Thakur-Weigold, Sarbani Bublu, Dr.

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Dr. Sarbani Bublu Thakur-Weigold

ETH Zurich
Chair of Logistics Management
Weinbergstr. 56/58
WEV F125
8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Short Bio

Bublu Thakur-Weigold is Associate Director of the HumOSCM Lab at the Chair of Logistics Management. She supports humanitarian and commercial organizations to apply management science to improve their performance. This expertise was built over 20 years of experience in industry, after which she joined ETH as program director, lecturer, and researcher. She also advises governments on what economists refer to as Global Value Chains and Development.

Bublu holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in International Logistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Doctorate from the University of Economics in Prague (VSE). She has published in Production and Operations Management, Production Planning & Control, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Journal of International Business Policy, and Frontiers in Public Health. No less important to her is innovation diffusion via magazines like ISE (Industrial Engineer), Logistics Innovation, or The Humanitarian Leader.

Selected publications

Parsa, Iman/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (2024): Coordination Among Humanitarian Actors, In: Altay, Nezih and Kovacs, Gyöngyi (Eds.): A Research Agenda for Humanitarian Logistics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, (in press).
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Parsa, Iman/Balcik, Burcu/Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (2024): Purchasing and Supply Management in Humanitarian Settings. doi: external page 10.2139/ssrn.4827204 (Preprint)
Schaumann, Sarah K./Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Van Wassenhove, Luk N. (2024): Reconciling Rigor Versus Relevance: Lessons from Humanitarian Fleet Management, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 1306-1319, doi: external page 10.1177/10591478241245977
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu and Miroudot, Sébastien (2024): Supply Chain Myths in the Resilience and Deglobalization Narrative: Consequences for Policy. Journal of International Business Policy, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 99-111, doi: external page 10.1057/s42214-023-00170-3
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Buerki, Pascal/Frei, Patrice/Wagner, Stephan M. (2022): Mapping the Swiss Vaccine Supply Chain, Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 10, July, 935400, doi: external page 10.3389/fpubh.2022.935400
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2022): Supply Chain Myths – And Why Lean Was Not the Culprit: Concepts Blamed by Some during Pandemic Actually Led to Solutions, ISE Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 34-37. Download Download (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Parris, Andrew, and Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2021): How Lean Transforms Relationships to Empower Employees and Increase Impact, The Humanitarian Leader, 2021 Edition, pp. 78-87. Download Download (PDF, 395 KB)
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2021). Capability Mapping to Improve Manufacturing Network Performance: How a Factory can Target Growth, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 1335-1356, doi: external page 10.1108/JMTM-09-2019-0351
Wagner, Stephan M./Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Gatti, Federico/Stumpf, Jonas (2020): Measuring and Improving the Impact of Humanitarian Logistics Consulting, Production Planning & Control, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 83-103, doi: external page 10.1080/09537287.2020.1712748
Vlckova, Jana and Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2020): Global Value Chains in the MedTech Industry: A Comparison of Switzerland and the Czech Republic, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 70-92, doi: external page 10.1108/IJOEM-05-2017-0179
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2018): Bossard Turns Nuts and Bolts Into Business Intelligence, ISE Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 12, pp. 28-32. Download Download (PDF, 3.6 MB)
Wagner, Stephan M. and Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2018): Supporting Collaboration in Humanitarian Supply Chains – Insights from a Design Science Project, Production Planning & Control, Vol. 29, No. 14, pp. 1130-1144, doi: external page 10.1080/09537287.2018.1542175
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2018): Global Value Chains and International Business Research: Perspectives from Switzerland, In: Arora, Anshu Saxena/Bacouel-Jentjens, Sabine/Edmonds, Jennifer J. (eds.): Global Business Value Innovations: Building Innovation Capabilities for Business Strategies, Cham: Palgrave Pivot, pp. 1-15, doi: external page 10.1007/978-3-319-77929-4_1
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu and Hnat, Pavel (2017): Building Walls – Building Supply Chains, ISE Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 34-38. Download Download (PDF, 3.1 MB)
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Wagner, Stephan M./Ong, Tee-Bin (2016): The Challenging Business of Nuts and Bolts, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 48, No. 11, November, pp. 44-48. Download Download (PDF, 3.8 MB)
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Stumpf, Jonas/Wagner, Stephan M. (2015): Helping the Helpers, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 47, No. 12, December, pp. 24-29. Download Download (PDF, 974 KB)
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu and Lorenzon, Anthony (2015): Lean I$ Not Cheap, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 47, No. 4, April, pp. 26-31. Download Download (PDF, 1 MB)
Mizgier, Kamil J./Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Wagner, Stephan M. (2014): Pragmatic Risk Management in a Tightly-Coupled World, Ivey Business Journal, March/April 2014. external page Link
Wagner, Stephan M./Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Stumpf, Jonas (2013): A New Approach to Applying Commercial Knowledge to Humanitarian Challenges: Teaching Supply Chain Efficiency in the Field, Logistics Innovation, No. 2/2013, pp. 30-33. Download Download (PDF, 120 KB)
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu and Wagner, Stephan M. (2013): Why Engineering Matters in Management, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 45, No. 9, September, pp. 24-28. Download Download (PDF, 748 KB)
Wilkins, Rob/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Wagner, Stephan M. (2012): Managing Demand Uncertainty: People Processes and Leadership Revolutionize HP Media’s Supply Chain, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 44, No. 8, August, pp. 30-34. Download Download (PDF, 673 KB)
Wagner, Stephan M./Billington, Corey/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2011): Funktionsübergreifende Planung: Nicht nur bei S&OP ist Zusammenarbeit wichtiger als Technik, Logistics Innovation, No. 5/2011, pp. 14-16.
Niranjan, Tarikere T./Wagner, Stephan M./Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2011): Are You Ready for VMI?, Industrial Engineer, Vol. 43, No. 2, February, pp. 39-44. Download Download (PDF, 424 KB)
Wagner, Stephan M./Bode, Christoph/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2010): Lean-Six-Sigma verbessert Steuerung der Logistikprozesse, Logistics Innovation, No. 3/2010, pp. 18-21
Wagner, Stephan M./Zanon, Flavio/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2010): S&OP: Ein Planungsinstrument erleichtert die Zusammenarbeit, io new management, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 8-11.
Thakur-Weigold, Bublu and Kuper, André (2006): Making Outsourcing and Offshoring Work, Cutter IT Journal, Vol. 19, No. 12, December 2006.
Kuper, André and Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2005): Myths and Reality of Supply Chain Management: Implications for Industry-University Relationships, In: Geunes, Joseph/Akçali, Elif/Pardalos, Panos M./Romeijn, H. Edwin/Shen, Zuo-Jun (eds.): Applications of Supply Chain Management and E-Commerce Research (International Series in Applied Optimization), New York: Springer, pp. 363-381.
Kuper, André/Kahn, Doug/Schmid, Heinz/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu (2002): Delivering Solutions to Customers: High-Velocity Manufacturing, ASCET, Vol. 4, May 15, 2002.
Kuper, André/Thakur-Weigold, Bublu/Brown, Tom/Schultz, Ilse (2001): Business Validation of E-Business Applications at Hewlett-Packard, Cutter IT Journal, Vol. 19, No. 9, September 2001.