Institutions of the University of Bayreuth
Chair Food Supply Chain Management

Saliju, Suad ; Fikar, Christian:
Simulation Optimization to Evaluate the Effects of Horizontal Cooperation on the Resilience of Short Food Supply Chains.
2023
Event: International Conference on Operations Research - OR 2023 , 29.08 - 01.09.23 , Hamburg, Germany.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Cramer, Florian ; Fikar, Christian:
Understanding The Status Quo of Crowd Logistics System Robustness.
2023
Event: POMS International Conference 2023 , 18.07.2023-20.07.2023 , Paris.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Baldermann, Susanne ; Litzel, Felicitas-Michele ; Lanvermann, Maria ; Schlüßler, Celine ; Fikar, Christian:
Analysing food loss in a regional vegetable supply chain from an operation management perspective.
2023
Event: 30th EurOMA Conference : “A Systems Lens on Operations” , 01.-06. July 2023 , Leuven.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Fikar, Christian:
Enabling sustainable logistics operations to provide more local food in restaurants.
2023
Event: 4th Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains , 30.06. - 01.07.2023 , Hagen.
(Conference item: Workshop , Speech )

Cramer, Florian ; Fikar, Christian:
Investigating crowd logistics platform operations for local food distribution.
In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. (2023) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-10-2022-0400

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Rudberg, Martin:
Performance Management Collaboration Between Companies Involved in the Industrialised Housebuilding Order Fulfilment Process.
In: Alfnes, Erlend ; Romsdal, Anita ; Strandhagen, Jan Ola ; von Cieminski, Gregor ; Romero, David (ed.): Advances in Production Management Systems : Production Management Systems for Responsible Manufacturing, Service, and Logistics Futures. - Cham : Springer, 2023 . - pp. 199-212 . - (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ; 691 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43670-3_14

Imeri, Adhurim ; Petljak, Kristina ; Vojvodic, Katija ; Fikar, Christian ; Reiner, Gerald:
Grocery retail chain induced collaboration towards reducing food waste.
2022
Event: 7th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing 2022: The New Age Of Retailing: Rethink, Reconnect, Revive , 08.-10. Sep. 2022 , Zagreb, Kroatien.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Cramer, Florian ; Fikar, Christian:
Simulating the impact of occasional drivers on food distribution in alternative food networks.
2022
Event: International Conference on Operations Research - OR 2022 , 06.-09.09.2022 , Karlsruhe, Germany.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Saliju, Suad ; Fikar, Christian:
Simulation Model to Assess the Impact of Demand Disruptions in Short Food Supply Chains.
2022
Event: International Conference on Operations Research - OR 2022 , 06.-09.09.2022 , Karlsruhe, Germany.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Imeri, Adhurim ; Fikar, Christian ; Reiner, Gerald:
Investment in Food Waste Prevention : Modeling trade-offs under stochastic supply attributes and consumer in-store picking behavior.
2022
Event: 21st International Symposium on Inventories (ISIR 2022) , 22.-26. Aug. 2022 , Budapest, Ungarn.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Cramer, Florian ; Fikar, Christian:
Sustainable Distribution in Alternative Food Networks : Evaluating the Potential of Crowd Logistics.
2022
Event: 32nd EURO Conference , 03.-06. July 2022 , Espoo, Finland.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian ; Mild, Andreas ; Reiner, Gerald ; Waitz, Martin:
Agent-based decision support to integrate demand and shelf life-based inventory management in grocery operations.
2022
Event: 32nd EURO Conference , 03.-06. July 2022 , Espoo, Finland.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Bartelmeß, Tina ; Betz, Constanze ; Fikar, Christian:
Health conditions of truck drivers and their impact on the food supply chain resilience.
2022
Event: 29th EurOMA Conference : "Brilliance in resilience: operations and supply chain management’s role in achieving a sustainable future" , 01.-06. July 2022 , Berlin, Germany.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Saliju, Suad ; Fikar, Christian:
A Hybrid Simulation Model to Facilitate Resilience in Short Food Supply Chains.
2022
Event: 32nd EURO Conference , 03.-06. July 2022 , Espoo, Finland.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian:
Operations research models for sustainable food deliveries.
2022
Event: Lecture series of the Research Institute for Supply Chain Management (WU Vienna) , 10.01.2022 , Vienna, Austria.
(Conference item: Lecture series , Speech )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Leistungsmanagement im Fertighausbau : Stand der Technik des Managements der Baustellenleistung.
In: Hofstadler, Christian ; Motzko, Christoph (ed.): Agile Digitalisierung im Baubetrieb : Grundlagen, Innovationen, Disruptionen und Best Practices. - Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg, 2022 . - pp. 411-426

