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Guest Lecture by Johannes Diefenbach from Accenture

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Johannes Diefenbach will give a guest lecture on October 22nd. Dr. Diefenbach is a manager for AI & data at Accenture who has led numerous analytics projects with a focus of applying methods from Operations Research.The talk with the title „ Complexities in ...

Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Sven Spieckermann from SimPlan AG

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Sven Spieckermann, Chief Executive Officer at SimPlan, Hanau, Germany will give a guest lecture on October 14th. SVEN SPIECKERMANN, Ph.D., is Chief Executive Officer at SimPlan, Hanau, Germany, mainly responsible for the research and development activities ...

Auf einem aufgeschlagenen Buch liegt eine Brille und daneben steht ein Laptop.

Bild: Anna Logue

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

The Chair of Production Management (https://www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/en/stolletz/) in the Area Operations at the Business School of the University of Mannheim (Prof. Raik Stolletz) invites applications for a Ph.D. position in cooperation with SKEMA Business School, Paris, (Prof. Benjamin Legros) ...

Castle with wildflowers

Bild: Xenia Münsterkötter

Chair introduction and first session of OPM 561 on 9. September

The Chair of Production Management will present itself and give a detailed overview on its master courses. The event will take place in O 145 Heinrich Vetter Hörsaal (Schloss Ostflügel) from 10:15 – 11:45 on 9. September 2026. The session is aimed at students who are curious about the chair's ...

Presentation at International Conference on Operations Research 2026

The Chair of Production Management participated in the International Conference on Operations Research 2026 in Passau, Germany

Eine Frau sitzt vor einem Computer.

Bild: Anna Logue

Job offer: Student Assistant (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Bachelor/Master student (m/f/d) to support the Chair of Production Management of the Business School for 24 hours/month from November 1st, 2026 . The chair’s research focuses on the development of methods in Business Analytics, specifically in the field of performance analysis ...

Presentation at 24th Conference of the IFORS

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

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.

Presentation at 4th European Conference on Queueing Theory

The Chair of Production Management participated in the 4th European Conference on Queueing Theory, Reykjavík, Iceland.