Dr Nadjib BRAHIMI

Full Professor

Department: Supply Chain Management and Information Systems

Nationalities:

Expertise liée aux objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies :

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Teaching

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Production and Inventory Systems
  • Innovation management and new product development
  • Database Management and Industrial Information Systems
  • Introduction to Industrial Engineering
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Supply Chain IT Tools
  • Advanced Operations Research
  • Engineering Degree
  • Production planning
  • Forecasting and Inventory Control
  • Discrete optimization
  • Graph theory
  • Logistics and Production Systems
  • Linear programming

Qualifications

  • Data Scientist certification, Mines ParisTech and DataScientest,(January 2023)
  • Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Nantes, France (2022)
  • PhD in Production and Logistics Systems from the Doctoral Program of Automatic Control and Applied Computing, University of Nantes, France (2001-2004)
  • M.Sc. in Automatic Control and Applied Computing, Ecole Centrale of Nantes, France; Specialization: Production and Logistics Systems (2000-2001)
  • Engineering Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, from National Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Boumerdes, Algeria (1994-1999)

Research interests

  • Production planning and scheduling
  • Decision integration in the Supply Chain
  • Healthcare logistics

 

Work experience

Academic

  • Head of Supply Chain Management & Information Systems Academic Area, Rennes School of Business, (February 2019 – October 2019)
  • Associate Professor, Rennes School of Business, Supply Chain Management & Information Systems Academic Area (September 2016 – Present)
  • Associate Professor, Rennes School of Business, Organization and Management Academic Area (September, 2009 – August 2016)
  • Programme Manager of the MSc in Data and Business Analytics, Rennes School of Business (September 2016 – Present)
  • Maître Assistant Associé, Department of Production Systems and Automatic Control, Ecole des Mines de Nantes (2014-2016)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2007-2014)
  • Chargé de Recherches (Research focused permanent faculty position), Department of Production Systems and Automatic Control, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France (2006 – 2007)
  • Maître Assistant Associé, Department of Production Systems and Automatic Control, Ecole des Mines de Nantes (2004-2006)
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Production Systems and Automatic Control, Ecole des Mines de Nantes (2001-2004)

Academic

  • Assistant to Chairman of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2008-2009)
  • First Coordinator of Industrial Engineering and Management Department, University of Sharjah, UAE (2007-2008)
  • Member of the College Council, University of Sharjah (2007-2010)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute, France (2003-2004)
  • Member, Scientific Council of Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France (2001-2002)

