Shan, Jing, Dr.
Short Bio
Dr. Jing Shan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Logistics Management. He holds a Ph.D. in International Rail Freight Transport, which he completed at the Chair of Railway Operations and the Chair of Transport Services and Logistics at the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany. He holds an M.Sc. in Railway Systems Engineering from the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD).
Jing has extensive industry experience in the rail freight sector in Europe. He has served as Director of Business Development for China Railway in Germany (2019-2022) and FELB Austria (2016-2018). He also held positions as Assistant to the Management at Rail Cargo Group (ÖBB) (2018-2019) and Interrail (2015-2016).
His doctoral research focused on the management of international rail transport, in particular Eurasian rail transport. At the 2024 TRA Vision "Young Researcher Competition" held in Dublin he was awarded second prize in the rail mode category for his work on "Supply Chain oriented Integrated Tactical Planning Method (ITPM) for international rail freight transport".
He is co-author of a book on Eurasian freight trains and has published his work in various conference proceedings and journals. He is also a frequent interviewee on the strategies and operations related to the China-Europe freight train system.
His research focuses on the railway supply chain, which lies at the intersection of supply chain management, rail freight transport, and global supply chains. He aims to advance international rail systems to enhance global supply chain resilience. Jing is an active member of the International Rail Freight Business Association (IBS).
Journal Articles
Shan, Jing; Bešinović, Nikola; Schönberger, Jörn (2024). Service quality assessment of international rail transport with multiple border crossings: Eurasian rail transport as an example. Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, Vol. 29, 100432, doi: external page 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2024.100432
Books
Jing, Shan and Zhang, Qiaonan
Eurasian Freight Trains: An Experiment of Global Supply Chain Revolution
1st ed.
Beijing: CITIC Press Group, 2019
ISBN:9787521703160
Conference Proceedings
- Shan, Jing; Schönberger, Jörn (2024). Information Integration Framework of International Rail Freight Transport, in: Freitag, Michael; Kinra, Aseem; Kotzab, Herbert; Megow, Nicole (Eds.): Dynamics in Logistics. LDIC 2024. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland (Lecture Notes in Logistics), pp. 477-490, doi: external page 10.1007/978-3-031-56826-8_37
- Shan, Jing; Schönberger, Jörn (2023). Heterogeneous Rail Supply Chain Strategies for International Rail Transport, in: Buscher, Udo; Neufeld, Janis S.; Lasch, Rainer; Schönberger, Jörn (Eds.): Logistics Management. LM 2023. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland (Lecture Notes in Logistics), pp.131-145, doi: external page 10.1007/978-3-031-38145-4_8
- Shan, Jing; Preis, Henning; Bešinović, Nikola; Schönberger, Jörn (2023). Optimizing Service Networks for Rail Freight Transport Between China and Europe, in: Nießen, Nils; Schindler, Christian (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Railway Symposium Aachen 2023, Hamburg: DVV Media Group, pp. 390-406, doi: external page 10.18154/RWTH-2024-00257