Eoin Plant
eoin plant

Dr Eoin Plant

Associate Professor

 0131 455 4255

  E.Plant-O'Toole@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Eoin Plant-O’Toole is an Associate Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Â鶹ÉçÇø Business School. Eoin is Head of Research Degrees in the Business School and programme lead for the MSc Global Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics. He is theme lead for Circular Economy, Sustainable Consumption and Supply Chains at the Centre for Business Innovation and Sustainable Solutions. Eoin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Ireland, and UK. He is also a member of the Governing Council, and chairs CILT Ireland’s Policy Committee.

Eoin has held a number of academic positions in the UK and Ireland. Including head of the National Institute for Transport and Logistics (NITL), and Assistant Head - School of Transport Engineering, Environment and Planning at Technological University Dublin. Eoin has been on national expert advisory panels for logistics and supply chains. He has also published in a variety of international journals. His research is not only focused on the policy level, but also the practical elements for industry.

Eoin was previously head of the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) programme at the University of Glamorgan. He has supervised PhD and DBA researchers to completion and examined in a number of UK and Irish institutions. He is open to supervising new PhD students.

Research Interest/Agenda:
Decoupling negative externalities of transport-logistics from economic growth,
Transport Policy,
Urban Logistics,
Physical Internet,
Supply Chain Technology Adoption,
Sustainable Supply Chain Management,
Modelling Business Decision-making.
The Theory of Planned Behaviour,
Structural Equation Modelling.

School

Research Groups

Themes

Research Areas

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • National Sustainable Mobility Policy development forum by Department of Transport, Government of Ireland
  • Port of Holyhead Task Force established by the Welsh Government
  • The Heavy Duty Vehicles Zero emissions working group by the Department of Transport, Government of Ireland
  • Chair Policy Committee; Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport (Ireland)
  • Addressing the skills needs arising from the potential trade implications of Brexit. Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland)
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Engagement Group, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Ireland)
  • Steering committee for project: Identifying, reviewing and testing the factors that drive the sustainable behaviour and transition of communities, groups and individuals: 2015-SE-DS-3 (Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland)

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Chaired: ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT TRANSPORT?, CILT Ireland Webinar

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner Aberystwyth University: Exec MMan and Exec Global MBA
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- Exe Global MBA and Exe MMan -Aberystwyth University
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management (University of Westminster)
  • External Academic Validation Panel Assessor- BA (Hon’s) Logistics and Supply Chain (University of Derby)
  • External Examiner: Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Social Research Methods (structured PhD- Cardiff Met)
  • External Examiner: Supply Chain and Logistics undergraduate programmes (University of Huddersfield)
  • External Examiner: Foundation Degree in Express Logistics (Hull College-Leeds Met)

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Proposal reviewer Environment Protection Agency research programmes

 

Invited Speaker

  • Invited Panellist-availability of supports that can help to close the skills gap in industry: Data Management as a Competitive Advantage, Amazon HQ Dublin , January 2024
  • Offsite Manufacturing, Onsite Placement , Assembly & Logistics (Construction Wales Innovation Centre)
  • Offsite Ready: Estimating/Commercial and Logistics (Construction Scotland Innovation Centre)
  • Nilai University, Brickfields Asia College, University of Indonesia, Jakarta o Institute of Technology Bandung, Maranatha University, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
  • Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ireland)
  • Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
  • Fellow of Advance HE (Higher Education Academy)
  • Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ireland)

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • Non-Executive Director, The Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport
  • Governing Council and Policy Committee Chair; Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport Ireland

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Chaired Public Consultation; Haulage Strategy Webinar. Department of Transport, Government of Ireland
  • Dublin City Centre Sustainable Deliveries Working Group, Dublin City Council

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examining Professional Doctorate, Aberystwyth University
  • External Examining PhD, University of Sheffield
  • External Examining Professional Doctorate, Aberystwyth University
  • External Examining Professional Doctorate, Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • External Examiner PhD, Visvesvaraya Technological University
  • External Examining PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University
  • External Examiner of DBA, Â鶹ÉçÇø
  • External Examiner: research masters. ( Institute of Technology, Carlow.)
  • Internal Examiner for 6 doctorates: (University of South Wales, Technological University Dublin, Â鶹ÉçÇø)

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer, Measuring Business Excellence
  • Asia Pacific Management Review
  • Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance
  • Irish Journal of Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
  • International Journal of Logistics Research and Application
  • Strategic Change
  • Transport Policy (The official journal of the World Conference on Transport Research Â鶹ÉçÇø)
  • International Journal of Transport and Logistics
  • Academy of Management-Annual Meeting

 

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Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport?

