CHAIR OF

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Workshop on Retail Operations: Several researchers from the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt visited the Otto-von Guericke University from 16-18 November 2016 to discuss topics in the field of retail operations together with team members from the Chair of Management Sciene and the Chair of Operations Management. Presentations about vehicle routing problems or assortment and shelf space planning were combined with a visit to a distribution center of Edeka in Osterwedding.

The participants of the workshop on Retail Operations.

• Winner of Best Student Paper Award: D. Sonntag has won the Best Student Paper Award of the International Society of Inventory Research for her work on "The influence of quality inspections on the optimal safety stock level". She was honoured at the 19th International Symposium on Inventories, 22-26 August 2016, in Budapest.

• 19th International Symposium on Inventories: G.P Kiesmüller gave a presentation on the following topic at the 19th International Symposium on Inventories, 22-26 August 2016 in Budapest: "An inventory model with random yield and fixed ordering cost".

Prof. Dr. G.P Kiesmüller during her presentation.

• 28th European Conference on Operational Research: G.P Kiesmüller gave a presentation on the following topic at the 28th European Conference on Operational Research, 3-6 Juli 2016 in Poznan: "The influence of quality inspections on the optimal safety stock level".

• Visit of Prof. A.G. de Kok: Prof. A.G. de Kok from The Technical University Eindhoven visited the Chair of Operations Management from 24-26 May 2016. He gave a presentation on "MRP I, nervousness and stochastic multi-item multi-echelon inventory systems".

Prof. A.G. de Kok with Prof. Dr. G.P Kiesmüller.

• Doctoral workshop DOWONO: J. Zimmermann, D. Sonntag and G.P. Kiesmüller participated in the doctoral workshop DOWONO (Doktoranden Workshop Nordost) in Kloster Lehnin from 9.6-11.6.2016.

The participants of the DOWONO workshop.

• Operations Research workshop at the OvGU: About 50 scientist participated in the workshop on Operations Research at 29/30.1.2016 at the University of Magdeburg.

The participants of the WKOR.