Stefan Minner

Prof. Stefan Minner is a Full Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich since 2012. His academic career includes professorships at the University of Vienna (2008–2012) and University of Mannheim (2004–2008), with prior roles at the University of Calgary and University of Magdeburg. He holds a Ph.D. (1999) and Habilitation (2003) from Magdeburg, focusing on supply chain optimization and inventory management.

Research focuses on data-driven logistics network design, inventory management under uncertainty, and urban logistics. Key areas include blockchain in supply chains, commodity procurement strategies, and automation in retail operations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Production Economics and holds leadership roles in logistics societies like the German Logistics Association (BVL) and International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR).

His honors include Fellow of ISIR (2016), Wirtschaftswoche Top Researcher (2020), and the M&SOM Practice-based Research Competition (2019). Research output spans 25+ years, with recent work addressing AI in logistics, sustainable supply chains, and pandemic-era ambulance dispatching systems.

Teaching includes courses on inventory management, transportation analytics, and sustainable supply chains. His lab's work integrates optimization, simulation, and empirical methods to solve real-world logistics challenges in automotive, retail, and manufacturing sectors.