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 in the Luxembourg Supply Chain Management Program at the University of Luxembourg. His research focuses on the interface between operations and finance, with emphasis on supply chain financing instruments for improving operational performance.

Dr. Lekkakos combines academic rigor with hands-on industry experience across aerospace, specialty chemicals, and consumer goods. Passionate about bridging research and real-world application, he focuses on leveraging data and technology to enhance decision-making, efficiency, and financial results.

He teaches courses on financial systems for supply chain management, inventory systems, procurement and contracting, and supply chain strategy. He also supervises several master’s theses and contributes to EU-funded research projects. Finally, he has designed and delivered executive education workshops for companies such as Roche, Clariant, ExxonMobil, LC Waikiki, Baltic Mill, Syngenta, and MODON.

Dr. Lekkakos is a frequent keynote speaker at international events, including the ILOS Forum in Brazil (2023–2025), the eXplore Research Fest in Luxembourg (2023), and the S&OP to IBP Summit in Barcelona (2025).

He holds a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Hellenic Air Force Academy (Athens, Greece), an MBA from the University of Piraeus (Greece), an S.M. in Engineering and Management (System Design and Management Program) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), and a Ph.D. in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program (Spain). Before joining academia, Dr. Lekkakos served for over ten years as an officer in the Hellenic Air Force, attaining the rank of Major and holding positions in 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

Practical Finance for Operations and Supply Chain Management

Serrano, A., Lekkakos S., Practical Finance for Operations and Supply Chain Management. MIT Press | March 2020 | ISBN 9780262043595

Reverse Factoring: A Theory on the Value of Payment Terms Extension, Foundations and Trends in Technology

Lekkakos, S., Serrano, A. Reverse Factoring: A Theory on the Value of Payment Terms Extension, Foundations and Trends ® in Technology, Information and Operations Management, Vol. 10 (3-4), Dec 2017. Special Issue on Supply Chain Finance, pp 270-288

Supply chain finance for small and medium sized enterprises: the case of reverse factoring, International Journal of Physical Distribution

Lekkakos, S., Serrano, A. Supply chain finance for small and medium sized enterprises: the case of reverse factoring, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 46 (4), 2016, pp. 367 - 392