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Dr Carel Bezuidenhout PhD

Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Food and Advanced Technology

Carel has expertise in agricultural supply chain management, logistics and transport. He has strong skills in analytics (including forecasting and modelling) and he works best in hands-on real-word problem solving. His current research focus is in perishable supply chain management, supply chain practitioner skills and competencies, and supply chain disruptions under disaster management situations.

Professional

Qualifications

Doctor or Philosophy - University of Kwazulu-Natal (2005)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Supply chain practitioner skills and competencies
Supply chain management during natural disasters
Supply chain modelling and analytics

Thematics

Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Applied Mathematics (010200): Applied Statistics (010401):
Business and Management (150300): Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Mathematical Sciences (010000): Operations Research (010206):
Rail Transportation and Freight Services (150702): Road Transportation and Freight Services (150703):
Statistics (010400): Stochastic Analysis and Modelling (010406):
Transportation and Freight Services (150700)

Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

Arsalan Siddiqui - Doctor of Philosophy
Optimizing Supply Chain Resilience through Pre-Disruption Investment Strategies": A study on the factors affecting supply chain performance in the agricultural sector

Completed Doctoral Supervision