EDSI CONFERENCE 2025: 15TH EDSI ANNUAL CONFERENCE - DECISION MAKING FACING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CHANGES
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, June 2nd Tuesday, June 3rd

Monday, June 2nd

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08:45-10:00 Session 1: Openning session

Welcome addressing

Maria Elmquist, deputy president, Chalmers University of Technology

Victor Prybutok, past president of DSI

Keynote

Global operations networks facing disruptions, Jan Olhager, Professor at Lund University

Location: Vasa A
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-11:50 Session 2A: Business Analytics
Location: Vasa A
10:30
Multi-echelon inventory optimization in omnichannel distribution systems (abstract)
10:50
Price Discrimination Implementation by 3D Printing Platforms for Differentiated Substitute 3D Printed Products (abstract)
11:10
Designing a Choice Experiment for Promoting Sustainable Behaviour: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Magnusson
11:30
Advancing the Circular Economy: Digitalization Opportunities for Reverse Logistics Transportation (abstract)
10:30-11:50 Session 2B: Digital Transformation
Chair:
Location: Vasa B
10:30
An Application of Machine Learning Models for Project Cost Forecasting (abstract)
PRESENTER: Öncü Hazir
10:50
Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness Improvements, when implementing Machine Learning in Supply Chain Planning Practices in Engineer-to-Order Settings (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nils-Erik Ohlson
11:10
Use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in sales and operations planning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sahil Ahmed
11:30
Supply chain planning roles in the era of GenAI (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hafez Shurrab
10:30-11:50 Session 2C: Supply Chain Management
Location: Vasa C
10:30
Mapping the Maze: Developing Curriculums in Supply Chain Management (abstract)
10:50
Assessing the green transformation in agriculture supply chain management under uncertainties: A data-driven model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tanawan Kumpimpa
11:10
Using Secondary Data Sources for Mapping Complex Product Supply Chains – A Case Study of the Automotive Tyre (abstract)
11:30
Supply-Chain Value: Rethinking Value Appropriation in Purchasing and Supply Management (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jakob Rehme
10:30-11:50 Session 2D: Sustainability, CSR, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Location: Vasa 6
10:30
Strategic orientation and environmental performance within coopetition relationships: a mediating and moderation model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ebenezer Afum
10:50
From Maternity Leave to Workforce Inclusion: How Companies Can Foster Successful Reintegration (abstract)
11:10
Buyer’s Strategic Commitment to Enhancing a Supplier’s Social and Environmental Compliance (abstract)
11:30
Does reshoring drive sustainability? An empirical study of US based firms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmela Di Mauro
10:30-11:50 Session 2E: Decision Making in the Public sector
Chair:
Location: Vasa 7
10:30
Strategic Traffic Management Planning in mega construction project – A Collaborative Decision Making Process (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anna Fredriksson
10:50
Decision-Making: Understanding Decision-Making Complexity in Large Infrastructure Projects. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jackson Sekasi
11:10
Illicit Trade in the Electric Vehicle Battery Circular Supply Network: Who Controls the Flow? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xinyan Li
11:30
Validation of ED Overcrowding Metrics: A Data-Driven Approach Using Italian Hospital Records (abstract)
12:00-12:45Lunch Break
12:45-13:45 Session 3: Meet the editors

Xenophon Koufteros, Decision Science

Glenn Richey, Journal of Business Logistics

Andreas Wieland, Journal of Supply Chain Management

Martin Schleper, International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Karen Yanchong Zheng, Production and Operations Management

Carmela di Mauro, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Ashish Gupta, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

