Prof. Dr. Richard Pibernik
Prof. Dr. Richard Pibernik
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Brief CV
Richard Pibernik received his doctorate degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. From 2004 to 2007 he was a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Professor within the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Programme at the Zaragoza Logistics Centre in Spain. From 2007 to 2012 he was a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the EBS Business School in Wiesbaden, and from 2010-2012 Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School. As of 2012 Richard is a chaired Professor of Logistics and Quantitative Methods in Business Administration at the University of Würzburg. At the same time he is an Adjunct Professor at the Zaragoza Logistics Centre, Spain, and a Visiting Professor at the Malaysia Institute of Supply Chain Innovation. Both Zaragoza Logistics Center and the Malaysia Institute of Supply Chain Innovation are nodes of MIT's Global SCALE Network, an international alliance of leading-edge research and education centers dedicated to the development and dissemination of global innovation in supply chain and logistics.
Richard’s research is focused on quantitative methods for supply chain and logistics management. In particular, he works on data-driven approaches to supply chain management that integrate machine learning and traditional optimization models in supply chain management, supply chain information systems, and integrated planning approaches. He currently heads a research group consisting of eight researchers that is dedicated to data-driven approaches in supply chain and operations management, and also works actively in research project addressing healthcare supply chains for developing countries.
Richard has published his research in numerous renowned international journals such as Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, and has been responsible, as a principal investigator, for many projects that were funded by industry and public funding agencies. He received grants from public funding agencies (EU, German Research Foundation, and the Governments of Germany and Spain), and carried out projects with large corporations (e.g. Lufthansa, Alcatel-Lucent, SAP), consulting firms (e.g. McKinsey), and many SME’s in Germany, Spain, and other countries. He is currently working with many companies in projects focused on data-driven supply chain management, supply chain analytics, and exploitation of big data in supply chain management.
Teaching specialization
Richard Pibernik holds lectures and seminars concerning strategic and operative management of logistics systems and global supply chains with a strong quantitative orientation. Furthermore, he offers programs for quantitative decision analysis and support.
Publications
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Prescriptive Analytics for Flexible Capacity Management in Management Science (2022). 68(3) 1756–1775.
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Prescriptive Analytics for a Multi-Shift Staffing Problem in European Journal of Operational Research (2022).
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Allocation planning under service-level contracts in European Journal of Operational Research (2020). 280(1) 203–218.
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Single-Period Stochastic Demand Fulfillment in Customer Hierarchies in accepted for publication in European Journal of Operational Research (2020).
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Allocation planning in sales hierarchies with stochastic demand and service-level targets in OR Spectrum (2019). 41(4) 981–1024.
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Purchasing managers’ willingness to pay for attributes that constitute sustainability in Journal of Operations Management (2018). 62 44–58.
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The Value of Entrant Manufacturers: A Study of Competition and Risk for Donor-Funded Procurement of Essential Medicines in European Journal of Operational Research (2018). 272(1) 292–312.
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Privacy-preserving condition-based forecasting using machine learning in Journal of Business Economics (2018). 88(5) 563–592.
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Profitability of Service-Level-Based Price Differentiation with Inventory Rationing. in Production and Operations Management (2017). 26(5) 903–923.
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The Value of Entrant Manufacturers: A Study of Competition and Risk for Donor-Funded Procurement of Essential Medicines (2016).
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Queueing with Limited Future Information (2016).
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Maverick Buying: Eliminate, Participate, Leverage in International Journal of Production Economics (2016). 179 77–89.
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Service differentiation in a single-period inventory model with numerous customer classes in OR Spectrum (2016). 38(4) 921–948.
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Hit-Or-Miss: What Leads Experts to Take Advice for Long Term Judgments in Management Science (2016). 62(7) 2002–2021.
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Flexible Capacity Management with Future Information (2016).
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Wishful Updating: The Role of Optimism When Experts Update Their Beliefs about the Future (2016).
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The Influence of Ethical Culture on Supplier Selection in the Context of Sustainable Sourcing in International Journal of Production Economics (2012). 140(1) 7–17.
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Paying for Convenience: Attractiveness and Market Potential of Time-Based Delivery Services in International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (2012). 42(6) 584–606.
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Customer-facing supply chain practices – the impact of demand and distribution management on supply chain success in Journal of Operations Management (2012). 30(4) 269–281.
