Mohamed Zied BABAI

Operations Management-Supply Chain-Information Systems Download CV

Mohamed Zied BABAI is Senior Professor in Operations Management at Kedge Business School.  He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from École centrale Paris (France) where he also worked as a Teaching and Research Assistant for four years. From October 2006 to September 2008, he joined the Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics at the University of Salford (UK), working on a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, UK). His research interests relate primarily to demand forecasting and inventory management with a special emphasis on the development of quantitative models. His work is published in international journals such as Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics. He is Editor-In-Chief of Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal (Francis & Taylor) and Associate Editor of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (Oxford Press).

    Recent publications
    Publication Year of publication Type of publication
    KOUKI, C., J. ARTS, M. Z. BABAI, "Performance evaluation of a two-echelon inventory system with network lost sales", European Journal of Operational Research, 2024, vol. 314, no. 2, pp. 647-664 2024 Journal article
    WANG, M., M. AMIRI AREF, W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, "Global multi-sourcing network design with inventory planning under uncertainty", International Journal of Production Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 21, pp. 7660–7686 2024 Journal article
    LIU, Y., S. JASIMUDDIN, M. Z. BABAI, "Exploring servitization and digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises: evidence from an industrial internet platform in China", International Journal of Production Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 2812-2831 2024 Journal article
    KIM, N., B. MONTREUIL, W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, "Network inventory deployment for responsive fulfillment", International Journal of Production Economics, 2023, vol. 250, pp. 108664 2023 Journal article
    ELHACHFI-ESSOUSSI, I., M. MASMOUDI, M. Z. BABAI, "Multi-criteria decision-making for collaborative COVID-19 surge management and inter-hospital patients’ transfer optimisation", International Journal of Production Research, 2023, vol. 61:23, pp. 7992-8021 2023 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., D. IVANOV, O. K. KWON, "Optimal ordering quantity under stochastic time-dependent price and demand with a supply disruption: A solution based on the change of measure technique", Omega, 2023, vol. 116 2023 Journal article
    OMAR, H., W. KLIBI, M. Z. BABAI, Y. DUCQ, "Basket data-driven approach for omnichannel demand forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2023, vol. 257, pp. 108748 2023 Journal article
    ROSTAMI-TABAR, B., M. Z. BABAI, A. SYNTETOS, "To aggregate or not to aggregate: Forecasting of finite autocorrelated demand", Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2023, vol. 74, no. 8, pp. 1840–1859 2023 Journal article
    NOORWALI, A., M. Z. BABAI, Y. DUCQ, "Impacts of additive manufacturing on supply chains: an empirical investigation", Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2023, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 182–193 2023 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., B. ROSTAMI-TABAR, J. E. BOYLAN, "Demand forecasting in supply chains: a review of aggregation and hierarchical approaches", International Journal of Production Research, 2022, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 324-348 2022 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., Y. DAI, Q. LI, A. SYNTETOS, X. WANG, "Forecasting of lead-time demand variance: implications for safety stock calculations", European Journal of Operational Research, 2022, vol. 296, pp. 846-861 2022 Journal article
    BOYLAN, J. E., M. Z. BABAI, "Estimating the cumulative distribution function of lead-time demand using bootstrapping with and without replacement", International Journal of Production Economics, 2022, vol. 252, pp. 108586 2022 Journal article
    PETROPOULOS, F., F., D. APILETTI, V. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, M. Z. BABAI, D. K. BARROW, S. BEN TAIEB, "Forecasting: theory and practice", International Journal of Forecasting, 2022, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 705-871 2022 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., H. CHEN, A. A. SYNTETOS, D. LENGU, "A compound-Poisson Bayesian approach for spare parts inventory forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, vol. 232, pp. 107954 2021 Journal article
    PRAK, D., R. H. TEUNTER, M. Z. BABAI, J. E. BOYLAN, A. A. SYNTETOS, "Robust compound Poisson parameter estimation for inventory control", Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, 2021, vol. 104, pp. 102481 2021 Journal article
    FIROOZI, M., M. Z. BABAI, W. KLIBI, Y. DUCQ, "Distribution planning for multi-echelon networks considering multiple sourcing and lateral transshipments", International Journal of Production Research, 2020, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 1968-1986 2020 Journal article
    BENRQYA, Y., M. Z. BABAI, D. ESTAMPE, B. VALLESPIR, "Cross-docking or traditional warehousing: what is the right distribution strategy for your product", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2020, vol. 50 (2), no. 2, pp. 255-285 2020 Journal article
