Operations Management in Agriculture - Paperback

by Dionysis Bochtis (Author), Claus Aage Gron Sorensen (Author), Dimitrios Kateris (Author)

Operations Management in Agriculture bridges the knowledge gap on operations management for agricultural machinery. It complements traditional topics (cost of using and choosing machinery) with advanced engineering approaches recently applied in agricultural machinery management (area coverage planning and sequential scheduling). The book covers new technologies in bio-production systems (robotics, IoT) and environmental compliance by employing a systems engineering perspective with focuses on sub-systems, including advanced optimization, supply chain systems, sustainability, autonomous vehicles and IT-driven decision-making. It will be a valuable resource for students studying decision-making and those working to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of production through machinery choice.

Author Biography

Dionysis D Bochtis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering of Faculty of Science and Technology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He holds a PhD in Fleet management in bio-production systems, a MSc in Automation Control, and a B.Sc. in Exact Sciences (Physics). His primary research is industrial engineering focused on bio-production and related supply chain systems including activities relate to fleet management (for conventional and autonomous field machinery), field robots (high level control aspects: mission planning, path planning, task allocation), supply chain management for bio-energy bio-recourses and argi-food, field logistics (scheduling, area coverage planning, routing), and automation and decision Support Systems.