prof.dr. R.A. (Rob) Zuidwijk

Full Professor

Department of Technology and Operations Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Fellow ERIM

Field: Logistics & Information Systems

Affiliated since 1999

T: +31 10 4082235

E: rzuidwijk@rsm.nl

Rob Zuidwijk is professor of Ports in Global Networks at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). The chair, endowed by the Erasmus Trustfund and created on 1 December 2014, focuses on three topics: cc-ordination for sustainable global supply chains, synchromodal transport networks (a flexible and integral deployment of different modes of transport on a network to better meet customer demand and sustainability objectives), and inter-organisational systems in logistics.

His work has been published in journals like California Management Review, Transportation Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Communications of the ACM, and Production and Operations Management. He has participated and coordinated funded research projects in the area of international logistics and container transport.

He teaches freight transport systems, intermodal transportation, international logistics and supply chain management, and inter-organizational systems in logistics to BSc, MSc, and PhD students, and he is also involved in post-experience courses.

Professor Rob Zuidwijk makes a significant contribution to Smartport, a strong research community in port-related research for which RSM and EUR are one of the main stakeholders. He is also Academic Director of RSM’s Executive Master in Customs and Supply Chain Compliance programme, a new part-time master degree programme to increase knowledge about European customs law, international supply and logistics chains and information management which starts at RSM in March. Further, he is also Academic Director of the MSc in Maritime Economics and Logistics.

Professor Zuidwijk received his PhD in Mathematics from Erasmus University and has held a one-year visiting position at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Publications (73)

Articles (38)

