This contributed volume contains the selected and thoroughly reviewed research papers presented at the conference on logistics management LM2015 in Braunschweig, Germany. The conference of the special interest group in logistics of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) was held in conjunction with the special interest group on production of the VHB. Thus, the papers reflect the current state-of-the-art in logistics and supply chain management while focusing especially on aspects of production logistics, i.e., facility layout, inventory management, line configuration, or flexible production.

Dieses Buch berichtet über einen Betriebsmanagementansatz zur Verbesserung von Bike-Sharing-Systemen durch den Ausgleich von Nachfrageschwankungen. Ziel ist es, die Fahrräder innerhalb des Systems umzuverteilen und so ein "aktives" Gleichgewicht herzustellen. Das Buch beschreibt ein mathematisches Modell sowie datengesteuerte und simulationsbasierte Ansätze. Außerdem wird gezeigt, wie diese Elemente in einem System zur Entscheidungsunterstützung für Dienstleistungsanbieter kombiniert werden können. Abschließend wird die entwickelte Methode anhand von realen Daten evaluiert und gezeigt, dass sie erfolgreich Nachfrageänderungen vorhersehen kann und somit eine effiziente Planung von Transportfahrzeugen für die manuelle Verlagerung von Fahrrädern zwischen Stationen unterstützt.

This book reports on an operational management approach to improving bike-sharing systems by compensating for fluctuating demand patterns. The aim is to redistribute bikes within the system, allowing it to be "actively" balanced. The book describes a mathematical model, as well as data-driven and simulation-based approaches. Further, it shows how these elements can be combined in a decision-making support system for service providers. In closing, the book uses real-world data to evaluate the method developed and demonstrates that it can successfully anticipate changes in demand, thus supporting efficient scheduling of transport vehicles to manually relocate bikes between stations.

This book reports on an operational management approach to improving bike-sharing systems by compensating for fluctuating demand patterns. The aim is to redistribute bikes within the system, allowing it to be "actively" balanced. The book describes a mathematical model, as well as data-driven and simulation-based approaches. Further, it shows how these elements can be combined in a decision-making support system for service providers. In closing, the book uses real-world data to evaluate the method developed and demonstrates that it can successfully anticipate changes in demand, thus supporting efficient scheduling of transport vehicles to manually relocate bikes between stations.

This contributed volume contains the selected and thoroughly reviewed research papers presented at the conference on logistics management LM2015 in Braunschweig, Germany. The conference of the special interest group in logistics of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) was held in conjunction with the special interest group on production of the VHB. Thus, the papers reflect the current state-of-the-art in logistics and supply chain management while focusing especially on aspects of production logistics, i.e., facility layout, inventory management, line configuration, or flexible production.