Fikar, Christian ; Braekers, Kris:
Bi-objective optimization of e-grocery deliveries considering food quality losses.
In: Computers & Industrial Engineering. Vol. 163 (2022) . - 107848.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107848

Kummer, Yvonne ; Fikar, Christian ; Burtscher, Johanna ; Strobl, Martina ; Fuchs, Reinhard ; Domig, Konrad J. ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Facilitating Resilience during an African Swine Fever Outbreak in the Austrian Pork Supply Chain through Hybrid Simulation Modelling.
In: Agriculture. Vol. 12 (2022) Issue 3 . - No. 352.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030352

Paciarotti, Claudia ; Mazzuto, Giovanni ; Torregiani, Francesco ; Fikar, Christian:
Locally produced food for restaurants : a theoretical approach for the supply chain network design.
In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management. Vol. 50 (2022) Issue 13 . - pp. 164-183.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-10-2021-0477

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Rudberg, Martin ; Mayrhofer, Richard ; Loike, Kristina ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Performance measurement and management practices of on-site activities in industrialized housebuilding.
In: Construction Management and Economics. Vol. 40 (2022) Issue 4 . - pp. 239-253.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2037147

Cramer, Florian ; Fikar, Christian:
Simulating the Viability of Crowd Logistics in Short Food Supply Chains.
In: Breitenecker, Felix ; Deatcu, Christina ; Durak, Umut ; Körner, Andreas ; Pawletta, Thorsten (ed.): ASIM SST 2022 : Proceedings Kurzbeiträge. - Wien : ARGESIM, 2022 . - pp. 17-20 . - (ARGESIM Report ; 19 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11128/arep.19

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang:
Continuous improvement within industrialised housebuilding on-site production.
Wien : EPub Universität für Bodenkultur , 2021 . - IX, 128 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2021 , Universität für Bodenkultur Wien)

Hakimifar, Mohammadmehdi ; Balcik, Burcu ; Fikar, Christian ; Hemmelmayr, Vera ; Wakolbinger, Tina:
Evaluation of field visit planning heuristics during rapid needs assessment in an uncertain post-disaster environment.
In: Annals of Operations Research. (4 October 2021) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04274-y

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Rudberg, Martin ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Collaboration in performance management across industrialised housebuilding supply chains.
2021
Event: Logistics Research Network Conference 2021 'Sustainable and resilient supply chains in disruptive times' , 08.-10. Sept. 2021 , Cardiff, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian ; Mild, Andreas ; Waitz, Martin:
Facilitating consumer preferences and product shelf life data in the design of e-grocery deliveries.
In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 294 (September 2021) Issue 3 . - pp. 976-986.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.09.039

Waitz, Martin ; Mild, Andreas ; Reiner, Gerald ; Fikar, Christian:
Dynamic pricing for the operations of an e-grocer.
2021
Event: EURO 2021 , 11.-14.07.2021 , Athens, Greece , online.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian ; Braekers, Kris:
A bi-objective solution procedure to investigating trade-offs between travel costs and quality losses during urban food deliveries.
2021
Event: EURO 21 , 11.-14.07.2021 , Athens, Greece, online.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Imeri, Adhurim ; Fikar, Christian ; Reiner, Gerald:
A multi-objective solution approach to assess the trade-off between packaging, food waste and environmental impact in grocery retailing.
2021
Event: EURO 2021 , 11.-14.07.2021 , Athens, Greece, online.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Imeri, Adhurim ; Fikar, Christian ; Reiner, Gerald:
Food supply chain collaboration towards reducing waste in grocery retail chains.
2021
Event: 28th EurOMA Conference , 05.-07.07.2021 , online.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Harpring, Russell ; Maghsoudi, Amin ; Fikar, Christian ; Piotrowicz, Wojciech D. ; Heaslip, Graham:
An analysis of compounding factors of epidemics in complex emergencies : a system dynamics approach.
In: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Vol. 11 (2021) Issue 2 . - pp. 198-226.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-07-2020-0063

Huka, Maria Anna ; Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Zauner, Barbara ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Capacity planning of a mixed-model assembly line for prefabricated housebuilding elements.
In: Procedia Computer Science. Vol. 180 (2021) . - pp. 706-713.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2021.01.293

