Robert Boute

Profiel

Robert Boute is als professor Operations Management verbonden aan Vlerick Business School. Hij doceert Operations en Supply Chain Management bij Vlerick (zowel full-time als executive MBA), en in de opleiding voor leidinggevenden en de bedrijfsprogramma's op maat. Hij is ook academisch directeur van het Full Time MBA programma aan Vlerick Business School.

Robert behaalde zijn doctoraat aan KU Leuven en was gastprofessor aan Kellogg School of Management in Chicago (Northwestern University). Hij is actief als bestuurslid van PICS België (Production Inventory and Control Society).

Zijn onderzoek richt zich op supply-chaindynamiek (het bullwhip-effect), voorraadbeheer en ‘production smoothing’ modellen. In 2008 ontving hij de best paper award in productieplanning & control voor zijn paper over een win-winoplossing voor het bullwhipprobleem.

 

Functietitel : Professor

Managementdomein
Operations & Supply Chain Management

Geeft les in
Executive MBA
Masters in General Management
Executive Master Class in Supply Chain Management
Masters in Financial Management

Expert in
Logistics Management
Operationeel en supply chain management
Operations strategie
Operational excellence
Voorraadbeheer
Queuing in manufacturing & services

Publicaties

Articles in refereed journals with impact

  • Boute R. Van den Broeke M. Deneire K.  forthcoming. Barco implements platform-based product development in its healthcare division. Interfaces,

  • Chuanwen D. Boute R. McKinnon A. Verelst M.  forthcoming. Investigating Synchromodality from a Supply Chain Perspective. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment,

  • Poppe J. Basten R. Boute R. Lambrecht M.  forthcoming. Numerical study of inventory management under various maintenance policies. Reliability Engineering and System Safety,

  • Padilla Tinoco S. Creemers S. Boute R.  2017. Collaborative shipping under different cost-sharing agreements. European Journal of Operational Research, 263(3): 827-837.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R. Cardoen B. Samii B.  2017. An efficient solution method to design the cost-minimizing platform portfolio. European Journal of Operational Research, 259(1): 236-250.

  • Creemers S. Woumans G. Boute R. Beliën J.  2017. Tri-Vizor uses an efficient algorithm to identify collaborative shipping opportunities. Interfaces, 47(3): 244-259.

  • Boros S. Van Gorp L. Cardoen B. Boute R.  2017. Breaking Silos: A Field Experiment on Relational Conflict Management in Cross-Functional Teams. Group Decision & Negotiation, 26(2): 327-356.

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  • Boute R. Van Mieghem J.  2015. Global dual sourcing and order smoothing: the impact of capacity and leadtimes. Management Science, 61(9): 2080-2099.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R. Samii B.  2015. Evaluation of product-platform decisions based on total supply chain costs. International Journal of Production Research, 53(18): 5545-5563.

  • Noblesse A. Boute R. Van Houdt B.  2014. Lot sizing and lead time decisions in production/inventory systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 155(September): 351-360.

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2014. Coordinating lead times and safety stocks under autocorrelated demand. European Journal of Operational Research, 232(1): 52-63.

  • Noblesse A. Boute R. Lambrecht M.  2014. Characterizing order processes of continuous review (s,S) and (r,nQ) policies. European Journal of Operational Research, 236(2): 534-547.

  • Creemers S. Boute R. Leus R.  2012. Extending the Production Dice Game. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 32(12): 1460-1472.

  • Boute R. Van Dierdonck R. Vereecke A.  2011. Organising for supply chain management. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 14(5): 297-315.

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2009. Designing replenishment rules in a two-echelon supply chain with a flexible or an inflexible capacity strategy. International Journal of Production Economics, 119(1): 187-198.

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2008. A win-win solution for the bullwhip problem. Production Planning & Control, 19(7): 702-711.

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2007. An integrated production and inventory model to dampen upstream demand variability in the supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 178(1): 121-142.

  • Boute R. Van Houdt B.  2007. Performance evaluation of a production/inventory system with periodic review and endogenous lead times. Naval Research Logistics, 54(4): 462-473.

  • Boute R. Herroelen W.  2004. A real options approach to project management. International Journal of Production Research, 42(9): 1715-1725.

Articles in other (un)refereed journals

  • Beliën J. Boute R. Creemers S. De Bruecker P. Gijsbrechts J. Valeria Paclilla Tinoco S. Verheyen W.  2017. Collaborative shipping in the sharing economy. ORMS Today, (April): 20-23.

  • Boute R. Bruggeman W. Vereecke A.  2015. Cost management in the supply chain: an integrated approach. Cost Management, (Jan/Feb): 40-48.