13:45-14:45 Session 4A: Innovative Education
Location: Vasa 7
13:45
Changing Student Perceptions on AI Usage (abstract)
14:05
A CDIO approach to teaching ergonomics and workplace design (abstract)
14:25
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality for Enhanced Educational Experiences: A Case Study of the Engage AI Platform (abstract)
PRESENTER: Joy Godin
13:45-14:45 Session 4B: Digital Transformation and Sustainability
Location: Vasa B
13:45
Industry 4.0 and sustainability performance: an empirical investigation in Italy (abstract)
14:05
Exploring AI-driven microcapabilities for achieving sustainability: a mixed-method approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Matteo Podrecca
14:25
Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into Risk Assessments: Overcoming Barriers in Emergency Management Center Location Selection for Humanitarian Logistics and Disaster Relief (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cisem Lafci
13:45-14:45 Session 4C: Supply Chain Management
Location: Vasa C
13:45
Achieving structural flexibility with different types of dual sourcing: A multiple case study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ellen Feist
14:05
Contribution of supply chain engagement on the environmental performance of firms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mika Immonen
14:25
Mountain location choices and supply chain structure: A secondary data analysis (abstract)
13:45-14:45 Session 4D: Healthcare Operations
Location: Vasa 6
13:45
Evaluating the effectiveness of Community Health Centres in managing minor emergencies: an application of the synthetic control method (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ginevra Giuliani
14:05
Assessing Patient Care Delays in a Preoperative Clinic Using Lean Principles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yann Ferrand
14:25
Preparing for the Next Health Emergency: Concurrent Management of Pandemic and Non-Pandemic Demand (abstract)
14:45-15:15Coffee Break
15:15-16:35 Session 5A: Behavioural Operations
Location: Vasa 7
15:15
Safe and sound? The effects of safety and productivity audio reminders on warehouse driver behavior (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mahsa Alirezaei
15:35
Empathy in Patient Triage: Insights from the Empathy Survey (abstract)
15:55
New role of Trust-Based Management in Collaborative Teams: Shaping a manufacturing process in a Hybrid Work Environment - A Systematic Literature Review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Albert Remsei
16:15
A Loss Aversion Framework for Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Paul Bauer
15:15-16:35 Session 5B: Digital Transformation
Location: Vasa B
15:15
Innovator's Edge in Supply Chain Transparency and Food Waste Reduction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jingsheng Song
15:35
To what extent digital tools moderate in the relationship between resilience and environmental sustainability in fashion supply chain (abstract)
15:55
Bridging the Gap: AI-Driven Insights into Autistic Cognitive Variability and Employment Adaptation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gábor Luci
16:15
Enabling the Maturity of Sustainable Circular Supply Chains Through Industry 5.0: A Resilience-Embedded Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nazlican Gozacan
15:15-16:35 Session 5C: Logistics and Transportation
Location: Vasa C
15:15
Impact of Incentives on Digitalization Investments in Supply Chains Involving Manufacturers, 3PLs, and Last-Mile Carriers. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Riccardo Siena
15:35
Improving Circularity in Construction – a Coordination Perspective on Mineral Wool (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anna Fredriksson
15:55
A Contemporary Procurement and Supply Perspective on an Ancient Biblical Parable (abstract)
16:15
NAVIGATING URBANISATION: HOW AGILE LOGISTICS CAPABILITIES CAN TRANSFORM LAST MILE DELIVERY (abstract)
15:15-16:35 Session 5D: Accounting, financial, and marketing decision making
Location: Vasa 6
15:15
Literature review: The role of narrative reporting in decision-making (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tamás Zelles
15:35
Private Equity Investment in the Accountancy Sector (abstract)
15:55
A Quarterly Econometric Model to Explain the US Post-War Inflation Experience (abstract)
Tuesday, June 3rd

