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Broekman, Jelmar (author)The construction industry is responsible for the emitting carbon, nitrogen, and particulate matter, which is harmful to the environment and contributes to global warming. Municipalities in the Netherlands plan to reduce emissions in inner-city developments to zero before 2030, for which a transformation of the already...master thesis 2024
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Vaandrager, Celine (author)This thesis addresses the increasing vulnerabilities in modern supply chains, particularly within the maritime industry. Emphasizing the crucial role of procurement in risk mitigation, the study challenges conventional lean management, advocating for agile supply chain strategies. It introduces the Integrated Supplier Matrix (ISM) to enhance...master thesis 2024
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Said, Hisham (author), Rajagopalan, Aswathy (author), Hall, Daniel M. (author)Purpose<br/>Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is an innovative construction material that provides a balanced mix of structural stiffness, fabrication flexibility and sustainability. CLT development and innovation diffusion require close collaborations between its supply chain architectural, engineering, construction and manufacturing (AECM)...journal article 2024
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Makarević, Masa (author)The current trend of technology being increasingly integrated into the healthcare industry is heavily influencing the supply chains of companies involved. Thus, companies need to find ways to remain competitive, one of which is introducing process optimization in (parts of) their supply chains. In large organizations whose portfolios involve a...master thesis 2023
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Kemerink, Renk (author)Construction resource management in the Netherlands is causing environmental concerns due to a high demand for infrastructure maintenance and carbon/nitrogen emissions. Insufficient optimization of resource management between projects results in more traffic and higher energy demand, but measures such as linking projects, program management, and...master thesis 2023
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Wu, K. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Rezaei, J. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Consumer goods supply chains are intensifying their efforts to develop and offer green products, in order to seize new business opportunities and improve profitability. A specific type of green products concerns marginal and development cost-intensive green products (MDIGPs), like electric vehicles. As greening these products affects both...journal article 2023
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Wang, Jiepeng (author), Zhou, Hong (author), Sun, Xinlei (author), Yuan, Y. (author)Due to the fact that there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of how the dynamic nature of supply chain networks (SCNs) interrelates with network structures, particularly network topologies under disruptions. This research employs a novel evolving model of a supply chain network (SCNE model) by modifying the Barabási and Albert (BA)...journal article 2023
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- Lopes Vieira, Mariana (author) master thesis 2022
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Acosta Martinez, Victor Acosta (author)This thesis project studied the demand planning process of Cargill Global Edible Oil Solutions (GEOS) in the EMEA region and had the objective of developing a demand forecast model for the Retail Food Services customers to improve their satisfaction levels. The scope of this covered the commercial and contractual relationships, for the delivery...master thesis 2022
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Wissingh, Thomas (author), Kuijlenburg, Rachel (author), Joosstens, Frans (author), Poldner, Kim, (author), Mobach, Mark (author)Background and aim - Many countries signed the Paris Agreement to mitigate global average temperature rise. In this context, Dutch government decided to realize a reduction of 50% using resources and raw materials in 2030. This paper explores how practice-based research into facility operations can contribute to this aim. Methods / Methodology -...conference paper 2022
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Dolman, Roemer (author)The purpose of Supply Chain Management (SCM) is to maximize and stabilize the flow of goods through a supply chain. Disruptions to this flow, such as the Bullwhip Effect (BWE), have become increasingly severe and dynamic, challenging current methods for counteracting these disruptions. This thesis develops a systems and control framework for...master thesis 2022
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Madhwal, Yash (author), Borbon-Galvez, Yari (author), Etemadi, N. (author), Yanovich, Yury (author), Creazza, Alessandro (author)The growth of the enterprise blockchain research supporting supply chain management calls for investigations of their impact and mindfulness of their design, use cases, and pilots. With a blockchain design for the Proof of Delivery (PoD) process management, this paper contributes to learning about performance measurement and the transaction...journal article 2022
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Li, T. (author), Vos, J.V. (author), Erkin, Z. (author)In January 2017, a truck crossed the border between Spain and France for the first time using an e-CMR: An electronic version of the primary transport document required for inter-European logistics. Since that crossing, researchers and logistic organizations have proposed a large number of ideas to further digitize Europe’s supply chain. Many of...conference paper 2022
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Rabah, Malek (author)Upcycling of the biomass residues and wastes is a necessary innovation within the given environmental and economic trends, policies and regulations, competition and depletion of natural resources taking place nowadays. Thus, wood pallet upcycling is chosen in this thesis to be the ambassador of biomass. <br/>Research is built upon the...master thesis 2021
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Magnúsdóttir, Ásta (author)Swiss watches are known around the world as a luxury product. Due to the fact that the product is considered a status symbol of wealth the market for counterfeit watches is a continuing concern of the industry. Historically the watches have primarily been manufactured in Switzerland. In recent years, however, manufacturing is done all over the...master thesis 2021
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Guleij, Laura (author)The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is driven by dynamic competition, globalization, and increasing pressure to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The increased uncertainty and complexity of coordination, result in the companies’ necessity to innovate and obtain capabilities for responsiveness and decision¬ making. Hereby,...master thesis 2021
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Fishta, Kristi (author)Managing building supply chains is significantly challenging due to its temporary nature, design to order, fragmentation and overall complexity of processes. As the built environment strives to achieve a circular domain, there is an increasing need for solutions that close product and organisational systems together with the material and...master thesis 2021
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Oskam, Suzanne (author)Collaborations and partnerships between supplying parties are of great importance for adopting circular principles in the built environment and should be investigated within the development of circular supply chain management (CSCM). Therefore, the focus of this research is on collaboration opportunities within CSCM, where the need for active...master thesis 2021
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de Krom, Bart (author)Recent developments in supply chains and supply chain management (SCM) lead to increased complexity and vulnerability of supply chain operations. Therefore, it is needed to better anticipate and prepare for or prevent disruptions from occurring. Increasing interest for the application of machine learning in supply chain (risk) management has...master thesis 2021
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Spil, Gwen (author)The goal of this thesis is to understand the awareness for and the challenges of the EU conflict minerals regulation. In this thesis the following main question will be answered: How can companies and governance implement the European conflict minerals regulation 2017/821?master thesis 2021