A.M. Arslan, N.A.H. Agatz, L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2019). Crowdsourced Delivery -- A Dynamic Pickup and Delivery Problem with Ad-Hoc Drivers. Transportation Science, 53 (1), 222-235. doi: 10.1287/trsc.2017.0803
M. Pourakbar & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). The Role of Customs in Securing Containerized Global Supply Chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 271 (1), 331-340. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.012
A. Kishore Bhoopalam, N.A.H. Agatz & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). Planning of truck platoons: A literature review and directions for future research. Transportation Research. Part B, Methodological, 107 (January), 212-228. doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2017.10.016
H. Saeedi, B. Wiegmans, B. Behdani & R.A. Zuidwijk (2017). Analyzing competition in intermodal freight transport networks: The market implication of business consolidation strategies. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 23 (June), 12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.02.009
H. Saeedi, B. Wiegmans, B. Behdani & R.A. Zuidwijk (2017). European intermodal freight transport network: Market structure analysis. Journal of Transport Geography, 60 (4), 141-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.03.002
T. Hjortnaes, B. Wiegmans, R.R. Negenborn, R.A. Zuidwijk & R. Klijnhout (2017). Minimizing cost of empty container repositioning in port hinterlands, while taking repair operations into account. Journal of Transport Geography, 58 (1), 209-219. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.12.015
B. Behdani, Y. Fan, B. Wiegmans & R.A. Zuidwijk (2016). Multimodal schedule design for synchromodal freight transport systems. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 16 (3), 424-444.
R.A. Zuidwijk & A.W. Veenstra (2015). The Value of Information in Container Transport. Transportation Science, 49 (3), 675-685. doi: 10.1287/trsc.2014.0518
L.G. Kroon, L.W.P. Peeters, J.C. Wagenaar & R.A. Zuidwijk (2014). Flexible Connections in PESP models for Cyclic Passenger Railway Timetabling. Transportation Science, 48 (1), 136-154. doi: 10.1287/trsc.1120.0453
R.A. Zuidwijk, F. Caro, T. Tan & C.J. Corbett (2013). Double-Counting in Supply Chain Carbon Footprinting. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 15 (4), 545-558. doi: 10.1287/msom.2013.0443
R. Dekker, C. Pince, R.A. Zuidwijk & M.N. Jalil (2013). On the Use of Installed Base Information for Spare Parts Logistics: A Review of Ideas and Industry Practice. International Journal of Production Economics, 143 (2), 536-545. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.11.025
P. Ypsilantis & R.A. Zuidwijk (2013). Joint Design and Pricing of Intermodal Port - Hinterland Network Services: Considering Economies of Scale and Service Time Constraints. In ERIM Report Series Research in Management (No. ERS-2013-011-LIS)
R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra & E. van Asperen (2012). The extended gate concept for container terminals: Expanding the notion of dry ports. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 14 (1), 14-32. doi: 10.1057/mel.2011.15
M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2011). Spare parts logistics and installed base information. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62 (3), 442-457. doi: 10.1057/jors.2010.38
A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2010). Benefit analysis of visibility in global logistics chains. In Conference Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economics . Lisbon: International Association of Maritime Economists
T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2010). Can agents measure up? A comparative study of an agent-based and on-line optimization approach for a drayage problem with uncertainty. Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies, 18 (1), 99-119. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2009.04.018
E. Giesen, W. Ketter & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). An Agent-based Analysis Approach to Resource Allocation in the Dutch Youth Health Care System. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Workshop on Information Systems and Technology (WITS-09) . Phoenix, Arizona, USA
E. Giesen, W. Ketter & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). An Agent-based Approach to Improving Resource Allocation in the Dutch Youth Health Care Sector. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (pp. 2403-2415). Verona, Italy
M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk, M. Fleischmann & J. van Nunen (2009). Spare Parts Logistics and Installed Base Information. Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 62 (3), 442-457.
R.A. Zuidwijk & M.E. Ketzenberg (2009). Optimal Pricing, Ordering, and Return Policies for Consumer Goods. Production and Operations Management, 18 (3), 344-360. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01017.x
Jordan Srour, M.P.A. van Oosterhout, R.A. Zuidwijk & P.J. van Baalen (2008). Port Community System Implementation: Lessons Learned from International Scan. In Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington DC
W. Ketter, E. van Heck, R.A. Zuidwijk (2008). The Application of Intelligent Personalized Agents for Buyer Decision Empowerment at the Dutch Flower Auction. In WITS08 . Paris, France
T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2008). Agent Performance in Vehicle Routing when the Only Thing Certain is Uncertainty. In Proceedings of the workshop on Agents in Traffic and Transportation (ATT)
R.A. Zuidwijk & H.R. Krikke (2008). Strategic response to EEE returns: Product eco-design or new recovery processes. European Journal of Operational Research, 191 (3), 1206-1222. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.08.004
A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & B. Geerling (2006). Maintenance logistics in the Dutch dredging industry. In IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics . IEEE
J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2006). Hub to Higher Performance? An Internet Hub for the Vos Logistics Supply Chain. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, 9 (1), 13-23.
L.F.J.M. Pau, H. Chen, P. van de Coterlet & R.A. Zuidwijk (2005). Case of the Port of Rotterdam: Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services in a multienterprise VPN environment. In Xiande Zhao , Baoding Liu (Ed.), Proc. 5 th Intl Conf. on electronic business (pp. 90-92). Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong
L.F.J.M. Pau, H. Chen, P. van de Coterlet & R.A. Zuidwijk (2005). Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services in a multi-enterprise VPN environment : Case of the Port of Rotterdam. In W.Brooks , E.Lawrence (Ed.), Proc. Intl IEEE Conference "Mobile business 2005" (ICMB 2005) (pp. 643-646). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer society
S. Arimoto, M. Spivakovsky, H. Ohno, P. Zizler, R.A. Zuidwijk, K.F. Taylor, T. Yamabe & P.G. Mezey (2004). Structural Analysis of Certain Linear Operators Representing Chemical Network Systems via the Existence and Uniqueness Theorems of Spectral Resolution VII. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 97 (3), 765-775.
J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2004). E-Enabled Closed-Loop Supply Chains. California Management Review, 46 (2), 40-54.
J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Hub to higher performance? An internet hub for the VOS logistics supply chain. In R Jardim-Concalves, J Cha & A. Steiger-Garcao (Eds.), Concurrent Engineering: Enhanced interoperable systems (pp. 435-443). A.A. Balkema Publishers
M.M. Malamud & R.A. Zuidwijk (2003). Simultaneous similarity to fractional powers of the operator of integration. Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology, 9 (2), 154-162.
J. van Hillegersberg, R.A. Zuidwijk, J.A.E.E. van Nunen & D. van Eijk (2001). Supporting Return Flows in the Supply Chain. Communications of the ACM, 44 (6), 74-79. doi: 10.1145/376134.376172
R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes. In Operator Theory and Analysis (pp. 417-425). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag
H. Bart & R.A. Zuidwijk (1998). Simultaneous reduction to triangular forms after extension with zeroes. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 281 , 105-135.
H. Bart, L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (1998). Quasicomplete factorization and the two machine flow shop problem. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 278 , 195-219.
R.A. Zuidwijk (1997). Quasicomplete factorizations of rational matrix functions. Integral Equations and Operator Theory , 111-124.
R.A. Zuidwijk (1997). Complementary triangular forms. Linear Operators , 443-452.

