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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.

Can digital ecosystems calm troubled waters?

By Dr. Luca Urciuoli, ZLC Adjunct Professor. Leer versión en español Since men first went ‘down to the sea in ships’, ocean transport has been a risky business. Storm, tempest and shipwreck are ever-present, but there is a...

Sugar cane scheduling

Finding the sweet spot in the sugar cane fields By Dr. Yasel Costa Salas, ZLC Professor. Leer versión en español The cane sugar industry is of vital importance to rural communities in many parts of the world, but...

Resolving scheduling complexity in a very simple process

By Dr. Milos Milenkovic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MIT - Zaragoza Program. Leer versión en español Some manufacturing processes can be deceptively simple. Take the preparation of premix animal feed. Pour ingredients into a mixer, give everything...

Uncovering the real value in logistics research

By Carolina Ciprés, Director of Research and Dr. Alicia Martínez de Yuso, Research Office Technician. Leer versión en español Over the past couple of decades the European Commission has funded, in whole or in part, over 150 major research...

Aragon – pharmaceuticals' gateway to Europe?

By Dr. Susana Val, ZLC Director. Leer versión en español The current Covid crisis has revealed the criticality of location for the global pharmaceutical industry. As it happens, ZLC has been working with the regional government to explore the...

AI and DB to drive smarter process industries

By Dr. Alicia Martinez de Yuso, Research Office Technician at ZLC and Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, ZLC Professor. Leer versión en español ZLC has joined with four other European institutions in an exciting new project exploring the applications of...

What PLANET are we on?

By Dr. M Teresa de la Cruz, Project Manager at ZLC. Leer versión en español Global trade routes, and the technologies that drive them, are evolving rapidly. That much is certain – quite how they will, and should, develop,...

Taking a LEAD in on-demand city logistics

By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos Leer versión en español Even before the upswing in e-commerce caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it was clear that there was an urgent need for new strategies and approaches to the problems...

HELP healthcare to deliver

By Dr. Yasel Costa and Dr. Teresa De la Cruz Leer versión en español The Covid crisis has rightly brought praise for the heroic efforts of doctors and nurses in healthcare organisations (HOs) around the world. But it has also...

Networking logistics clusters to drive the green revolution

By Dr. Milos Milenkovic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ZLC. Leer versión en español Logistics businesses and operations have a natural tendency to locate in ‘clusters’. The reasons are obvious – proximity to concentrations of population or industry that are the...

Strategies for commodity procurement

By Dr. Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz, Professor at ZLC. Leer versión en español With colleagues from Dalian, Shanghai and Singapore, I have been exploring how companies can create and benefit from more flexible strategies in the procurement of commodity-type goods and...

Modelling sustainability opportunities in logistics

Spanish version Major companies are increasingly aware of the need to evaluate, and reduce, their GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions, for commercial, regulatory and reputational as well as ethical reasons. Generation of CO2 and other GHGs through the Product Life Cycle...