Dayna Simpson

Professor

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Product return and reuse; Modern slavery; Circular economy; Supplier diversity; Diversity, equity and inclusion in supply chains.

20052021

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Personal profile

Monash teaching commitment

MGF5690 Services & Operations Management

Biography

Dayna is a Professor of Responsible Operations and Supply Chain Management. She conducts research mainly with business around issues of responsible procurement, on issues such as supply chain-scale labor governance, waste reduction, and supplier diversity. She also explores gender issues in operations management and in supply chains. Current projects include:

Corporate responses to modern slavery risk;

Supplier diversity, equity, inclusion programs in supply chains;

Consumer product returns and waste reduction;

Gendered work design, service delivery and performance measurement in operations and its implications.

If your organization would like to participate in one of these projects, please contact dayna.simpson@monash.edu. I also supervise PhD projects which may be of interest to organisations:

Navid Zarbakhshnia (expected completion 2025): Product return reduction in online retailing. Co-supervisor Xin Ma.

George Panas (completed): consumers' construal of potential food waste in online grocery purchases. Co-supervisor Harmen Oppewal.

Raveen Menon (completed): strategic fit between firms' service capabilities and their supply chain capabilities, to increase service performance. Co-supervisor TT Niranjan (IITB).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Research area keywords

  • Responsible Sourcing
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Product Reuse
  • Circular Economy
  • Modern Slavery
  • Supplier Diversity

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