Y., Fernandes, K., & FossoWamba, S. (2023). Improving social sustainability and reducing supply chain risks through blockchain implementation: role of outcome and behavioural mechanisms. Annals of Operations Research, 327, 401–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04307-6
• Devi, Y., Srivastava, A., Koshta, N., & Chaudhuri, A. (2023). The role of operations and supply chains in mitigating social disruptions caused by COVID-19: a stakeholder dynamic capabilities view. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 34(4), 1219-1244. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-04-2021-0235
• Oliveira, L., Silva, A. D., Pereira, C. R., & Chaudhuri, A. (2023). The stakeholder’s roles in risk management related to food supply chain recalls: a systematic literature review. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 34(1), 106-129. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-05-2021-0261
• Fernandes, K. J., Milewski, S., Chaudhuri, A., & Xiong, Y. (2022). Contextualising the role of external partnerships to innovate the core and enabling processes of an organisation: A resource and knowledge-based view. Journal of Business Research, 144, 146-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.091
• OliveiraCosta, F., Moraes, C., Silva, A., Delai, I., Chaudhuri, A., & Pereira, C. (2022). Does Resilience Reduce Food Waste? Analysis of Brazilian Supplier-Retailer Dyad. Journal of Cleaner Production, 338, Article 130488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130488
• Chaudhuri, A., Subramanian, N., & Dora, M. (2022). Circular economy and digital capabilities of SMEs for providing value to customers: Combined Resource-Based View and ambidexterity perspective. Journal of Business Research, 142, 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.039
• Ghadge, A., Er, M., Ivanov, D., & Chaudhuri, A. (2022). Visualisation of ripple effect in supply chains under long-term, simultaneous disruptions: A System Dynamics approach. International Journal of Production Research, 60(20), 6173-6186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1987547
• Chaudhuri, A., Naseraldin, H., & Narayanamurthy, G. (2022). Healthcare 3D Printing Service Innovation: Resources and Capabilities for Value Co-Creation. Technovation, 121(102596), Article 102596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102596
• Chaudhuri, A., Praetorius, T., Narayanamurthy, G., Hasle, P., & Pereira, V. (2021). Finding your feet in constrained markets: How bottom of pyramid social enterprises adjust to scale-up technology enabled health care delivery. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173, Article 121184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121184
• Chaudhuri, A., Datta, P. P., Fernandes, K. J., & Xiong, Y. (2021). Optimal pricing strategies for Manufacturing-as-a Service platforms to ensure business sustainability. International Journal of Production Economics, 234, Article 108065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108065
• Boer, H., Boer, H., & Chaudhuri, A. (2021). Guest Editorial: Digitalization – Developing Design and Implementation Theory. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 32(3), 537-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-04-2021-463
• Chaudhuri, A., Gerlich, H. A., Jayaram, J., Ghadge, A., Shack, J., Brix, B. H., Hoffbeck, L. H., & Ulriksen, N. B. (2021). Selecting spare parts suitable for additive manufacturing: A design science approach. Production Planning and Control, 32(8), 670-687. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1751890
• Flores, I., Kretzschmar, N., Azman, A. H., Chekurov, S., Pedersen, D. B., & Chaudhuri, A. (2020). Implications of lattice structures on economics and productivity of metal powder bed fusion. Additive Manufacturing, 31, Article 100947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100947
• Chaudhuri, A., Nasseraldin, H., Soberg, P. V., Krol, E., & Librus, M. (2020). Should hospitals invest in customised on-demand 3D printing for surgeries?. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 41(1), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-05-2020-0277
• Frandsen, C., Nielsen, M., Chaudhuri, A., Jayaram, J., & Govindan, K. (2020). In search for classification and selection of spare parts suitable for additive manufacturing: a literature review. International Journal of Production Research, 58(4), 970-996. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2019.1605226
• Chaudhuri, A., Ghadge, A., Gaudenzi, B., & Dani, S. (2020). A conceptual framework for improving effectiveness of risk management in supply networks. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 31(1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-11-2018-0289
• Cohen, Y., Naseraldin, H., Chaudhuri, A., & Pilati, F. (2019). Assembly systems in Industry 4.0 era: a road map to understand Assembly 4.0. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 105, 4037–4054. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-04203-1
• Chaudhuri, A., Rogers, H., Soberg, P., & Pawar, K. (2019). The role of service providers in 3D printing adoption. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 119(6), 1189-1205. https://doi.org/10.1108/imds-08-2018-0339
• Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R. (2019). Assessing value of customer involvement in engineered-to-order shipbuilding projects using fuzzy set and rough set theories. International Journal of Production Research, 57(22), 6943-6962. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2019.1572928
• Chaudhuri, A., Boer, H., & Taran, Y. (2018). Supply chain integration, risk management and manufacturing flexibility. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 38(3), 690-712. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-08-2015-0508
• Chaudhuri, A., Dukovska-Popovska, I., Subramanian, N., Chan, H., & Bai, R. (2018). Decision-making in cold chain logistics using data analytics: a literature review. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-03-2017-0059
• Prætorius, T., Chaudhuri, A., Venkataramanaiah, S., Hasle, P., & Singh, A. (2018). Achieving Better Integration in Trauma Care Delivery in India: Insights from a Patient Survey. Journal of Health Management, 20(3), 234-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063418779896
