Tillmann was educated and worked in northern Germany before moving to New Zealand to gain a MBA qualification and commence work on his doctorate at the University of Waikato. Tillmann’s PhD research titled “Supply Chain Integration: A Case-based Investigation of Status, Barriers, and Paths to Enhancement” has gained international recognition, as a Highly Commended Award winner of the 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Logistics and Supply Chain Management category. Before joining the University of Wollongong as a lecturer in Management Tillmann was employed as a research fellow in the Department of Management Systems at the University of Waikato Management School. Tillmann’s particular research interest is supply chain integration in practice; more specifically the human and relationship aspects of supply chain management and the development of potential pathways to enhancement. Tillmann has assisted companies in New Zealand and the Netherlands with its supply chain configuration, and recently participated a nationwide evaluation of District Health Boards’ supply chain practices in New Zealand. Tillmann also belongs to a team of global researchers constantly seeking supply chain best practices and world class business solutions.
Articles
A method for reconciling subjectivist and objectivist assumptions in management research (with Paul Childerhouse, Eric Deakins, and Denis Towill), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)
Application of objectivist methodological assumptions and overreliance on mathematical analysis can cause researchers to oversimplify...
A Centre of International Trade and Transport Logistics (with Eric Deakins and Paul Childerhouse), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Achieving superior productivity and growth, and understanding how to best manage cost-efficient,environmentally-friendly modes of integrated...
Reflections on interpretive supply chain research (with Denis Towill, Eric Deakins, and Paul Childerhouse), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Supply chain integration and pathways of least resistance (with Denis Towill, Eric Deakins, and Paul Childerhouse), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Exploratory, site-centred research used a systems theory lens to investigate real-world pathways to supply chainintegration....
Supply chain integration: an international comparison of maturity (with Ruth Banomyong, Denis Towill, Stephen Disney, Eric Deakins, and Paul Childerhouse), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Purpose ÿ The purpose of this paper is to examine the uptake of supply chain...
Presentations
Identifying barriers to internal supply chain integration using Systems Thinking (with Franciscus Bakker and Dirk Pieter van Donk), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)
This exploratory site-centred research investigates barriers to internal supply chain integration in practice, using systems...
Root causes of ineffective healthcare delivery and their mitigation (with Sharon Williams, Paul Childerhouse, Eric Deakins, and Denis Towill), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2012)
Managing healthcare supply chains is claimed to be more complex due to the imperative of...
Reducing barriers to internal supply chain integration: A longitudinal examination (with Paul Childerhouse, Eric Deakins, and Denis Towill), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2010)
Supply chain integration aims to optimize material flows and information flows within the focal company...
Supply chain integration in New Zealand: Benchmark comparisons with the UK automotive sector (with Paul Childerhouse, Eric Deakins, and Denis Towill), 2nd International Conference on Logistics and Transport & The 1st International Conference on Business and Economics (2010)
Supply chain integration is a promising approach to cross-enterprise process improvement that is still not...
Six pathways to achieving a seamless supply chain (with Paul Childerhouse, Eric Deakins, and Denis Towill), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
Many academics report that supply chain excellence is still rare, and that guidance is missing...