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Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
Biography
Professor of Supply Chain Management
Dr. Spyros Lekkakos is Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, and visiting professor for the Luxembourg Supply Chain Management Program at the University of Luxembourg.
His research interests include the interface of operations and finance; inventory and supply chain management; and procurement.
His teaching experience spans various topics, such as financial systems for SCM, inventory systems, procurement and contracting, and supply chain strategy. He also supervises several master level theses and participates in EU-funded research projects.
Finally, Spyros has designed and delivered several executive coaching workshops to companies operating in different industries, including Roche, Clariant, ExxonMobil, LC Waikiki, and Baltic Mill.
Dr. Spyros obtained his B.Sc. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Hellenic Air Force Academy (Athens, Greece), his MBA degree from the University of Piraeus (Piraeus, Greece), his S.M dual degree in Engineering and Management (SDM program) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA), and his PhD in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program (Zaragoza, Spain).
Before joining academia, Spyros has been an officer in the Hellenic Air Force for 10+ years, where he attained the rank of Major, holding various positions in functions such as engineering, quality management, logistics, and contracting.
Research Areas
Supply Chain & Finance
Finding outstanding applicable tools to overcome disruption in the supply chain and, thus, enhance corporate value and liquidity.
Projects
Low-Emission Adaptive last mile logistics supporting 'on Demand economy' through digital twins
LEAD project will create Digital Twins of urban logistics networks in six cities, to support experimentation and decision making with on-demand logistics operations in a public-private urban setting. Innovative solutions for city logistics will be represented by a set of value case scenarios, that address the requirements of the on-demand economy while aligning competing interests […]
Towards a Shared European Logistics Intelligent Information Space
SELIS is aimed at delivering a ‘platform for pan-European logistics applications’ by: Embracing a wide spectrum of logistics perspectives and creating a unifying operational and strategic business innovation agenda for pan European Green Logistics. Establishing an exceptionally strong consortium of logistics stakeholders and ICT providers, that can leverage EU IP from over 40 projects so […]
Consistently Optimised Resilient Secure Global Supply-Chains
CORE presented at Intermodal Europe 2014 – Press release Newsletter CORE Newsletter - Dic 2014 CORE Newsletter - Aug 2015 Project Description CORE will demonstrate how a powerful and innovative Consistently Optimised REsilient ecosystem implementation, integrating interoperability, security, resilience and real-time optimisation can produce cost effective, fast and robust solutions that will guarantee the efficient […]
Papers
Managerial Publications
Taking a LEAD in on-demand city logistics
By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
Anybody here speak Finance?
By Dr. Alejandro Serrano and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
Shared data is key to low carbon logistics
By Dr. Beatriz Royo and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
Making intelligent use of supply chain data
By Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos and Dr. Beatriz Royo
New approach to capacity planning cuts drug company capital requirements
By Dr. Rafael DÃaz and Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
Optimizing Inventory and Lead Time Management in the Pharmaceutical Business
By Dr. Spyridon Lekkakos
