Prof. Dr. Matthias Klumpp
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Klumpp has been Professor of Retail and Logistics Management at the University of Bremen since 2025. He is a member of the markstones Institute of Marketing, Branding & Technology and head of the institute's “Retail and Logistics Management” working group.
After completing his doctorate at the University of Leipzig with a research stay at the University of Sydney, Matthias Klumpp habilitated under Prof. Dr. Stephan Zelewski at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He then worked as a senior researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund. He was a visiting professor at the University of Modena and a visiting fellow at the EUI Florence.
Matthias Klumpp's research focuses on issues relating to digital and sustainable trade and logistics systems. One focus is on human-centered systems and concepts based on the “Industry 5.0” paradigm. His research publications in this context have appeared in leading international journals, including the Production and Operations Management Journal, EJOR, Journal of Business Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, International Journal of Production Research, and International Journal of Logistics Management. Matthias Klumpp is Senior Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics.
In addition to his work at the University of Bremen, Matthias Klumpp is also an associate professor at the Politecnico di Milano (School of Management, HumanTech - Human-centric Operations Systems) as part of a double affiliation.
Loske D., Regattieri, A., Mangiaracina,R., Klumpp, M. (2025): The Impact of Product Packaging Characteristics on Order Picking Performance in Grocery Retailing, , Journal of Business Logistics 46 (1), e12400
Loske,D., Klumpp, M., De Vries, J., Bührmann, AD., Giese,J., Lübke, J. (2024): The Impact of Writing Direction on Order Picking Performance: Empirical Evidence on Diversity and Efficiency in Operations Management,
Loske, D., Klumpp, M., De Vries, J., Bührmann, AD., Giese, J., Lübke, J. (2024): Production and Operations Management, 10591478241248750
Arabmaldar, A., Hatami-Marbini, A., Loske, D., Hammerschmidt, M., Klumpp, M. (2024): Robust data envelopment analysis with variable budgeted uncertainty, European Journal of Operational Research 315 (2), 626-641
Klumpp, M., Zijm, H. (2019): Logistics innovation and social sustainability: How to prevent an artificial divide in human–computer interaction, M Klumpp, H Zijm, Journal of Business Logistics 40 (3), 265-278
Klumpp, M. (2018): Automation and artificial intelligence in business logistics systems: human reactions and collaboration requirements, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications 21 (3), 224-242