Operations Research and Logistics Group

Our mission is to contribute to the state-of-the-art of Operations Research and Logistics Management in agrifood and biobased supply chains to cope with contemporary complexity issues by developing innovative logistics concepts, decision support models, and solution approaches.

Latest publications

Understanding the Complexity of the Food System: Differences and Commonalities between Two Optimization Models

Heerschop, Samantha , Cardinaals, Renee , Biesbroek, Sander , Kanellopoulos, Argyris , Geleijnse, Johanna , van 't Veer, Pieter , van Zanten, Hannah (2023)
On order policies with pre-specified order schedules for a perishable product in retail

Pauls-Worm, K.G.J. , de Jong, M.V. , Hendrix, Eligius (2023)
Analytical framework for planning water reuse in the food industry with application to a cheese production case study

Pulluru, Sai Jishna , Akkerman, Renzo (2023)

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Our Research

Central in the problem characteristics of our research projects is increasing decision making complexity, dynamics and uncertainty whilst dealing with the specific characteristics of our domain. Organisations are striving for robust performances, not only on costs but also regarding the trade-off between product availability, product quality and supply chain sustainability.