Other
Zhang, S., & Plant, E. (2021)
Are we on the road to sustainable freight transport?. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0427/1212308-are-we-on-the-road-to-sustainable-freight-transport/
Analysis: To decarbonise road freight transport, researchers have been working on decoupling the link of economic growth to logistics emissions through operational efficiency ...

Submission to the Dublin City Council for the Public Consultation on Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028. Theme 6: Sustainable Movement and Transport

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2021)
Submission to the Dublin City Council for the Public Consultation on Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028. Theme 6: Sustainable Movement and Transport. Dublin: Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport
We complement the DCC on their achievements to date and support DCC with their continued good work and initiatives in promoting sustainable movement and transport. The DCC so...

Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?

Report
Plant, E., & Zhang, X. (2021)
Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?. Dublin: CILT Ireland
In response to the increasing climate disruption and global effort towards low-carbon transition, the Irish Government has set out to pursue a climate-resilient economy and be...

The development of a performance measurement system for indirect procurement: a Delphi study

Journal Article
Darom, M., & Plant, E. (2023)
The development of a performance measurement system for indirect procurement: a Delphi study. Measuring Business Excellence, 27(4), 579-601. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBE-05-2019-0047
Purpose This study aims to address the current gap in knowledge of indirect procurement performance management. It attempts to argue the need for a specific and tailored perfo...

Offsite Ready Booklets

Report
Duncheva, M., Calcagno, C., Henquel, V., Leitch, K., Stinson, J., Plant O'Toole, E., …Ferriz-Papi, J. A. (2020)
Offsite Ready Booklets. Edinburgh: Construction Industry Training Board

Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland Stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?

Presentation / Conference
Plant, E., & Zhang, X. (2020, September)
Transport Policy Review: Where does Ireland Stand on Climate Change for Transport and Logistics Sectors?. Paper presented at e-LRN 2020 Special Web Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains During Times of Crises, Cardiff [Online]
Purpose - In response to the increasing climate disruption and global effort to the low-carbon transition, the Irish Government has set out the national carbon emissions reduc...

Submission to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for Public Consultation on Sustainable Mobility Policy: Climate Change Challenge

Report
Plant, E., Zhang, X., Ivers, R., Hayes, T., Henry, J., & Curran, M. (2020)
Submission to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for Public Consultation on Sustainable Mobility Policy: Climate Change Challenge. Dublin: Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Ireland
This submission is to share insights on the transport policies towards climate change challenge and low-carbon transition in Ireland. CILT welcomes the Department of Transpor...

Environmental Sustainability of Logistics Service Providers: a systematic literature review on indicators for city logistics

Conference Proceeding
Zhang, X., Plant, E., & Valantasis Kanello, N. (2019)
Environmental Sustainability of Logistics Service Providers: a systematic literature review on indicators for city logistics
Purpose: United Nations reported that currently in Europe, 70% of the population lives in urban and metropolitan areas, this number is expected to reach 85% by 2050 (Russoand ...

Social Network Analysis Technique to Address Traffic Congestion in Dublin City

Presentation / Conference
Plant, E., & Jaffrey, S. (2019, June)
Social Network Analysis Technique to Address Traffic Congestion in Dublin City. Paper presented at 31st Nordic Logistics Research Network, Nydalen, Norway

Doing a doctorate in business administration: The case for critical reflexivity

Journal Article
Oerton, S., Farrell, C., & Plant, E. (2018)
Doing a doctorate in business administration: The case for critical reflexivity. International Journal of Management Education, 16(3), 370-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2018.06.002
This paper focuses upon the value of critical reflexivity in illuminating practice-based management inquiry. Drawing upon contributions to debates in the field, the paper demo...

Current Post Grad projects

Previous Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Supervised 2 PhD Students to Completion as Director of Studies
  • Supervised 5 doctoral students to completion