Klaus Zoller

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Klaus Zoller (born February 21, 1943 in Munich ; † February 6, 2015 in Hamburg ) was a German economist and professor of business administration in Hamburg with a focus on logistics management.

Life

Zoller graduated from the University of Göttingen with a degree in business administration in 1967. He then studied at UCLA , where he received a Master of Science degree in Operations Management in 1968. In 1970 he did his doctorate in business administration at the University of Pretoria . His habilitation in business administration took place in 1975 at the TH Karlsruhe. In 1977 he received his first appointment at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg.

Until 2008 he headed the Institute for Logistics and Organization at the Helmut Schmidt University together with Michael Gaitanides . His research interests focused on the coordination of operational activities and processes with special consideration of uncertain framework conditions. The development of mathematical-statistical planning procedures for controlling tasks such as the target-oriented control of extensive material, spare parts and goods ranges in medium-sized and large companies as well as their implementation with the means of modern IT were the focus of his projects with industry and trade.

Literature (selection)

  • Optimal disaggregation of aggregate production plans. In: Management Science. 17/8, April 1971, pp. B-533-B-549 1971.
  • Warehouse processes with restrictions. (= Contributions to business research. 48). West German Publishing House, Wiesbaden 1977.
  • For the provision and use of storage space: cost and capacity effects of the storage organization. In: Journal for Business Research - zfbf. 34/1, 1982, pp. 83-102.
  • with A. Robrade: Dynamic order quantity and lot size planning , process overview and comparison. In: Operations Research Proceedings. 1987, pp. 96-107.
  • Structural organization cost levers: Structural organization and controlling; Optimal utilization of logistics key figures in a restructured, logistics-oriented organization. In: Bundesvereinigung Logistik (Ed.): Gaining customers - reducing costs: Logistics. Solutions for practice. Report on the BVL Logistics Congress 1987. Huss, Munich 1987.
  • with A. Robrade: Dynamic Lot Sizing Techniques: Survey and Comparison. In: Journal of Operations Management. 7/4, December 1988, pp. 125-149.
  • Coordination of replenishment activities. In: International Journal of Production Research. 28/6, 1990, pp. 1123-1136.
  • Material group management: IT-supported optimization of material stocks. In: Rationalization. 44, 6 1993.
  • Material group management: IT-supported optimization of material stocks. In: procurement current. 23/11, 1993, p. 24.
  • Optimal provision of goods for products with a limited lifespan, part 2. In: Lebensmittel-Zeitung. 45/24, 10 1993.
  • Success-oriented control of stocks of entire material and product groups when operational resources are scarce. (= Disposition series. 3/93). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 1993.
  • with J. Grüner: Product group management - success-oriented use of resources in retail. (= Disposition series of publications. 5/95). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 1995.
  • Key words 'order doctrines' 'capital commitment' 'level of service' 'safety stock' 'inventory costs' 'inventory policy' 'batch business' 'batch success' 'sales estimates'. In: H. Diller (ed.): Vahlens large marketing lexicon. 2nd Edition. Beck, Munich 2001.
  • Efficient Solution of Heuristic (r, q) Models. (= Series of publications. 01/2003). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 2003.
  • The Circle Covering Problem Revisited - A Simplified Geometric Algorithm. (= Publication series. 02/2003). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 2003.
  • Periodic Replenishment - Optimization under Zero Lead Time. (= Series of publications. 01/2004). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 2004.
  • Differentiation of Value Driven In-Stock Service by Dynamic Nesting. (= Publication series. 02/2005). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 2005.
  • Optimization of "lots", purchasing decisions in the case of a one-off procurement option and limited offer duration / demand. (= Series of publications. 03/2005). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg.
  • Differentiating in-stock service by customer value. (= Series of publications. 01/2006). Study group for operational logistics and organization eV Hamburg 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hsu-hh.de ( Memento from November 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Zoller, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2015
Place of death Hamburg