Intellectual contributions

Refereed Articles - Basic or Discovery Scholarship

  • David Tremblet, Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, Alexandre Dolgui, 2023, Optimizing task reassignments for reconfigurable multi-model assembly lines with unknown order of product arrival, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Volume 67, 2023, pp 190-200
  • Sobhan Razm, Nadjib Brahimi, Ramzi Hammami, Alexandre Dolgui, 2023, A production planning model for biorefineries with biomass perishability and biofuel transformation, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 258, 2023, 108773
  • Swain, S. and Brahimi, N., 2022, Surviving disruption: nature inspired solutions, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 35 No. 3, pp. 682-695
  • Simon Thevenin, Oussama Ben-Ammar, Nadjib Brahimi, 2022, Robust optimization approaches for purchase planning with supplier selection under lead time uncertainty, European Journal of Operational Research Volume 303, Issue 3, 16 December 2022, Pages 1199-1215
  • Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, Alexandre Dolgui, 2022, Minimizing task reassignments under balancing multi-product reconfigurable manufacturing lines, Computers & Industrial Engineering Volume 173, 2022, 108660
  • Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, Alexandre Dolgui, 2022, A MILP-based heuristic approach for the design of multi-product modular reconfigurable lines, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 55, Issue 10, 2022, pp 1302-1306
  • Mohamad Amin Kaviani, Alireza Peykam, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Nadjib Brahimi, Raziyeh Niknam, 2021, A new weighted fuzzy programming model for supplier selection and order allocation in the food industry, Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 381-406
  • Nadjib Brahimi, Ali Cheaitou, Pierre Cariou & Dominique Feillet, 2021, An exact algorithm for the single liner service design problem with speed optimisation, International Journal of Production Research, 59, Issue 22, pp.6809-6832
  • Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi & Alexandre Dolgui, 2021, Reconfigurable manufacturing systems from an optimisation perspective: a focused review of literature, International Journal of Production Research, 59:21, pp 6400-6418
  • Razm, S., Dolgui, A., Hammami, R., Brahimi, N., Nickel, S., Sahebi, H, 2021, A Two-Phase Sequential Approach to Design of Bioenergy Supply Chains under Uncertainty and Social Concerns, Computers & Chemical Engineering, Volume 145, February 2021, 107131
  • Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, Alexandre Dolgui, 2020, Minimizing task reassignments in the design of reconfigurable manufacturing lines with space restrictions, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 53, Issue 2, 2020, pp 10437-10442
  • Aouam, T., Geryl, K., Kumar, K., Brahimi, N., 2018, Production planning with order acceptance and demand uncertainty, Computers and Operations Research Vol.91, (2018), pp. 145-159
  • Senoussi, A., Dauzère-Pérès, S., Brahimi, N., Penz, B., Mouss, N. K., 2018, Heuristics Based on Genetic Algorithms for the Capacitated Multi Vehicle Production Distribution Problem, Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 96 (2018), pp. 108-119
  • Belttayeb, B., Brahimi, N., Lemoine, D., 2018, Integrated dynamic single item lot-sizing and quality inspection planning, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 56, No. 7 (2018), pp. 2611-2627
  • R Larbi, A Khalaf, N Brahimi, 2016, Scheduling Aluminum Billet Casting Lines: A Case Study, Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information Vol 4 Issue 4, July 2016
  • Bettayeb, B., Brahimi, N., & Lemoine, D., 2016, Integrated Single Item Lot-Sizing and Quality Inspection Planning, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49(12), 550-555.
  • Brahimi, N., Absi, N., Dauzère-Pérès, S., & Kedad-Sidhoum, S., 2015, Models and Lagrangian heuristics for a two-level lot-sizing problem with bounded inventory, OR spectrum, 37(4), 983-1006
  • Nadjib Brahimi, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, 2015, A Lagrangian heuristic for capacitated single item lot sizing problems, 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research (2015) 13 (2), pp.173–198
  • A. Senoussi, N. Kinza-Mouss, B. Penz, N. Brahimi, 2015, Modeling and solving a one-supplier multi-vehicle production-inventory-distribution problem with clustered retailers, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IF=1.46). 1-19; DOI 10.1007/s00170-015-7966-5.
  • N. Brahimi, N. Absi, S. Dauzère-Pérès, S. Kedad-Sidhoum, 2015, Mathematical Models and Lagrangian Heuristics for a Two-Level Lot-sizing Problem with Bounded Inventory, Operations Research Spectrum (IF=1.395.), 37:983–1006
  • N. Brahimi, T. Aouam, 2015, Multi-Item Production Routing Problem with Backordering: A MILP Approach, International Journal of Production Research (IF=1.693) 10.1080/00207543 .2015.1047971
  • N. Brahimi, T. Aouam, E. Aghezzaf, 2015, Integrating order acceptance decisions with flexible due dates in a production planning model with load-dependent lead times, International Journal of Production Research (IF=1.693); 53:12, pp. 3810-3822
  • N. Brahimi, S. Dauzère-Pérès, 2015, Capacitated Single Item Lot Sizing with Time Windows: A Heuristic Approach, 4OR (IF = 1.371), Vol. 13, No. 2, pp 173-198
  • N. Brahimi, S.A. Khan, 2014, Warehouse Location with Production, Inventory, and Distribution Decisions: a Case Study in the Lube Oil Industry, 4OR (IF=1.371), Vol. 12, No. 2, pp 175-197
  • T. Aouam, N. Brahimi, 2013, Integrated Production Planning and Order Acceptance Under Uncertainty: A Robust Optimization Approach, European Journal of Operational Research (IF=2.679) 228, no. 3, 504–515
  • N. Brahimi, F. Dweiri, I. Al-Syouf, S. A. Khan, 2013, Implementing Co-operative Education in an Industrial Engineering Program in the United Arab Emirates: Experience and Lessons Learned, International Journal of Engineering Education (IF=0.77). Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 1238–1247
  • N. Brahimi, S. Dauzère-Pérès, Laurence A. Wolsey, 2010, Polyhedral and Lagrangian approaches for lot sizing with production time windows and setup times, Computers & Operations Research (IF=1.988), Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 182-188
  • N. Brahimi, S. Dauzère-Pérès, and N. Najid, 2006, Capacitated Multi Item Lot Sizing Problems with Time Windows, Operations Research (INFORMS) (IF=1.777), Volume 54, No. 5, pp. 951–967
  • N. Brahimi, S. Dauzère-Pérès, N. Najid, and A. Nordli, 2006, Single Item Lot Sizing Problems, European Journal of Operational Research (IF=2.679), Volume 168, Issue 1, Pages 1-16.
  • N. Brahimi, 2012, Optimisation de l’utilisation du métal pour des opérations de filage d’aluminium, Techniques de l’Ingénieur, Dossier N°M3148, ISSN 1762-8733, Pages 1-11
  • N. Brahimi, C. Guéret., 2007, Optimisation de la logistique hospitalière : le service blanchisserie, Techniques de l’Ingénieur, Dossier N°IN68, ISSN 1762-8733, Pages 1-6
  • N. Brahimi, F. Dweiri, I. Al-Syouf, and S. A. Khan, 2013, Cooperative Education in an Industrial Engineering Program, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 102