Books (2)

P.J. van Baalen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2009). Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems. Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chains. Boston - Delft: Now Publishers
R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes (Operator Theory: Advances and applications). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag

Book Contributions (17)

R.A. Zuidwijk & A.W. Veenstra (2015). Towards efficient multimodal Hinterland networks. In Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation (pp. 55-66). Springer
F. Arendt, J. Hintsa, N. Meyer-Larsen, R. Muller, M.P.A. van Oosterhout, A.W. Veenstra, L. Urciouli & R.A. Zuidwijk (2011). Impact of Supply Chain Visibility and Security on International Container Transport. In T Blecker (Ed.), Maritime Logistics in the Global Economy . Lohmar-Köln: Josef Eul Verlag GmbH
A.W. Veenstra & R.A. Zuidwijk (2010). The future of seaport hinterland networks. In L. Kroon, R. Zuidwijk & T. Li (Eds.), Liber Amicorum Jo van Nunen . Springer
T. Mahr, Jordan Srour, M. de Weerdt & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). The Merit of Agents in Freight Transport. In A Bazzan & F Klugl (Eds.), Multi-Agent Systems for Traffic and Transportation Engineering (pp. 323-341). Hershey: Information Science Reference
R.A. Zuidwijk, P.J. van Baalen, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2009). Port IT Capabilities: Toward a PCS Strategy. In R.A. Zuidwijk, P.J. van Baalen & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (Eds.), Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems: Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chains (pp. 73-92). Boston - Delft: Now Publishers
R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra & R. Dekker (2009). Information and Coordination in Container Transport. In P. van Baalen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J. van Nunen (Eds.), Port Inter-Organizational Information Systems: Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chain, Foundations and Trands R_in Technology, Information and Operations Management (pp. -2). NOW publishers
M.N. Jalil, R.A. Zuidwijk & H.R. Krikke (2007). Yesterday Proactive, Responsive Today: Use of Information to Enhance Planning in Closed Loop Supply Chains. In S.M. Gupta & A.J.D. Lambert (Eds.), Environment Conscious Manufacturing (pp. 215-234). Boca Raton: CRC Press
L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2006). Mathematical Models for Planning Support. In W.M.C. Van Wezel & R.J.J.M. Jorna (Eds.), Planning in Intelligent Systems (Wiley Interscience) (pp. 245-277). Hoboken: Wiley
L.G. Kroon & R.A. Zuidwijk (2006). Mathematical models for planning support. In W. van Wezel, R. Jorna & A. Meystel (Eds.), Planning in Intelligent Systems: Aspects, Motivations, and Methods (pp. 245-277). Wiley Interscience
J.A.E.E. van Nunen, R.A. Zuidwijk & J.M. Moonen (2005). Smart and Sustainable Supply Chains and Networks. In Peter Vervest & Eric van Heck (Eds.), Smart Business Networks (pp. 159-167). Berlin: Springer
R.A. Zuidwijk, E.A. van der Laan & L. Hoek (2004). End-of-lease asset recovery: the Oce case. In S.D.P. Flapper & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (Eds.), Managing Closed-Loop Supply chains (pp. 141-150). Berlin: Springer Verlag
H.R. Krikke, J.A.E.E. van Nunen, R.A. Zuidwijk & R. Kuik (2004). E-Business and Circular Supply Chains: Increased business opportunities by IT-based Customer oriented Return-flow Management. In B Fleischmann & A Klose (Eds.), Distribution Logistics: Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 544) (pp. 221-242). Berlin: Springer Verlag
A. Kokkinaki, R.A. Zuidwijk, J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R. Dekker (2004). Information and Communication Technology Enabling Reverse Logistics. In R Dekker & M Fleischmann (Eds.), Reverse Logistics: Quantitative Models for Closed Loop Supply Chains (pp. 381-405). Berlin: Springer Verlag
J. van Hillegersberg, J.C.M. Tseng, R.A. Zuidwijk, M.P.A. van Oosterhout & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Hub to higher performance? An internet hub for the VOS logistics supply chain. In T Verduijn & B van Loo (Eds.), Intelligent Logistic Concepts: improving your supply chain with collaboration and ICT (pp. 45-76). Delft: Eburon
J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2003). Samenwerken in de keten voor kruidenierswaren. In Logistieke Kennisbanken (pp. 83-97). Den Haag: Ten Hagen Stam Uitgevers
J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Multi-Media Cases - Slimme logistieke ketens. In Aa, W. van der (Ed.), Management education & e-learning (pp. 21-24)
R.A. Zuidwijk (2001). Simultaneous similarity of pairs of companions to their transposes. In Operator Theory and Analysis (Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, 122) (pp. 417-425). Boston: Birkhauser Verlag

