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Publication of EPSRC RiHN Final Report- Redistributed Manufacturing in Healthcare: Transforming Deployed Medical Care

Read our Final Report

Over a period of two years, the EPSRC funded RiHN brought together a multi-disciplinary network of academics stakeholder organisations, clinical groups and industry to provide a forum to define the challenges of realising Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in deployed medical care  In doing so the RiHN delivered the following outcomes

  • 14 PUBLICATIONS spanning Business and Management, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Additive manufacturing, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
  • £9M FURTHER FUNDING awarded to RIHN team, RiHN feasibility studies, RiHN Co-Is (
  • 47 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES – Keynotes, workshops, conferences, podcasts, blogs, TV broadcasts, newspaper articles, working groups
  • INFLUENCE ON POLICY AND PRACTICE – MHRA POC regulation; Department of International Trade, Global Supply Chains Directorate; Westminster Health Forum
  • RiHN FINAL REPORT – Redistributed Manufacturing in Healthcare: Transforming Deployed Medical Care

The strength of this report is that it combines key stakeholder expertise from a range of diverse backgrounds, enabling a multi-disciplinary perspective of the future of RDM in deployed healthcare.  In order to seize the opportunities presented by RDM, RiHN proposes a bold new agenda that incorporates a whole system’s view of future implementation pathways and wider transformation implications.  We are keen to hear your thoughts..  The time to take action is now. Implementing the opportunities proffered by RDM will be key in ensuring the future transformation of deployed medical care.

What we did..

At the end of our last project we created ‘The RiHN White Paper’ it is the first serious attempt to gather expertise and to explore applications in promising areas of healthcare that could benefit from RDM and covers early-stage user needs, challenges and priorities. The paper served as a foundation for discussing future technological roadmaps and engaging the wider community and stakeholders, as well as policy makers, in addressing the potential impact of RDM.

Please see below videos of our past funded feasibility studies

Further Reading

See below publications/reports from the RiHN Team:

Professional Reports & White Paper
Conference Papers & Abstracts
  • Phillips, W., Kapletia, D., Dalgarno, K., Hunt, P., Bibb, R., Makatsoris, H., Rafiq, Q., Roscoe, S., Omar, B., Willoughby, N., Paterson, A., Benger, J. (2020) Innovation in healthcare manufacturing: transforming deployed medical care, International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), Virtual Conference, June 2020.
  • Hunt, P., Kapletia, D. (2019) Redistributed manufacturing to support field medical care. Future Healthcare Journal, 6(1), 64–65 Read More..
  • Ghani, A., Srai, J.S. (2018) Identifying institutional mechanisms for innovations and regulatory changes within the pharmaceutical sec, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 2018 International Conference.

  • Thurman-Newell, J.A., Harrison, R., Hourd, P., Petzing, J., Rafiq, Q.A., Medcalf, N. (2016) Cell micro-factories: Feasibility of a redistributed manufacturing model for cell based therapeutics. In: EurOMA 2016 (23rd International Annual Conference of the European Operations Management Association), 17-22 Jun 2016, Trondheim, Norway