    KOUKI, C., B. LEGROS, M. Z. BABAI, O. JOUINI, "Analysis of base-stock perishable inventory systems with general lifetime and lead-time", European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, vol. 287, no. 3, pp. 901-915 2020 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., A. TSADIRAS, C. PAPADOPOULOS, "On the empirical performance of some new neural network methods for forecasting intermittent demand", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2020, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 281–305 2020 Journal article
    BALUGANI, E., F. LOLLI, R. GAMBERINI, B. RIMINI, M. Z. BABAI, "A periodic inventory system of intermittent demand items with fixed lifetimes", International Journal of Production Research, 2019, vol. 57, no. 22, pp. 6993-7005 2019 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., Y.DALLERY, S.BOUBAKER, R.KALAI, "A new method to forecast intermittent demand in the presence of inventory obsolescence", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 30-41 2019 Journal article
    HASNI, M., M. AGUIR, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "On the performance of adjusted bootstrapping methods for intermittent demand forecasting", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 216, pp. 145-153 2019 Journal article
    KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, Z.JEMAI, S.MINNER, "Solution procedures for lost sales base-stock inventory systems with compound Poisson demand", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 172-182 2019 Journal article
    ROSTAMI-TABAR, B., M. Z.BABAI, M.ALI, J.BOYLAN, "The impact of temporal aggregation on supply chains with ARMA(1,1) demand processes", European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, vol. 273, pp. 920-932 2019 Journal article
    HASNI, M., M. S. AGUIR, M. Z. BABAI, Z. JEMAI, "Spare parts demand forecasting: a review on bootstrapping methods", International Journal of Production Research, 2019, vol. 57, no. 15-16, pp. 4791-4804 2019 Journal article
    HASNI, M., M. Z.BABAI, M.AGUIR, Z.JEMAI, "An investigation on bootstrapping forecasting methods for intermittent demands", International Journal of Production Economics, 2019, vol. 209, pp. 20-29 2019 Journal article
    SUN, L., R.TEUNTER, M. Z.BABAI, G.HUA, "Optimal pricing for ride-sourcing platforms", European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 783-795 2019 Journal article
    AMIRI AREF, M., W.KLIBI, M. Z.BABAI, "The Multi-Sourcing Location Inventory Problem with Stochastic Demand", European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 266, pp. 72-87 2018 Journal article
    KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, S.MINNER, "On the benefit of dual-sourcing in managing perishable inventory", International Journal of Production Economics, 2018, vol. 204, pp. 1-17 2018 Journal article
    OLDE KEIZER, M., R.TEUNTER, J.VELDMAN, M. Z.BABAI, "Condition-based maintenance for systems with economic dependence and load sharing", International Journal of Production Economics, 2018, vol. 195, pp. 319-327 2018 Journal article
    TEUNTER, R., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOKHORST, A.SYNTETOS, "Revisiting the value of information sharing in two-stage supply chains", European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, vol. 270, pp. 1044-1052 2018 Journal article
    TEUNTER, R., A.SYNTETOS, M. Z.BABAI, "Stock keeping unit fill rate specification", European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, vol. 259, pp. 917-925 2017 Journal article
    ALI, M., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOYLAN, A.SYNTETOS, "Supply chain forecasting when information is not shared", European Journal of Operational Research, 2017, vol. 260, no. 3, pp. 984-994 2017 Journal article
    BEN MOHAMED, I., W. KLIBI, O. LABARTHE, J.-C. DESCHAMPS, M. Z. BABAI, "Modelling and solution approaches for the interconnected city logistics", International Journal of Production Research, 2017, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2664-2684 2017 Journal article
    BABAI, M. Z., J.BOYLAN, A.SYNTETOS, M.ALI, "Reduction of the value of information sharing as demand becomes strongly auto-correlated", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 130-135 2016 Journal article
    BOYLAN, J., M. Z.BABAI, "On the performance of overlapping and non-overlapping temporal demand aggregation approaches", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 136-144 2016 Journal article
    KOUKI, C., M. Z.BABAI, Z.JEMAI, S.MINNER, "A coordinated multi-item inventory system for perishables with random lifetime", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 181, pp. 226-237 2016 Journal article
    LADHARI, T., M. Z.BABAI, I.LAJILI, "Multi-criteria inventory classification: new consensual procedures", IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2016, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 335-351 2016 Journal article
    NIKOLOPOULOS, K. I., M. Z.BABAI, K.BOZOS, "Forecasting supply chain sporadic demand with nearest neighbor approaches", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, vol. 177, pp. 139-148 2016 Journal article
    SYNTETOS, A., M. Z.BABAI, J.BOYLAN, S.KOLASSA, K. I.NIKOLOPOULOS, "Supply Chain Forecasting: Theory, Practice, their Gap and the Future", European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 252, pp. 1-26 2016 Journal article
    SYNTETOS, A., R.TEUNTER, M. Z.BABAI, S.TRANSCHEL, "On the benefits of delayed ordering", European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 248, no. 3, pp. 963-970 2016 Journal article
    Teaching domains

    Operations Management/Supply Chain

    Research domains

    Supply Chain & Logistics

    • Inventory management
    • Forecasting

    Operations Management

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