Kump, Barbara ; Fikar, Christian:
Challenges of maintaining and diffusing grassroots innovations in alternative food networks : A systems thinking approach.
In: Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 317 (2021) . - No. 128407.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128407

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Continuous improvement of the industrialised housebuilding order fulfilment process.
In: Construction Innovation. Vol. 21 (2021) Issue 1 . - pp. 22-39.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-10-2019-0115

Fikar, Christian ; Leithner, Magdalena:
A decision support system to facilitate collaborative supply of food cooperatives.
In: Production Planning & Control. Vol. 32 (2021) Issue 14 . - pp. 1179-1190.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1796135

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Developing a continuous improvement perspective for subcontractor involvement in the industrialised housebuilding supply chain.
In: Supply Chain Management : An International Journal. Vol. 26 (2021) Issue 2 . - pp. 174-191.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-12-2019-0435

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Disclosing improvement potentials on construction sites in industrialised housebuilding.
2021
Event: 37th ARCOM Conference , 06.-07.09.2021 , Glasgow, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Rudberg, Martin ; Loike, Kristina ; Mayrhofer, Richard ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Industrialized housebuilding business strategies and the design of performance management systems.
In: Production Planning & Control. (2021) . - 14 S..
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1992030

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Loike, Kristina ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Collaboration with suppliers in construction supply chain planning : analysis of different approaches to waste reduction.
2020
Event: Logistics Research Network Conference 2020 'Sustainable and resilient supply chains during times of crises' , 09.-11. Sept. 2020 , Cardiff, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Mayrhofer, Richard ; Rudberg, Martin ; Loike, Kristina ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Analysing effects of industrialised housebuilding companies' production principles on applied performance management : a multiple-case study.
2020
Event: 36th ARCOM Conference , 07.-08.09.2020 , Glasgow, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Protic, Sonja Maria ; Fikar, Christian ; Voegl, Jana ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Analysing the impact of value added services at intermodal inland terminals.
In: International Journal of Logistics : Research and Applications. Vol. 23 (2020) Issue 2 . - pp. 159-177.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2019.1657386

Fikar, Christian:
Model-driven decision support to facilitate efficient fresh food deliveries.
In: Die Bodenkultur : Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment. Vol. 71 (2020) Issue 1 . - pp. 1-9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2020-0001

Leithner, Magdalena ; Fikar, Christian:
A simulation model to investigate impacts of facilitating quality data within organic fresh food supply chains.
In: Annals of Operations Research. (November 2019) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03455-0

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Performance measurement of industrialized housebuilding on-site activities : a qualitative study to identify improvement potential through digitalization.
2019
Event: 25th IUFRO World Congress , 29.09. - 05.10.2019 , Curitiba, Brasil.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Mayrhofer, Richard ; Rudberg, Martin ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Performance management systems and practices in an industrialised housebuilding on-site context : identifying improvement potential through a qualitative study.
2019
Event: 26th International EurOMA Conference 2019 "Operations adding value to society" , 17.-19.06.2019 , Helsinki, Finland.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Estrada‐Moreno, Alejandro ; Fikar, Christian ; Juan, Angel A. ; Hirsch, Patrick:
A biased‐randomized algorithm for redistribution of perishable food inventories in supermarket chains.
In: International Transactions in Operational Research. Vol. 26 (2019) Issue 6 . - pp. 2077-2095.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12668

Voegl, Jana ; Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Gronalt, Manfred:
A simulation study to evaluate economic and environmental effects of different unloading infrastructure in an urban retail street.
In: Computers & Industrial Engineering. Vol. 137 (2019) . - 106032.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106032

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Involving subcontractors in continually improving performance in industrialised housebuilding.
2018
Event: 34th ARCOM Conference , 03.-05.09.2018 , Belfast, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
The contribution of subcontractor involvement in continuous improvement programs for industrialised housebuilding.
2018
Event: 25th International EurOMA Conference 2018 "To Serve, to Produce and to Servitize in the Era of Networks, Big Data, and Analytics" , 24.-26.06.2018 , Budapest, Hungary.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian ; Faulin, Javier ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Fikar, Christian:
Agent-based simulation for horizontal cooperation in logistics and transportation : From the individual to the grand coalition.
In: Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. Vol. 85 (June 2018) . - pp. 47-59.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2018.04.002

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
DES and CI of prefab housebuilding on-site processes.
2018
Event: 2nd Symposium on Operations Management in Wood Products Industries , 17.05.2018 , Vienna, Austria.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Nolz, Pamela C.:
Agent-based simulation optimization for dynamic disaster relief distribution.
In: Central European Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 26 (2018) Issue 2 . - pp. 423-442.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10100-017-0518-3

