Biography
Niels Agatz is a Professor of Last-mile Supply Chain Analytics at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and serves as Scientific Director for TKI Dinalog. He has held visiting appointments at the School of Industrial Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Transport and Logistics Engineering department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Dr. Agatz’ research focuses on developing data-driven quantitative models and optimization methods to support sustainable last-mile supply chains. He is particularly interested in technology-driven innovations in urban delivery, shared mobility, supply chain management and omni-channel retail operations. His research has been published in leading academic journals including Transportation Science, Production and Operations Management, Transportation Research Part B and the European Journal of Operational Research and has been featured in national and international media including the Wall Street Journal and New Scientist. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at Transportation Science and a guest editor for a special issue on last-mile operations for the Journal of Operations Management. He has edited special issues on transportation-enabled urban services (Service Science), online retail operations (Naval Research Logistics), drone delivery systems (Networks) and sustainable transportation (Transportation Research Part C). Niels Agatz is the winner of several grants and awards, including an NWO Rubicon grant and the INFORMS TSL Stella Dafermos Achievement Award. He currently leads a work package on last-mile delivery operations in the City Logistics Lab project. Professor Agatz likes to work in close collaboration with company stakeholders. He holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology and a PhD in Logistics and Operations Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- nagatz@rsm.nl
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- 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
- Katrin Waßmuth, Charlotte Köhler, Niels Agatz & M (Moritz) Fleischmann (2023) - Demand Management for Attended Home Delivery – A Literature Review - European Journal of Operational Research - doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.056
- Niels Agatz & M (Moritz) Fleischmann (2023) - Demand Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Operations - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4332676
- Liana van der Hagen, Niels Agatz, Remy Spliet, Thomas R. Visser & Adrianus L. Kok (2022) - Machine Learning-Based Feasibility Checks for Dynamic Time Slot Management - Transportation Science - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2022.1183 - [link]
- 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]
- Alp M. Arslan, Niels Agatz & Mathias A. Klapp (2021) - Operational strategies for on-demand personal shopper services - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 130 - doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2021.103320 - [link]
- Niels Agatz, Yingjie Fan & Daan Stam (2021) - The impact of green labels on time slot choice and operational sustainability - Production and Operations Management - doi: 10.1111/poms.13368 - [link]
- Jan Fransoo & Niels Agatz (2021) - Zo kunnen we sneller vaccineren - De Ingenieur - [link]
- Jan Fransoo & Niels Agatz (2021) - Vaccinatielogistiek essentieel om vaccinverspilling en vertragingen te beperken - Stator, 2021 (1) - [link]
- M (Monica) Rasini, Niels Agatz & E (Elena) Tappia (2020) - Anticipatory Shipment for Pickup Point Supply - Omega, 93, 1-11 - doi: 10.1016/j.omega.2019.07.005 - [link]
TKI Dinalog
- Start date approval
- October 2022
- End date approval
- July 2024
- Place
- BREDA
Distribution Networks
- Year Level
- Exchange, master, IM/CEMS, ERIM
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- BM06SCM
SCM Company-based Research Project
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- BMBPSCM
SCM Master Thesis
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- BMMTSCM
Scientific Director
- Start date approval
- July 2022
- End date approval
- July 2026