E-Commerce
What happens after the click? On the way towards the customer, a variety of optimization problems have to be solved in warehouses of retailers, parcel sorting centers, and on the last mile.
Research
Chair for Operations Management
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Main fields of research and interest
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Funding projects by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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- Optimizing the container transfer in rail terminalsExternal link
- Planning and operating sortation conveyor systemsExternal link
- Optimization of parking lot layoutsExternal link
- Coordination of demand and supply in the Sharing EconomyExternal link
- Tour planning of human order pickers and/or mobile transport robots in modern warehousesExternal link
- Managing the trade-off between material consumption, performance, and shipping costs through the optimized use of e-commerce packaging machines (OptiPack)External link
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Image: DFGDissertations (PhD theses) and doctoral hats
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Dr. rer. pol. Johannes Rupp: „Optimization of modern hub and spoke infrastructure“
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