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Laoucine KERBACHE

Emeritus Professor

Information Systems and Operations Management

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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).

Scientific articles

Reverse Logistics for Push/Pull Manufacturing Systems: The case of electronic products

Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2011, vol. 12, n° 2, (in coll. with M. MAZAHIR, M. LASSAGNE)

Performance Evaluation and Dimensioning of GIX/M/c/N Systems Through Kernel Estimation

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2011, vol. 2011, (in coll. with G. Atuncar, F. R. B. Cruz, G. Gontijo)

Buffer and Server Allocation in General Multi-Server Queueing Networks

International Transactions in Operational Research, July 2010, vol. 17, n° 2, pp 257-286, (in coll. with J. MacGregor Smith, T. Van Woensel, R. Andriansyah, F. R. B. Cruz)

Optimal Internet Media Selection

Marketing Science, March-April 2010, vol. 9, n° 2, pp 336-347, (in coll. with J. Lee, P. Danaher)

Vehicle routing with dynamic travel times: a queueing approach

European Journal of Operational Research, 2 December 2008, vol. 186, n° 3, pp 990-1007, (in coll. with H. Peremans, T. van Woensel, N. Vandaele)

A Queuing Framework for Routing Problems with Time-dependent Travel Times

Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, July 2007, vol. 6, n° 1, pp 151-173, (in coll. with H. Peremans, T. Van Woensel, N. Vandaele)

Conception d'un système d'aide multicritère pour l'aide à la décision médicale

Santé, Décision, Management (anciennement Santé et systémique), 2006, vol. 9, n° 1-2, pp 147-155, (in coll. with O. Belmokhtar, Y. Kerboua Ziari, E. Baraka)

Elaboration et mise en place d'un système d'information hospitalier au sein d'un service d'oncologie médicale

Santé, Décision, Management (anciennement Santé et systémique), 2005, vol. 4,

Queuing Networks and the Topological Design of Supply Chain Systems

International Journal of Production Economics, 2004, vol. 91, pp 251-272, (in coll. with J. MacGregor Smith)

Optimal server assignment for a multiple customer classes problem

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, July 2004, vol. 15, n° 3, pp 195-210, (in coll. with J. Gonzalez, M. Norbis)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

A Neural Networks Approach to the VRP

Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research , 1998 , Antwerpen (D. Khadi)

Approximate Methods in Queueing Networks

Proceedings of the Annual conference OR40, Operational Research society , 1998 , Lancaster

The Just-in-Time: Can it Work in all Economic Environments?

Actes du colloque International de Logistique , 1993 , Rennes

Design of Large Scale Systems with Open finite Queueing Networks

Proceedings of the 26th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , 1987 (J. Smith)

Working papers

Scientific articles

A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Referral Strategies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2022, vol. 19, n° 24, pp 16952, (in coll. with H. A. B. Aboelkhir, A. Elomri, T. Y. ElMekkawy, M. S. Elakkad, A. Al-Ansari, O. M. Aboumarzouk, A. El Omri)

Decisions on design and planning of solar-assisted hydroponic farms under various subsidy schemes

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, March 2022, vol. 156, n° 111958, pp 111958, (in coll. with Z. Xu, A. Elomri, T. Al-Ansari, T. El Mekkawy)

Evaluating the Performance of a Safe Insulin Supply Chain Using the AHP-TOPSIS Approach

Processes, October 2022, vol. 10, n° 11, pp 2203, (in coll. with M. Haji, T. Al-Ansari)

Fleet sizing of trucks for an inter-facility material handling system using closed queueing networks

Operations Research Perspectives, October 2022, vol. 9, n° 100245, (in coll. with M. Amjath, J. M. Smith, A. Elomri)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Proceedings

A Neural Networks Approach to the VRP

Proceedings of the 8th World Conference on Transport Research , 1998 , Antwerpen (D. Khadi)

Approximate Methods in Queueing Networks

Proceedings of the Annual conference OR40, Operational Research society , 1998 , Lancaster

The Just-in-Time: Can it Work in all Economic Environments?

Actes du colloque International de Logistique , 1993 , Rennes

Design of Large Scale Systems with Open finite Queueing Networks

Proceedings of the 26th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , 1987 (J. Smith)

Working papers

Education

  • Habilitation a diriger des recherches (Qualified Research Supervisor), Operations Management, Université de Nantes - France
  • Ph.D. in IEOR, Massachusetts University - USA
  • Master of Science in IEOR, Massachusetts University - USA
  • Engineer in IEOR, Massachusetts University - USA

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2023- Emeritus Professor HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Advisory Board Member of the African Research Center (ARC) Research Advisory Panel
  • Member, INFORMS, AIM, DSI, EUROMA, IEOM, EURO
  • Research Committee Member, European Logistics Association (ELA), Brussels
  • RDE CEMS
  • Institut Doctoral Paris Tech

Editorial activities

  • Referee for IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Interfaces, IEEE Transactions on Automation and Cybernetics, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Mathematics, etc...

  • Conference organisation

  • 2001- Organizer of IFG Logistics seminar (CEMS) (in coll. with A. Garreau)
  • 1999 and 2000 - Organizer of International Annual Conference, Network of International Business Schools (NIBS), Rennes
  • Awards & honors

    • 1979 1979 Valedictorian (IEOR)
    • 1979 Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society)
    • 1979 Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)