Reseach Cluster: Sustainable Supply Chains
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This cluster examines the design of sustainable value chains at strategic, tactical and operational planning and control levels.
- Production and sequence planning
- Network design
- Modeling and development of solution algorithms
- Simulation-based performance assessment
- Assessing the sustainability of global supply chains
- Efficiency analysis and multi-criteria optimization
- Indicator-based performance evaluation and technology impact comparison
- Dellnitz, A.; Tavana, M.; Zimmermann, S.; Kleine, A; Dalhoff, L. (2025): An Integrated Pollution-Generating Technology and Temperature Alignment Rating Model for Eco-Efficiency Estimation, Sustainable Operations and Computers, 6/2025, 246-255.
- Schorn, D.; Mönch, L. (2024): Learning Priority Indices for Energy-Aware Scheduling of Jobs on Batch Processing Machines, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 37(1), pp. 3-15.
- Uhlich, T.; Kieckhäfer, K. (2024): The CO2 management decision problem in tactical sales planning of light commercial vehicle manufacturers in Europe, International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 24(1), pp. 54-74.
- Uhlich, T.; Kieckhäfer, K. (2023): CO2-orientierte kurzfristige Absatzplanung von Herstellern leichter Nutzfahrzeuge, Proff, H. (ed.): Towards the New Normal in Mobility – Technische und betriebswirtschaftliche Aspekte, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, pp. 693-711.
- Hilbert, M.; Dellnitz, A.; Kleine, A.; Tavana, M. (2023): A Novel Indicator for Sustainability in Production Planning using Center of Gravity-based Assessment of Pareto Fronts, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 185.
- Hilbert, M.; Dellnitz, A.; Kleine, A. (2023): Eco-Energy-Efficient Simultaneous Lot-Sizing and Scheduling: A Tri-criteria Problem, International Conference on Operations Research, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 205-212.
- Hilbert, M.; Dellnitz, A.; Kleine, A. (2023): Production planning under RTP, TOU and PPA considering a redox flow battery storage system, Annals of Operations Research, 328(2), pp. 1409-1436.
- Hilbert, M.; Kleine, A.; Dellnitz, A. (2023): Towards the concept of gas-to-power demand response. Journal of Business Economics, 94(1), pp. 113-135.
- AIMS5.0: Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Leading to Sustainability and Industry5.0 (Horizont “Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking,” 2023–2026).
- EURO PhD School und Konferenz der Working Group Sustainable Supply Chains 2023 (EURO PhD School und Konferenz der Working Group Sustainable Supply Chains, 2023)
- MaxFab – Management of Energy-Flexible Factories (FernUniversität, 2016–2022) (page in German)
- E2BOA: Energy-efficient Batch Optimization Algorithms (progres.nrw, 2021)
- RESEDA: Renewable Energy Source Enabling in Strategic Semiconductor Network Design Algorithms (BMBF, MOST Taiwan, 2019–2022)
- Sören Ahlfs, M.Sc. (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics)
- Prof. Dr. Görge Deerberg (Environmental Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Dellnitz (FH Leibniz, Hannover)
- Lea Franze, M.Sc. (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics)
- Prof. Dr. Karsten Kieckhäfer (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics and Director of the Research Center)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Kleine (Business Administration, esp. Quantitative Methods and Business Mathematics)
- Prof. Dr. Lars Mönch (Enterprise-Wide Software Systems)
- Daniel Sascha Schorn (Enterprise-Wide Software Systems)
- Markus Hilbert (Business Administration, esp. Quantitative Methods and Business Mathematics)
- Jens Rocholl (Enterprise-Wide Software Systems)
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Prof. Dr. Lars Mönch
Cluster Spokesperson
Email: lars.moench
Phone: +49 2331 987-4593
E/E/S Research Center
| 13.04.2026
