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.

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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.

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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.

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Research Team

Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz

Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz

Founder and Director

Exec. Director SCM, MIT CTL
Digital SC Transformation

Dr. Ilya Jackson

Dr. Ilya Jackson

Research Scientist

MIT SCM
AI in SCs

Dr. Benedict Jun Ma

Dr. Benedict Jun Ma

Postdoctoral Associate

MIT CTL & SCM
Operations Automation

Dr. Eva Ponce

Dr. Eva Ponce

Executive Director

Micro Masters, MIT CTL
Omni-channel

Dr. Inma Borrella

Dr. Inma Borrella

Research Scientist

MIT CTL
Digital Strategy

Dr. Jaime Macias

Dr. Jaime Macias

Postdoctoral Associate

MIT CTL
Digital Logistics 

International Research Collaborators

Prof. Carl Marcus Wallenburg

Prof. Carl Marcus Wallenburg

Professor

Otto Beisheim School of Management

Prof. Dmitry Ivanov

Prof. Dmitry Ivanov

Professor

Berlin School of Economics and Law

Prof. Elena Revilla

Prof. Elena Revilla

Professor

IE Business School

Prof. Cristina Simon

Prof. Cristina Simon

Professor

IE Business School

Dr. Matthias Seifert

Dr. Matthias Seifert

Associate Professor

IE University

Dr. Devadrita Nair

Dr. Devadrita Nair

Research Scientist

Dr. Michela Guida

Dr. Michela Guida

Assistant Professor

Politecnico de Milano

Dr. Jafar Namdar

Dr. Jafar Namdar

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

Dr. Christoph Maria Lennartz

Dr. Christoph Maria Lennartz

Research Assistant

WHU

Student Research Assistants

Fabrizio Boaron
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Foyinsola Adeyemi
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Zhan Ding
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Luis Felipe Sena
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Ryan Rocke
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Lili Zhang
SCM Master’s Graduate '24

Moutaz Ali
SCM Master’s Graduate '23

Yumeng (CC) Chen
SCM Master’s Graduate '23

Yusong (Simon) Wei
SCM Master’s Graduate '23

Prateek Tewari
SCM Master’s Graduate '23

 

Selected Research Partners

Highlights

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Advanced AIML Demand Forecasting

Advanced AIML Demand Forecasting

The MIT Digital SC Transformation research group is currently pursuing a research project on “Human-Machine Teaming in Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Supply Chain” which aims at developing a practical human-machine teaming framework for effective AI project implementation.

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Contact Us

Contact Us

 

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Cambridge, MA 02139
United States

+1 617 253 8235

digitalsc@mit.edu