Sajad Fayezi

Research Interests

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Production and operations management Supply chains Transportation, logistics and supply chains Industrial engineering

Teaching Strengths

Supply Chain Management
Production and Operations Management

APrf Sajad Fayezi

Enterprise Fellow

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

A/Prof Fayezi has held professorial positions in Australia and Canada, demonstrating extensive expertise in research and education. He holds a PhD in Supply Chain Management from Deakin University, along with other qualifications, including an MBA, an MEd, and a GCEd.
 
He currently serves as an Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management at the Adelaide Business School. Previously, A/Prof Fayezi was Director of Research & Engagement at Memorial University in Canada. He has also held academic positions as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, and La Trobe University, alongside other academic and industry roles.
 
His current research focuses on resilience, sustainability, and governance in global supply chains. A/Prof Fayezi is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Management & Organization (ABDC A) and a reviewer for Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, and the Journal of Operations Management.
 
He has published in top-tier (FT50 and ABDC A*/A) journals, including Production and Operations Management, the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, the International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Marketing Management, and the International Journal of Management Reviews.

Prospective PhD applicants interested in working under A/Prof Fayezi’s supervision should submit the following materials:

  1. A video-recorded pitch of no more than five minutes outlining their profile, motivation, and proposed research topic.
  2. A CV that includes details of their methods expertise/training and recent publications.
  3. Evidence that their Masters/Honours degree included at least 50% of its full-time equivalent load dedicated to research, such as a dissertation and research courses making up at least 50% of total course credits.
  4. A PhD proposal, typically around 5,000 words.

Please note that emails that do not include all of the above materials will not be attended to.

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award Research Commendation Award Adelaide University Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
Deakin University Australia PhD