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08:45-10:05 Session 6A: Business Analytics
Location: Vasa A
08:45
Research on AI-Powered Time Series Forecasting (abstract)
09:05
Leveraging Large Language Models for Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Management (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xiaofeng Chen
09:25
Supporting Decision-Making on Capacity Expansion with Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis Considering Internal Influencing Factors (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kinga Nemes
09:45
Explainable AI for Enhanced Decision-Making in Product Development (abstract)
PRESENTER: Szabolcs Kiss
08:45-10:05 Session 6B: Digital Transformation
Location: Vasa B
08:45
TRANSFORMING B2B CUSTOMER SERVICE OPERATIONS WITH AI-DRIVEN CALLS-TO-ACTION (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shemair Williams
09:05
Leveraging Coopetition for Ambidextrous Innovation: The Role of Technological Orientation, Strategic Positioning, and Slack Resource (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rajat Latt
09:25
Application of Quantum Computing in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review (abstract)
09:45
Linking Industry 4.0 and sustainability performance: A meta-analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmela Di Mauro
08:45-10:05 Session 6C: Logistics and Transportation
Location: Vasa C
08:45
TRANSPORT AND TRADE COSTS OF LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, THE PRICE OF NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THE SEA. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cristiam Gil
09:05
NAVIGATING URBANISATION: HOW AGILE LOGISTICS CAPABILITIES CAN TRANSFORM LAST MILE DELIVERY(WORKING PAPER) (abstract)
09:25
Trade-offs in Decision Making in Road Freight Systems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Dan Andersson
09:45
Decision Making in Volatile Industries: The Role of Predictability, Noise, and Expertise in Maritime Forecasting. (abstract)
08:45-10:05 Session 6D: Supply Chain Management
Location: Vasa 6
08:45
Supplier Cultivation: An Accelerator Approach to Supply Ecosystem Innovation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zach Zacharia
09:05
The impact of customer internationalization on operating performance: The moderating effect of government support (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jingcong Xu
09:25
Trust dynamics in AI-driven business decision making (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ala Arvidsson
08:45-10:05 Session 6E: Decision Making in the Public sector
Location: Vasa 7
08:45
Monitoring Social Sustainability for Decision-Making: A Framework for Integrated Indicators (abstract)
PRESENTER: Diletta Tosetto
09:05
Designing industrial sustainability policies: the case of the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nunzia Zecchillo
09:25
How to estimate the cross-border non-detected flow of illicit drugs moving through the postal and express courier system. The UK case. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Agnese Raimondi
09:45
Towards a Net-Zero Multimodal Transport Ecosystem: A Systems Approach to Decision Making at East Midlands Airport, UK (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nahid Yazdani
10:05-10:35Coffee Break
10:35-11:55 Session 7A: Energy Transition
Location: Vasa A
10:35
Decarbonizing the shipping industry: a factor market rivalry perspective (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lara Pomaska
10:55
Electrification Scaling Curve for Phased Electrification Decisions in Heavy Duty Freight (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anton Zackrisson
11:15
Multi-criteria decision analysis for hydrogen hub location: Key factors in renewable energy value chains (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lara Pomaska
11:35
TOU Pricing for Greener Electricity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Megha Sharma
10:35-11:55 Session 7B: Digital Transformation
Location: Vasa B
10:35
Data-driven digital transformation capability in supply chain toward sustainability under uncertainties: Impacts on digital network and collaborative innovation capabilities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Taufik Kurrahman
10:55
Characterization of Digital Twin Adoption for Supply Chains (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tarun Agrawal
11:15
Operationalizing the industrial metaverse: strategies, challenges, and opportunities for the factory of the future (abstract)
11:35
Impact of blockchain on pricing and market share of vertically differentiated products (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maher Agi
10:35-11:55 Session 7C: Logistics and Transportation
Location: Vasa C
10:35
Towards more sustainable Postal Supply Chains: a probabilistic approach to design Last-Mile Delivery Areas (abstract)
10:55
Safety-in-Numbers: Optimizing Vessel Platoons for Risk Reduction and Cost Efficiency in Maritime Logistics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Abebaw Ashenafi
11:15
External shocks and the dynamics of maritime container logistics: a theoretical and quantitative analysis (abstract)
11:35
An investigation on digital technology adoption and supporting actors in the pharmaceutical supply chain (abstract)
PRESENTER: Teresa Albini
10:35-11:55 Session 7D: Quality Management and Lean Operations
Location: Vasa 6
10:35
Quality Management, Goals and Metrics: Exploring the Philosophical and Practical Tensions (abstract)
10:55
Quality and Worker dynamics (abstract)
11:15
Integrating the Voice of the Customer into New Service Development: A QFD/SERVQUAL Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Drew Rosen
11:35
Agile Project Management: Moving from Practice-Oriented to Theory-Oriented Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xianghui Peng
10:35-11:55 Session 7E: Operations strategy
Location: Vasa 7
10:35
Off-grid hydrogen refueling stations in Europe: Levelized cost of hydrogen of solar-wind-battery-electrolyser systems (abstract)
10:55
Adapting to Change: Resilience Measures for Modern Supply Chain Collaboration Strategies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tobias Jornitz
11:15
Bridging Aspiration and Achievement: A PLS-SEM Analysis of Entrepreneurial Success Drivers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Murat Adivar
11:35
AI-Driven Decision Support in Healthcare: Enhancing Cardiac Assessment with SWIN U-Net (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ajaya Swain
12:00-13:00Lunch Break
13:00-13:40 Session 8: Industrial keynote

Sustainable Freight at Scale: The Role of Digitalization, Electrification, and Autonomous Systems

