Nigel Slack

Nigel Slack is the A.E. Higgs Professor of Manufacturing Policy and Strategy at the University of Warwick. He started his working life as an industrial apprentice in engineering before moving on to become a production engineer and production manager. He is a chartered engineer who holds a BA in show more engineering and a Masters and Doctorate in management. He has published numerous books and articles in the field of operations management and has lectured on manufacturing strategy in Europe, the United States, South America, Latin America, and Australia. He consults for a range of large companies and his research interests are in operations and manufacturing flexibility and the operations strategy area. show less