Laan, dr. Erwin van der
Function Associate Professor of Logistics and Operations Management
Room Number T9-42
Telephone +31(0)10 408 2763
Fax +31(0)10 408 9010
E-mail elaan@rsm.nl
 


Research Interests

  • (Reverse) Logistics / Sustainable supply chains
  • Inventory control and production planning
  • The value of information for logistics operations

Key Publications

  • M. Ketzenberg., E.A. van der Laan and R.H. Teunter (2006). Value of Information in Closed Loop Supply Chains (To appear in: Production and Operations Management).
  • E.A. van der Laan and R.H. Teunter (2005). Simple heuristics for push and pull remanufacturing policies, (To appear in: European Journal of Operational Research).
  • V. D. Guide Jr., G.C. Souza and E.A. van der Laan (2005). Performance of Static Priority Rules for Shared Facilities in a remanufacturing Shop with Disassembly and Reassembly, European Journal of Operational Research 164, 341-353.
  • E. van der Laan, D. Vlachos, G. Kiesmueller, R. Kuik and R. Dekker (2003). Managing Recoverable Inventories, In: Quantitative Approaches to Reverse Logistics, R. Dekker, L. Van Wassenhove, K. Inderfurth and M. Fleischmann (Eds.), Springer.
  • E. van der Laan, M. Salomon, R. Dekker and L.N. Van Wassenhove (1999). Inventory control in hybrid systems with remanufacturing Management Science 45(5):733-747.
  • A. Ridder, E.A. van der Laan, and M. Salomon (1998). How larger demand variability may lead to lower costs in the newsboy problem, Operations Research 46(6):934-936.
  • E.A. van der Laan and M. Salomon (1997). Production planning and inventory control with remanufacturing and disposal, European Journal of Operational Research, 102(2):264-278, 1997.

Teaching

  • Operations Research and Modeling (ORMO)
  • Leeronderzoek and Bachelor thesis "Supply Chains of the Future"
  • Master elective "Closed Loop Supply Chains"
  • IBS 2006 study trip to Brazil

Miscellaneous

Project leader of ECO (Efficient Closed loop supply chain Organisations), a consortioum of academic institutes, industry, and government within the framework of TRANSUMO ( http://www.transumo.nl). The project aims at identifying determinants for global return flows and its implications for (empty) container transport.