Dr Alexander Trautrims

BA (Hons) (Leeds Metropolitan), MSc (Heriot Watt), PGDip (Hull), PhD (Hull), PGCHE (Hull)

Division: Operations Management and Information Systems
E-mail: Alexander.Trautrims@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 115 8231404
Location: C05 (Si Yuan Building, Jubilee Campus)

Dr Trautrims is currently leading The Unchained Supply project as part of the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab. His research is focusing on developing knowledge that helps to detect modern slavery in supply chains, to understand how supply chain design impacts the occurrence of modern slavery, and the diffusion of good labour practices.

Dr Trautrims' current research on modern slavery in contemporary supply chains is supported by the British Academy and is endorsed by the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. He joined Nottingham University Business School in 2013 from the University of Hull's Logistics Institute where he also accomplished his PhD on in-store logistics execution of European retailers.

His PhD was sponsored by a Peter Thompson scholarship from the University of Hull and was awarded a highly commended Outstanding Doctoral Research Award by EFMD and Emerald. Since joining Nottingham University Business School Dr Trautrims' research focus shifted to sourcing and procurement issues in the supply chain.


Research Interests
supply chain management concepts; supply chain ecosystems; supply chain decision making; reshoring; retail supply chains; procurement; humans in supply chains; sustainable supply chain management

Current Research Activities
Modern slavery in supply chains; sourcing; procurement; compliance.

I am currently supervising the following Research Students:

Fatima Lopez Castellanos
Kingshuk Jubaer Islam

 

Recent Publications

Journal Articles Pinheiro, S.; Emberson, C. ; Trautrims, A. (2019), "'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery", Journal of the British Academy, Vol.7 (s1), pp.165-188. Pishchulov, G; Trautrims, A, Chesney, T,. Gold, S; Schwab, L. (2019), "The Voting Analytic Hierarchy Process Revisited: A revised Method with Application to Sustainable Supplier Selection", International Journal of Production Economics, forthcoming 2019. Chesney, T,; Evans, K.; Gold, S,; Trautrims, A. (2018), "Understanding labour exploitation in the Spanish agricultural sector using a agent based approach", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.214, pp. 696-704. Chesney, T., Gold, S.; Trautrims, A. (2017), "Agent Based Modelling as a Decision Support System for Shadow Accounting", Decision Support Systems, Vol.95, 110-116. Trautrims, A.,; MacCarthy, B. L.; Okade, C. (2017), "Building an Innovation-Based Supplier Portfolio: The Use of Patent Analysis in Strategic Supplier Selection in the Automotive Sector", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.194 (12), 228-236. Wollenburg, J.; Hübner, A.; Kuhn, H.; Trautrims, A. (2017), "From Bricks-and-Mortar to Bricks-and-Clicks: Logistics Networks in Omni-Channel Grocery Retailing", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Vol.48 (4), pp. 415-438. Trautrims, A.; Defee, C.; Farris, T.M. (2016), "Preparing Business Students for Workplace Reality - Using Global Virtual Teams in Logistics and SCM Education", International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol.27 (3), pp. 886-907. Gold, S.; Trautrims, A.; Trodd, Z. (2015), "Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management", Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol.20 (5), pp. 485-494. Reports for external body University of Nottingham Rights Lab; Walk Free, 2017, "Modern Slavery: What Business Needs to Know", in https://www.walkfreefoundation.org/news/resource/tool-kit-business/, Walk Free Foundation. Chapters in Books Emberson, C.; Trautrims, A. (2019), "Public procurement and modern slavery risks in the English adult social care sector", Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2019. Emberson, C.; Trautrims, A. (2018), "PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND MODERN SLAVERY RISKS IN THE ENGLISH ADULT SOCIAL CARE SECTOR", in Public Procurement and Human Rights: Risks, Opportunities and Dilemmas for the State as Buyer, Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2018. Conferences Emberson, C. and Trautrims, A. 2019, "How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?", in Public Procurement Global Revolution IX, June 16-18, University of Nottingham. Emberson, C., Croser, M., Gomes, M., Neiva, J., Pinheiro, S., and Trautrims, A. 2019, "Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping", in 6th EUROMA sustainable operations and supply chains forum March 18-19 Gothenburg Sweden. Emberson, C.; Pinheiro, S.; Trautrims, A. 2019, "Combating slave labour in productive chains: Capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains", in Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil, forthcoming 2019. Cakir, M.S.; Wardman, J.K.; Trautrims, A. 2018, "Development and Testing of an Instrument to Measure Workplace Perceptions, Communications and Behavioural Intentions to Reduce Modern Slavery Risks in UK Business Supply Chains", in Society for Risk Analysis. Emberson, C.; Trautrims, A. 2018, "Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network", in EUROMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Kassel, Germany, forthcoming 2018. Gutierrez-Huerter, G.; Gold, S.; Trautrims, A. 2018, "The mobilization of narratives to address institutional complexity: the case of modern slavery in the construction industry", in 13th Corporate Responsibility Research Conference. Schleper, M.C,; Gold, S.; Trautrims, A.; Gutierrez-Huerter O, G. 2018, "Tackling Slavery in Operations and Supply Chains: Empirical Evidence from the UK Construction Industry", in Paper presentation at 5th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum. Kassel, Germany, forthcoming 2018. Wagner, H.; Wardman, J.K.; Gutierrez Huerter, G.O.; Trautrims, A.; Gold, S. 2018, "Managing the Risks of Modern Slavery in UK Supply Chains: A Delphi Study of Expert Perceptions and Priorities", in Society for Risk Analysis. Schleper, M.C.; Gold, S., Trautrims, A.; Gutierrez-Huerter O, G. 2017, "Tackling Slavery in Operations and Supply Chains: Empirical Evidence from the UK Construction Industry", in Paper presentation at the 24th Annual EurOMA Meeting, Edinburgh, UK. Trautrims, A.; Gold, S.; Firth, D.; Carter, H. 2017, "Ethical supply management in practice: The response of the UK construction and facilities management sector to the Modern Slavery Act 2015", in International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, EurOMA, forthcoming 2017. Trautrims, A.; Gold, S. 2015, "Slavery in supply chains.", at POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) Annual Conference: 8-11 May 2015, Washington DC, USA.. Trautrims, A.; Beltagui, A.; Shaw, D. 2014, "Supply Chain Ecosystems Understanding supply chain networks through an ecological perspective", at Proceedings of CSCMP's European Research Seminar - WHU Dusseldorf. Trautrims, A.; Kauppi, K. 2014, "Noncomplaint fulfilment behaviour in retial supply chains", at Proceedings of the Internaitonal symposium on logistics - Ho Chi Minh City.