prof.dr. S.L. (Steef) van de Velde

Steef van de Velde
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Logistics & Information Systems
Affiliated since 1999

Steef van de Velde is a professor of operations management and technology at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). His research interests lie in the areas of operations excellence, service operations, and supply chain management. He has published in the leading academic journals including, among others, the Management Science, the California Management Review, Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, the INFORMS Journal on Computing, IIE Transactions, and the Journal of Scheduling. Professor van de Velde holds an MSc in econometrics from the Erasmus School of Economics and a PhD in mathematics and computer science from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Publications

Article (32)

  • Academic (30)

    • Alfieri, A., Zhou, S., Scatamacchia, R., & van de Velde, S. L. (2020). Dynamic programming algorithms and Lagrangian lower bounds for a discrete lot streaming problem in a two-machine flow shop. 4OR, 19(2), 265-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10288-020-00449-8

    • Gong, Y., Zhang, X., Zhou, S., de Koster, R., & van de Velde, S. (2016). Increasing the Revenue of Self-Storage Warehouses by Optimizing Order Scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research, 252(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.12.044

    • Zhang, X., & van de Velde, S. (2012). Approximation Algorithms for the Parallel Flow Shop Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 216(3), 544-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2011.08.007

    • Alfieri, A., Glass, CA., & van de Velde, S. (2012). Two-machine lot streaming with attached setup times. IISE Transactions, 44(8), 695-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/0740817X.2011.649384

    • Srour, F. J., & van de Velde, S. (2011). Are Stacker Crane problems easy? A statistical study. Computers and Operations Research, 40(3), 674-690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.06.017

    • Hans, EW., & van de Velde, S. (2011). The Lot Sizing and Scheduling of Sand Casting Operations. International Journal of Production Research, 49(9), 2481-2499. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.532913

    • Zhang, X., & van de Velde, S. (2010). On-line two-machine open shop scheduling with time lags. European Journal of Operational Research, 204(1), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.09.023

    • Zhang, X., & van de Velde, S. (2010). On-line Two-machine Job Shop Scheduling with Time Lags. Information Processing Letters, 100(12-13), 510-513.

    • Zhang, X., & van de Velde, S. (2010). Polynomial-time Approximation Schemes for Scheduling Problems with Time Lags. Journal of Scheduling, 13(5), 553-559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-009-0134-8

    • Alfieri, A., van de Velde, S., & Woeginger, GJ. (2007). Roll cutting in the curtain industry, or: A well-solvable allocation problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 183(3), 1397-1404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.065

    • Alfieri, A., Kroon, LG., & van de Velde, S. (2007). Personnel scheduling in a complex logistic system: a railway application case. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 18(2), 223-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-007-0017-9

    • Gademann, N., & van de Velde, S. (2006). Order batching to minimizing total travel time in a parallel-aisle warehouse. IISE Transactions, 37(1), 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/07408170590516917

    • van Norden, L., van Nunen, JAEE., & van de Velde, S. (2006). A winner determination problem of tendering transportation services. Zeitschrift fur Betriebswirtschaft, 76(2), 125-138.

    • Hoogeveen, H., van Norden, L., & van de Velde, S. (2006). Lower bounds for minimizing total completion time in a two-machine flow shop. Journal of Scheduling, 9(6), 559-568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-006-8789-x

    • van Norden, L., & van de Velde, S. (2005). Multi-product lot-sizing with a transportation capacity reservation contract. European Journal of Operational Research, 165(1), 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2003.04.008

    • Krikke, HR., & van de Velde, S. (2004). Product Modularity and the Design of Closed-Loop Supply Chains. California Management Review, 46(2), 23-39.

    • Koning, RH., Sierksma, G., & van de Velde, S. (2003). Introduction: Sport and Computers. European Journal of Operational Research, 148(2), 231-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00679-3

    • Faber, N., de Koster, R., & van de Velde, S. (2002). Linking warehouse complexity to planning and control structure. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 32(5), 381-395. https://doi.org/10.1108/09600030210434161

    • Congram, RK., Potts, CN., & van de Velde, S. (2002). An iterated dynasearch algorithm for the single-machine weighted tardiness problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 14, 52-67.