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Gronalt, Manfred:
A decision support system to investigate dynamic last-mile distribution facilitating cargo-bikes.
In: International Journal of Logistics : Research and Applications. Vol. 21 (2018) Issue 3 . - pp. 300-317.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2017.1395830

Fikar, Christian:
A decision support system to investigate food losses in e-grocery deliveries.
In: Computers & Industrial Engineering. Vol. 117 (2018) . - pp. 282-290.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.02.014

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Evaluation of trip and car sharing concepts for home health care services.
In: Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. Vol. 30 (2018) Issue 1/2 . - pp. 78-97.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10696-016-9252-8

Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian ; Pintor, Jesús M. ; Faulin, Javier ; Fikar, Christian ; Alegria, Irantzu ; Astiz, Pablo:
Practice Summary : Deriving the Optimal Location of a Biorefinery in Northern Spain.
In: Interfaces : The INFORMS Journal on the Practice of Operations. Vol. 48 (2018) Issue 6 . - pp. 596-600.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2018.0953

Serrano-Hernandez, Adrian ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Faulin, Javier ; Fikar, Christian:
The role of horizontal cooperation to improve service quality in last-mile distribution.
In: International Journal of Simulation & Process Modelling. Vol. 13 (2018) Issue 4 . - p. 299.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSPM.2018.093753

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Continuous improvement at on-site assembly in industrialised housebuilding.
2017
Event: 24th International EurOMA Conference "Inspiring Operations Management" , 01.-05.07.2017 , Edinburgh, UK.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Enabling rapid prefab construction : a continuous improvement approach.
2017
Event: IUFRO Division 5 Conference , 12.-16.06.2017 , Vancouver, Canada.
(Conference item: Conference , Speech )

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Home health care routing and scheduling : A review.
In: Computers & Operations Research. Vol. 77 (2017) . - pp. 86-95.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2016.07.019

Gruler, Aljoscha ; Fikar, Christian ; Juan, Angel A. ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Contreras-Bolton, Carlos:
Supporting multi-depot and stochastic waste collection management in clustered urban areas via simulation–optimization.
In: Journal of Simulation. Vol. 11 (2017) Issue 1 . - pp. 11-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41273-016-0002-4

Fikar, Christian ; Gronalt, Manfred ; Hirsch, Patrick:
A decision support system for coordinated disaster relief distribution.
In: Expert Systems with Applications. Vol. 57 (September 2016) . - pp. 104-116.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.03.039

Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Application of failure mode and effects analysis in the industrial housebuilding industry.
2016
Event: World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) , 22.-25.08.2016 , Vienna, Austria.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick ; Posset, Martin ; Gronalt, Manfred:
Impact of transalpine rail network disruptions : A study of the Brenner Pass.
In: Journal of Transport Geography. Vol. 54 (June 2016) . - pp. 122-131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.05.018

Fikar, Christian ; Juan, Angel A. ; Martinez, Enoc ; Hirsch, Patrick:
A discrete-event driven metaheuristic for dynamic home service routing with synchronised trip sharing.
In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering. Vol. 10 (2016) Issue 3 . - pp. 323-340.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIE.2016.076382

Berariu, Romana ; Fikar, Christian ; Gronalt, Manfred ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Resource deployment under consideration of conflicting needs in times of river floods.
In: Disaster Prevention and Management. Vol. 25 (2016) Issue 5 . - pp. 649-663.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2016-0081

Berariu, Romana ; Fikar, Christian ; Gronalt, Manfred ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Training decision-makers in flood response with system dynamics.
In: Disaster Prevention and Management. Vol. 25 (2016) Issue 2 . - pp. 118-136.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-06-2015-0140

Gronalt, Manfred ; Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang:
User experience (UX) and product development process in the prefabricated housing industry.
2015
Event: 22nd International EurOMA Conference 2015 "Operations Management for Sustainable Competitiveness" , 26.06. - 01.07.2015 , Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
(Conference item: Conference , Paper )

Fikar, Christian ; Hirsch, Patrick:
A matheuristic for routing real-world home service transport systems facilitating walking.
In: Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 105 (2015) . - pp. 300-310.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.013

Berariu, Romana ; Fikar, Christian ; Gronalt, Manfred ; Hirsch, Patrick:
Understanding the impact of cascade effects of natural disasters on disaster relief operations.
In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol. 12 (2015) . - pp. 350-356.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.03.005