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Laoucine KERBACHE

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

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)

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)

Potential of additive manufacturing for upstream automotive supply chains

Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2022, vol. 23, n° 1, pp 1-19, (in coll. with M. S. Muhammad, A. Elomri)

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)

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

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

Shared Clean Mobility Operations for First-Mile and Last-Mile Public Transit Connections: A Case Study of Doha, Qatar

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022, vol. 2022, n° 1052221, pp 1-14, (in coll. with A. Fayez Eliyan, A. Elomri)

Food Quality, Drug Safety, and Increasing Public Health Measures in Supply Chain Management

Processes, August 2022, vol. 10, n° 9, pp 1715, (in coll. with M. Haji, T. Al-Ansari)

The last-mile delivery challenge: evaluating the efficiency of smart parcel stations

Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2021, vol. 22, n° 4, pp 360-369, (in coll. with A. Eliyan, A. Elomri)

Critical Success Factors and Traceability Technologies for Establishing a Safe Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Methods and Protocols, 2021, vol. 4, n° 4, pp 85, (in coll. with M. Haji, K. M. M. Sheriff, T. Al-Ansari)

The Compounded Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic and Desert Locust Outbreak on Food Security and Food Supply Chain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, n° 3, pp 1063, (in coll. with Z. Xu, A. Elomri, A. El Omri, H. Liu)

Books

Doing business in Qatar: case studies for executive education

Editions Winterwork (in coll. with W. AMANN)

Doing Business in the MENA Region: Insights from the EFMD Case Writing Competition

Emerald Group Publishing Limited (in coll. with W. AMANN, N. BURQUEL)

Management industriel et logistique

Editions Economica (in coll. with G. BAGLIN, O. BRUEL, J. NEHME, C. VAN DELFT)

Management industriel et logistique

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

Management industriel et logistique

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

Management industriel et logistique

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

Management industriel et logistique

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

Chapters in edited books

COASTAL: Group of companies mounting a manufacturing industry in Qatar

Doing Business In Qatar: Case Studies For Executive Education, W. Amann, L. Kerbache, Editions Winterwork

Optimal Internet Media Selection

From Little'S Law To Marketing Science: Essays In Honor Of John D.c. Little, John R. Hauser, Glen L. Urban, MIT Press, 2

Les enjeux stratégiques de la supply chain

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 212-218

Planning and Scheduling Transportation Vehicle fleet in a Congested Traffic Environment

Supply Chain Management - European Perspectives, R. de Koster, W. Delfmann (Eds), Copenhagen Business School Press, chapitre 13, 262-284

The Generalized Expansion Method

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

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)

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)

The Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage: Causes, Implications, and Potential Remedies

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

A New Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with simultaneous Pickup and Delivery

2020 EurOMA conference , 2020 , University of Warwick (H. XIAO, A. ELOMRI)

Working papers

Optimal Strategy for Stochastic Product Rollover under risk using CVAR analysis

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2012

Analysis of Crossdocking in a distribution system to reduce the bullwhip effect

Mimeo , 2007

Capacited News-boy Model Problem With Non-Linear Parameters

Mimeo , 2007

Optimal Internet Media Scheduling

Mimeo , 2007

Internet Media Planning: An Optimization Model

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2004

Planning and Scheduling Transportation Vehicle fleet in a Congested Traffic Environment

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2004

An Optimization Algorithm for Virtual Memory Computer System

Mimeo , 2023

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, Mars 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

Doing business in Qatar: case studies for executive education

Editions Winterwork (in coll. with W. AMANN)

Doing Business in the MENA Region: Insights from the EFMD Case Writing Competition

Emerald Group Publishing Limited (in coll. with W. AMANN, N. BURQUEL)

Management industriel et logistique

Editions Economica (in coll. with G. BAGLIN, O. BRUEL, J. NEHME, C. VAN DELFT)

Management industriel et logistique

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

Chapters in edited books

COASTAL: Group of companies mounting a manufacturing industry in Qatar

Doing Business In Qatar: Case Studies For Executive Education, W. Amann, L. Kerbache, Editions Winterwork

Optimal Internet Media Selection

From Little'S Law To Marketing Science: Essays In Honor Of John D.c. Little, John R. Hauser, Glen L. Urban, MIT Press, 2

Les enjeux stratégiques de la supply chain

L'Art Du Management 3, HEC Paris, Dunod, 212-218

Planning and Scheduling Transportation Vehicle fleet in a Congested Traffic Environment

Supply Chain Management - European Perspectives, R. de Koster, W. Delfmann (Eds), Copenhagen Business School Press, chapitre 13, 262-284

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)

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)

The Global Semiconductor Chip Shortage: Causes, Implications, and Potential Remedies

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

A New Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with simultaneous Pickup and Delivery

2020 EurOMA conference , 2020 , University of Warwick (H. XIAO, A. ELOMRI)

Working papers

Optimal Strategy for Stochastic Product Rollover under risk using CVAR analysis

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2012

Analysis of Crossdocking in a distribution system to reduce the bullwhip effect

Mimeo , 2007

Capacited News-boy Model Problem With Non-Linear Parameters

Mimeo , 2007

Optimal Internet Media Scheduling

Mimeo , 2007

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

  • 2013-2016 CEO and Academic Dean, HEC Paris in Qatar HEC Paris
  • 2008-2012 Associate Dean Director of the HEC PhD Program HEC Paris
  • 2009- Professor HEC Paris
  • 2000-2009 Associate Professor HEC Paris
  • 2007- Directeur académique du programme International Railways Strategic Management Institute (IRSMI) HEC Paris
  • 2004- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
  • Academic Director, MS HEC Management de la supply chain - Logistique globale et achats internationaux HEC Paris
  • In charge of HEC Academic Activities at the ESAA at Alger HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 1999-2000 Director of Pedagogy ESC Rennes

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)