Doctoral Thesis

R.A. Zuidwijk (1994, oktober 20). Complementary trangular forms for pairs of matrices and operators. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (142 pag.) ( Tinbergen Instituut) Prom./coprom.: H. Bart.

Inaugural Speech

R.A. Zuidwijk (2015). Are we connected? (2015, november 13). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management

Professional Publications (14)

H. Geerlings, B. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (Ed.). (2018). Ports and networks; Strategies, Operations and Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge
H. Geerlings, B. Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (2018). Introduction on ports and networks. In H. Geerlings, B Kuipers & R.A. Zuidwijk (Eds.), Ports and Networks; strategies, operations and perspectives (pp. 1-6). Abingdon: Routledge
R.A. Zuidwijk (2015). The value of big data to big ports. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 22 (2), 14-16.
R.A. Zuidwijk, B. Kuipers & R. Morris (2014). Companies active in the Port of Rotterdam are discovering the benefits of scientific collaboration - thanks to Erasmus Smart Port Rotterdam. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 18 (2), 5-7.
L.G. Kroon, Ting Li & R.A. Zuidwijk (Ed.). (2010). Liber Amicorum in Memory of Jo van Nunen. Breda: DINALOG
R.A. Zuidwijk, A.W. Veenstra, J. van Dalen & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2009). INTEGRITY benefits analysis and measurement plan, Deliverable 6.1. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: INTEGRITY consortium
M.P.A. van Oosterhout, A.W. Veenstra & R.A. Zuidwijk (2009). INTEGRITY common evaluation criteria, Deliverable 6.2. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: INTEGRITY Consortium
L.F.J.M. Pau, R.A. Zuidwijk, H. Chen, P.M. van de Coterlet & M.P.A. van Oosterhout (2004). Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services at the Port of Rotterdam and its business partners. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: Contract Final report
A.W. Veenstra, R.A. Zuidwijk & J. Ronner (2003). Logistieke concepten voor multimodaal vervoer. (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
R.A. Zuidwijk & J.A.E.E. van Nunen (2003). Een supply chain die Klict! Over samenwerken en het meten en verrekenen van kosten en prestaties in de keten. In M Jansen-Vullers & T Valstar (Eds.), Op het grensvlak van Logistiek en ICT (pp. 63-77). Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
J.C.M. Tseng, J. van Hillegersberg & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Monitoring performance in a supply chain for enhancing collaboration through information sharing. In Global Supply Chain Management (pp. 280-284). Beijing: International Academic Publishers
P. Zizler, R.A. Zuidwijk, K. Taylor & S. Arimoto (2002). A Finer Aspect of Eigenvalue Distribution of Selfadjoint Band Toeplitz Matrices. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 24 (1), 59-67.
J.A.E.E. van Nunen & R.A. Zuidwijk (2002). Samenwerken in de keten voor kruidenierswaren. In Ketensynchronisatie in de retail, het antwoord op ECR (pp. 63-76). Deloitte & Touche
R.A. Zuidwijk (2000). Directional and Time-Scale Wavelet Analysis. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 31 (2), 416-430.