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Dr. María Jesús Sáenz
Biography
Maria Jesus Saenz is Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Zaragoza, where she teaches Project Management and Logistics. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Zaragoza Logistics Center and Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, where she taught different courses on Supply Chain Management, Warehousing Logistics and Project Management. Additionally, she was the Director of the Behavioral SCM research group and the Director of the Spanish National Center of Excellence in Logistics.
Regarding education, she is certified in Participant Centered Learning by Harvard Business School. She received Cum Laude and the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award for her PhD in Manufacturing and Design Engineering from the University of Zaragoza, where she previously obtained her Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering. While studying Industrial Engineering she also studied Mathematic Sciences for three years at the same university. Dr. Saenz's research interests centre on Inter-organizational Learning in Supply Chain Innovations and Global Supply Chain Risks. She has acted as head coordinator in several national and international research projects. She has also conducted various research and development projects for companies on Supply Chain Management innovation, like Carrefour, Clariant, DHL, Leroy Merlin, Ralph Laurent or Caterpillar, among others. Dr. Saenz is the co-author of several books on these subjects and has published a number of articles in leading international journals, such us MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Research or International Journal of Production Research, among others. Her research has been cited in the media including Forbes, Financial Times Press, America Economia, Supply Chain Management Review, Expansion or MIT Supply Chain Frontiers. Maria Jesus was recently awarded in 2017 by the IEOM Teaching Excellence Award (Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Profession) and in 2007 for her innovation in University education. She received the Case Writing Award 2013 by EFMD; the 2013 International Decision Science Institute Best Paper Award; the 2013 Outstanding Reviewer Awards for Excellence by Emerald and the 2011 Shan Han Best Paper Finalist Award by the Academy of Management.
Projects
Smart Supply Chain Oriented Rail Freight Services
The overall objective of Smart-Rail is: To improve the freight rail services offered to the shippers, focusing on the five key performance indicators: reliability, lead time, cost, flexibility and visibility. Smart-Rail has established the following sub-objectives: • Introduce a wide set of innovative measures aiming to improve the freight rail services offered to the shippers. […]
Re use and development of Security Knowledge assets for International Postal Supply Chains
Project Description SAFEPOST aims to raise the current level of postal security by integrating innovative screening solutions suitable for an uninterrupted flow of the enormous volume of parcels and letters, with operational postal processes and criminal and customs intelligence work, in a European wide cooperative, distributed model. Starting from the perspective of partner postal operations, […]
Project Description The main goal of this project is to increase the level of competitiveness of Spanish companies through the development of knowledge, methodologies and practices within the field of logistics, exploiting the use of information and communication technologies at the service of increased supply chain efficiency in a globalised environment. The project includes basic […]
Innovation of Logistics Processes and their Impact on Supply Chain Management
Project Description The objectives of this project are: To study the improvements and innovations in current logistics processes, focusing on assessing the application of new information and communication technologies in regard to data collection and reading, auto-ID systems in localization and product traceability monitoring systems Ability to simulate processes to assess the reorganization of the […]
Supply Chain Automatic Identification Laboratory
Project Description The Supply Chain Automatic Identification Laboratory is part of Zaragoza Logistics Center, which saw the need to lead in the knowledge of auto-ID technology as an opportunity to change supply chain management. Globalisation has made many countries set up new processes and strategies to gain market share and keep their lead over competitors. […]
Project Description The aim of this project is to create a partnership framework between both bodies in the field of logistics, focused especially on RFID technologies and more specifically on: Support activities in the implementation and start-up of an RFID Lab infrastructure at the Participation in events programmed by both parties Participation in specific information […]
Papers
Managerial Publications
What is the Role of Logistics and Transportation Companies in Building Resilience?
By Beatriz Acero and Mª Jesús Sáenz
Desigual's Multi-stranded Approach to Omni-channel
Omni-channel strategy as a source of supply chain innovations
"Do You Have the Right Partners in Innovation?" published by Supply Chain Management Review
By María Jesús Sáenz and Luis Herrero
A Case Study in Proactive Risk Management
Sáenz, M.J. and Revilla, E. A Case Study in Proactive Risk Management. MIT Supply Chain Frontiers, 49, May 2013
Disruption Management for your Supply Chain, article published by Forbes
By María Jesús Saenz, MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program and Elena Revilla, IE Business School.
Challenges in supply chain disruptions
Revilla, E. and Sáenz, M.J. Challenges in supply chain disruptions (In Spanish). Estrategia, N. 6, 2011
