Winterschool
Models for freight transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
In today’s global economies, an excellent performance in supply chain management and logistics is a key factor in determining the competitiveness of both companies and nations. The Netherlands currently invests thoroughly in both infrastructure and sound planning and control structures for global supply chain management. To this end, the Dutch institute for Advanced Logistics (Dinalog) has been founded to advance intensive cooperation between academic research institutes and both private and public organisations. Research and development projects, as well as demonstration projects on a variety of themes are examples of this collaboration.
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Focus and scope of the winterschool
In the winterschool we bring together scientists from different disciplines within the area of Freight Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management to stimulate the interaction between the disciplines. We aim to stimulate the exchange of knowledge on recent developments in the field of freight transport, supply chain management and logistics, as well as to broaden and deepen the knowledge and skills of PhD students through both training and application of industrial examples.
During the winterschool, PhD students will receive intensive feedback from both international scientific experts and from fellow PhD students, based on their presentation as well as on a prior submitted working paper. In addition, various interactive sessions will be devoted to questions as: How to present your work optimally, also for a non-expert audience? How to market your research? How to keep focus when writing a scientific paper?
Research topics may include:
* Transport models
* Logistics, warehousing and distribution management
* Inventory management
* Supply chain planning and control
* Supply chain coordination
* Service Logistics
* Transport flows
* City logistics
Requirements and mode of operation
The requirements and the mode of operation are as follows.
PhD students are requested to first submit an abstract of about 400 words (one A4 page) that describes the research topic they intend to present at the winterschool, at ultimately September 8, 2012.
These abstracts will next be reviewed and, upon approval, the PhD students are invited to hand in a working paper at ultimately December 1, 2012. Each working paper will be sent in advance to both an international expert and a fellow PhD student to prepare a review. PhD students are asked to prepare their review and submit it prior to the start of the winterschool. This review will be presented at the winterschool as well. Hence, each PhD student will act in at least two roles during the winterschool: a role as an author/presenter and a role as a reviewer/discussant. In addition, each PhD student has to prepare a poster and an elevator pitch. Detailed instructions on how to prepare for the winterschool will be provided once the initially submitted abstract is accepted.
To further enhance the skills of the PhD students, the following elements are part of the program:
* PhD students will also be asked to give an elevator pitch of their work
* An interactive lecture will be given to PhD students on how to promote/market research
* A short course on scientific writing will be provided
* An excursion to a company
* Senior scientists will present short tutorials on a topic of their choice
The tentative program can be found here.
Scientific experts:
Among the scientific experts that participate in the winterschool are:
* Prof. Teodor Crainic (Université du Québec à Montréal)
* Prof. Bernhard Fleischmann (Augsburg University)
* Prof. Ton de Kok (Eindhoven University of Technology)
* Prof. Ruud Teunter (University of Groningen)
How to apply?
Applications, including a short CV and an initial abstract of at most 400 words (including key words) should be sent by e-mail to Albert Douma (douma@dinalog.nl) before September 8, 2012. Delegates from Dinalog, Beta and TRAIL will select a maximum number of 20 candidates. If you are selected, a working paper of maximally 20 pages should be submitted before December 1, 2012.
Participation is open for (inter)national PhD-students working on the topics mentioned above. No fee is required, all costs for arranging the program are covered by the three technical universities and Dinalog. Lunches and dinners will be provided by Dinalog as well. Travel and hotel costs are at the expense of the participants. Suggestions for accommodation will be provided.
Organizing committee:
* Prof. Henk Zijm (University of Twente and Dinalog)
* Prof. Tom van Woensel (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven)
* Dr. Vincent Marchau (TRAIL Research School)
* Dr. Albert Douma (Dinalog)
Summary of organisational details:
Date: January 28, 2013 –February 1, 2013
Location: The Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics (Dinalog), Princenhagelaan 13, 4813 DA, Breda.
Costs: Costs for participation, lunches and dinners are covered by the organisation.
LAST year’s Winterschool: 2012
The Winterschool on Models for Logistics and Supply Chain Management in 2012 was attended by 22 international PhD students. These PhD students received intensive feedback on their work from fellow PhD students and nine renowned international scholars, namely:
* Prof. Jose Holguin-Veras (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
* Prof. Grazia Speranza (University of Brescia)
* Prof. Frits Spieksma (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
* Prof. Stefan Voβ (University of Hamburg)
* Prof. Geert-Jan van Houtum (Eindhoven University of Technology)
* Prof. Iris Vis (University of Groningen)
* Prof. Rob Zuidwijk (Delft University of Technology)
All PhD-students let us know that they would certainly recommend the winterschool to fellow PhD students. A quote from the evaluation form of a participant: “I will definitely recommend the winterschool to fellow PhD students. I think it is a good opportunity to get feedback on your own work, to give valuable feedback to somebody else’s work, to get to know other PhD students and their work, and to have a nice week!”
