Marco Tieman CEO LBB International | Professor | Board Member | Author

Prof. Dr. Marco Tieman is the founder of LBB International (the Netherlands | Malaysia | Indonesia), a supply chain strategy consulting & research firm. We advise clients in the area of procurement, production and supply chain management. At LBB International we have a passion to bring supply chain excellence to the world and provide supply chain analysis, supply chain design, and market research. Today we have offices in the Netherlands and Malaysia, as well as a project office in Indonesia. Marco has a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management Science from the University of Twente (the Netherlands) and a Ph.D. in Business Management from the Universiti Teknologi Mara (Malaysia).

Marco is a full professor at Help University (ELM Graduate School), in charge of research on halal supply chain management and halal risk & reputation management. He teaches supply chain management for DBA and MBA courses. He is Research Fellow with University of Malaya Halal Research Centre, where he does research into halal purchasing. He is a member of the Senior Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald, UK) and an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Islamic Marketing and Branding (Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland).

He is a frequent speaker on Logistics and Supply Chain Management at forums and conferences in Asia and the Middle East. He writes in academic journals as well as professional magazines. He is the author of 'Halal Business Management: a Guide to Achieving Halal Excellence' (www.halalbusinessmanagement.com).

Specialties: Supply Chain Strategy, Agri-food supply chains, Halal Purchasing-Production-Supply Chain Management, Halal Risk & Reputation Management, Industrial logistics, Performance Improvements, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management and Third party logistics.