Teaching

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Supervised Students, Theses and Projects

PhD Principal Advisor of:
1. Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu (MECS 2007). Now assistant Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management (OTIM) at Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina.

PhD dissertation committee member of
2. Umut Aytekin (IEMS 2005)
3. Biying Shou (IEMS 2004).
4. Gilles Reinhardt (MECS 1998), "Coal Movement By Railroad." (Sunil Chopra, principal advisor). Assistant Professor, De Paul University.
5. Jennifer Ryan (IEMS 1997), "Analysis of Inventory Models with Limited Demand Information." (David Simchi-Levi, principal advisor). Assistant Professor, Purdue University.

EMBA Theses: students at the WHU:

  1. Process Flow Analysis and Optimization for a Medium Size Manufacturer of Power Transformers - An Operations Management Study. By Dr.-Ing. Mario Schenk, Aug 2006.
  2. Operational efficiency in Asset Management. By Peter Richter, Sep 2005.
  3. Lear Corp.: supplying interior products to GM's Opel Leanfield. By Hubert Fisher, Dec 2003.
  4. Hammoud Hospital: Applying operations management analysis to improve the performance of the operating rooms. By Diana Hammoud, Sept 2003.
  5. Amer Sports Europe: Re-designing the European Distribution Logistics for a Multi-Brand Consumer Goods Company. By Thomas Henkel, Dec 2002.
  6. Managing customer-centric value networks. By Christoph Lieth, June 2002.
  7. Bombardier Transportation Italy: Internal Material Supply in the Italian Railways Industry. By Karsten Drath, Dec 2001.
  8. Analysis of Procurement using an acquisition card. By Jesus Lopez Marin, Dec 2001.
  9. e-Supply Chain Management - The Impact of E -Commerce on Traditional Supply Chain Management. By Michael Wiedemann, Dec 2000.
MMM Integration Projects:
  1. Acquisition and Plant Integration at ITW Shakeproof. By Luis X. Aleman, Rachel A. Brecher, Carla C. Esteva, Matthew C Lippert, Lynn Valcarcel. March 2006.
  2. Global Capacity Planning at Abbott International. By Jason Braun, Leo Castro, Lewis Lin, Scott Pitcock, Ulrich Seidel. April 2004.
  3. Eastman Resins. By Chris Pratt, Katerina Athanasopoulos, Tomo Hosoda, Juhan Kim, Emily Sun. May 2003.
  4. Sun Microsystems: supplier management. By Michael Goldstein,Doug Leadon, Jack Lee. April 2002.
  5. Eaton Corporation: Product Profitability Assessment. By Robb Hoenick, Southard Jones, Hideaki Omura, Trey Pruitt. May 2001.
  6. NextPart. By Sergei Brussovansky, Alfred Fisher, Ray Janssen, Erich Kirr, Chris Skubic. May 31, 2001.