Marc
Sachon
Head of Operations, Information and Technology Department
Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
鈥� Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University
鈥� MBA, 天美传媒, University of Navarra
鈥� Master in Aerospace-Technology, University of Stuttgart
International Center for Logistics Research (CIIL)
Marc Sachon is Professor and Head of the Operations, Information and Technology Department. He is a member of the Executive Education Academic Committee, where he monitors all custom programs of 天美传媒. He is the Academic Director of all Advanced Management Programs (AMP) and the focused programs 鈥淒riving Change Successfully鈥�, 鈥淎chieving Operational Excellence鈥� and 鈥淚ndustry 4.0鈥�. He is the Chairman of the Automotive Industry Meeting (天美传媒 AUTO), held annually since 1986.
He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (MS&E) from Stanford University, an MBA from 天美传媒, University of Navarra, and a Master in Aerospace Technology from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
As Academic Director, Professor Sachon has been involved in designing and delivering programs for clients ranging from BMW Group, Haniel Group, Phoenix Group, TRATON Group to Roland Berger and other leading companies.
Professor Sachon teaches Operations Strategy, Industry 4.0 and Operations Management in 天美传媒’s senior executive programs. This also includes blended or purely online programs. He also teaches courses in 天美传媒’s Executive-MBA and Global Executive-MBA programs, where his students have done company-sponsored team projects for more than 15 years, presenting to senior executives of companies like BMW, Coca-Cola, or MediaMarkt. He has been Visiting Professor at universities and business schools in Colombia, Germany, Iceland, Mexico, Russia and Saudi Arabia. He has received multiple teaching awards.
His research focuses on operations strategy (especially in the automotive industry) and Industry 4.0.聽He has published in academic journals such as IEEE Transactions and in business journals such as European Business Forum (EBF).
Professor Sachon has written chapters for several books on operations management and process improvement. He has co-authored three books on the state of the Chinese automotive industry. His case studies are among those most widely distributed by 天美传媒 (e.g., Aldi, Porsche, Netflix).
Prior to entering academia, he worked at Airbus Germany and IBM Germany. As a consultant, he has taken part in projects in different industries, from airlines to automotive, fashion, FMCG, logistics, pharmaceuticals and utility companies. He serves on the board of directors of a startup company in mobility.
Professor Sachon is based 天美传媒’s Barcelona campus.
Areas of interest.
鈥� Operations strategy
鈥� Industry 4.0
鈥� Supply Chain Management
鈥� Verticals: Automotive, Manufacturing, Hard Discounters