Dr. Benoit Montreuil

Biography

Benoit Montreuil is the Coca-Cola Material Handling & Distribution Chair Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He serves as the Director of the Physical Internet Center and the Executive Director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute. Montreuil leads the International Physical Internet Initiative, engaging academic, industry, and government leaders worldwide in innovative research projects aimed at creating smart, hyperconnected, and sustainable logistics and supply chains. His primary research interests focus on developing concepts, methodologies, and technologies for creating, optimizing, and transforming business and supply chain networks for value creation in a rapidly evolving hyperconnected world. He has contributed to the fields of industrial systems engineering, operations research, computer sciences, and sustainability science, primarily through optimization modeling and discrete & agent-based simulation modeling. With over 250 scientific publications and numerous keynote speeches at international conferences, Montreuil has had a significant impact on the field. He has also held various leadership roles in professional organizations and has received numerous awards, including the DC Velocity’s Rainmaker Year Physical Internet Pioneer Award. Montreuil earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1982, preceded by an M.S. in the same field in 1980.

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