Adé Oyedijo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Baylor University
- Waco TX
Award-winning scholar whose research and scholarship tackles supply chain management challenges confronting organizations and stakeholders,
Media
Biography
Through a supply chain management perspective, his research and scholarship tackle important challenges confronting organizations, policymakers, consumers, and other stakeholders today such as food production and security, ethical and responsible sourcing, sustainability, and healthcare delivery. His work has been recognized by policymakers (e.g., UK Parliament), practitioners (e.g., The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), international organizations (e.g., The World Economic Forum), and received external funding (e.g., from The British Academy). He has published in reputable academic and practitioner journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Tourism Management, Production Planning and Control, and The Conversation.
Oyedijo is an agenda contributor at the World Economic Forum, where he plays a role in shaping the global agenda on sustainable supply chain management. He currently serves as regional editor (Africa) for the Journal of Supply Chain Management and an editorial review board member of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is the founder and director of the Society of Black Academics – The UK’s leading voice and community for inclusive change in the higher education sector and the current director of the IPSERA Africa Initiative – a platform facilitating the collaborative creation of knowledge among purchasing and supply management scholars in Africa.
Prior to his academic career, Oyedijo worked in logistics and transport for TNT Express and FedEx (UK and Ireland), where he was part of a team that managed the global distribution of complex commodities.
Areas of Expertise
Education
University of Hertfordshire
B.A.
Business and Management Studies
Newcastle University
M.Sc.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Newcastle University
Research Training
Pg. Cert.
Newcastle University
Ph.D.
Business and Management
Affiliations
- Society of Black Academics : Founder and Director
Media Appearances
Dr Sustainability Meets Dr Ade Oyedijo | Podcast Episode 01
Dr Sustainability Podcast online
2024-01-30
Dr Sustainability Podcast with my special guest Dr Ade Oyedijo!
Dr Oyedijo specialises in Sustainable Supply Chains and Operations Management.
Baylor Expert: Top 3 Effects of Tariffs on the Global Supply Chain
Baylor University online
2025-05-22
Supply chain expert Adé Oyedijo, Ph.D., explains how tariffs are reshaping the global trade environment
The Unexpected Impacts of Tariffs
Baylor University online
2025-06-17
Baylor supply chain experts share insights on how tariffs increase costs, complexity
Articles
The digital transformation conundrum: negotiating complexity through interactive framing
Innovation2024
The aim of our article is to explore the interactive dynamics ensuing a digital implementation initiative whilst critiquing the nature and process of digital transformation. We analysed the data emerging out of 59 semi-structured interviews and 90 hours of non-participant observation in order to contextualise our investigation within the healthcare setting which in our case was a large hospital undergoing one of the biggest single-site implementation of digital health technology in Europe at its time. Our empirics is aided by ethnographic techniques and Gioia’s methodology has resulted in a grounded model which has implications for both scholars and practitioners. Through discussion with the end-users within the organisation, the findings highlight three processual landmarks which have been theorised using Erving Goffman’s conceptualisation of ‘framing’.
One size does not fit all: deciphering the interdependence between barriers hindering SMEs’ involvement in public sector procurement
International Journal of Public Sector Management2024
Purpose
Despite their significant economic impact, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remain underrepresented in public procurement. While previous research has identified the barriers facing SMEs in public procurement markets, a knowledge gap still exists on how these barriers influence one another in a specific context.
How do staff work in NHS hospital operations management meetings to support resilience in everyday service delivery? A qualitative study
BMC Health Services Research2025
Background
Operations Management meetings in NHS hospitals provide an opportunity for operational and clinical staff to monitor demand and capacity and manage patient flow. These meetings play an important role in the achievement of resilient performance over time. However, little is known about the work that takes place within these meetings in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service.
Embedding corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises: a framework for successful implementation and value creation through employee engagement
Production Planning & Control2025
In this paper, we address two interrelated research gaps in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) literature. The first is a lack of understanding of how CSR strategies are constructed and successfully implemented in practice. The second is the dearth of literature related to embedding CSR within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). We developed the Conceptual Model of Employee Engagement, CSR Implementation and Value Creation from the literature, applying the Communication Constitutes Organisations (CCO) theoretical lens. This lens proposes that companies move through three communicative phases in embedding CSR: the leadership-driven instrumental phase, the political phase (which seeks feedback from stakeholders) and the networked phase (where CSR activities are co-created with employees).
Building AI-enabled capabilities for improved environmental and manufacturing performance: evidence from the US and the UK
International Journal of Production Research2026
Drawing on the emerging literature on the environmental and manufacturing roles of artificial intelligence (AI), this study proposes a research model that connects AI-enabled capabilities to environmental and manufacturing performance. We collected data from 128 managers from manufacturing companies in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) and tested the proposed model using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings lend strong empirical support to the research model and confirm the influence of AI-enabled capabilities on environmental and manufacturing performance. We also discovered significant differences in AI use and impact between US and UK respondents, highlighting the importance of context in AI research. These findings advance practice and theory while also contributing to the emerging literature on artificial intelligence for sustainability.
