SMiLES PhD defends thesis on collaborative vehicle management

PhD Sahand Asgharieh Ahari explores Collaborative Vehicle Utilization (CVU), a new way for logistics companies to share vehicles. CVU enables more efficient fleet use, cost savings, supports sustainable logistics, and encourages collaboration, all without sharing sensitive customer data. It is also applicable in city logistics and multi-period planning.

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Invitation to the public defense

• Title: Collaborative vehicle utilization: a new perspective on resource sharing in logistics

• Date: Thursday October 9, 2025, 09:00

• Location: Academy Building RUG / Student Information & Administration

• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K.J. (Kees Jan) Roodbergen

• Co-supervisor: Dr. I. (Ilke) Bakir

• Faculty: Economics and Business

• Dissertation: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/collaborative-vehicle-utilization-a-new-perspective-on-resource-s
   

Follow the ceremony on Thursday 9 October at 9 o'clock in the morning via livestream https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/events/promoties/digital-phd-ceremony and don’t forget to turn on the sound!​