  • Boute R. Bruggeman W. Vereecke A.  2014. Cost Management in the Supply Chain: an integrated approach – Part 1. Cost Management, (Nov/Dec): 11-15.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R.  2014. Advantages and disadvantages of product platforms: insights from literature. Review of Business and Economic Literature, 58(3): 186-210.

  • Boute R. Dejonckheere J. Disney S. Van de Velde W.  2012. Bullwhip in a multi-product production setting. Review of Business and Economic Literature, 57(3): 354-380.

  • Boute R. Colen P. Creemers S. Noblesse A. Van Houdt B.  2012. Matrix-analytic methods in supply chain management: recent developments. Review of Business and Economic Literature, 57(3): 283-301.

  • Vereecke A. Boute R.  2011. Organising the Supply Chain Department. 

  • Boute R. Vereecke A.  2011. Wanted: Supply Chain Manager (m/f) – strong set of skills required. 

  • Boute R.  2009. Exploring the bullwhip effect by means of spreadsheet simulation. INFORMS Transactions on Education, 10(1): 1-9.

  • Boute R. Rice M.  2009. Supply chain leadership skills. Logistics & Transport Focus, 11(1): 54-55.

  • Boute R.  2007. Altruistic behavior in supply chain management. Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, 52(3): 499-513.

  • Boute R.  2007. Impact of replenishment rules with endogenous lead times. 4OR - A quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 5(3): 261-264.

  • Boute R. Lambrechts O. Sterckx P.  2007. Sectoriële prestaties en financiële impact van het voorraadbeheer in België. Kwartaalschrift Economie, 4(3): 297-313.

  • Boute R. Lambrechts O.  2004. Did just-in-time management effectively decrease inventory ratios in Belgium?. Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, XLIX(3): 441-456.

Book Chapters

  • Desmet D. Boute R. Vereecke A.  2011. Europese distributiecentra in Vlaanderen: typologie en toekomstperspectieven. In: Jaarboek 2011 van het Steunpunt Ondernemen en Internationaal Ondernemen (pp. 233-263).

  • Boute R. Serneels S. Van Dierdonck R. Vereecke A.  2008. Organizing for Supply Chain Management. In: van der Vaart T. van Donk D. Tradition and Innovation in Operations Management

  • Boute R. Lambrechts O.  2005. (Dis)functionele voorraden - Het strategische belang van voorraden. In: Ed. Management Jaarboek 2005 (pp. 146-148). Vlaamse Management Associatie.

Books

Conference Presentations

  • Creemers S. Padilla Tinoco S. Boute R.  2015. A New Algorithm to Optimize a Can-Order Inventory Policy for Two Companies in a Horizontal Partnership. Paper presented at POMS 26th Annual Conference, May 8-11, Washigton, United States.

  • Padilla Tinoco S. Boute R. Creemers S.  2015. Bundling of Transport and its Impact on Inventories and Cost Allocation in Horizontal Supply Chain Partnership. Paper presented at POMS 26th Annual Conference, May 8-11, Washington, United States.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R. Cardoen B. Samii B.  2015. Product-platform-attribute decisions based on total supply chain costs. Paper presented at Production Operations Management Society (POMS): 26th annual conference, May 8-11, Washington, United States.

  • Van den Broeke M. Devoldere B. Creemers S. Boute R.  2015. The interplay of operations, marketing, and product innovation: a dynamic and interdependent simulation decision model. Paper presented at 22nd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, June 14-16, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • Padilla Tinoco S. Creemers S. Boute R.  2015. Bundling of Transport and its Impact on Inventories and Cost Allocation in Horizontal Supply Chain Partnership. Paper presented at 14th EurOMA Doctoral Seminar, June 26-27, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R. Samii B.  2014. Evaluating the supply chain cost of strategic product platform decisions. Paper presented at International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Barcelona, Spain.

  • Van den Broeke M. Boute R. Samii B.  2014. Facilitating product platform decisions based on total supply chain costs. Paper presented at German Operations Research Society, Aachen, Germany.

  • Poppe J. Boute R. Lambrecht M.  2014. A Hybrid Opportunistic Condition-Based Maintenance Policy for Continuously Monitored Components. Paper presented at 7th International EurOMA Service Operations Management Forum (SOMF), September 21-23, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

  • Poppe J. Boute R. Lambrecht M.  2014. Impact of Service Maintenance Planning on Inventory Management. Paper presented at 18th International Symposium on Inventories, August 18-22, Budapest, Hungary.

  • Vereecke A. Boute R. Bruggeman W.  2013. Management accounting for supply chain optimization. Paper presented at Euroma, June 7-12, Dublin, Ireland.

  • Boute R. Van Mieghem J.  2011. Global Dual Sourcing. Paper presented at 2011 MSOM Annual Conference, June 26-28, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

  • Boute R.  2009. Coordinating a two-echelon supply chain with a flexible or an inflexible capacity strategy. Paper presented at 2009 MSOM Annual Conference (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management), June 28-30, Cambridge, United States.

