Inventory and capacity optimization in high-tech supply chains

On Wednesday, 5th of April, Prof. Dr. Mirjam Meijer will hold her inaugural. The lecture is open to the public. After the lecture there will be a buffet and drinks. 

While attendance is free of charge, we only have limited seats available. Please register ahead of time via e-mail at: events.faculty@klu.org with your full name and organisation. Please consider this carefully because we are booking a caterer for this event.

• Registration mandatory by e-mail.
• Reception after lecture.
• Venue: Forum / Foyer.

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High-tech manufacturers produce and assemble state-of-the art products that consist of many complex components sourced from dozens of suppliers. Examples are the production of lithography machines by ASML or the production of aircraft by Boeing or Airbus. To assemble these high-tech end-products and deliver them to the customers, it is important that all required components are available, as shortage of a single component may lead to costly delivery delays of the end-product. Recent shortages of semiconductors have for example stopped entire production lines in car manufacturing industries. Avoiding such shortages requires sufficient capacity of the suppliers, who face their own trade-offs and may be hesitant to invest in too much capacity. This lecture will provide an overview of several research projects investigating optimization and coordination problems in these high-tech supply chains.

Mirjam Meijer is Assistant Professor of Operations Management at Kühne Logistics University. She obtained her PhD in Operations Management and Logistics at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. She holds a MSc in Econometrics and Management Science with a specialization in Operations Research and Quantitative Logistics and a BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research, both from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In her research, she focuses on inventory control and supply chain optimization and coordination problems that are based on practical challenges faced by manufacturers of high-tech products and their suppliers. For this, she uses different methodologies, including stochastic optimization, game theory, Markov processes and queueing theory. Her research has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research and Naval Research Logistics. She teaches the courses Mathematics for Business and Economics, Seminar, and Inventory and Warehouse Management in KLU’s bachelor program.