This theme addresses design, management, optimization, coordination, and planning issues in supply chains. It is a broad theme with various research methods ranging from analytical research for a wide range of more or less traditional optimization and planning problems in supply chains (such as inventory planning, production planning and scheduling, logistics network optimization) on the one hand, to field-based and empirical research in the area of purchasing and sourcing, manufacturing, outsourcing, distribution, and intra-organizational collaboration issues on the other hand
A selection of projects:
