We are delighted that you are interested in writing your thesis at our department. On this page you will find an overview of the theses currently assigned.
If you are interested in one of the topics or if you have any questions, please contact the chair by e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you.
A Master's thesis in the field of risk management will be awarded as part of a remunerated position (starting immediately).
In times of growing uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions, pandemic effects, supply chain disruptions and increasing volatility, the resilience of planning and logistics processes in the plant and supplier environment is becoming increasingly important. In particular, plants with several external suppliers are faced with the challenge of making safety stock and range decisions not only efficient, but also robust in the face of disruptions.
The aim of the master's thesis is to develop a reference model for safety stock and range optimisation under realistic restrictions such as varying delivery times, minimum order quantities (MOQ) and packaging units. The focus is on deriving robust decision rules and resilience measures for industrial multi-supplier environments.
The thesis includes a systematic literature review on safety stock and range models, the development and formulation of a mathematical optimisation model (e.g. MILP or stochastic approaches) as well as the implementation, validation and evaluation based on historical data.
The Master's thesis will be carried out as part of a remunerated position at an industrial company.
Please send enquiries and applications by 05.01.2026 to:
Prof. Dr Marcus Wiens | marcus [dot] wiens [at] bwl [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de
Vanessa Le | vanessa [dot] le [at] bwl [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de