• Holmström, J., Liotta, G., & Chaudhuri, A. (2018). Sustainability outcomes through direct digital manufacturing-based operational practices: A design theory approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 167, 951-961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.092
• Ghadge, A., Karantoni, G., Chaudhuri, A., & Srinivasan, A. (2018). Impact of additive manufacturing on aircraft supply chain performance: A system dynamics approach. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 29(5), 846-865. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-07-2017-0143
• Søberg, P., & Chaudhuri, A. (2018). Technical knowledge creation: Enabling tacit knowledge use. Knowledge and Process Management, 25(2), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/kpm.1563
• Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R. (2018). Procurement scheduling in engineer procure construct projects: a comparison of three fuzzy modelling approaches. International Journal of Construction Management, 18(3), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2017.1314750
• Chaudhuri, A., & Jayaram, J. (2018). A socio-technical view of performance impact of integrated quality and sustainability strategies. International Journal of Production Research, 57(5), 1478-1496. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1492162
• Chaudhuri, A., Saddikutti, V., & Prætorius, T. (2018). IKure techsoft: Providing technology enabled affordable health care in rural India. Asian Case Research Journal, 22(2), 385-411. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218927518500165
• Govindan, K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2016). Interrelationships of risks faced by third party logistics service providers: A DEMATEL based approach. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 90, 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2015.11.010
• Chaudhuri, A., & Boer, H. (2016). The impact of product-process complexity and new product development order winners on new product development performance: The mediating role of collaborative competence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2016.10.002
• Chaudhuri, A., Srivastava, S., Srivastava, R., & Parveen, Z. (2016). Risk propagation and its impact on performance in food processing supply chain: A fuzzy interpretive structural modeling based approach. Journal of Modelling in Management, 11(2), 660-693. https://doi.org/10.1108/jm2-08-2014-0065
• Cheng, Y., Chaudhuri, A., & Farooq, S. (2016). Interplant coordination, supply chain integration, and operational performance of a plant in a manufacturing network: a mediation analysis. Supply Chain Management, 21(5), 550-568. https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-10-2015-0391
• Srivastava, S., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R. (2015). Propagation of risks and their impact on performance in fresh food retail. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 26(3), 568-602. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-02-2014-0032
• Daultani, Y., Chaudhuri, A., & Kumar, S. (2015). A Decade of Lean in Healthcare: Current State and Future Directions. Global Business Review, 16(6), 1082-1099. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150915604520
• Dixit, V., Srivastava, R., & Chaudhuri, A. (2015). Project network-oriented materials management policy for complex projects: A Fuzzy Set theoretic approach. International Journal of Production Research, 53(10), 2904-2920. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.948971
• Chaudhuri, A., & Singh, K. (2015). First mover advantage in launch of platform based variants: a leader-follower game with upper bound on prices. OPSEARCH, 52(1), 42-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-014-0174-5
• Dixit, V., Srivastava, R., & Chaudhuri, A. (2014). Procurement scheduling for complex projects with fuzzy activity durations and lead times. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 76, 401-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.12.009
• Chaudhuri, A., Dukovska-Popovska, I., Damgaard, C., & Hvolby, H.-H. (2014). Supply Uncertainty in Food Processing Supply Chain: Sources and Coping Strategies. IFIP advances in information and communication technology, 440(PART 3), 183-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44733-8_23
• Chaudhuri, A., & Lillrank, P. (2013). Mass personalization in healthcare: insights and future research directions. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 10(2), 176-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/jamr-05-2013-0033
• Chaudhuri, A., Mohanty, B., & Singh, K. (2013). Supply chain risk assessment during new product development: A group decision making approach using numeric and linguistic data. International Journal of Production Research, 51(10), 2790-2804. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2012.654922
• Dixit, V., Srivastava, R., & Chaudhuri, A. (2013). Integrating materials management with project management of complex projects. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 10(2), 230-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/jamr-05-2013-0031
• Chaudhuri, A. (2013). Simultaneous improvement in development time, cost and quality: A practical framework for generic pharmaceuticals industry. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00675.x
• Chaudhuri, A., Koudal, P., & Seshadri, S. (2010). Productivity and capital investments: An empirical study of three manufacturing industries in India. IIMB Management Review, 22(3), 65-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2010.04.012
• Singh, S., & Chaudhuri, A. (2009). The reality of India: Folding constraints into business strategy. Journal of Business Strategy, 30(4), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/02756660910972604
• Chaudhuri, A., & Bhattacharyya, M. (2009). A combined QFD and integer programming framework to determine attribute levels for conjoint study. International Journal of Production Research, 47(23), 6633-6649. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540802350757