Renzo Akkerman

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Renzo Akkerman is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Renzo Akkerman has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Management Information Systems, 19 papers in Strategy and Management and 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Renzo Akkerman's work include Supply Chain and Inventory Management (20 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (18 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Renzo Akkerman is often cited by papers focused on Supply Chain and Inventory Management (20 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (18 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Renzo Akkerman collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Renzo Akkerman's co-authors include Martin Grunow, Aiying Rong, Poorya Farahani, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Stina Frosch, R. Haijema, Taco van der Vaart, Teresa Murino and Eleonora Bottani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Renzo Akkerman

57 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An optimization approach for managing fresh food quality throughout the supply chain

2009 474 citations Aiying Rong, Renzo Akkerman et al. International Journal of Production Economics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Renzo Akkerman Netherlands	20	1.0k	811	688	587	251	62	2.3k
Martin Grunow Germany	25	909 0.9×	701 0.9×	824 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	164 0.7×	85	2.7k
Shahin Rahimifard United Kingdom	29	912 0.9×	647 0.8×	246 0.4×	801 1.4×	186 0.7×	110	3.5k
Naoum Tsolakis United Kingdom	25	922 0.9×	327 0.4×	406 0.6×	549 0.9×	224 0.9×	80	2.4k
R. Haijema Netherlands	20	677 0.7×	435 0.5×	809 1.2×	441 0.8×	177 0.7×	46	1.7k
Riccardo Manzini Italy	39	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	628 0.9×	1.5k 2.5×	325 1.3×	134	4.2k
Emel Aktaş United Kingdom	29	1.4k 1.3×	411 0.5×	623 0.9×	611 1.0×	762 3.0×	79	3.0k
J. René Villalobos United States	21	590 0.6×	523 0.6×	433 0.6×	478 0.8×	84 0.3×	87	2.1k
Riccardo Accorsi Italy	27	781 0.8×	560 0.7×	245 0.4×	723 1.2×	202 0.8×	91	2.1k
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou Switzerland	24	720 0.7×	190 0.2×	486 0.7×	551 0.9×	194 0.8×	105	1.9k
Marco Melacini Italy	24	974 0.9×	469 0.6×	571 0.8×	891 1.5×	541 2.2×	70	2.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2025). Smart packaging adoption in fresh fruits and vegetables supply chains. The International Journal of Logistics Management. 36(7). 284–307.

Kanellopoulos, Argyris, et al.. (2024). Vehicle routing in precooling logistics with dynamic temperature-dependent product quality decay. European Journal of Operational Research. 321(2). 407–427. 3 indexed citations

Accorsi, Riccardo, Renzo Akkerman, Kulwant S. Pawar, & Maurizio Sasso. (2023). Sustainable food supply chains – Emerging technologies and strategies toward low-carbon ecosystems. Journal of Cleaner Production. 413. 137393–137393. 1 indexed citations

Haijema, R., et al.. (2023). Replenishment and fulfilment decisions for stores in an omni-channel retail network. European Journal of Operational Research. 311(3). 1009–1022. 12 indexed citations

Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2023). Vehicle routing with heterogeneous service types: Optimizing post-harvest preprocessing operations for fruits and vegetables in short food supply chains. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 172. 103084–103084. 11 indexed citations

Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2023). Dealing with donations: Supply chain management challenges for food banks. International Journal of Production Economics. 262. 108926–108926. 20 indexed citations

Haijema, R., et al.. (2022). Modelling the influence of returns for an omni-channel retailer. European Journal of Operational Research. 306(3). 1248–1263. 19 indexed citations

Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2022). Sustainable supply chain management practices in developing countries: An empirical study of Jordanian manufacturing companies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100005–100005. 39 indexed citations

Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2021). A multi-objective modeling approach to harvesting resource scheduling: Decision support for a more sustainable Thai sugar industry. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 162. 107694–107694. 7 indexed citations

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Grunow, Martin, et al.. (2021). Concurrent design of product and supply chain architectures for modularity and flexibility: process, methods, and application. International Journal of Production Research. 60(7). 2292–2311. 15 indexed citations

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Seitz, Alexander, Renzo Akkerman, & Martin Grunow. (2021). A contract portfolio perspective on the role of customer order lead times in demand fulfilment processes with supply shortage. International Journal of Production Research. 60(12). 3792–3808. 5 indexed citations

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Grunow, Martin, et al.. (2017). Classifying and modeling setups and cleanings in lot sizing and scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research. 261(3). 849–865. 25 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2017). Supply chain collaboration in industrial symbiosis networks. Journal of Cleaner Production. 171. 1058–1067. 242 indexed citations

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Murino, Teresa, et al.. (2013). Salmonella Contamination in Chocolate Products: Simulation Model and Scenario Analysis. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 61–67. 2 indexed citations

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Grunow, Martin, et al.. (2013). Procurement planning in oil refining industries considering blending operations. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 58. 1–13. 16 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2012). Optimizing chocolate production through traceability: A review of the influence of farming practices on cocoa bean quality. Food Control. 29(1). 167–187. 156 indexed citations

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Kilic, Onur A., Renzo Akkerman, Martin Grunow, & Dirk Pieter van Donk. (2009). Modeling intermediate product selection under production and storage capacity limitations in food processing. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1077–1081. 2 indexed citations

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Donk, Dirk Pieter van, Renzo Akkerman, & Taco van der Vaart. (2008). Opportunities and realities of supply chain integration: the case of food manufacturers. British Food Journal. 110(2). 218–235. 92 indexed citations

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Rong, Aiying, Renzo Akkerman, & Martin Grunow. (2008). Mixed-integer linear programming approach for food production and distribution planning. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 559–570. 3 indexed citations

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Akkerman, Renzo, et al.. (2004). Reallocation of Beds to Reduce Waiting Time for Cardiac Surgery. Health Care Management Science. 7(2). 119–126. 45 indexed citations

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