Projects per year
Organisation profile
Introduction / mission
The Operations, Planning, Accounting & Control (OPAC) group helps stakeholders across sectors to make smart, informed decisions, thereby contributing to more efficiency, enhanced sustainability, better use of resources and improved Total Cost of Ownership.
Highlighted phrase
Controlling and improving operational processes
Organisation profile
Research within the Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control (OPAC) Group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) deals with the control of operational processes, which can be related to manufacturing systems, distribution, transportation, warehousing, retail, healthcare, public transportation and service processes such as equipment maintenance. These operational processes transform incoming materials into outgoing materials or move these materials from one place to another using scarce resources, such as machines, people or means of transportation.
Today, we are seeing many sectors being transformed by enormous leaps in digital, automation and robotic technologies. In an increasingly fast, demanding and competitive world with shrinking resources, smart control of operational processes brings increased speed and output using the same - or even fewer - resources. To realize this kind of smart control, however, informed decisions need to be made at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Profiles
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Ghazi Abid, Eur Ing
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Operations Planning Accounting & Control - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Ivo J.B.F. Adan
- EAISI High Tech Systems - Full Professor
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Operations Planning Accounting & Control - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
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Lotte van Aken, MSc
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Operations Planning Accounting & Control - Former Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Modular prefabricated construction: a circular asset management system for closed-loop supply and logistics chains
Fecarotti, C. (Project Manager), Pauwels, P. (Project Manager), Jochems, B. (Project member), Akbarieh, A. (Project member), van Houtum, G.-J. J. A. N. (Project Manager), Adan, I. J. B. F. (Project member), Schröder, T. W. A. (Project member), Jochems, B. (Project member), Akbarieh, A. (Project member), Ramana Moorthy, G. (Project Manager) & Kivanç, I. (Project Manager)
1/01/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Third tier
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Innovative Waterway Transportation 2.0.
Martin, L. (Project Manager), Schrotenboer, A. (Project member), Cheng, R. (Project member), van Woensel, T. (Project member) & De Moor, B. (Project member)
15/03/23 → 11/09/26
Project: Third tier
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NWA.1389.20.160 CropMix OPAC
van Woensel, T. (Project Manager), Rohmer, S. U. K. (Project member), Solano Blanco, A. (Project member) & Canbilen Suticen, T. (Project member)
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Second tier
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A data-driven robust approach to a problem of optimal replacement in maintenance
Shahri Majarshin, S. (Corresponding author), Marandi, A., Fecarotti, C. & van Houtum, G. J., 27 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Operations Research. XXResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Admission control for service systems with impatient customers: Value of information
Zhang, W. (Corresponding author), Adan, I. & Kulkarni, V. G., 1 Apr 2026, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 330, 1, p. 157-168 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A matheuristic for integrated scheduling of manufacturing assembly, product transport, and material supply
Erdogan, B. (Corresponding author), Dang, Q.-V., Mohammadi, M. & Adan, I. J. B. F., 2 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Operational Research. XXResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Equipment
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Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control (OPAC facilities)
van Woensel, T. (Manager)
Operations Planning Accounting & ControlFacility/equipment: Research lab
Datasets
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Reducing risks in spare parts service contracts with a long downtime constraint
Lamghari-Idrissi, D. (Contributor), Basten, R. (Creator) & van Houtum, G.-J. (Contributor), Taylor and Francis Ltd., 13 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13235203, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Reducing_risks_in_spare_parts_service_contracts_with_a_long_downtime_constraint/13235203
Dataset
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Code underlying the publication: Maintenance Optimization for Multi-Component Systems with a Single Sensor
Eggertsson, R. (Creator), Eruguz, A. S. (Creator), Basten, R. (Creator) & Maillart, L. (Creator), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 12 Sept 2024
DOI: 10.4121/f533593a-c27e-4b4e-afe0-5354f93c5fb1, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/f533593a-c27e-4b4e-afe0-5354f93c5fb1 and one more link, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/f533593a-c27e-4b4e-afe0-5354f93c5fb1/1 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Maintenance optimization for capital goods when information is incomplete and environment-dependent
Eggertsson, R. (Creator), Basten, R. J. I. (Creator) & van Houtum, G.-J. J. A. N. (Creator), Zenodo, 4 Sept 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8315245, https://zenodo.org/records/8315245
Dataset
Prizes
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10th International Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Best Paper Award
Wilschut, T. (Recipient), Stokkermans, J. P. W. (Recipient) & Adan, I. J. B. F. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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2020 Marie Curie Actions Presidency Award, Finalist
Martagan, T. G. (Recipient), Apr 2020
Prize: Other › Scientific
Activities
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Exact Methods for Solving k-Delete Recoverable Robust 0–1 Problems Under Budgeted Uncertainty
Beck, Y. (Speaker)
Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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2026 INFORMS Koopman Prize (Event)
Beck, Y. (Member)
Jul 2026Activity: Membership types › Membership of jury › Scientific
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Optimization Letters (Journal)
Beck, Y. (Peer reviewer)
Jun 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review › Scientific
Press/Media
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Van der Wal en TU Eindhoven proberen planpuzzel te kraken met AI
20/01/27
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Defence is working with universities to conduct research in which the Netherlands excels
1/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Two tue scientists receive nwo impact explorer call
5/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Research areas
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Maintenance Operations and Reliability Engineering
Rosmalen, M. (Content manager)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
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Student theses
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A 2-echelon capacitated location-routing problem for early applications of food distribution network designs
Sillen, R. T. H. (Author), Mutlu, N. R. (Supervisor 1), Tan, T. (Supervisor 2) & van Lieshout, R. (Supervisor 2), 29 Jul 2022Student thesis: Master
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A blockchain-based supply chain contract: an analysis to the development of a supply chain contract on a blockchain
Korsten, K. H. L. (Author), Huang, B. (Supervisor 1) & Broekmeulen, R. (Supervisor 2), 27 Sept 2019Student thesis: Master
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A case study based decision tree on the added value of probabilistic forecasting for inventory management
Riesewijk, C. (Author), Broekmeulen, R. A. C. M. (Supervisor 1), Drent, C. (Supervisor 2) & Imdahl, C. (Supervisor 2), 29 Nov 2024Student thesis: Master
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