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Biography
Self-motivated learner, passionate teacher, diligent researcher, socially active networker, and result-oriented practitioner and team player with genuine leadership and resilience capabilities, outstanding analytical and management skills, and broad technical knowledge. Rich experience: Work (11 years), teaching (10 years), and volunteer (5 years). Industrial engineer specialized in operations and supply chain planning and control.
Industrial experience:
- Entrepreneur from 2007 to 2008: Started and managed a restaurant.
- Leading volunteer from 2008 to 2011: Training and developing youngsters and organizing social and philanthropic events and campaigns.
- Engineering contributor from 2014 to 2016: Active in projects for developing operations and supply chains, working in several positions and various locations (mainly in Sweden and Germany) across large Swedish and multinational companies.
Research Interests
Academic experience:
- Six university degrees: BEng (industrial engineering), three MSc (industrial engineering and management, international project management, information systems), one licentiate (supply and operations management), and one Ph.D. (supply and operations management).
- Three research projects in tight cooperation with more than 50 industrial partners resulted in 15 (seven journals and eight conferences) publications in supply and operations planning topics addressing the aerospace, automotive, construction, medical equipment, cranes, warehousing, and food processing industries.
Publications
Balancing Demand and Supply in Complex Manufacturing Operations: Tactical-Level Planning Processes - 2022
Untangling the complexity generating material delivery “schedule instability”: insights from automotive OEMs, International Journal of Operations and Production Management - October 11, 2022
Collaborator: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author
A tactical demand-supply planning framework to manage complexity in engineer-to-order environments: insights from an in-depth case study, Production Planning and Control - January 1, 2022
Collaborators: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author; Mats Johansson, Co-Author
Managing complexity through integrative tactical planning in engineer-to-order environments: insights from four case studies, Production Planning and Control - January 1, 2022
Collaborators: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author; Mats Johansson, Co-Author
Exploring factors causing and amplifying delivery schedule instability: An OEM perspective from the automotive industry - 2020
Collaborator: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author
Sales and operations execution: An explorative study on potential effects - 2020
Collaborators: Joakim Andersson, Author; Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author
Managing the dynamic needs of engineering resources through sales and operations planning - 2019
Collaborators: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author; Mats Johansson, Co-Author
Tactical planning in engineer-to-order environments - 2019
Exploring contextual variables of tactical planning within the construction industry - 2017
Collaborators: Anna Fredriksson, Author; Micael Thunberg, Co-Author; Joan Torres, Co-Author
Towards a balanced supply and demand within construction contracting - 2017
Collaborators: Patrik Jonsson, Co-Author; Mats Johansson, Co-Author
Managing External Knowledge in the Fuzzy-Front of NPD from Open Innovation - 2016
Collaborator: Lian Hong, Co-Author
Information system for managing design guidelines for manufacturing: A case study at Volvo Car Group - 2015
Education
Master of Science (MSc.) (All but Thesis), Informatics, Linnaeus University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology
Licentiate of Engineering, Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology
Master of Science (MSc.), Industrial Engineering and Management, Chalmers University of Technology
Master of Science (MSc.), Industrial Engineering and Management, Karlstad University
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, IUG