MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation
Understanding new collaborative paradigms that arise during digital supply chain transformations
What is the Digital Supply Chain Transformation Initiative?
- Digital Supply Chain Transformation is the analysis of digital technology and data to the transition towards value-driven supply chains.
- Digital technology is accelerating the pace of business and transforming supply chains.
- Transforming the supply chain digitally can lead up to a 50% reduction in process costs and an increase in revenue by 20%.
- One of the challenges: inter-organizational collaboration changes during digital transformations.
Our Research Areas
Multidimensional Collaboration
When companies jointly implement new technologies, collaboration can take multiple forms. Collaboration becomes a key driver of competitive advantage.
Digital Supply Chain Capabilities
Essential for today’s digital SC, at the individual, organizational as well as at the supply chain level, dynamic capabilities enable successful transformation.
Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Management
AI promises to augment human capabilities and reshape companies. The reality of AI adoption in SCM finds itself deep in a cosmos of apparent contradictions.
Research Team

Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz
Founder and Director
Exec. Director SCM, MIT CTL
Digital SC Transformation

Dr. Ozden Tozanli
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT CTL
Digital Twins

Dr. Mehdi Farahani
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT CTL
Horizontal Collaboration

Dr. Jafar Namdar
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT CTL
Human-AI Collaboration

Dr. Eva Ponce
Executive Director
Micro Masters, MIT CTL
Omni-channel

Dr. Inma Borrella
Research Scientist
MIT CTL
Blockchain

Dr. Ilya Jackson
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT SCM
AI in SCs
International Research Collaborators

DR. CARL MARCUS WALLENBURG
Professor
Otto Beisheim School of Management

Dr. Davide Luzzini
Professor
EADA Business School

PROF. ELENA REVILLA
Professor
IE Business School

Prof. Cristina Simon
Professor
IE Business School

Dr. Christoph Maria Lennartz
Research Assistant
WHU
Student Research Assistants
Alexandros Mamakos
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Ibrahim AlArfaj
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Yalcin Arslan
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Mykola Oleksyn
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Tony Kook
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Ricardo Guadarrama Arias
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Abdulrahman Gweder
SCM Master’s Graduate ‘22
Maria Fernanda Reyes
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Sachin Kumar Garg
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Fernando Gonzalez Gil
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Arturo Torres Arpi
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Mauricio Moreno
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Keyman (Jieming) Feng
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Matthias Stolz
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Jimmy Rose
SCM Masters Graduate'21
Highlights
Get the latest in supply chain thought leadership, education, development, and research by following our news blog.
What Is a Digital Twin? And How Can It Make Companies—and Cities—More Efficient?
The challenge is getting manufacturers, owners of warehouses, delivery companies, and other businesses in the supply chain to coordinate how they respond to whatever insights are gleaned from connected digital twins. Check out the Wall Street Journal interview...
Unlocking the Potential of Digital Twins in Supply Chains
Check out Dr. Ozden Tozanli and Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz’s latest article “Unlocking the Potential of Digital Twins in Supply Chains” published in MIT Sloan Management Review
Digital Transformation Is Changing Supply Chain Relationships
Check out Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz, Dr. Elena Revilla, and Dr. Inma Borrella’s new article “Digital Transformation Is Changing Supply Chain Relationships” published at Harvard Business Review.
Contact Us
Contact Us
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Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
+1 617 253 8235
digitalsc@mit.edu