On February 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar took up the professorship of Food Supply Chain Management, which is located at the Kulmbach campus.
Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar was appointed Professor of Food Supply Chain Management by University President Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible (r.) on Feb. 1, 2021.
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"To ensure a sustainable food supply, cooperation and coordination of the individual actors in value chains is essential. I am pleased to contribute to this goal with my teaching and research in Bayreuth and Kulmbach", says Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar.
On February 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar took up the professorship of Food Supply Chain Management, which is located at the Faculty VII of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health at the Kulmbach campus.
Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar's research focuses on business management issues in food value chains, especially in relation to time-critical logistics processes and the provision of computer-based decision support.
Fikar's methodological teaching and research interests are in operations
research, operations management, and business analytics with the goal of
increasing resilience, sustainability, and efficiency of food value chains. For
example, the scientist researches the effects of different logistics decisions
in the mail-order food business. On the one hand, this enables more efficient
processes and, on the other, can contribute to a reduction in food waste. The
focus here is primarily on short food supply chains, i.e. regional supply
chains. Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar is pleased to analyze these networks in Upper
Franconia and to sustainably promote them through his teaching and research.
Chair of Food Supply Chain Management
Faculty VII for Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health
University of Bayreuth
Fritz-Hornschuch-Strasse 13
D-95326 Kulmbach
Phone: +49 (0) 09221 / 40798-10 or -11
E-mail: christian.fikar@uni-bayreuth.de
www.f7.uni-bayreuth.de/en
