【Title】 Coordination of container transport in hinterland supply chains 

【Presenter】Prof. Jan C. Fransoo, Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands 

【Host】 Dr. Lei Zhao

【Date】Thursday  June 11, 2015, 15:30 – 16:30 

【Venue】Room 510, Shunde Building 

【Abstract】Container transport is a critical element in today’s global supply chains. Despite the importance, most of the research in this area has focused on the transport and handling perspective, while there is relatively little research that take the supply chain perspective. In this talk, I will discuss the main results of the work that I have conducted over the past four years. Our research focuses primarily on the so-called hinterland supply chain, i.e., the transportation from the deepsea port to the final customer and vice versa, which account for 40-60% of the total transportation costs in a typical intercontinental connection between Beijing and Eindhoven.

【Bio】Jan C. Fransoo is a Professor of Operations Management & Logistics in the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he also serves as the Dean of the university’s Graduate School. He holds a MSc degree in Industrial Engineering and a PhD in Operations Management, both from Eindhoven University of Technology. He has held visiting positions at multiple institutions, including Stanford University as a visiting researcher, at MIT as a Visiting Professor, and at the University of Ljubljana as a Honorary Visiting Professor. Professor Fransoo is a regular visitor to Tsinghua University where he has collaborated over an extended period of time with Professor Lei Zhao. Fransoo serves as Associate Editor of Operations Research, as Senior Editor of Production and Operations Management, and on the editorial board of a number of other journals, including OR Spectrum and FSM Journal. He has published over 80 papers in a wide variety of journals, including Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, MSOM, and EJOR.

More information about Professor Fransoo can be found at www.janfransoo.com.