Year Citation
2026 Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2026). A multitheoretical framework for lean-enabled digital transformation in Industry 4.0. Quality Management Journal, 33(3), 184-198.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2026 Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2026). Lean 4.0 as a Socio-Technical System: Mapping the Interaction of Soft Practices and Industry 4.0 in Digital Transformation. Systems, 14(1), 9-1-9-25.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2026 Rathnayake, I., Ochoa, J. J., Gu, N., Rameezdeen, R., Statsenko, L., Sandhu, S., & Fayezi, S. (2026). Key factors influencing sharing economy practices in the construction industry: findings from partial least squares - structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Construction Innovation, 1-28.
DOI Scopus1
2026 Fayezi, S. (2026). Negotiating curriculum co-creation: a conceptual inquiry into authentic learning in business and management education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 31(2), 1-26.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2026 Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2026). Orchestration of Organisational Technologies: Synergies, Challenges, and Contingencies. International Journal of Production Research, 1-24.
DOI WoS1
2026 Fayezi, S. (2026). Transformational Leadership in Higher Education: A Motivation–Ability–Opportunity Perspective. Education Sciences, 16(6), 903-1-903-13.
DOI
2026 Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2026). Aligning technological and organizational capabilities: Lean and Industry 4.0 technologies as drivers of digital transformation. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 1-37.
DOI
2026 Prybutok, V. R., Benzaquen de Las Casas, J., Pardo-Piñashca, E., Pretell Pardo, C., Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., . . . Cross, J. (2026). Editorial: The role of soft and hard TQM practices on stakeholder management: A SEM-ANN approach. Quality Management Journal, 33(3), 161-163.
DOI
2026 Fayezi, S., & Baghalzadeh Shishehgarkhaneh, M. (2026). Artificial Intelligence for Modern Slavery Risk Reduction in Supply Chains: A Systematic Review. Australian Journal of Human Rights.
2025 Fayezi, S., Klassen, R., Gold, S., Benstead, A., & Van Wassenhove, L. (2025). Reducing modern slavery risks in supply chains: Contributions from a socio-technical systems perspective. Production and Operations Management, 34(5), 1028-1037.
DOI Scopus11 WoS9
2025 Rathnayake Mudiyanselage, I., Ochoa Paniagua, J., Gu, N., Rameezdeen, R., Statsenko, L., Sandhu, S., & Fayezi, S. (2025). Evaluating strategies for enhancing factors influencing sharing economy practices in the construction industry: a hybrid SWARA-WASPAS approach. Journal of Industrial Ecology, online(5), 1-20.
DOI
2025 Fayezi, S., & Zomorrodi, M. (2025). Navigating the multiplicity of sustainability policies in agribusiness supply networks: The role of policy brokers and advocates. Food Policy, 136(102973), 102973-1-102973-13.
DOI
2024 Zomorrodi, M., Fayezi, S., & Bals, L. (2024). Base of the Chain (BoC) Sourcing Challenges: The Role of Institutional Voids and Social Agency Problems. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 30(5, article no. 100953), 100953-1-100953-19.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2023 Drozdibob, A., Sohal, A., Nyland, C., & Fayezi, S. (2023). Supply chain resilience in relation to natural disasters: Framework development. Production Planning and Control, 34(16), 1603-1617.
DOI Scopus29 WoS29
2022 Zomorrodi, M., & Fayezi, S. (2022). Legitimacy contexts of BoP markets: characterization and implications for supply chain functions. Sustainability, 14(2, article no. 920), 14 pages.
DOI Scopus2
2022 Fayezi, S., & Ghaderi, H. (2022). What are the mechanisms through which inter-organizational relationships contribute to supply chain resilience?. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 34(1), 159-174.
DOI Scopus26 WoS30
2022 Fayezi, S. (2022). Student-centered curriculum design and evaluation in logistics management. Logistics, 6(4, article number 70), 16 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2021 Bhattacharya, A., & Fayezi, S. (2021). Ameliorating food loss and waste in the supply chain through multi-stakeholder collaboration. Industrial Marketing Management, 93, 328-343.
DOI Scopus84 WoS72
2021 Fayezi, S., Benstead, A., Gold, S., Klassen, R., & Van Wassenhove, L. (2021). Special Issue of Production and Operations Management "Modern Slavery in Supply Chains: A Socio‐Technical Perspective". Production and Operations Management, 30(11), 4328-4329.
DOI
2021 Fayezi, S., Benstead, A., Gold, S., Klassen, R., & Van Wassenhove, L. (2021). Special Issue of Production and Operations Management Modern Slavery in Supply Chains: A Socio-Technical Perspective. Production and Operations Management, 30(9), 3320-3321.
DOI
2020 Fayezi, S., Stekelorum, R., El Baz, J., & Laguir, I. (2020). Paradoxes in supplier’s uptake of GSCM practices: institutional drivers and buyer dependency. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 31(3), 479-500.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11
2020 Fayezi, S., O’Loughlin, A., Zutshi, A., Sohal, A., & Das, A. (2020). What impacts do behaviour-based and buffer-based management mechanisms have on enterprise agility?. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 31(1), 169-192.
DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2019 Zomorrodi, M., Fayezi, S., Lau, K. H., & McMurray, A. (2019). Supply chain adaptations for the base-of-the-pyramid business: towards a theoretical model. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 49(5), 599-624.
DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2019 Iranmanesh, M., Fayezi, S., Hanim, S., & Hyun, S. S. (2019). Drivers and outcomes of eco-design initiatives: a cross-country study of Malaysia and Australia. Review of Managerial Science, 13(5), 1121-1142.
DOI Scopus32 WoS33
2018 Fayezi, S., Zomorrodi, M., & Bals, L. (2018). Procurement sustainability tensions: an integrative perspective. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 48(6), 586-609.
DOI Scopus39 WoS34
2017 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2017). Understanding and Development of Supply Chain Agility and Flexibility: A Structured Literature Review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 19(4), 379-407.
DOI Scopus242 WoS194
2017 Fayezi, S., & Mirkovski, K. (2017). Toward supply chain agility: The case of the Australian manufacturing sector.
2015 Fayezi, S., & Zomorrodi, M. (2015). The role of relationship integration in supply chain agility and flexibility development: An Australian perspective. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 26(8), 1126-1157.
DOI Scopus57 WoS42
2015 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2015). How Australian manufacturing firms perceive and understand the concepts of agility and flexibility in the supply chain. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 35(2), 246-281.
DOI Scopus79 WoS61
2014 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2014). Developing an analytical framework to assess the uncertainty and flexibility mismatches across the supply chain. Business Process Management Journal, 20(3), 362-391.
DOI Scopus36 WoS27
2013 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2013). Flexibility and Relationship Integration as Antecedents of Organisation’s Supply Chain Agility. International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 4(2), 175-177.
2012 Fayezi, S., O'Loughlin, A., & Zutshi, A. (2012). Agency theory and supply chain management: A structured literature review. Supply Chain Management, 17(5), 556-570.
DOI Scopus186 WoS150