  • Desmet D. Boute R.  2009. The future of the logistics sector in Flanders: towards a new typology of distribution centres. Paper presented at VVE Conference (Dag van het Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Onderzoek), October 30-30, Hasselt, Belgium.

  • Boute R. Serneels S. Van Dierdonck R. Vereecke A.  2008. The Supply Chain Organisational Structure. Paper presented at POMS 19th. Annual Conference, May 9-12, La Jolla, California, United States.

Conference Proceedings

  • Padilla Tinoco S. Creemers S. Boute R.  2015. Bundling of orders in a horizontal supply chain coordination. Neuchâtel:

  • Noblesse A. Boute R. Van Houdt B.  2014. Analysis of a production/inventory system with multiple retailers. In: Grubbström R. Hinterhuber H. Eds. Preprints (pp. 365-377). Innsbruck:

  • Boute R. Robberecht R. Mostinckx M. Verstrepen S.  2011. Car pooling for cargo - Orchestrated horizontal collaboration in transport and logistics. Berlin:

  • Vannieuwenhuyse B. Boute R. Robberecht R. Van Breedam A.  2011. Orchestrated horizontal collaboration in transport and logistics - a case study in the pharmaceutical industry. 

  • Desmet D. Boute R. Vereecke A. Sys L.  2009. A typology of distribution centres in Flanders. Göteborg:

  • Desmet D. Vereecke A. Boute R.  2009. The strategic role of distribution centres in Flanders. Cardiff:

  • Vereecke A. Desmet D. Parrez E. Boute R.  2008. A typology of distribution centres in Flanders. Leuven:

  • Boute R.  2008. Exploring the bullwhip effect by means of spreadsheet simulation. Tokyo:

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2007. The impact of correlation in demand on lead times and safety stocks. 

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2006. A win-win solution for the bullwhip problem. Lyon:

  • Boute R. Lambrechts O. Sterckx P.  2006. An analysis of the variation in inventory performance in the Belgian manufacturing industry and the financial impact of inventories.. (pp. 681-690). Glasgow:

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van Houdt B.  2006. The impact of order variance amplification/dampening on supply chain performance. (pp. 1-11). Innsbruck:

  • Boute R. Disney S. Van de Velde W. Van Houdt B.  2005. Bullwhip reduction and win-win strategies. (pp. 697-706). Budapest:

  • Boute R. Lambrechts O.  2004. Interpreting the surprising evolution of inventory ratios in the Belgian manufacturing industry. (pp. 687-696). Fontainebleau:

Doctoral dissertation

  • Boute R.  2006. The impact of replenishment rules with endogenous lead times on supply chain performance. 

Research reports

  • Boute R. Van Steendam T. de Leeuw S. Dullaert W. Inghels D. Shabani A.  2016. Measuring the sustainable impact of horizontal supply chain collaborations: overview and recommendation of gain sharing methodologies and KPI measurement for GHG emissions. (42 p.)

  • Boute R. Robberecht R. Vereecke A.  2011. Logistieke waardenetwerken als troef voor het aantrekken van buitenlandse investeringen. Flanders DC. (49 p.)

  • Vereecke A. Boute R.  2011. Organising for supply chain management – one size fits all?. 

  • Boute R. Noblesse A.  2011. The financial crisis and the de-stocking phenomenon in the Belgian manufacturing sector. 

  • Desmet D. Boute R. Vereecke A.  2010. A typology of European Distribution Centres. 

  • Desmet D. Boute R. Vereecke A.  2010. Europese distributiecentra in Vlaanderen: typologie en toekomstperspectieven. 

  • Boute R. Desmet D.  2009. Duurzame logistiek in vlaanderen: best practices en knelpunten bij implementatie. (32 p.)

Vlerick cases

  • Louche C. Samii B. Lepoutre J. Boute R.  2012. Sustainability in the Supply Chain (B): C&A – The Sustainable Supply Chain of Cotton. ECCH Case Study. Reference no. 712-017-1 (C) + 712-016-8 (TN).

  • Louche C. Samii B. Lepoutre J. Boute R.  2012. Sustainability in the Supply Chain (A): Alpro - The Sustainable Supply Chain of Soya. ECCH Case Study. Reference no. 712-016-1 (C) + 712-016-8 (TN).

  • Debruyne M. Schoovaerts M. Boute R.  2007. Strategic innovation in the logistic real estate development business: Eurinpro. ECCH Case Study. Reference no. 308-001-1 (C) + 308-001-8 (TN).

Vlerick working papers

  • Boute R.  2007. Exploring the bullwhip effect by means of spreadsheet simulation. 2007/4 (33p.).

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