Martin Grunow

Prof. Dr. Martin Grunow is a Professor in Production and Supply Chain Management at the TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, where he leads the Production and Supply Chain Management Group. With previous roles as Professor in Operations Management at the Technical University of Denmark and Assistant Professor at Technical University of Berlin, his career spans academia and industry research at Evonik AG.

• Education: Habilitation (2005), PhD (1999, summa cum laude), Master of Industrial Engineering (1993), and Management (1988) from Technical University of Berlin and Dublin City University

Research Interests include smart manufacturing, perishable supply chains, and sustainability optimization. His work addresses dynamic assembly layouts, climate risk inventory systems, and RFID applications across industries.

Recent publications focus on automotive production transitions to electric vehicles, deep reinforcement learning for ameliorating inventory, and stochastic lot sizing in food supply chains. He has secured grants from DFG, EU, and NSF, among others.

Scientific Leadership

• Editor-in-Chief of OR Spectrum (2008–2021)
• Area Editor, Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal
• Head of GOR Working Group on Supply Chain Management

He oversees 10 doctoral candidates and 7 external doctoral researchers, with significant contributions to pharmaceutical market launch planning, semiconductor scheduling, and milk concentrate lifecycle assessments.