The impact of consolidation hubs on epidemics response supply chains
Past event — 24 April 2019
12:00–13:00
Kühne Logistics University
Grosser Grasbrook 17, 20457 Hamburg, Room Forum/Small Egg
English
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Prof. Dr. Laura Turrini
Junior Professor of Operations Management
EBS Business School, Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISCM), Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Abstract
We focus on epidemics response supply chains and use system dynamics to model the impact of the logistics distribution structure on programs efficiency and effectiveness. We derive valuable insights for humanitarian operation managers. We use real data from the Ebola response to validate our model.
Biography:
Laura Turrini is a Junior Professor of Operations Management at EBS Business School. Professor Turrini completed her doctoral studies in the field of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University. In 2009 she graduated in Mathematics in Milan (Italy), with a master thesis regarding voting systems and PageRank, the Google ranking algorithm. She won and held the INdAM (National Institute for High Mathematics, Italy) scholarship for the whole master period. After graduation she gained two years of industry experience, first as IT consultant and from June 2010 to September 2011 as Revenue Management Support in an Italian all cargo airline.
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