Year Citation
2025 Ali Mezher, M., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2025). Lean-Enabled Digital Transformation: Industry 4.0 Technologies as Catalysts via Lean Practices. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (pp. 22-37). Bali, Indonesia: IEOM Society International.
DOI
2025 Mezher, M. A., Gunawan, I., & Fayezi, S. (2025). Exploring the Role of Stakeholders in Driving Digital Transformation. In Temscon Global 2025 2025 IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Conference Global Conference Proceedings (pp. 6 pages). COLOMBIA: IEEE.
DOI
2023 Tran, H. N. T., Fayezi, S., Zomorrodi, M., & Agarwal, A. (2023). Leveraging network orchestration to address modern slavery risks in the supply chain track: Operations, logistics and supply chain management. In BAM2024 at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham: UK.
2022 Fayezi, S., Varkkey, H., & Bals, L. (2022). Sustainability Transitions in Supply Chains: The Role of Political Tensions. In 32nd Annual Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Conference.
2022 Fayezi, S., Varkkey, H., & Bals, L. (2022). Sustainability Transitions in Supply Chains: Augmenting Agency in Response to Political Tensions. In Academy of Management Proceedings. Seattle, WA: Academy of Management.
2020 Zomorrodi, M., & Fayezi, S. (2020). Unpacking Base-of-the-Pyramid Sourcing Process: Moving Beyond Institutional Factors. In Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2020 (pp. 18971). Academy of Management.
DOI
2020 Zomorrodi, M., & Fayezi, S. (2020). Unpacking Base-of-the-Pyramid Sourcing Challenges: Moving Beyond Institutional Factors. In Academy of Management Proceedings. Vancouver, Canada: Academy of Management.
2019 Assadzadeh, A., Arashpour, M., Rashidi, A., Bab-Hadiashar, A., & Fayezi, S. (2019). A review of data-driven accident prevention systems: Integrating real-time safety management in the civil infrastructure context. In Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2019 (pp. 289-296). online: International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC).
DOI Scopus7
2019 Al-Kaissy, M., Arashpour, M., Fayezi, S., Nezhad, A., & Ashuri, B. (2019). Process modelling in civil infrastructure projects: A review of construction simulation methods. In Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2019 (pp. 368-375). Canada: International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction.
DOI Scopus9
2019 Drozdibob, A., Sohal, A., Fayezi, S., & Nyland, C. (2019). Supply chain resilience in relation to natural disasters: The case of category 1 and category 5 Queensland storms. In European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Vol. 2019.
2019 Zomorrodi, M., Lau, K. H., McMurray, A., & Fayezi, S. (2019). Sourcing from the Base of the Pyramid markets: An integrative perspective. In Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2019 (pp. 17037). Academy of Management.
DOI
2019 Al Kaissy, M., Arashpour, M., Fayezi, S., Nezhad, A., & Ashuri, B. (2019). Process modelling in civil infrastructure projects: A review of construction simulation methods. In Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2019 (pp. 368-374). Slovakia: International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction.
DOI
2018 Moehler, R., Algeo, C., Bjerknes, G., & Fayezi, S. (2018). Re‐interpreting Project Knowledge Management: a philosophical review. In International Research Network on Organizing by Projects 2018: A skilled hand and a cultivated mind. International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP).
2018 Zomorrodi, M., Lau, K. H., McMurray, A., & Fayezi, S. (2018). Adapting supply chains for the base of the pyramid business. In Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute 2018.
2017 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2017). Positivist agency theory and sourcing decisions: perceptions, pressures, and contexts. In European Operations Management Association.
2016 Fayezi, S. (2016). Flexibility and Sustainability Priorities in Procurement: Practices, Relationships and Trade-Offs. In S. Taneja (Ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings Vol. 2016 (pp. 15459). Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA: Academy of Management.
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2010 Fayezi, S., Zutshi, A., & O'Loughlin, A. (2010). Collaboration and risk mitigation capability in supply chains: A conceptual framework. In ANZAM 2010: Proceedings of the 24th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference: Managing for Unknowable Futures; 2010. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

Year Citation
2021 Fayezi, S., & Ke, G. (2021). Serious (re)think: Advice for local businesses affected by global supply chain chaos.
2016 Fayezi, S. (2016). Building a FlexSustainAble Procurement.
  • PROMISE: Process Mining for Improving Sustainability and Efficiency in Food Retail and Production, University of Adelaide, 2025
  • Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Trade & Environment, European Commission, 2024
  • Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil Study (AUD 70k), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant, 2023
  • Transition Towards Circular Economy in Australian Agri-Food Supply Chains (AUD 100k), Fight Food Waste CRC PhD Project Award, 2022
  • Understanding International Sourcing Practices of Iconic Brands in Australia: The Case of Ready-Made Garments in Bangladesh (AUD 10k), Oxfam Australia, 2020
  • A Multidisciplinary Perspective on BIM-based Safety Management in Civil Infrastructure Projects (AUD 50k), Monash Infrastructure Grant, 2018
  • Identifying the Full Costs of Textile Supply Chains (AUD 28k), Australian Weaving Mills Pty Ltd, 2014
  • BUSI 5027 Strategic Procurement

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Transition towards circular economy in Australian agri-food supply chains Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Stephanie Yolanda Bayancela Briones
2024 Co-Supervisor Towards optimised resource utilisation: developing a framework to facilitate the implementation of sharing economy practices in the construction industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Ishara Rathnayake
2023 Principal Supervisor Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain: A network perspective Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Hanh Tran

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2026 Principal Supervisor Disrupting the status quo: industry 4.0 technologies and lean practices driving digital transformation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohamad Ali Mezher

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2026 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Management and Organization Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Australia

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