Northern LEAD
Logistics Research Centre
Founded by:
Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg
Logistics and Transport Society LTS
Tomorrow’s logistics. We are finding the answers.
More than 80 researchers
Research centre for sustainable
logistics solutions
Five core research groups
Organises, facilitates, disseminates highly
relevant logisitic research
Collaboration between
Chalmers and University of Gothenburg
This high quality research
contributes to
… a sustainable
development
logistics
…gives companies
competitive advantages
…and benefits society
Green Leaf of a Bio Plant in Nature by epSos .de on Flickr
WHAT WE DO
Northern LEAD coordinates and supports
logistics research at Chalmers and
University of Gothenburg in order to
increase volume, quality and relevance of
the research
stairs by Denis Jacquerye on Flickr
FIVE CORE
RESEARCH GROUPS
Industrial marketing
& purchasing
Logistics &
Transport
Physical
Distribution
Professors
Visiting Professors
Associate Professors
Post docs
Faculty
PhD students
Total
10
6
4
5
15
40
80
Production
Logistics
Optimization
Core areas
Business relationships and network
Purchasing and supply networks
Distribution structures and strategies
Manufacturing planning and control
Materials handling
Intermodal transport
Mathematical optimisation
Transport and logistics services
ICT/ITS
Doctoral theses during the last 12 months
2012-2013 at Northern LEAD
Maria Lindholm
Enabling sustainable development of urban freight from a local authority perspective
Joakim Kalantari
Foliated Transportation Networks -Evaluating feasibility and potential
Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert
Use of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) systems to support manufacturing planning
and control processes
Badi Almotairi
Integrated Logistics Platform The context of the port relational exchanges and the systematic
integration
Robin Hansson
In-plant materials supply: Supporting the choice between kitting and continuous supply
Sönke Behrends
Urban freight transport sustainability - the interaction of urban freight and intermodal
transport
Lars Bankvall
Activity Linking in Industrial Networks