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Reservation and Allocation Policies for Influenza Vaccines in European Journal of Operations Research (2012). 222(3) 495–507.
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The manufacturer’s incentive to reduce lead times in Production and Operations Management (2011). 20(5) 639–653.
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Secure collaborative Supply-Chain management in Computer (2011). 44(9) 38–43.
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An inventory reservation problem with nesting and fill rate based performance measures in International Journal of Production Economics (2011). 133(1) 393–402.
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Secure collaborative supply chain planning and inverse optimization - The JELS model in European Journal of Operational Research (2011). 208(1) 75–85.
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The impact of performance measurement on the recognition of purchasing and supply management’s value contribution: A principal-agent based case study analysis in International Journal of Production Economics - submitted (2009).
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Optimizations for risk-aware secure supply chain master planning in Journal of Universal Computer Science (2009). 15(15) 3019–3037.
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Dynamic capacity reservation and due date quoting in a make-to-order system in Naval Research Logistics (2009). 55(7) 593–611.
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Inventory reservation and real-time order promising in a make-to-stock system in OR Spectrum (2009). 31(1) 281–307.
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Verhandlungsbasiertes Master Planning in Supply Chains in DBW Die Betriebswirtschaft (2008). 68(1) 85–111.
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Strategic deployment of specialized testing and remanufacturing in a global high-tech supply chain in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (2007). 11(1) 28–52.
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An approach to inter domain master planning in supply chains in International Journal of Production Economics (2007). 108(1) 200–212.
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Quantitative Methoden in Logistik und Supply Chain Management (2006). Hamburg.
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Leistungsprogrammplanung in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken – Fundierung, Implikationen, Grenzen in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke (2006). 305–324.
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Managing stock-outs effectively with order fulfillment systems in Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (2006). 17(6) 721–736.
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Centralised and decentralised supply chain planning in International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (2006). 2(1) 6–27.
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Master planning in supply chains in Entscheidungsunterstützende Systeme in SCM und Logistik (2005).
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Advanced available-to-promise: Classification, selected methods and requirements for operations and inventory management in International Journal of Production Economics (2005). 93(94) 239–252.
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Strategic deployment of specialized testing and remanufacturing in a global network of contract manufacturers in Proceedings of EurOMA, International Conference on Global Operations and Competitiveness (2005).
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Managing stock-outs effectively with order fulfillment systems in Proceedings of SCMIS 2005 – 3rd International Workshop on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (2005).
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Process Management in Supply Chains – A New Petri-Net Approach in Proceedings of the 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 37) (2004). (Bd. 37)
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Dynamische Supply Chain Configuration mit Advanced Planning Systemen in Quantitative Methoden in ERP und APS. Paderborn (2004).
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Zentrales und dezentrales Supply Chain Planning in Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (2004). 1 25–31.
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Fallstudie: Zentrales und dezentrales Supply Chain Planning am Beispiel einer Supply Chain der Pharma-Industrie in Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (2004). 1 59–64.
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A multi-product batch-available-to-promise model for make-to-stock manufacturing in Operations Research Proceedings (2003).
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Modellgestützte Flexibilitätsplanung in Supply Chains: Einsatz einer Software-Applikation in einem Biotechnologie-Unternehmen in Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (2003). 73(11) 1141–1165.
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Fallstudie: Supply Chain Configuration am Beispiel eines Biotechnologie-Unternehmens in Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (2003). 1 54–60.
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Einsatz dynamischer Planungsmodelle zur Unterstützung des strategischen Supply Chain Management in Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (2003). 1 20–26.
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Ausgewählte Methoden und Verfahren zur Unterstützung des Advanced Available to Promise in Zeitschrift für Planung (2002). 13 345–372.
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Advanced available to promise: Herausforderungen für das Produktions- und Logistikmanagement in Wissenschaftssymposium Logistik (2002).
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Flexibilitätsplanung in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken (2001). Gabler, Wiesbaden.
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Flexibilitätsplanung in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken in Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (2001). 71(8) 893–913.
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Fundamentals of flexibility planning in supply chain networks in European Logistics Association (1999).
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Simulationsgestützte Besatzungseinsatzplanung einer Luftverkehrsgesellschaft in Simulation im Luftverkehr, M. Kaupp (Hrsg.) (1996). 111–211.
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