Research

In my research, I address questions of sustainability in supply chains, including:

  • How can a company incentivize its suppliers to adhere to sustainability standards?
  • How can they support the suppliers in doing so, and what does that look like in multi-tier supply chains?
  • What role can transparency initiatives play here?

With this, I want to understand why sustainability problems persist along global supply chains, and which levers are most effective in addressing them.

Publications on these topics are:

  • Nakhost, M., Bloemer, A. & Minner, S. (2025). Full Automation or Just a Copilot? A Study of LLMs on Spare Parts Demand Forecasting with OpenAI o1-mini. International Journal of Production Research. Forthcoming.
  • Bloemer, A. & Minner, S. (2025). An Economic and Environmental Framework for Assessing Urban Last-Mile Logistics. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. Link.
  • Bloemer, A. & Minner, S. (2025). Auditing and Training to Incentivize Sustainability in Multi-Tier Supply Chains: Substitutes or Complements? European Journal of Operational Research. Link.
  • Langer, A., Bloemer, A., Ulusoy Dereli, B., Wünnenberg, M. & Schiffer, M. (2024). MCube InterLog: Innovative Logistik für die Stadt von morgen. KommunalPraxis Bayern, 46(12), 414-417.
  • Bloemer, A. (2024). Warum Unternehmen zur Veröffentlichung ihrer Lieferketten verpflichtet werden sollten. Makronom. Link and pdf. English version coming soon.
  • Bloemer, A. & Minner, S. (2024). Unveiling the Supply Chain: The Interaction of Sustainability, Transparency and Digital Technologies. In P. Evangelista, J. Hallikas, & M. Y. Jaber (Eds.), Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains in an Era of Digital Transformation (pp. 136-159). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Further journal articles are currently under review.

I also talk about this at conferences:

  • European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Conference - 2023 - Leuven, Belgium
  • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference - 2023 - Orlando, Florida
  • Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM) Conference - 2022 - Munich
  • International Working Seminar on Production Economics - 2022 - Innsbruck (online)

Other presentations include:

  • “Sustainability through Supply Chain Transparency”, TUM Sustainability Day, June 2024
  • “Urbane Logistik: nachhaltig und flexibel?”, Ringvorlesung “Zukunft der Mobilität” / Lecture series “Future of Mobility”, openLAB Urban Mobility, July 2024

If you want to know more, feel free to contact me: alexander.bloemer@tum.de.