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Presentation at 24th Conference of the IFORS

The Chair of Production Management participated in the 24th Conference of the IFORS in Vienna, Austria

Paul Hellstern Receives Studienpreis für Nachhaltigkeit

Paul Hellstern from the Chair of Service Operations Management received “Studienpreis für Nachhaltigkeit” for his master's thesis. The thesis, entitled “Choice-based Airline Planning and Scheduling under Sustainability Considerations,” investigates how passenger sustainability preferences can be ...

Ein Laptop, ein aufgeschlagenes Buch und eine Brille liegen auf dem Tisch.

Credit: Anna Logue

Job offer: Research and Teaching Assistant / Ph.D. Position (f/m/d) „Business Analytics and Operations Research“

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 fall/winter 2026/2027.

Grades OPM 692 (Spring 2026) online

The grades for OPM 692 have been finalized and are now available in the student portal.

Katharina Viethen Receives the SEW-EURODRIVE Foundation Thesis Award

Last year, Katharina Viethen submitted her master's thesis entitled “Sustainability in Air Cargo Supply Chains” at our Chair. In her thesis, she investigated how environmental and social sustainability aspects can be systematically integrated into the design of air cargo networks. To address this ...

Presentation at 15th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations

The Chair of Production Management participated in the 15th Conference on Stochastic Models of Manufacturing and Service Operations (SMMSO) in Edesheim, Germany

Presentation at StochMod 2026

The Chair of Production Management participated in the StochMod 2026, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Acceptance to 2026 INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference

Recent work from the Chair of Service Operations Management accepted for presentation