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On Friday, Febraury 13, 2026, Ömer Schmiel successfully defended his dissertation entitled: “Revisiting the Queue: Empirical, Analytical, and Numerical Insights on Retrials”. The essays' titles are: “A Survey of Queueing Systems with Retrials”, “Abandon and Return: Empirical Insights into Customer ...

Important information for the courses offered by the Endowed Chair of Procurement in Spring 2026

Dear students,the Chair of Production Management will offer two analytics-oriented master's courses in the upcoming spring term: OPM 560: Business Analytics – Introduction to Operations Analytics with PythonOPM 662: Business Analytics – Modeling and Optimization Both of these courses aim to gain ...

The Chair of Production Management in the Area Operations at the Business School of the University of Mannheim (Prof. Raik Stolletz) invites applications for a Ph.D. position. The starting date is flexible in 2026.

Why do buyer-supplier relationships fail, even after years of collaboration?

All grades for the exams held before the Christmas break have been finalized and are now available via the student portal.

The Chair of Production Management participated in the 12th Workshop on Queueing Theory, Obergurgl, Austria.

We are inviting applications for our structured Ph.D. program in Operations Management at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Business (CDSB), please see this flyer for details on fully funded scholarships. Our program trains outstanding talents to apply theoretical, data-driven, or empirical ...