June 2021 - SCM - TUM Campus Straubing

Avoiding food waste with better planning tools

The purpose of the EURO Working Group on Retail Operations is to advance the development and application of Operational Research (OR) methods, techniques, and tools in the field of Retail Operations. The second digital meeting of the EWG Retail Ops took place on March 26, 2021, with almost 60 participants, from the USA, Asia and Europe, and was organized by Sandra Transchel and Prof. Alexander Huebner.

“You can’t do this kind of planning with pencil and paper”

Prof. Alexander Hübner and Prof. Clemens Thielen are conducting research on resource management and optimization processes at the TUM Campus Straubing. The topic has taken on decisive significance for the healthcare sector in the course of the pandemic. In an interview the two researchers share some insights on their Covid-19 lecture “Personnel Deployment and Bed Planning in the Hospital”, to be held on June 9.