Stefan Minner is Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Vienna. From 2004 to 2008 he held the Chair of Business Administration and Logistics at the University of Mannheim. He studied Business Administration at the University of Bielefeld, received a doctoraldegree in 1999 and his habilitation in 2003, both at the University of Magdeburg, and temporarily held the Chair of Operations Management at the University of Paderborn in 2003. His research interests are the design of global logistics networks, inventory management, and the development and application of operations research methods in these fields. Since 2008 Stefan Minner has been Managing Editor of OR Spectrum.