Biography
Niels Agatz is Professor of Last-mile Supply Chain Analytics at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Scientific Director of TKI Dinalog. His research focuses on improving last-mile supply chains through analytics, with a particular interest in technology and sustainability in urban logistics, shared mobility, and online (grocery) retailing. Professor Agatz actively collaborates with business stakeholders, bridging the gap between academia and industry. His research has been published in leading academic journals and featured in national and international media. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Transportation Science. Niels Agatz's work has been recognized through grants and awards, including the NWO Rubicon Grant and the INFORMS TSL Stella Dafermos Achievement Award. He teaches courses on distribution networks, management science, and decision making. His academic background includes an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and a PhD in Logistics and Operations Management from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He has also held visiting positions at the School of Industrial Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Department of Transportation and Logistics Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- nagatz@rsm.nl
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Alp Arslan, Niels Agatz & F Jordan Srour (2024) - Model formulations for pickup and delivery problems in designated driver services - Computers and Operations Research, 164 - doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2024.106547 - [link]
- Liana van der Hagen, Niels Agatz, Remy Spliet, Thomas R. Visser & Adrianus L. Kok (2024) - Machine Learning-Based Feasibility Checks for Dynamic Time Slot Management - Transportation Science, 58 (1), 94-109 - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2022.1183 - [link]
- Shadi Sharif Azadeh, Remy Spliet, Niels Agatz & Martin Savelsbergh (2023) - Special Issue on 2021 TSL Workshop: Supply and Demand Interplay in Transport and Logistics - Transportation Science, 57 (6), 1404-1405 - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2023.intro.v57.n6 - [link]
- Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam, Roy van den Berg, Niels Agatz & Caspar G. Chorus (2023) - The long road to automated trucking: Insights from driver focus groups - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 156 - doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2023.104351 - [link]
- Katrin Waßmuth, Charlotte Köhler, Niels Agatz & Moritz Fleischmann (2023) - Demand Management for Attended Home Delivery – A Literature Review - European Journal of Operational Research, 311 (3), 801-815 - doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.056 - [link]
- Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam, Niels Agatz & Rob Zuidwijk (2023) - Platoon Optimization Based on Truck Pairs - INFORMS Journal on Computing, 1-19 - doi: 10.1287/ijoc.2020.0302 - [link]
- Niels Agatz (2023) - Everything at your doorstep - is the last mile the longest?: Address delivered at the occasion of accepting the appointment as Professor of last-mile supply chain analytics at the Rotterdam School of Management
- Niels Agatz, Soo Haeng Cho, Hai Wang & Saif Benjaafar (2023) - Introduction to the Special Issue on Innovation in Transportation-Enabled Urban Services, Part 1 - Service Science, 15 (1), 1-2 - doi: 10.1287/serv.2023.0317 - [link]
- Niels Agatz & M (Moritz) Fleischmann (2023) - Demand Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Operations - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4332676
- Irecis Azcuy, Niels Agatz & Ricardo Giesen (2021) - Designing integrated urban delivery systems using public transport - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 156 - doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2021.102525 - [link]
- Niels Agatz (2022) - Stella Dafermos achievement award
TKI Dinalog
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- July 2024
- Place
- BREDA
Distribution Networks
- Year Level
- master, IM/CEMS, Exchange, ERIM
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- BM06SCM
SCM Master Thesis
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- BMMTSCM
Scientific Director
- Start date approval
- July 2022
- End date approval
- July 2026