Biography
Niels Agatz is a professor of last-mile supply chain analytics at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the scientific director of TKI Dinalog, the Dutch national institute for collaborative logistics research. He also serves as an area editor for Transportation Science. His research focuses on developing innovative and sustainable last-mile supply chains through advanced analytics. He collaborates closely with industry partners to translate academic insights into practical solutions. His work has been featured in leading academic journals and (inter)national media outlets. Professor Agatz has received several major grants and awards, including the NWO Rubicon Grant and the INFORMS TSL Stella Dafermos Achievement Award. He teaches courses on distribution networks and management science. He holds a Ph.D. from RSM and an M.Sc. in industrial engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. Agatz has also held visiting positions at Georgia Tech and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- nagatz@rsm.nl
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Work
- Niels Agatz, Jan C. Fransoo, Elliot Rabinovich & Rui Sousa (2025) - Innovations, Technologies, and the Economics of Last-Mile Operations: A Call for Research in Operations Management - Journal of Operations Management, 71 (2), 166-175 - doi: 10.1002/joom.1355 - [link]
- Thomas R. Visser, Niels Agatz & Remy Spliet (2024) - Managing Concurrent Interactions in Online Time Slot Booking Systems for Attended Home Delivery - Transportation Science, 58 (5), 1056-1075 - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2022.0445 - [link]
- Niels Agatz & M (Moritz) Fleischmann (2024) - Demand Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Operations - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45565-0
- Alp Arslan, Niels Agatz & F Jordan Srour (2024) - Model formulations for pickup and delivery problems in designated driver services - Computers and Operations Research, 164 - doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2024.106547 - [link]
- Niels Agatz, Soo Haeng Cho, Hao Sun & Hai Wang (2024) - Transportation-Enabled Services: Concept, Framework, and Research Opportunities - Service Science, 16 (1), 1-21 - doi: 10.1287/serv.2024.0116 - [link]
- Niels Agatz & Moritz Fleischmann (2024) - Demand Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Operations - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45565-0_10 - [link]
- Liana van der Hagen, Niels Agatz, Remy Spliet, Thomas R. Visser & Adrianus L. Kok (2024) - Machine Learning-Based Feasibility Checks for Dynamic Time Slot Management - Transportation Science, 58 (1), 94-109 - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2022.1183 - [link]
- Shadi Sharif Azadeh, Remy Spliet, Niels Agatz & Martin Savelsbergh (2023) - Special Issue on 2021 TSL Workshop: Supply and Demand Interplay in Transport and Logistics - Transportation Science, 57 (6), 1404-1405 - doi: 10.1287/trsc.2023.intro.v57.n6 - [link]
- Anirudh Kishore Bhoopalam, Roy van den Berg, Niels Agatz & Caspar G. Chorus (2023) - The long road to automated trucking: Insights from driver focus groups - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 156 - doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2023.104351 - [link]
- Katrin Waßmuth, Charlotte Köhler, Niels Agatz & Moritz Fleischmann (2023) - Demand Management for Attended Home Delivery – A Literature Review - European Journal of Operational Research, 311 (3), 801-815 - doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.056 - [link]
- Niels Agatz & Anirudh Bhoopalam (21 November 2023) - New Technology Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Erasmus University (The Long Road To Automated Trucking: Insights From Driver Focus Groups)
- Daan Stam & Niels Agatz (10 May 2021) - Green Labels Can Steer Shoppers Towards More Sustainable Delivery Options
- Niels Agatz (2022) - Stella Dafermos achievement award
Distribution Networks
- Year Level
- master, IM/CEMS, Exchange, ERIM
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BM06SCM
SCM Master Thesis
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- BMMTSCM
Management Science
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- MBA26-M3-MS
Scientific Director
- Start date approval
- July 2022
- End date approval
- July 2026
