Laoucine KERBACHE

Emeritus Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

Biography

Laoucine Kerbache holds a Ph.D., an M.Sc, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA), an "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" from the University of Nantes (France), and a diploma of International Teacher Program (IMD-Lausanne, Switzerland).

Laoucine Kerbache is Dean and CEO of HEC Paris Qatar. He has been teaching (undergraduate, MBA, and executive programs), researching and consulting in the field of operations and supply chain management, logistics, and applied quantitative methods for more than twenty five years.

He has been supervising several Master and Ph.D. dissertations on optimization in operations and supply chain management.

He has published numerous papers in international journals such as: Marketing Science, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Transactions of Operational Research, Computers and Operations Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, IEEE Transactions, Material Flows, Interfaces, Gestion 2000, Santé et Systémique, etc. He is the co-author of Management Industriel et Logistique: Conception and Pilotage de la Supply Chain, 4th Edition (2005) and 5th Edition (2007), Economica, France.

He has been teaching in different countries and acted as consultant to various companies and to many international organizations in designing MBA programs and executive management development courses. He has also held various management positions in the academic environment. He is currently a Visiting Professor at ESADE (Spain).

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Scientific articles

Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal (ex International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems), June 2024, vol. 36, pp 668-709, (in coll. with M. Amjath, A. Elomri, J. M. Smith)

Frontiers and trends of supply chain optimization in the age of industry 4.0: an operations research perspective

Annals of Operations Research, July 2024, vol. 338, pp 1359-1401, (in coll. with Z. Xu, A. Elomri, R. Baldacci, Z. Wu)

A Closed Queueing Networks Approach for an Optimal Heterogeneous Fleet Size of an Inter-Facility Bulk Material Transfer System

Logistics, March 2024, vol. 8, n° 26, pp 1-38, (in coll. with M. Amjath, J. M. Smith)

Smart city solutions: Comparative analysis of waste management models in IoT-enabled environments using multiagent simulation

Sustainable Cities and Society, April 2024, vol. 103, pp 105247, (in coll. with D. I. Hussain, D. A. Elomri, D. A. E. Omri)

Performance Predication of a Solar Assisted Desiccant Air Conditioning System Using Radial Basis Function Neural Network: An Integrated Machine Learning Approach

Heliyon, May 2024, vol. 10, n° 9, pp e29777, (in coll. with S. Ullah, D. M. Ali, M. F. Sheikh, D. G. Q. Chaudhary)

Consumers’ Marketing Channel Choice and the Impact on Logistics and Operations: A Systematic Literature Review of the Fresh Food and Grocery Sector

Logistics, 2024, vol. 8, n° 1, (in coll. with H. Alkhiyami, M. Hadid)

Vehicle Relocation in One-Way Carsharing: A Review

Sustainability, 24 January 2024, vol. 16, n° 3, pp 1014, (in coll. with A. F. Eliyan)

Optimisation of Buffer Allocations in Manufacturing Systems: A Study on Intra and Outbound Logistics Systems Using Finite Queueing Networks

Applied Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, Special Issue Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, n° 17, pp 9525, (in coll. with M. Amjath, J. M. Smith, A. Elomri)

A genetic algorithm for scheduling open shops with conflict graphs to minimize the makespan

Computers and Operations Research, August 2023, vol. 156, n° 106247, (in coll. with N. E. Tellache)

Transformative Procurement Trends: Integrating Industry 4.0 Technologies for Enhanced Procurement Processes

Logistics, 2023, vol. 7, n° 63, pp 1-40, (in coll. with A. Althabatah, M. Yaqot, B. Menezes)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

Bridging the parcel delivery last mile gap in Qatar: Challenges and enhancements

10th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control , 2022 , 55 , 10 (R. Jamous, A. A. Omari)

Challenges in the LNG Industry: Megaproject Management of Qatar’s LNG Value Chain Expansion

5th European International Conference on IEOM_Industrial Engineering and Operations Management , 2022 , Rome (S. H. ASHKANANI, R. E. FRANZOI)

Domestic Waste Management with Io-enabled Applications: A Case Study of the Al Rayyan, Qatar Region

10th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control , 2022 , Nantes , 55 , 10 (I. Hussain, A. Elomri)

Fleet Sizing of Heterogeneous Fleet of Trucks in a Material Handling System Using Anylogic Simulation Modelling

5th European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management_IEOM , 2022 , Rome (M. Amjath, A. Elomri, J. M. Smith)

Working papers

Scientific articles

Brief Report: Blockchain-based green supply chain management framework for sustainable practices in Bangladeshi RMG industries

Discover Sustainability, 5 June 2025, vol. 6, n° 508, pp 1-12, (in coll. with M. Al Amin, R. Baldacci)

Impact of Additive Manufacturing on Spare Parts Inventory Management

Procedia Computer Science, 2025, vol. 253, pp 874-881, (in coll. with T. Farghali, R. Padmanabhan, M. Hadid)

Optimizing Multi-Plant Supply Chains: A Case Study of Textile and Spare Parts Production in Qatar and Türkiye

Procedia Computer Science, 2025, vol. 253, pp 765-773, (in coll. with O. A. Hasnah, M. Hadid, R. Padmanabhan)

Smart food supply chain management: A bibliometric and systematic review

Food and Humanity, December 2025, vol. 5, pp 100736, (in coll. with M. J. Al-Thani, M. Hadid, R. Padmanabhan, A. Elomri)

Books

Management industriel et logistique

Editions Economica 2005 (in coll. with M. GREIF, C. VAN DELFT, A. GARREAU, O. BRUEL, G. BAGLIN )

Management industriel et logistique

Editions Economica 2001 (in coll. with M. GREIF, A. GARREAU, C. VAN DELFT, G. BAGLIN, O. BRUEL )

Management industriel et logistique

Editions Economica 1990 (in coll. with G. BAGLIN, O. BRUEL, M. GREIF, C. VAN DELFT, A. GARREAU )

Chapters in edited books

The Generalized Expansion Method

Queueing Theory In Manufacturing Systems Analysis And Design, H. T. Papadopoulos, C. Heavey, J. Browne (Eds), Chapman & Hall