    • van den Akker, MA., Hoogeveen, H., & van de Velde, S. (2002). Combining column generations and Lagrangean relaxation: an application to a single-machine common due date scheduling problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 14, 37-51.

    • Gademann, N., & van de Velde, S. (2000). Positioning Automated Guided Vehicles in a Loop Layout. European Journal of Operational Research, 127(3), 565-753. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00341-0

    • van Assen, MF., Hans, EW., & van de Velde, S. (2000). An agile manufacturing planning and control framework for customer-order driven discrete manufacturing environments. International Journal of Agile Management Systems, 2(1), 16-23.

    • Sethi, S., Sriskandarajah, C., van de Velde, S., Wang, M., & Hoogeveen, H. (1999). Minimizing makespan in a pallet-constrained flowshop. Journal of Scheduling, (2), 115-134.

    • van den Akker, MA., Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (1999). Parallel machine scheduling by column generation. Operations Research, 47(6), 863-872.

    • van de Velde, S., & Kubiak, W. (1998). Scheduling with deteriorating jobs. Naval Research Logistics, (45), 511-523.

    • Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (1998). Scheduling by positional completion times: analysis of a two-stage flow shop. Mathematical Programming, 82, 273-289.

    • Brucker, P., Gladky, A., Hoogeveen, JA., Kovalyov, MY., Potts, CN., & van de Velde, S. (1998). Scheduling a batching machine Online ISSN: 1099-1425. Journal of Scheduling, 1, 31-54.

    • Wang, M., Sethi, S., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Minimizing makespan in a class of reentrant shops. Operations Research, 45(5), 702-712.

    • Wang, M., Sethi, S., Sriskandarajah, C., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Minimizing makespan in flowshops with pallet requirement: computational complexity. Operations Research, 35(4), 277-285.

    • Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Earliness-tardiness scheduling around almost equal due dates. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 9(1), 92-99.

  • Professional (2)

    • Schippers, M., Rook, L., & van de Velde, S. (2011). Crisis performance predictability in supply chains. RSM Insight, 7(3), 10-11. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/39946

    • van de Velde, S., Zijm, WHM., & van Assen, MF. (2001). De onoverkomelijkheden van de MRP-paradigma: planning biinen een tijdgebaseerde versus kostengebaseerde bedrijfsvoering. Bedrijfskunde, 73(4), 55-64.

Chapter (3)

  • Academic (3)

    • van den Akker, MA., Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (2005). Applying column generation to machine scheduling. In G. Desaulniers, & J. Desrosiers (Eds.), Column Generation (pp. 303-330). Springer-Verlag.

    • Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Scheduling with target start times. In W. K. Klein Haneveld, O. J. Vrieze, & L. C. M. Kallenberg (Eds.), Ten years LNMB Ph.D. research and graduate courses of the Dutch Network of Operation Research (pp. 45-53). Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.

    • Hoogeveen, JA., Lenstra, JK., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Sequencing and scheduling. In M. Dell'Amico, & F. Maffioli (Eds.), Annotated bibliographies in combinatorial optimization (pp. 181-197). John Wiley & Sons Inc..

Conference proceeding (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Alfieri, A., van de Velde, S., & Woeginger, GJ. (2005). Roll cutting in the curtain industry. In Algorithms - ESA 2005 (pp. 283-292). Springer-Verlag.

Report (12)

  • Academic (7)

    • van Hezewijk, AP., & van de Velde, S. (2003). The impact of innovation and organizational factors on APS adoption: Evidence from the Dutch discrete parts industry. (ERIM Research Series in Management 2003-084 ed.) ERIM Research Series in Management Vol. 2003-084

    • Congram, RK., Potts, CN., & van de Velde, S. (1999). An iterated dynasearch algorithm for the single-machine total weighted tardiness scheduling problem. (Management Report Series 04-1999 ed.) Management Report Series Vol. 04-1999

    • van de Velde, S. (1998). A time-based planning & control framework for discrete parts manufacturing environments. (Management Report Series 35-1998 ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 35-1998

