The Digital Supply Chain

Bart L. MacCarthy is Professor of Operations Management at Nottingham University Business School. He teaches at Executive, MBA, and Masters levels in operations, supply chain, and project management. His research spans the analysis, modelling, and management of operational systems and supply chains, combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Current research interests include the evolution of supply chains, and the impact of digitalization, cloud-based systems, platforms and Blockchain technology on the discipline of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He has published widely in the Operations, Supply Chain, and Management Science literatures. He was Vice-President and Board Member for the Decision Sciences Institute (2020- 2024), was European Editor for the International Journal of Production Economics, and Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Dmitry Ivanov is Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. He is Deputy Director and executive board member of Institute for Logistics, and Faculty Director for the MA in Global Supply Chain and Operations Management. He has taught for more than 20 years in operations management, supply chain management, logistics, management information systems, and strategic management at undergraduate, master’s, PhD, and executive MBA levels worldwide. His research explores structural dynamics and control in complex networks, with applications to supply chain resilience, Industry 4.0 systems, supply chain simulation, risk analytics and digital supply chain twins. He has been Chairman, IPC and Advisory Board member for over 50 international conferences in supply chain and operations management, industrial engineering, control and information sciences. Prior to becoming an academic, he was engaged in industry and consulting for process optimization in manufacturing, logistics and ERP systems.