Faculty Profile

Dr. Md Rezaul Hasan Shumon

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801790179957
  • Email: shumon330-ipe@sust.edu

Biography

Dr. Rezaul Shumon is a Professor of Supply Chain & Logistics in the department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He has done his PhD in Sustainable Supply Chain from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Rezaul is passionate about supporting current and future business leaders to respond to the emerging global challenges and opportunities through sustainable operations strategy. Dr. Shumon is currently lecturing and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate supply chain, operations and project management courses at SUST. He lectures and supervises on a range of topics related to sustainability, supply chain, and circular economy. Rezaul’s research draws on insights from organization theory, political philosophy to explore how global organizations respond to the highly dynamic business environment while managing the complex interactions of multiple stakeholders to promote sustainability in global supply chains. His research interest is sustainable operations, dynamic capability, absorptive capacity.

He currently leads a research group in the department: 'Supply chain, sustainability and circular economy'.

Education

  • PhD (Supply Chain & Logistics), College of Business, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
  • MSc. Engg (Supply Chain Sustainability), University of Malaya, KL, Malaysia
  • BSc Engg (Industrial & Production Engineering)

Research Interests

  • Sustainable operations and supply chain, Circular economy

Journal Publications

  • 1. Shumon, R.,Rahman, S. (2022). Environmental sustainability requirements in the Ready-made Garment industry In: Sustainable Approaches in Textiles and Fashion, Springer, Singapore
  • 2. Islam, M.,Huda, N.,Baumber, A.,Shumon, M.,Zaman, A.,Ali, F.,Hossain, R.,Sahajwalla, V. (2021). A global review of consumer behavior towards e-waste and implications for the circular economy In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 316, 1 - 36
  • 3. Chowdhury, P.,Shumon, R. (2020). Minimizing the Gap between Expectation and Ability: Strategies for SMEs to Implement Social Sustainability Practices In: Sustainability, 12, 1 - 15
  • 4. Shumon, R.,Halim, Z.,Rahman, S.,Ahsan, K. (2019). How do suppliers address stringent environmental requirements from buyers? An exploratory study in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 49, 921 - 944
  • 5. Prioritizing strategies for sustainable end-of-life vehicle management using combinatorial multi-criteria decision making method
  • 6. Prioritizing strategies for sustainable end-of-life vehicle management using combinatorial multi-criteria decision making method
  • 7. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process extent analysis for selection of end of life electronic products collection system in a reverse supply chain
  • 8. Islam, M.,Abdullah, A.,Shahir, S.,Kalam, M.,Masjuki, H.,Shumon, R.,Rashid, M. (2016). A public survey on knowledge, awareness, attitude and willingness to pay for WEEE management: Case study in Bangladesh In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 137, 728 - 740

Conference

  • 1. Stringent customer environmental requirements and firm's environmental performance evidence from Bangladesh readymade garment industry

Teaching

  • Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Available for PhD and Masters thesis supervision. Interested research students are welcome to contact for RA.