معرفی
Olga Battaïa is Senior Professor in the Department of Operations Management and Information Systems at KEDGE Business School, where she also serves as Associate Dean for Research. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Industrial Engineering from École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (2007) and accreditation to supervise research (HDR, 2014).
Education
- PhD in Industrial Engineering, École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne, 2007
- HDR (Accreditation to Supervise Research), 2014
Research Focus
Professor Battaïa’s research lies at the intersection of operations management, supply-chain optimization, and decision-science methods. She develops mathematical models and algorithms that improve the design and performance of production systems, reconfigurable manufacturing lines, closed-loop supply chains, and collaborative human-robot systems. Her work embraces sustainability challenges, ergonomic considerations, and uncertainty management.
Recent investigations include:
- Dynamic vaccine-allocation models responding to pandemic realities
- Ergonomic integration in human-robot collaborative workstations
- Electric-bus charging-network design for sustainable urban mobility
- Robust resource-leveling techniques under project uncertainty
Publication Impact
Across 200+ refereed publications, her 2023–2025 output alone spans International Journal of Production Economics, IJPR, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Transportation Research Part E, and flagship conferences such as CIRP ANNALS. Thematic trends reveal deepening emphasis on (i) sustainable and resilient supply-chain design, (ii) advanced exact and heuristic optimization for reconfigurable manufacturing, and (iii) human-centric production systems.
Editorial & Professional Service
- Associate Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Systems (Elsevier)
- Associate Editor, IISE Transactions
- Associate Editor, Omega—The International Journal of Management Science
- Associate Member, International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
- Member, IFAC Technical Committee on “Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control”
Doctoral Advising & Research Leadership
Professor Battaïa has co-supervised 11 PhD thestrong>ses to completion and delivered more than 15 invited lectures worldwide. She coordinates multi-partner research projects with industry and academic institutions, securing sustained funding for large-scale optimization and sustainability initiatives.
Laboratories & Teams
She leads research activities within KEDGE’s Operations, Supply Chain and Information Management group, collaborating closely with the Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Sustainable Supply Chain Design research teams.
