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Consumer-Driven Order Picking Strategies for E-Groceries
Demand in e-groceries is increasing. In practice, a wide range of business models exists. This post focuses on store-based home deliveries and a quite simple question: Which products should I ship to my customers?
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Optimizing Logistics Operations to Reduce Food Waste
Substantial amounts of food products are wasted in multiple stages of the supply chain. Produce is lost at the field, during delivery as well as in stores and customers’ homes. Consequently, optimizing logistics processes in the food industry does not only enable one to decrease costs, it potentially results in reduced food waste.
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Simulation Optimization with AnyLogic
Over the last years, I have worked on various research projects requiring the combination of simulation and optimization methods. It is a powerful tool to investigate complex setting with different input and influencing factors. I mostly use the simulation software package AnyLogic to accomplish this, which allows one to add optimization procedures coded in Java. This…
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Routing & Scheduling of Home Health Care Services
Demographic shifts, changes in family structure, the desire to ‘grow old at home’ and cost benefits are just some reasons why the demand for home health care (HHC) services is likely to continue to increase substantially over the next years. Within HHC operations, various interesting research question exists. A recent review article on HHC routing…
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