The mission of IEMS (former IEBIS) is to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research and education in area of Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems. We closely collaborate with industry, knowledge institutes and government agencies. We focus on projects that have substantial impact on innovating practice while significantly contributing to the international scientific knowledge base.
The focus of our research is on the logistics, healthcare and services sector. We have a special interest in decision support systems and inter-organizational systems connecting networks of businesses and governments. We study novel ways of organizing networks such as dynamic global sourcing and multi-agent coordination. We develop and apply quantitative models and algorithmic approaches, simulation and gaming, ICT architecture and business modeling and prototyping to create and evaluate innovative concepts.
The research of IEBIS is divided in five themes:
- Innovating, exploring and analysing the field of Human Resource Management (HRM), with a focus on (the effectiveness of) technological solutions (such as e-HRM, robots, and gig workers). Read more about our Human Resource Management (HRM) research theme.
- Studying change processes at the organisational, team, and individual levels, as well as patterns of (non-)verbal behaviours in organizational settings, using biometric and other high-tech assessments. Read more about our Organizational Behaviour, Change Management & Consultancy (OBCC) research theme (the former CMOB group).
- Design, planning, and control of logistics and supply chain processes in (networks of) manufacturing, retail and service industries.
- Design and engineering of IT-based services for coordination and integration of business processes in supply chains and business networks.
- Design and optimization of operational processes in the healthcare sector.
Organisation & partners
IEBIS was initially established on 1-2-2012 as a merger of two former groups: ISCM (Information Systems and Change Management) and OMPL (Operational Methods for Production and Logistics). At that time, also the Financial Engineering expertise from a former FM group has been integrated with IEBIS. On 1-1-2021, the former groups HRM (Human Resource Management) and CMOB (Change Management and Organizational Behaviour) also joined the IEBIS department.
Participation in UT centres
Participation in UT Research Institutes
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