Mehdi Akbarian, VP of Product and Strategy at Einride

Chair:
Location: Vasa A
13:45-14:45 Session 9A: Design Thinking and Innovation
Chair:
Location: Vasa A
13:45
Reconciliation of competing logics when innovating for sustainability: A microfoundations approach to understanding situated decision-making. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cassia Pole
14:05
Understanding supplier sustainability risks in complex supply chains: The roles of learning and proximity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Toan Tran
14:25
Authentication Service as a Signal of Quality on Second-Hand Platforms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Masoud Fazlavi
13:45-14:45 Session 9B: Procurement and supply management
Location: Vasa B
13:45
X-shoring – a sea of possibilities for LAC? (abstract)
14:05
ESG Achievements and Corporate Profitability: An empirical Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Soheil Sibdari
13:45-14:45 Session 9C: Healthcare Operations
Location: Vasa C
13:45
The organization of Community Health Centres: a literature review (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carmela Di Mauro
14:05
Online Consultation and Healthcare Community Channel Diversification: Boon or Bane for Doctors? A Mixed-method Analysis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sumanta Basu
14:25
Bridging Practices and Theories in Healthcare Quality Management: An Empirical Investigation of Healthcare Quality Competencies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Xianghui Peng
13:45-14:45 Session 9D: Business Analytics
Location: Vasa 6
13:45
Optimizing In-Vehicle Coupon Distribution: A Data-Driven Approach Using Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ajaya Swain
14:05
Uncovering Indoor and Outdoor Factors Contributing to the Growth of Indoor Air Contaminants Having Detrimental Human Health Impacts (abstract)
PRESENTER: Burcu Adivar
14:25
Optimizing Operational Maintenance Plan of Military Aircrafts: An Operational Sustainability Perspective (abstract)
13:45-14:45 Session 9E: Innovative Education
Location: Vasa 7
13:45
Revolutionizing Higher-Education: Leveraging AI Prompts for Dynamic Learning and Ethical Agility (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ward Risvold
14:05
Is technological evolution benefiting performance in the educational sector? (abstract)
14:25
How Accessible Public Universities Can Enhance Social Mobility for their Students Through Comprehensive Support Services (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ngoc Pham
14:45-15:15Coffee Break
15:15-16:15 Session 10A: Design Thinking and Innovation
Location: Vasa A
15:15
Breakthrough solution for managing expiring items in grocery retail: Critical solution elements and actualization pathway (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tín Lê
15:35
The differential impact of supplier and customer concentration on open innovation: Resource dependence and knowledge base perspectives (abstract)
PRESENTER: Qian Yang
15:55
Innovation Trajectories and Future Prospect of Electric Vehicles in Mountain Logistics (abstract)
PRESENTER: Guido Orzes
15:15-16:15 Session 10B: Production Planning and Control
Location: Vasa B
15:15
Human resources and capabilities in maintenance operations: insights from automotive and battery manufacturing (abstract)
15:35
Production planning and control in remanufacturing: Exploring operational challenges (abstract)
PRESENTER: Altahir Ali
15:55
A Greedy Heuristic for the Weighted Tardiness problem (abstract)
15:15-16:15 Session 10C: Supply Chain Management
Location: Vasa C
15:15
Pricing and Charging-or-Subsidising strategies for online collecting platforms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Meihan Chen
15:35
How technical innovation influences freshness management in fresh produce supply chains (abstract)
15:55
Substitute or Complement? A Contingency-Based Framework for Blockchain Governance in Digital Product Passport Initiatives (abstract)
15:15-16:15 Session 10D: Business Analytics
Location: Vasa 6
15:15
Benefiting from AI adoption: A review of challenges and drivers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yan Cimon
15:35
The introduction of online operations to brick-and-mortar grocery stores and its impact on food waste (abstract)
15:55
Optimal production policies under a Production Sharing Agreement: A real options approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jens Bengtsson
15:15-16:15 Session 10E: Humanitarian Operations & Disaster Management
Location: Vasa 7
15:15
Remanufacturing as emergency manufacturing option to secure electronics supply in crisis (abstract)
15:35
Local Food Sourcing in Humanitarian Supply Chains: A Strategic Decision-Making Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yahya Zahlane
15:55
Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience: A Synthesis of Empirical Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic (abstract)
PRESENTER: Obaid Rehman