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
Logistics performance in the Nordic countries (2010)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))IT in Logistics and Maritime Business (2010)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment: Interview Guide (2010)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))The Costs of Keeping the Logistics Cube Rolling – Towards a (more) unified Methodology in Logistics Cost Measurement (2010)
(Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa (B2))Logistiikkaselvitys 2010 (2010)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Geographic dispersion and supply chain performance – empirical evidence from Finnish manufacturing (2010)
(Vertaisarvioimaton konferenssijulkaisu (B3))Logistics and financial performance An analysis of 424 Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises (2008)
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))