Research

Publications

 

Books

  • Kleber, R. (2006) Dynamic Inventory Management in Reverse Logistics. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 574, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg. (DOI: 10.1007/3-540-33230-8)

 

Articles in refereed journals

  • Kleber, R., Quariguasi Frota Neto, J., Reimann, M. (2023) The Role of Part Failure Rates Asymmetry and Spare Part Proprietariness on Remanufacturing Decision Making. European journal of operational research 310(1): 185-200. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.03.001)

  • Langella, I.M., Kleber, R., Hwang, D. (2022) An Alternative Food Pantry Responds to the Pandemic: A Case Study on Service Redesign. Operations Management Education Review 16: 59-76. (LINK)

  • Kleber, R., Quariguasi Frota Neto, J., Reimann, M. (2020) Proprietary parts as a secondary market strategy. European journal of operational research 283(3): 929-941. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2019.11.062)

  • Kleber, R., Reimann, M., Souza, G.C., Zhang, W. (2020) Two-sided competition with vertical differentiation in both acquisition and sales in remanufacturing. European journal of operational research 284(2): 572-587. (DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2020.01.012)

  • Abbey, J., Kleber, R., Souza, G.C., Voigt, G. (2019) Remanufacturing and consumers' risky choices: Behavioral modeling and the role of ambiguity aversion. Journal of Operations Management 65(1): 4-21. (DOI: 10.1002/joom.1001)

  • Kleber, R., Reimann, M., Souza, G.C., Zhang, W. (2018) On the Robustness ofthe Consumer Homogeneity Assumption with Respect to the Discount Factor for Remanufactured Products. European Journal of Operational Research 269(3): 1027-1040. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.052)

  • Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P., Kleber, R. (2018) Inventory control in dual sourcing commodity procurement with price correlation. Central European Journal of Operations Research 26(1): 93-119. (DOI:10.1007/s10100-017-0475-x)

  • Abbey, J., Kleber, R., Souza, G.C., Voigt, G. (2017) The Role of Perceived Quality Risk in Pricing Remanufactured Products. Production and Operations Management 26: 100-115. (DOI: 10.1111/poms.12628)

  • Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P., Kleber, R. (2013) Dual Sourcing Using Capacity Reservation and Spot Market: Optimal Procurement Policy and Heuristic Parameter Determination. European Journal of Operational Research 225: 298-309. ( DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.08.025)

  • Inderfurth, K., Kleber, R. (2012) An Advanced Heuristic for Multiple-Option Spare Parts Procurement after End-of-Production. Production and Operations Management 22: 54-70. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01358.x)

  • Kleber, R., Schulz, T., Voigt, G. (2012) Dynamic buy-back for product recovery in end-of-life spare parts procurement. International Journal of Production Research 50:  1476-1488. (DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.560202)

  • Kleber, R., Zanoni, S., Zavanella, L. (2011) On how buyback and remanufacturing strategies affect the profitability of spare parts supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics 133: 135-142. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.020)

  • Inderfurth, K., Kleber, R. (2009) Modellgestützte Flexibilitätsanalyse von Strategien zur Ersatzteilversorgung in der Nachserienphase. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 79:  1019-1049.  (DOI: 10.1007/s11573-009-0303-4)

  • Kleber, R. (2006) The integral decision on production/remanufacturing technology and investment time in product recovery. OR Spectrum 28: 21-51. (DOI: 10.1007/s00291-005-0011-6)

  • Kleber, R., Minner, S., Kiesmüller, G. (2002) A continuous time inventory model for a product recovery system with multiple options. International Journal of Production Economics 79: 121-141. (DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00256-6)

  • Minner, S., Kleber, R. (2001) Optimal control of production and remanufacturing in a simple recovery model with linear cost functions. OR Spektrum 23: 3-24. (DOI: 10.1007/PL00013344)

  • Kiesmüller, G.P., Minner, S., Kleber, R. (2000) Optimal control of a one product recovery system with backlogging. IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Business and Industry 11: 189-207. (DOI: 10.1093/imaman/11.3.189)

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Articles in collections & proceedings

