Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
Photo: Bart van Overbeeke Dennis Schol defended his PhD thesis at the department of Mathematics and Computer Science on May 16th. The production process of large high-tech manufacturers, such as ASML, is characterized by many parties supplying the components that make up the final product. If these parties can't supply on time, this results in supply-chain delays that may have major financial consequences. Dennis Schol, who defended his PhD thesis on May 16th, developed queueing theory-based mathematical models to map out these complex supply chains. High-tech companies, such as Veldhoven-based chip machine manufacturer ASML, produce advanced machines consisting of many different components. These components are supplied by thousands of different manufacturers from all over the world, which in turn have their own suppliers. This makes these large supply chains unbelievably complex.
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