  • Roscoe, S., Blome, C. (2016) A framework for the adoption of redistributed manufacturing in pharmaceutical supply chains. In: EurOMA 2016 (23rd International Annual Conference of the European Operations Management Association), 17-22 Jun 2016, Trondheim, Norway
  • Adamietz R, Giesen T, Mayer P, Johnson A, Bibb R, Seifarth C (2018), “Reconfigurable and transportable ‎container-integrated production system”, Robotics & Computer Integrated ManufacturingRead more..
  • Sanderson, H. S., Barker, J., Phillips, W., Howell, C. and Omar, B. (2022), “Humanitarian Innovation: defining the operational requirements for deployed healthcare”, EurOMA 2022 Conference – Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future. Berlin, Germany.
  • Howell. C., Uwalaka, V., Phillips, W., Sanderson, H. S., Omar, B., and Kiff, J. (2022), “Innovation in healthcare: developing the business case for redistributed manufacturing in deployed medical operations”, EurOMA 2022 Conference – Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future. Berlin, Germany.
International Journal Articles
  • Phillips, W., Roehrich, J., Kapletia, D. and Alexander, E. 2022. ‘Global Value Chain Reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the Case for More Resilient Redistributed Models of Production.‘ California Management Review,. Read more..
  • Fosso Wamba, S., Queiroz, M.M., Roscoe, S., Phillips, W., Kapletia, D. and Azadegan, A. (2021), “Guest editorial Emerging technologies in emergency situations“, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 41 No. 9, pp. 1405-1416. Read more.. 
  • Wendy Phillips, Jens K. Roehrich & Dharm Kapletia (2021) Responding to information asymmetry in crisis situations: innovation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Management Review, DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1960737 Read more..
  • Srai, J.S., Graham, G., Hennelly, P., Phillips, W., Kapletia, D. and Lorentz, H. (2020). Distributed manufacturing: a new form of localised production? International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Read More..
  • Srai, J.S., Graham, G., Hennelly, P., Phillips, W., Kapletia, D., Lorentz, H. (Forthcoming) Distributed Manufacturing: A new form of localized production? International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Accepted April 2020
  • Kapletia, D., Phillips, W., Medcalf, N., Makatsoris, H., McMahon, C., Rich, N. (2019) Redistributed manufacturing–challenges for operations management. Production Planning & Control, 30(7), 493-495 Read More
  • Medcalf, N. (2019) Decentralized manufacture of cell therapies: the challenge of operational modelling. Cell and Gene Therapy Insights, 5(10), 1133-1149 Read More..
  • Roscoe, S., Blome, C. (2019) Understanding the emergence of redistributed manufacturing: an ambidexterity perspective. Production Planning & Control, 30(7), 496-509 Read More..
  • Harrison, R.P., Rafiq, Q., Medcalf, N. (2018) Centralised versus decentralised manufacturing and the delivery of healthcare products: A United Kingdom exemplar. Cytotherapy, 20(6), 873-890 Read More..
  • Montalbano, G., Toumpaniari, S., Popov, A., Duan, P., Chen, J., Dalgarno, K., Scott, W.E. III, Ferreira, A.M. (2018) Synthesis of bioinspired collagen/alginate/fibrin based hydrogels for soft tissue engineering. Materials Science and Engineering, 91, 236-246 Read More..
  • Harrington, T.S., Phillips, M.A., Srai, J.S. (2017) Reconfiguring global pharmaceutical value networks through targeted technology interventions. International Journal of Production Research, 55(5), 1471-1487 Read More..
  • Srai, J., Kumar, M., Graham, G., Phillips, W., Tooze, J., Ford, S., Beecher, P., et al. (2016) Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Production Research, 54(23), 6917-6935 Read More..
  • Srai, J.S., Harrington, T., Alinaghian, L. and Phillips, M. (2015) Evaluating the potential for the continuous processing of pharmaceutical products—a supply network perspective. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 97, 248-258 Read More..
RiHN in the Media
  • Today Show. 2020. BBC Radio 4. 18 August, (2h 46m into the programme) – Professor Harris Makatsoris discussing developing a ‘factory-in-a-box’, that allows the rapid manufacture of synthetic RNA vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus and minimises the space required for high-volume vaccine production.
  • Bibb, R., 2020. Expert’s Corner: Additive Manufacturing Response to COVID Crisis. [Blog] 3DHeals, Available at: https://3dheals.com/3d-printing-for-covid-19-crisis
  • Makatsoris, H., 2020. Engineering awards for transformative work during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Blog] Design Products & Applications, Available at: Read More..
  • Makatsoris, H., 2020. Spotlight on COVID: How engineering is contributing to vaccine manufacture.Watch here..
  • Gagan, O., 2020. Reshoring: The Secret To Post-COVID Manufacturing?. [online] Raconteur.  Read More..

Relevant Links

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