Proactive decision making in warehouses

Developing mathematical models and optimisation algorithms for dynamic warehouse systems — proactive robot recharging and online SKU repositioning — to improve efficiency across picking, packing, and storage operations.

ORBITAL — OR-based in-orbit service centre deployment and logistics

Designing methods to locate, size, and stock an in-orbit service centre for satellite maintenance, and to schedule the dispatch of individual service missions.

CIRCUS — Towards a generic optimisation model for circular supply chains

Developing generic circular supply chain optimisation models — simple, broadly applicable, and aligned with a multi-stakeholder reality — to make circular supply chains cost-effective and environmentally friendly.

In-orbit facility location

Establishing a network of in-orbit facilities to service a growing population of satellites, adapting classical facility location and covering location models to space-based operations.

Collaborative location-inventory models

Balancing partner preferences for logistics cost and carbon footprint in collaborative facility location and inventory decisions.

Order picking

Optimising order picking operations through order batching, picker routing, SKU repositioning, and demand-driven forecasting, combining exact and heuristic algorithms for warehouse efficiency.

Velocity optimisation on waterways

Joint speed optimisation and lock scheduling for inland waterway transport, reducing fuel consumption through skipper collaboration.

The meter reading problem

Data-driven optimisation and statistical modelling to improve meter reading routes for utility companies, combining vehicle routing with simulation-based evaluation.

Horizontal logistics collaboration

Optimisation models and gain sharing mechanisms for partners cooperating in logistics networks, integrating individual partner objectives into collaborative vehicle routing models.