  • Kleber, R., Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P. (2015) Combined sourcing and inventory management using capacity reservation and spot market. In: Vastag, G. (Ed.): Research in the Decision Sciences for Global Business - Best Papers from the 2013 Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute, Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, S. 321-334.
  • Puttkammer, K., Kleber, R., Schulz, S., Inderfurth, K. (2011) Simultane Maschinenbelegungs- und Personaleinsatzplanung in KMUs anhand eines Fallbeispiels aus der Druckereibranche. In: Sucky, E, Asdecker, B., Dobhan, A., Haas, S, Wiese, J. (eds.) Logistikmanagement: Herausforderungen, Chancen und Lösungen, Band I, pp. 229-247, University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg. (FEMM Working Paper 10/2011)
  • Kleber, R., Inderfurth, K. (2009) A Heuristic Approach for Integrating Product Recovery into Post PLC Spare Parts Procurement. In: Fleischmann, B., Borgwardt, K.-H., Klein, R., Tuma, A. (eds.) Operations Research Proceedings 2008, pp. 209-214, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00142-0_34)
  • Inderfurth, K., Kleber, R. (2008) Ersatzteilversorgungsstrategien im After Sales-Geschäft: Risikobeherrschung durch Flexibilität. In: Pfohl H.-C., Wimmer, T. (eds.) Robuste und sichere Logistiksysteme, pp. 347-360, DVV, Hamburg.
  • Kleber, R., Inderfurth, K. (2007) Heuristic Approach for Inventory Control of Spare Parts after End-of-Production. In: Otto A., Obermaier, R. (eds.) Logistikmanagement - Analyse, Bewertung und Gestaltung logistischer Systeme, pp. 185-200, DUV, Wiesbaden. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-8350-5458-5_9)
  • Kleber, R. (2007) Dynamisches Bestandsmanagement in der Kreislauflogistik. In: Waldmann, K.-H., Stocker U.M. (eds.) Operations Research Proceedings 2006, pp. 24-28, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69995-8_4)

  • Langella, I.M., Kleber, R. (2007) The Use of Chance Constraint Programming for Disassemble-to-Order Problems with Stochastic Yields. In: Waldmann, K.-H., Stocker U.M. (eds.) Operations Research Proceedings 2006, pp. 473-478, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69995-8_75)
  • Kleber, R. (2006) Recovery Knowledge Acquisition in Medium and Long Term Planning of a Joint Manufacturing / Remanufacturing System. In: Haasis H.-D., Kopfer, H., Schönberger J. (eds.) Operations Research Proceedings 2005, pp. 197-202, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32539-5_32)

  • Teunter, R.H., Inderfurth, K., Minner, S., Kleber, R. (2005) Reverse logistics in a pharmaceutical company: the Schering case. In: Flapper, S.D., Van Nunen, J.A.E.E., Van Wassenhove, L.N. (eds.) Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains, pp. 21-31, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27251-8_2)

  • Kiesmüller, G., Minner, S., Kleber, R. (2004) Managing dynamic product recovery: an optimal control perspective. In: Dekker, R., Inderfurth, K., Van Wassenhove, L. N., Fleischmann, M. (eds.) Reverse Logistics. Quantitative Models for Closed-Loop Supply Chains, pp. 221-247, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24803-3_9)
  • Kleber, R. (2004) A Dynamic Model for Choosing the Optimal technology in the Context of Reverse Logistics. In: Ahr, D., Fahrion, R., Oswald, M., Reinelt, G. (eds.) Operations Research Proceedings 2003, pp. 79-86, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17022-5_11)
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Working papers

  • Kleber, R., Quariguasi Frota Neto, J., Reimann, M. (2019) Proprietary Parts as a Secondary Market Strategy. FEMM Working Paper 01/2019, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Abbey, J., Kleber, R., Souza, G.C., Voigt, G. (2018) Remanufacturing and consumers' risky choices: Behavioral modeling and the role of ambiguity aversion. FEMM Working Paper 11/2018, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P., Kleber, R. (2014) The Effect of Material Price and Product Demand Correlations on Combined Sourcing and Inventory Management. FEMM Working Paper 13/2014, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Kleber, R., Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P. (2014) Combined sourcing and inventory management using capacity reservation and spot market. FEMM Working Paper 05/2014, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Inderfurth, K., Kelle, P., Kleber, R. (2011) Dual Sourcing Using Capacity Reservation and Spot Market: Optimal Procurement Policy and Heuristic Parameter Determination. FEMM Working Paper 14/2011, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Inderfurth, K., Kleber, R. (2010) An Advanced Heuristic for Multiple-Option Spare Parts Procurement after End-of-Production. FEMM Working Paper 05/2010, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Inderfurth, K., Kleber, R. (2008) Modellgestützte Flexibilitätsanalyse von Strategien zur Ersatzteilversorgung in der Nachserienphase. FEMM Working Paper 26/2008, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Kleber, R. (2004) A dynamic model for choosing the optimal technology in the context of reverse logistics. FEMM Working Paper 15/2004, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
  • Teunter, R., Inderfurth, K., Minner, S., Kleber, R. (2000) Reverse Logistics in a Pharmaceutical Company: A Case Study, FEMM Working Paper 15/2000, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.

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