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
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Integrating gender and farmer's preferences in a discussion support tool for crop choice
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Joint assortment and inventory optimization for vertically differentiated products under consumer-driven substitution
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A multi-objective modeling approach to harvesting resource scheduling : Decision support for a more sustainable Thai sugar industry
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.
Impact stories
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Combating food waste by supply chain modelling and optimization
Research shows that in the EU about 5 million tons of edible food ends up as food waste at supermarkets and other retailers. This loss through waste... -
Logistics in the Circular Economy: matching supply and demand for waste and byproducts
The Dutch government has the ambition for The Netherlands to be fully circular in 2050. To move in that direction, a lot of work is done on the...