    • van de Velde, S., & Hoogeveen, JA. (1998). Combining column generation and lagrangean relaxation. An application to a single-machine common due date scheduling problem. (Management Report Series 36-1998 ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 36-1998

    • van de Velde, S. (1998). Production planning and scheduling of a cast-to-stock metal foundry. (Management Report Series 37-1998 ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 37-1998

    • Meester, GJ., Schutten, JMJ., van de Velde, S., & Zijm, WHM. (1998). Shop floor scheduling in discrete parts manufacturing. (Management Report Series 50-1998 ed.) Management Report Series Vol. 50-1998

    • Wang, M., Sethi, S., Sriskandarajah, C., van de Velde, S., & Hoogeveen, JA. (1998). Minimizing makespan in a pallet-constrained flowshop. (Management Report Series 52-1998 ed.) Management Report Series Vol. 52-1998

  • Professional (5)

    • Huijsman, MJ., van Hillegersberg, J., Moonen, JM., van de Velde, S., Becker, JFF., & Verduyn, T. (2003). Intelligent Agents in supply chains: An explorative study. (Project MG - 21 MG-02.224 ed.) Connekt. Project MG - 21 Vol. MG-02.224

    • Cachet, L., Oskam, MRA., Peereboom, LS., van de Velde, S., & Sluis, A. (2000). Tussen beleid en uitvoering. Operationele inzetplanning bij de politie Rotterdam-Rijnmond. EBSC.

    • Hoogeveen, JA., & van de Velde, S. (1997). A single machine scheduling model for coordinating logistics activities in a simple supply chain. (Management Report Series 30(13) ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 30(13)

    • Gademann, N., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Positioning autoated guided vehicles in a loop layout. (Management Report Series 31(13) ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 31(13)

    • Wang, M., Sethi, S., Sriskandarajah, C., & van de Velde, S. (1997). Minimizing makespan in flowshops with pallet requirements: computational complexity. (Management Report Series 32(13) ed.) ERIM. Management Report Series Vol. 32(13)

Additional activities (2)

  • Operations Research Letters (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

  • Journal of Scheduling (Journal)

    Publication Peer-review (Academic)

PhD Tracks (28)

Incorporating Worker-Specific Factors in Operations Management Models
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Jose Larco Martinelli
  • Time frame: 2007 - 2010
Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Warehouse Operations
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Yeming Gong
  • Time frame: 2006 - 2009
Dissecting Drayage: An Examination of Structure, Information, and Control in Drayage Operations
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Jordan Srour
  • Time frame: 2006 - 2010
Demand Management in E-Fulfillment
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Niels Agatz
  • Time frame: 2004 - 2009
  • Role: Promotor
Organizing Systemic Innovation
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Ferdinand Jaspers
  • Time frame: 2004 - 2009
Enhancing Warehouse Performance by Efficient Order Picking
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Mengfei Yu
  • Time frame: 2004 - 2008
Behind Networks: Knowledge Transfer, Favor Exchange and Performance
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: René van der Eijk
  • Time frame: 2003 - 2009
  • Role: Promotor
Real-time Planning Support: A Task-technology Fit Perspective
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Elfriede Krauth
  • Time frame: 2003 - 2008
Multi-Agent Systems for Transportation Planning and Coordination
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Hans Moonen
  • Time frame: 2003 - 2009
Online Reverse Auctions for Procurement of Services
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Uladzimir Radkevitch
  • Time frame: 2003 - 2008
Vendor-Buyer Coordination in Supply Chains
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Bas Verheijen
  • Time frame: 2003 - 2010
Social Networks in the Front End: The Organizational Life of an Idea
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Bob Kijkuit
  • Time frame: 2002 - 2007
Intelligent Control of Vehicle-Based Internal Transport Systems
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Tuan Le Anh
  • Time frame: 2001 - 2005
Design and Control of Efficient Order Picking Processes
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Tho Le Duc
  • Time frame: 2001 - 2005
Innovation Management in Project-Based Firms
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Floortje Blindenbach-Driessen
  • Time frame: 2001 - 2006
  • Role: Promotor
Green Lot-Sizing
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Mathijn Jan Retel Helmrich
  • Time frame: 2007 - 2013
Bridging Models and Business: Understanding heterogeneity in hidden drivers of customer purchase behavior
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Evsen Korkmaz
  • Time frame: 2009 - 2014
Operational Control of Internal Transport
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Robert van der Meer
  • Time frame: 1996 - 2000
Optimization Problems in Supply Chain Management
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Dolores Romero-Morales
  • Time frame: 1996 - 2000
Layout and Routing Methods for Warehouses
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Kees Jan Roodbergen
  • Time frame: 1996 - 2001
Planning and Control Concepts for Material Handling Systems
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Iris Vis
  • Time frame: 1997 - 2002
Cyclic Railway Timetable Optimization
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Leon Peeters
  • Time frame: 1998 - 2003
Mind the Gap between Demand and Supply: A behavioral perspective on demand forecasting
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Stefanie Brix
  • Time frame: 2010 - 2016
Supply Chain Coordination with Separating and Pooling Contracts
Supply Chain Coordination with Separating and Pooling Contracts
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Zahra Mobini Dehkordi
  • Time frame: 2012 - 2022
The Search for Alternatives to Private Vehicles
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Joshua Paundra
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2023

