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As part of the D³ Group, the Chair of Logistics and Quantitative Methods (Professor Pibernik) offers two positions for Doctoral Students within our new reserach initiative "Big Data Supply Chain Analytics for Multi-Channel Retailers".

As part of the D³ group, the Chair of Logistics and Quantitative Methods (Professor Pibernik) offers multiple positions for Doctoral Students within our reserach initiative "AI-based Operations & Supply Chain Management".

Jointly with colleagues from the University of Würzburg and various practitioners, Richard Pibernik launched an interdisciplinary research project on medical supply chains (ETHiCS-EU).

In April, Richard Pibernik was invited to teach in two outstanding management programs.

Pascal Notz received the doctoral dissertation award of the German Society for Operations Research (Gesellschaft für Operations Research - GOR) for his thesis „Prescriptive Analytics for Data Driven Capacity Management".

Our work on data-driven supply chain and operations management receives international recognition.

Pascal Notz, a former PhD-student at the Chair of Logistics and Quantitative Methods, received this year’s scientific award of the “Bundesvereinigung Logistik” (BVL), the German association of logistics professionals. BVL has more than 11,000 members and is the most influential professional organization in logistics in Germany. The award has a long history: For almost 30 years, outstanding scientific work has been honored by the BVL, and many laureates have become very successful scholar and professionals.

BäckerAI is a software solution for bakeries to reduce food waste and simplify their planning processes. The company was founded by graduates of JMU Würzburg: Franz Seubert completed his Master’s thesis at the Chair for Logistics and Quantitative Methods where Jan Meller and Fabian Taigel did their doctorate.

Konstantin Kloos, researcher at the Chair of Logistics and Quantitative Methods, successfully completed his doctoral thesis project. On December 15, 2020, he defended his thesis “Allocation Planning in Sales Hierarchies”. Due to his outstanding innovative work, the board of examiners conferred the distinction “summa cum laude”.

Richard Pibernik receives the “Preis für gute Lehre an den staatlichen Universitäten in Bayern” award for outstanding achievements in teaching from the Minister of Education and Science of Bavaria.

Two of our researchers – Jan Meller and Fabian Taigel – co-founded Level3, a company dedicated to applying AI in Operations & Logistics Management. With their third co-founder, Dr. Sarah Mehringer, the team secured an EXIST Business Start-up Grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Every day, medicines are sent around the world. Strict guidelines must be followed during transport. The Würzburg-based company va-Q-tec has specialised in this area and is now working with students and researchers of the Chair of Logistics and Quantitative Method and the Chair of Information Systems and Management.