Presentations of Refereed Papers

National

  • Yelles-Chaouche, Abdelkrim-Ramzi , Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, and Alexandre Dolgui, “A MILP-based heuristic for minimizing the number of reassignments under balancing multi-model reconfigurable manufacturing lines.” 22nd Congress of the French Society of Operations Research and Decision Aid (ROADEF 2021), Mulhouse, France 26-30 April 2021
  • Abdelkrim R. Yelles-Chaouche, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi, Alexandre Dolgui. (2020) Optimizing task reassignments in the design of reconfigurable manufacturing lines. 21st Congress of the French Society of Operations Research and Decision Aid (ROADEF 2020), Feb 2020, Montpellier, France.
  • Thevenin, Simon, Oussama Ben Ammar, and Nadjib Brahimi (2020). “A Robust Approach for the Joint Lot-Sizing and Supplier Selection.” 21st Congress of the French Society of Operations Research and Decision Aid (ROADEF 2020), Feb 2020, Montpellier, France.

International

  • Abdelkader Mechaacha, Nadjib Brahimi. Mathematical modeling of single and multi-unit process planning problem in a reconfigurable environment. 24th ROADEF, Rennes, France, 20-23 February 2023
  • Benchadi, Yousra , Ahmed Senoussi, and Nadjib Brahimi. Le positionnement strategique des buffers dans le Demand Driven MRP. 24th ROADEF, Rennes, France, 20-23 February 2023
  • Senergue, Victor , Olivier Péthon, Nadjib Brahimi, and François Klein. Le problème de découpe avec chutes réutilisables : un état de l’art. 24th ROADEF, Rennes, France, 20-23 February 2023
  • Nadjib Brahimi, Youcef Boutarfa, and Ahmed Senoussi. A MILP heuristic for a production planning problem with returns and substitution. International Workshop on Lot Sizing, Oslo, Norway, 24-26/08/2022
  • A. Yelles-Chaouche, E. Gurevsky, N. Brahimi, A. Dolgui. An extended MILP formulation for the design of modular multi-model reconfigurable manufacturing lines. In 23rd Congress of the French Society of Operations Research and Decision Aid (ROADEF 2022), Villeurbanne, France, February 2022
  • Yelles-Chaouche, Abdelkrim-Ramzi, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi and Alexandre Dolgui. Modular equipment optimization in the design of multi-product reconfigurable manufacturing systems. 17th International Conference on Project Management and Scheduling, Toulouse, France, April 2021
  • Sobhan Razm, Ramzi Hammami, Alexandre Dolgui, Nadjib Brahimi. Designing Bioenergy Supply Chains under Social Sustainability Constraints. IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2021, Nantes, France, 5-9 September 2021
  • Boutarfa, Youcef, Ahmed Senoussi, and Nadjib Brahimi. Reverse logistics with disassembly, assembly,repair and substitution.  IEEE on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 2020
  • Yelles-Chaouche, Abdelkrim-Ramzi, Evgeny Gurevsky, Nadjib Brahimi and Alexandre Dolgui. Minimizing task reassignments in thedesign of reconfigurable manufacturinglines with space restrictions.  21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 12-17 July 2020 – IFAC Papers on line, Volume 53, Issue 2, 2020, pp.10437-10442
  • Irfan, Sayed, Sharafuddin Khan, and Nadjib Brahimi. Distribution Network Design for an Oil Blending Company. In: Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia, March 2018
  • BRAHIMI, Nadjib and Omar El-Ferra. Lean production in a ceramic tile company. In: 48th Conference on computers and industrial engineering (CIE 48), Auckland, New Zealand, December 2018
  • BRAHIMI, Nadjib, Fereira, A., Hammami Ramzi. Solving a lot sizing problem. In: 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spain, July 2018
  • Yelles-Chaouche, A.R., Guresvsky, E., Brahimi, Nadjib, Dolgui, A. A literature review of optimization problems for reconfigurable manufacturing systems. In: 9th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling Management and Control, Berlin, Germany, August 2019