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nico vandaele

full professor operations management
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Cited by 3297

A review of integrated supply chain network design models: Key issues for vaccine supply chains

S Lemmens, C Decouttere, N Vandaele… - … Research and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
In general, vaccines are recognized as an important means to protect populations against
infectious diseases. We show that vaccines do not behave like commodity goods and …

Modeling traffic flows with queueing models: a review

T Van Woensel, N Vandaele - Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational …, 2007 - World Scientific
In this paper, an overview of different analytic queueing models for traffic on road networks is
presented. In the literature, it has been shown that queueing models can be used to …

Towards a modal shift in freight transport? A business logistics analysis of some policy measures

G Blauwens, N Vandaele, E Van de Voorde… - Transport …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses the effectiveness of policy measures aimed at triggering a modal shift in
the freight transport market. The analysis is based on the inventory‐theoretic framework that …

Reverse logistics network design with stochastic lead times

K Lieckens, N Vandaele - Computers & Operations Research, 2007 - Elsevier
This work is concerned with the efficient design of a reverse logistics network using an
extended version of models currently found in the literature. Those traditional, basic models …

Vehicle routing with dynamic travel times: A queueing approach

T Van Woensel, L Kerbache, H Peremans… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Transportation is an important component of supply chain competitiveness since it plays a
major role in the inbound, inter-facility, and outbound logistics. In this context, assigning and …

A queueing based traffic flow model

N Vandaele, T Van Woensel, A Verbruggen - Transportation Research Part …, 2000 - Elsevier
The assessment of uninterrupted traffic flow is traditionally based on empirical methods. We
develop some analytic queueing models based on traffic counts and we model the behavior …

Managing the environmental externalities of traffic logistics: The issue of emissions

TOM VANWOENSEL, R Creten… - Production and …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Companies are increasingly being held accountable for the life‐cycle impact of their
products and services. Transportation is frequently a major component of this life‐cycle …

Vaccine distribution chains in low-and middle-income countries: A literature review

K De Boeck, C Decouttere, N Vandaele - Omega, 2020 - Elsevier
Access to immunization varies greatly across the world. In order to increase vaccine
coverage, the required vaccines need to be able to reach the targeted population. However …

Doubt at the core: Unspoken vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers

LW Heyerdahl, S Dielen, TT Nguyen… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Healthcare workers are a priority target population in current COVID-19 vaccination
strategies because of their increased workplace exposure and contacts with potentially at …

Sustainable R&D portfolio assessment

NJ Vandaele, CJ Decouttere - Decision Support Systems, 2013 - Elsevier
Research and development portfolio management is traditionally technologically and
financially dominated, with little or no attention to the sustainable focus, which represents the …