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Annually, the BVL (Bundesvereinigung Logistik) rewards young scientists for their outstanding theses. This year, Philipp Berger was awarded for his Master’s thesis “Data-driven and machine learning-inspired procurement in volatile markets”, supervised by Dr. Christian Mandl. The data-driven model… [weiterlesen]

The German Society for Operations Research (GOR) annually awards a prize to excellent master theses in Operations Research. This year, our student Anita Regler was awarded for her thesis entitled “Data-Driven Integrated Production and Maintenance Optimization”. Under the supervision of Dr.… [weiterlesen]

Stefan Minner was appointed Associated Editor in the department "Supply Chain Services & Logistics" of the INFORMS journal Service Science. Service Science publishes innovative and original papers on all topics related to service, including work that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. It… [weiterlesen]

As part of the program “Fellowship 2020“, the ZD.B supports the dissertation of especially qualified PhD candidates whose work focuses on aspects that are economically important for digitalization. The ZD.B fellowship includes the financing of a job paid under the German TV-L E13 (100 %) for usually… [weiterlesen]

Dr. Dennis Prak has received a Rubicon grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for his research project “Adaptive Data-Driven Inventory Control for Dynamic Supply Chains” at the Chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. After having completed his PhD studies at… [weiterlesen]

In order to bridge the gap between industry and research, the association "Initiative Wissenschaft und Automobilindustrie (IWA) e.V.", based in Jena, annually awards the prize for application-oriented scientific achievements in the field of "Planning and Optimization in the Automotive Industry and… [weiterlesen]

The paper Data-Driven Optimization for Commodity Procurement under Price Uncertainty by Dr. Christian Mandl and Prof. Dr. Stefan Minner won the first prize of the 2019 MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition. The objectives of the competition are to motivate, help develop, reward and highlight… [weiterlesen]