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Managerial Publications
We connect our research with business practice
What Are Managerial Publications?
At ZLC, we believe in the importance of sharing knowledge beyond the academic sphere. That’s why we publish opinion pieces, technical analyses, and specialized outreach articles in industry media, professional journals, and leading platforms in logistics and supply chain management.
Through these publications, we aim to make our research accessible to a broader audience, spark dialogue around key challenges in logistics, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the business ecosystem.
Our researchers provide insights on trends, innovation, digitalization, sustainability, and emerging business models in logistics—always with a rigorous and practical approach.
ZLC Managerial Publications
Access a selection of articles published by our research team.
Easing the load for urban logistics
By Dr. Aldo Arranz and Dr. Teresa de la Cruz Eiriz Urban freight transport is a critical component of city logistics, directly influencing economic activity, traffic congestion, and environmental sustainability. Yet, despite its fundamental role, freight planning has long taken...
Traditional industries need new skill sets
By Dr. Alicia MartÃnez de Yuso and Carolina Ciprés Advanced economies have been and remain crucially dependent on a number of fundamental industrial sectors – so fundamental and long-established, indeed, that their development needs can seem to be ignored amid...
Exploring the changing relationship of space and time in a digitalized world
By Dr. Aldo Arranz-López Digitization is having an increasing impact in all walks of life, not least in how, when, where and why we travel. Some of the likely effects are fairly obvious – for example, trends towards ‘working from...
Reskilling for new approaches to mobility
By Dr. Teresa De La Cruz and Dr. Susana Val Leer versión en español Two hundred years ago this year, England’s Stockton and Darlington Railway ushered in a revolution in transport for both passengers and goods traffic. Since then there...
Could Madrid’s perimeter lockdown strategy have worked?
By Dr. Alfonso de Miguel Arribas, ZLC Researcher. Leer versión en español During the Covid pandemic, most urban areas around the world adopted a range of  ‘non pharmaceutical interventions’ or NPIs, from compulsory mask-wearing and sanitation to lockdowns which aim...
Revisiting the pollution-routing problem
By Dr. Yasel Costa, ZLC Professor. Leer versión en español The Travelling Salesman Problem, ‘given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and...
Morocco trains for a sustainable future
By Dr. Susana Val, ZLC Director, and Dr. Beatriz Royo, ZLC Associate Professor. Leer versión en español The Kingdom of Morocco recognizes that achieving the economic growth necessary to generate more and better employment opportunities depends on its alignment with...
Beyond risk management – protecting critical freight infrastructures
By Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, ZLC Professor, and Dr. Luca Urciuoli, ZLC Adjunct Professor. Leer versión en español Launched in October in Bologna, TRANSCEND is a vital new three year project, co-funded from the Horizon Europe programme, that directly addresses...
Optimising supply for clinical trials
By Dr. Daniel Calcinaro, PhD Graduate at ZLC and Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, ZLC Professor. Leer versión en español Clinical trials are perhaps the most critical stage in bringing a new pharmaceutical product to market, but historically the costs of...
Out with the old; in with the new – risk pooling and assortment planning
By Dr. Luis Wilbert, PhD Graduate at ZLC and Dr. Yasel Costa, ZLC Professor. Leer versión en español Novelty sells, and any retailer whose products are in some sense subject to ‘fashion’ must continually retire lines that are well past...
Does e-shopping really reduce private car use?
By Dr. Aldo Arranz-López, ZLC Researcher - Ramón y Cajal Fellow. Leer versión en español There is a widespread and happy assumption that, although e-shopping may increase the number of vehicles and journeys involved in deliveries, this is compensated...
Every port in a storm
By Dr. Alicia Martinez de Yuso, ZLC Project Manager, and Dr. Luca Urciuoli, ZLC Adjunct Professor. Leer versión en español The European economy, indeed European society, is critically dependent on international shipping. Any impairment to the smooth and predictable...
