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Stef Lemmens is Assistant Professor at the Technology and Operations Management department at RSM. His current research focuses on designing and modeling sustainable supply chains, more specifically humanitarian and closed-loop supply chains. He relies on queueing networks, mixed integer programming and dynamic programming to analyze and improve their performance. His work is practice-based and in collaboration with companies in the consumer electronics and biopharmaceutical industry. He published several academic papers in scientific journals, including Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, and Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Before joining RSM, Stef obtained his PhD in Applied Economics at KU Leuven (Belgium) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at INSEAD’s Technology and Operations Management (France).

Publications

Academic (3)
  • Calmon, A. P., Graves, S. C., & Lemmens, S. (2021). Warranty Matching in a Consumer Electronics Closed-loop Supply Chain. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 23(5), 1314-1331. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2020.0889

  • Vermuyten, H., Lemmens, S., Marques, I., & Beliën, J. (2016). Developing Compact Course Timetables with Optimized Student Flows. European Journal of Operational Research, 251(2), 651-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.11.028

  • Lemmens, S., Decouttere, C., Vandaele, N., & Bernuzzi, M. (2016). A Review of Integrated Supply Chain Network Design Models: Key Issues for Vaccine Supply Chains. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 109, 366-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2016.02.015

Professional (4)
  • Lemmens, S., & Vandaele, N. (2018). Pushing the Boundaries of Supply Chain Design. ECONnect, 6, 33-34.

  • Vandaele, N., Decouttere, C., Lemmens, S., De Boeck, K., Bernuzzi, M., & Reichman, A. (2017). Supply Chain Design in a Humanitarian Context: How to improve Access-to-Medicines? ECONnect, 5, 34-35.

  • Decouttere, C., Lemmens, S., & Vandaele, N. (2015). Supply Chain Design: the Story of Many and Much. ECONnect, 4, 28-30.

  • Vandaele, N., Decouttere, C., & Lemmens, S. (2014). Naar een waarde(n)volle supply chain. Value Chain, 19, 12-15. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/124637

Academic (2)
  • Lemmens, S., Decouttere, C., Vandaele, N., De Boeck, K., Banzimana, S., & Hassane, S. (2019). The Integration of Flow Modeling into a Stakeholder-based Framework for Vaccine Supply Chain Design. In A. P. Barbosa-Povoa, H. Jenzer, & J. L. Miranda (Eds.), Pharmaceutical Supply Chains - Medicines Shortages (pp. 193-201). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15398-4_14

  • Decouttere, C., Vandaele, N., Lemmens, S., & Bernuzzi, M. (2016). The Vaccine Supply Chain Multathlon: the Reconciliation of Technology, Economy and Access to Medicines. In C. Zobel, N. Altay, & M. Haselkorn (Eds.), Advances in Managing Humanitarian Operations (pp. 205-227). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24418-1

Internal (1)
  • Lemmens, S. (2018). The Trade-off between Inventories, Lead Time and Capacity: Application to Vaccine Supply Chain Design. [Doctoral Thesis, KU Leuven]. KULeuven.

Courses

Supply Chain Fundamentals

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BM01SCM
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Purchasing & Supply Management

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BM05SCM
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

SCM Honours Class

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMHONSCM
  • Level: Master

Supply chain forecasting

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
  • Code: BMME075
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

Closed loop supply chains

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMME180
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

MiM Master Thesis

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMMTMIM
  • ECTS: 16 Level: Master

Supply Chain Decision Analytics

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BMRM1SCM
  • Level: Master

Past courses

OLD STYLE - Research Methods and Skills

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMRM3SCM
  • Level: Master

Supply Chain Management

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BK2110
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Supply Chain Management

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BT2110
  • Level: Bachelor 2, Bachelor 3, Pre-master

Circular Economy and implementing “Positive Impact”

  • Study year: 2021/2022
  • Code: BMME050-4
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Master

Circular Economy and implementing “Positive Impact”

  • Study year: 2021/2022
  • Code: BMME050-5
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Master

Supply Chain Management

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BAD13
  • Level: Bachelor 3, Pre-master

Supply chain management

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BKB1015
  • Level: Bachelor 3, Pre-master

IM Research clinic

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BM-IM-RC
  • Level: Master

IM Research clinic

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BM-IMRC
  • Level: Master

Closed-loop Supply Chains

  • Study year: 2018/2019, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMME068
  • ECTS: 6 Level: Master

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