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The logistics industry is increasingly prioritising sustainability, requiring a comprehensive approach to carrier selection for transporting tank containers overseas. Current studies often focus only on economic factors, but social and environmental aspects are also crucial for s ...
In today's fast-paced global environment, the primary challenge for high-tech companies is maintaining a consistent supply of raw materials in the form of specialized parts from their suppliers. This is essential to sustain manufacturing operations and meet performance targets, u ...
To support the deployment of future offshore facilities aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, offshore logistics operators must adjust their fleet management and routing strategies to accommodate diverse facility types. Existing methods for determining opt ...

Addressing Supply-Side Disruptions

Optimizing Supply Chain Performance through Supplier Selection and Risk Mitigation

In the contemporary global environment, supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to disruptions, with environmental and supplier disturbances posing frequent challenges. This research aimed to understand the influence of a systematic supplier selection approach, combined with an ...
The pivotal sector of transportation has shown signs of a surge in demand. The European Union projects a 42% increase in passenger transport from 2019 until 2050. Policymakers and stakeholders must collaborate to address the increasing transportation demand while considering envi ...

The factors determining cloud platform adoption

An exploratory study of the Dutch financial sector using the Best-Worst Method (BWM)

The financial industry has been significantly transformed by innovations, but traditional banks have managed to maintain their dominant position without implementing many innovations. However, new technologies have caused a shift and should no longer be ignored. Financial institu ...

A New Method of Measuring Overall Warehouse Performance

An Automated E-Commerce Retail Warehouse

E-commerce is rising in demand and sales are forecasted to reach 7.4 trillion dollars by 2025. Many products are shipped to consumers from warehouses directly rather than being displayed in a physical retail store. Smooth and effective warehousing operations are more crucial with ...
Previous academic work on Portfolio Decision Analysis (PDA) have pointed at the advantage of using PDA in multi-actor situations and environmental sectors, but have also pointed at the lack of research done in such case studies. Currently there exist situations where PDA would be ...
The Netherlands has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 95% by 2050. In this respect, hydrogen is a promising part of the pathway to meeting climate targets. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding the potential domestic and global supply chains in the Netherlan ...
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, and entire industries are seeking to reap the benefits resulting from the use of the technologies that the revolution brings. Waste management is one of those industries. The rapid growth of the human population causes more consumer go ...
The European aviation sector agrees that a mix of several smaller operational innovations collectively have great potential to help shortening the pathway towards net zero aviation. Nevertheless, from the operator's point of view, hardly any insights have been provided on how the ...

Offshore Wind Installation Vessels

Generating insight about the driving factors behind the future design

Offshore wind plays a major role in the transition of conventional energy towards sustainable energy sources. To keep up with the increasing installation demand in this sector new offshore wind installation vessels are needed. There is a need for more certainty and predictability ...
This thesis proposes a truck arrival shift (TAS) policy to control truck arrivals at seaport terminals. The aim is to reduce congestion at terminal gates which is caused by a lack of port-hinterland alignment. We proposed, developed, and applied a modeling framework to assesses t ...
Over the last few years, regulations, changes in governance, and societal pressure have led to a push to rethink a firms’ approach to sustainability. This push created a need to place sustainability and numerous relevant technologies and approaches at the centre of the firms’ dec ...

Crowd versus Experts Forecasting Technologies

Impact of Collective Diversity & Size on Collective Performance

For centuries, Homo sapiens have been trying to predict the future through supernatural or scientific methods. Since prehistory, this quality has been essential to humans (e.g., anticipate prey, then ambush it). Even in today’s society, predicting the future remains essential in ...

How to lead the transition from multichannel to omnichannel retailing

Address the current challenges and associated indicators with the assistance of a theoretical framework

This thesis focuses on the transition from multichannel to omnichannel retailing. To provide insight into this, the current challenges and related indicators are identified by means of a multiple case study. In addition, a theoretical framework for the omnichannel retailing conce ...
Blockchain Technology has gained popularity in recent years and one of its most promising applications is in Supply Chain Management. The visibility enabled by distributed ledger technology can empower Real-Time Tracking of Products (also referred to as the ‘Holy Grail’ of logist ...

Exploring market uncertainty in early ship design

Simulating the effect of design parameters on vessel performance in an uncertain market

To decrease Europe’s harmful emissions, the European Union aims to substantially increase its offshore wind energy capacity. To further develop offshore wind energy, investment in ever-larger construction vessels is necessary. Designing these vessels is difficult however, as this ...