ERIM

The Rotterdam School of Management / Faculteit Bedrijfskunde and the School of Economics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam have brought together their best research and best researchers within the domain of management in ERIM. The mission of ERIM is to contribute to scientific research that enables organizations to assess and improve their business processes in order to perform in a profitable and responsible way. The research of ERIM is directed at the management of the firm in its environment, its intra- and inter-firm relations, its business processes in their interdependent connections. The objective of ERIM is to carry out first rate research in management, as recognized by the community of peers and to offer an advanced PhD program in Management for the education of new, excellent scholars in the field. ERIM is officially accredited by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Ongoing or recently completed PhDs include:

  • Design and control of efficient orderpicking processes.
  • Control of material handling systems.
  • A framework for reverse logistics.
  • Developing Internet based methods and tools for managing globally distributed work.
  • Analysis and development of control concepts for automated container transport systems.
  • Operational control and design of internal transport
  • The interaction between the strategic network design problem and operational planning in physical distribution.
  • Global sourcing: Fad or Fact? Defining, measuring and analysing key developments in international sourcing strategies.
  • Railway Planning-Routing of trains and allocation of Passenger Lines.

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