Dr Morteza Pourakbar

Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management

Department of Technology and Operations Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Profile

Morteza Pourakbar is an associate professor at the Department of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management. His main research interests are risk and security management in global supply chains and after-sales service parts inventory management.

Professional experience

Associate Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Technology and Operations Management

Publications

Scholarly Publications (10)

J.B.G. Frenk, S. Javadi, M. Pourakbar & S.O. Sezer (2019). An exact static solution approach for the service parts end of life inventory problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 272 (2), 496-504. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.06.041
P. Letizia, M. Pourakbar & T. Harrison (2018). The Impact of Consumer Returns on the Multichannel Sales Strategies of Manufacturers. Production and Operations Management, 27 (2), 323-349. doi: 10.1111/poms.12799
M. Pourakbar & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). The Role of Customs in Securing Containerized Global Supply Chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 271 (1), 331-340. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.012
S. Rezapour, R. Zanjirani Farahani & M. Pourakbar (2017). Resilient supply chain network design under competition: A case study. European Journal of Operational Research, 259 (3), 1017-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.11.041
M. Pourakbar, E.A. van der Laan & R. Dekker (2014). End-of-Life Inventory Problem with Phase-out Returns. Production and Operations Management, 23 (9), 1561-1576. doi: 10.1111/poms.12176
M. Pourakbar & R. Dekker (2012). Customer Differentiated End-of-Life Inventory Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 222 (1), 44-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.034
M. Pourakbar, J.B.G. Frenk & R. Dekker (2012). End-of-life inventory decisions for consumer electronics service parts. Production and Operations Management, 21 (5), 889-906. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01340.x
R. Dekker, M. Pourakbar & A. Sleptchenko (2009). The floating stock policy in fast moving consumer goods supply chains. Transportation Research. Part E, The Logistics and Transportation Review, 45 (1), 39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2008.06.001
M.H. Fazel Zarandi, M. Pourakbar & I.B. Turksen (2008). A Fuzzy agent-based model for reduction of bullwhip effect in supply chain systems. Expert Systems with Applications, 34 (3), 1680-1691. doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.01.031
R.Z. Farahani, M. Pourakbar & E. Miandoabchi (2007). Developing exact and Tabu search algorithms for simultaneously determining AGV loop and P/D stations in single loop systems. International Journal of Production Research, 45 (22), 5199-5222. doi: 10.1080/00207540600824912

Doctoral Thesis

M. Pourakbar (2011, november 29). End-of-Life Inventory Decisions of Service Parts. Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (PhD Serie 249)) Prom./coprom.: prof.dr.ir. R. Dekker & Dr. J.B.G. Frenk.

Recognitions

Editorial positions (3)

Production and Operations Management

Ad Hoc Reviewer
International Journal of Production Economics

Ad Hoc Reviewer
IISE Transactions

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Organization Memberships (2)

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

http://www.informs.org/

Member
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

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Member Graduate Studies Committee

Courses

Quantitative Decision Making

Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014
Code: BAB19
Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Decision theory

Study year: 2019/2020
Code: BK1115
Level: Bachelor 1

Operations research and modelling

Study year: 2019/2020
Code: BKB0013
Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Global supply chain management

Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
Code: BM-IM03CC
ECTS: 8 Level: Master

Global Sustainable Supply Chains

Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
Code: BM02SCM
ECTS: 4 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master