Lauri
Ojala
Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management
Areas of expertise
International logistics
maritime & port economics and supply chain management
Biography
Dr. Lauri Ojala is Professor of Logistics at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku (FI) since 1997. Adjunct Professor of Logistics at Linköping University (SE) and at National Defence University (FI). CEO of logscale oy, a supply chain compliance consultancy.
He has worked as an expert e.g. for The World Bank, EC, ADB, OECD and UNECE, and for Ministries of Transport of several countries. Initiator of WB’s biennial Logistics Performance Index since 2007. He also heads the biennial Finnish Logistics Surveys, which comprise the largest national logistics survey database in the world.
Since 2006, Project Director of five EU-projects with a combined volume of 16+ M€, incl. Baltic Sea Region projects HAZARD on Seaport Safety & Security in 2016-2019 and OIL SPILL on combatting coastal oil spills in 2018-2021.
Publications
The effect of low-cost country sourcing on supply chain administration cost (2015)
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Supply chain collaboration and firm performance in manufacturing (2015)
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Drivers of Logistics Performance – A Case Study of Turkey (2015)
A Case Study of Turkey
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))
Finland State of Logistics 2014 (2015)
(Vertaisarvioitu tieteellinen erillisteos tai raportti (C1))National-level logistics costs: an overview of extant research (2015)
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Logistics Strategy and Performance Measurement – Mexico’s National Observatory for Transport and Logistics (2015)
Mexico’s National Observatory for Transport and Logistics
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))
Connecting to Compete 2014 – Trade Logistics in the Global Economy (2014)
Trade Logistics in the Global Economy
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))
Logistiikkaselvitys 2014 (2014)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))The availability of logistics cost: a comparison between Finnish manufacturing, trade and logistics service providers (2013)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))Transport and logistics developments in the Baltic Sea region till 2025 (2013)
Journal of East-West Business
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))