Centre for Smart Warehousing and Logistics Systems
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Our research expertise is in warehousing and logistics applications. We focus on developing methods for improving operations management and decision making.
We produce business-focused research to solve logistical problems, with an emphasis on the use of technology.
Journal and conference papers from our members.
The Centre for Smart Warehousing and Logistics Systems brings together researchers in warehousing and logistics applications.
Find out about applying for a PhD at the Centre for Smart Warehousing and Logistics Systems.
From boosting crop yields to supporting workers with dementia, read about how our academics are making innovation work for business and industry.
Bath academics develop planning model that combines depot location and vehicle routing, showing how drones can complement trucks to overcome road disruption.
The alliance of academic and commercial expertise will combine University algorithm and modelling expertise with Logidot’s Internet of Things (IoT) solution.
Computer modelling shows a 40 per cent improvement in theatre idle times when surgery induction procedures are reconfigured
Read more about the impact the centre’s research has on people, businesses and the environment through these most challenging of times.
Dr Güneş Erdoğan has developed a tool that helps organisations choose the best routes for delivering goods, helping to save money and reduce emissions.
Find out more about SWALOS' Innovate UK project with Logidot to help enhance the adoption of artificial intelligence in logistics businesses.
Hear how Dr Vaggelis Giannikas is making supply chains 'sexy' on episode 75 of University Speaking with Charlie Taylor.
Professor Fotios Petropoulos was featured on the Data Skeptic podcast to discuss his work "Fast and Furious Time Series Forecasting"
Dr Vaggelis Giannikas explains how to decarbonise logistics in the 'problem areas' of HGVs, air freight and shipping
Dr Vaggelis Giannikas explains the pressures that are forcing CFOs to focus on returns in retail
In The Times' Raconteur Magazine, Vaggelis stresses the need for a digital trade infrastructure in post-Brexit Britain
Vaggelis explains how companies can deal with the supply chain challenges of Brexit and Covid-19 by approaching their warehousing differently
Dr Melih Celik gave a presentation for the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, looking at how disruptive events like disaster impact on "business-as-usual", asking what constitutes humanitarian action, as well as giving examples from around the world which show how to manage the logistics of humanitarian relief.
The award recognised Dr Ayşe Begüm Kılıç Ararat's thesis on automation technologies.
His entry discussed the changing landscape of warehouse automation, emphasising the crucial role of collaboration between humans and robots.
School of Management academic Professor Gilbert Laporte has won one of the Canada Council Killam Prizes for 2021.
Vaggelis Giannikas, Alistair Brandon-Jones and Ayse-Begum Kilic are working with UKWA to investigate the adoption and assimilation of automation in warehouses.
Fotios Petropoulos has advanced to the next stage in his career, as a Full Professor of Management Science.
Vaggelis Giannikas explains how our online shopping habits could harm the environment and the economy, and what customers and retailers can do about it.
Melih Celik details his work on chemotherapy scheduling, explaining how his models can help improve patient waiting times and reduce nurse overtime.
Ece Sanci shows how her mathematical model can be used to make better decisions, helping governments and aid organisations prepare for when disaster strikes.
Dr Meng Meng explains the importance of bike sharing systems to combat climate change, and how bike providers can operate to maximise use.
Director of SWALOS, Vaggelis Giannikas, explains his aspirations for the Centre and the importance of doing research with real-world impact.
Vaggelis Giannikas' research explores the consumer demand for fast deliveries, in light of Covid-19.