Events (28)

2017
June
16
Goal setting reduces inequalities and boosts student performance
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2014
March
13
China's Economic Transformation: The Past, Present, and Future
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2013
November
08
Management Impact: The Influence of Upper Echelons
Honorary Doctorate
As: Contact, Coordinator
2012
October
29
Cradle to Cradle® Practical Applications in Area Development
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2012
October
04
SMS Extension: Strategy & Institutions
Conference
As: Speaker
2011
October
19
Symposium on the Economic Value of Corporate Reputation
Research Seminar
As: Speaker
2011
June
10
Farewell Symposium in Honor of Bert Balk
Valedictory symposium
As: Speaker
2011
February
07
ERIM Research Clinic: Behavioral Operations Management
ERIM Research Clinic
As: Speaker
2010
July
02
Resource Allocation Games of Utilitarian Social Objectives
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2010
June
03
Cooperative Advertising in a Dynamic Retail Market Duopoly
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2010
February
12
Green Logistics: Assessment of Freight Market Shifts using a Dynamic Intermodal Network Analysis Methodology
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2010
February
11
Online Traveling Salesman Problems with Flexible Services
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2010
February
08
ERIM Research Clinic: Behavioral Operations Management
ERIM Research Clinic
As: Speaker
2009
March
17
Mathematical Programming Models for Bid Prices and Competition in Airline Network Revenue Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2008
December
19
Employees' Psychological and Legal Ownership of Knowledge: Intended and Unintended Consequences for the Firm
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2008
December
18
Evidence of Biases in the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Initiatives by Small and Medium Sized Firms
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2008
October
24
ERIM Alumni Event 2008: Career Issues & Tenure Tracks
Career Event ERIM Doctoral Programme
As: Speaker
2008
June
27
RFID Benefits, Costs, and Possibilities: The Economical Analysis of RFID Deployment in a Cruise Corporation Global Service Supply Chain
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2008
May
23
Product Complexity: Theoretical Relationships to Demand and Supply Chain Costs
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2007
April
23
Standardisation - A Multidimensional Issue
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2007
April
05
Some Inadequacies in ICT Standardisation
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2006
December
13
Gaining Ground by Stepping Off the Technology Treadmill
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2006
November
23
Optimizing Data Capture From a Sensor Network
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2005
September
28
In Search of the priority rule for Integrated Order Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2005
February
25
The Networked RFID Systems in Product Recovery Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2005
February
22
Techonology Mapping Using Patents Literature for Supply Chain Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2005
February
10
Product Positioning in a Two-Dimensional Market Space
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator
2005
February
01
Category Captainship: Outsourcing Retail Category Management
Research Seminar
As: Coordinator

Address

Visiting address

Office: T09-12
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

Research Initiatives

Latest publication

Article

Alfieri, A., Zhou, S., Scatamacchia, R., & van de Velde, S. L. (2020). Dynamic programming algorithms and Lagrangian lower bounds for a discrete lot streaming problem in a two-machine flow shop. 4OR, 19(2), 265-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10288-020-00449-8