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Tom Van Woensel is Full Professor of Freight Transport and Logistics in the OPAC group (Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control) of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Since July 2019, he is appointed as the Director of Education and Graduate Program Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. He is also the program chair of the Bachelor Program Industrial Engineering.
Tom’s research is mainly focused on Freight Transport and Logistics and he conducted a large number of projects with industry, mainly with and through his Master, Professional Doctorate, and Doctorate students. Current interests include Last Mile Logistics, vehicle routing problems, crowd shipping, (service) network design, machine learning, Big Data, and IoT-driven issues and opportunities. More information on all publications can also be found on Google Scholar (the current h-index is 49, with over 8,000 citations to his work).
Academic background
Tom Van Woensel holds a BSc and MSc degree in Applied Economic Sciences (Major Econometrics) from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He obtained his doctoral degree at the same university with a PhD on the topic of using queueing theoretical approaches for traffic flow networks.
Tom Van Woensel has published over 110 papers in leading journals (including Management Science, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B, C, D, E, Production and Operations Management, Interfaces, Computers and Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research) and several book chapters. Van Woensel is also associate editor for Transportation Science, OR Spectrum, Urban Science and Logistics Research. He is a frequent speaker at academic and professional conferences in the Netherlands and abroad.
Tom van Woensel also serves as Academic Director of the Global Supply Chain Management program at the Antwerp Management School, Belgium. As a collaborating member, he is also connected to the CIRRELT (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport) in Montreal, Canada. He is also director of the European Supply Chain Forum, in which some 75 multinational companies are involved.
Affiliated with
- Antwerp Management School
- Tias Business School
- CIRRELT
Partners in (semi-)industry
- European Supply Chain Forum
- Data2Move
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Freight Transport and Logistics
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Logistics Connection voor de toekomst van Brabant LCB-93000
van Woensel, T. & van Woensel, T.
1/09/20 → 31/08/24
Project: Research direct
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NEON 2019/TTW/00798842 (New Energy and mobility Outlook for the Netherland) BE 39
van Woensel, T., van Woensel, T., Siadati, S. & Dahimi, A.
1/05/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research direct
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Freight Traffic Management as a Service
Gelper, S. E. C., Kadivar, M., Sens, F., van Broeckhoven, B., Langerak, F. & van Woensel, T.
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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DAta-dRiven E-Commerce Order FULfillment
van Woensel, T., de Kok, A. G., de Kok, A. G., Sluijk, N., Florio, A., Kinable, J., Kinable, J. & Zhang, J.
1/03/19 → 22/10/23
Project: Research direct
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Pioneering the Digital Future for Omnichannel Retail Managers
van Woensel, T., van Woensel, T., Galiullina, A. & Torkaman, S.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research direct
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City Logistics: Challenges and Opportunities
Savelsbergh, M. W. P. & van Woensel, T., May 2016, In: Transportation Science. 50, 2, p. 579-590Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Two-echelon vehicle routing problems: A literature review
Sluijk, N., Florio, A. M., Kinable, J., Dellaert, N. P. & van Woensel, T., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Operational Research. XX, XResearch output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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An exact approach for a variant of the pollution-routing problem
Dabia, S., Demir, E. & van Woensel, T., 1 May 2017, In: Transportation Science. 51, 2, p. 607 - 628 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Strategic fleet planning for city logistics
Franceschetti, A., Honhon, D., Laporte, G., van Woensel, T. & Fransoo, J. C., 1 Jan 2017, In: Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological. 95, p. 19-40 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Consistent Vehicle Routing Problem considering path consistency in a road network
Yao, Y., van Woensel, T., Veelenturf, L. P. & Mo, P., Nov 2021, In: Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological. 153, p. 21-44 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Data for: The time-dependent pickup and delivery problem with time windows
Sun, P. (Creator), Hewitt, M. (Creator), Veelenturf, L. P. (Creator) & van Woensel, T. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 8 Aug 2018
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Prizes
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European Journal of Operational Research best review paper of 2016
van Woensel, Tom (Recipient), Dellaert, Nico P. (Recipient), SteadieSeifi, M. (Recipient) & Nuijten, Wim P.M. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Outstanding professor in supply chain and logistics award
van Woensel, Tom (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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OR Spectrum (Journal)
Tom van Woensel (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal (Journal)
Tom van Woensel (Editorial board member)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (External organisation)
Tom van Woensel (Chair)
2019Activity: Membership types › Membership of board › Scientific
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INFOR : Information Systems and Operational Research (Journal)
Tom van Woensel (Editorial board member)
19 Feb 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological (Journal)
Tom van Woensel (Editorial board member)
28 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Condolences following fatal skiing accident
Geert-Jan J.A.N. van Houtum, Frank P.T. Baaijens, Yvonne A.W. de Kort, Tom van Woensel & Ingrid E.J. Heynderickx
8/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Supply chains – the global picture: The Agenda with Stephen Cole
15/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
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What's gone wrong with supply chains and how can they be fixed?
15/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Taking stock: Customers must learn to buy seasonal produce
13/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
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How to make supply chains sustainable – The Agenda
13/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
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