WHU

Professor Arnd Huchzermeier

Chair of Production Management

Activities and Functions

  • Chair of Production Management, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany, since 1993; previously Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA, 1990-1993
  • Frequently Visiting Professor at Kobe University, Japan, and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA, since 2013
  • Co-Founder and Academic Director of the 'INSEAD-WHU Industrial Excellence Award Europe', France/Germany, since 1996
  • Jury Member of the 'Science Award', GS1 Germany and European Retail Institute, Germany, since 2012
  • Jury Member of the 'Power of the Profession Awards', Gartner's SCM World, USA, since 2015
  • Senior Editor 'OM-Marketing Interface', Production & Operations Management, USA, since 2013
  • Jury Member of the 'Future Prize', The Future Initiative of Rhineland-Palatinate (ZIRP), Germany, since 2016
  • Department Editor 'Supply Chain Risk Management'‚ Management & Business Review, USA, since 2017
  • Senior Editor 'Topics Not Listed Above', Production & Operations Management, USA, since 2021

 

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Professional Career

Date University  Position
1995, 2000, 2016-2018 University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  Visiting Professor
2013, 2016, 2018 Kobe University, Graduate School of Business, Kobe Japan  Visiting Professor
2007-2012 International Commerce Review: ECR Journal, ECR Europe, Brussels, Belgium (Inaugural Issue 2001)  Co-Editor-in-Chief with Professor Daniel T. Jones (University of Cardiff & Lean Enterprise Academy) 
2004-2005 TIAS Business School in Tilburg, The Netherlands and Budapest, Hungary  Visiting Professor
2004-2005 ZfU International Business School, Thalwil, Switzerland  Visiting Professor
2004 Central European University, CEU Business School, Budapest, Hungary  Visiting Professor
2004 University of Navarra, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain  Visiting Professor
2004 University of St. Gallen, HSG, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Visiting Professor
1999-2002 Leipzig School of Management (HHL), Leipzig, Germany  Visiting Professor
1998-1999 Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria  Visiting Professor
1997 INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France  Visting Professor
Since 1996 INSEAD-WHU Industrial Excellence Award (supported by WirtschaftsWoche until 2015)  Co-Founder and Academic Director Germany
1995 University of Western Ontario, Ivey Business School, Ontario, Canada  Visiting Professor
1994, 1997 University of Chicago, Booth Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, USA  Visiting Professor
Since 1993 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany  Chair of Production Management
1992 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany  Visiting Professor
1991-1993 University of Chicago, Booth Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, USA  Assistant Professor in Production Management and International Business
1992 Hewlett-Packard Corporation. Strategic Modeling and Planning Group, Menlo Park, California, USA  Resident Faculty (12 months)
1990 University of Chicago, Booth Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, USA  Instructor in Production Management and International Business
1986-1990 University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Decision Sciences Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  Ph.D. in Operations Management
1989 Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Palo Alto, California, USA  Research Fellow Position (8 months)
1988 INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France  Research Fellow Position (2 months)
1988 Procter & Gamble, Management Systems Division, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  Summer Internship (2 months)
1987 Siemens Research & Technology Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA  Summer Internship (4 months)
1985-1986 Siemens Research & Technology Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA  Master Thesis (3+6 months)
1981-1986 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany  Dual Master in Computer Science/Operations Research and Business Administration
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