The following is an introduction to the research activities of the five laboratories that form the core of the Logistics and Social Systems Studies Unit. In addition to the followings, each laboratory also conducts a wide range of research on logistics and supply chain management, so please contact us if you are interested.
Please refer to each laboratory’s website for details of their research.
Kazuhiro Aoyama
Design and management of complex system
In recent years, the design of complex and large-scale systems has become important as customer requirements have become increasingly diverse and complex due to globalization. Aoyama Laboratory conducts research on describing, analyzing, understanding, and creating system architectures to face the challenges of the modern manufacturing industry, taking into account complex intertwined manufacturing and product systems, social systems and product systems, and so on.
Nariaki Nishino
Construction of co-creative social system
Today, we must face and support a society undergoing drastic changes such as globalization, advances in information technology, diversification of lifestyles, and global environmental issues. Nishino Laboratory conducts research on a wide range of real-world problems, from service design to the construction of social systems, by integrating methodologies such as game theory, economic experiments, and multi-agent systems. From a theoretical perspective, we are trying to clarify the constitutive mechanisms of social systems that can co-create value.
>> Research (Nishino-Kimita Lab. website)
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Ryuichi Shibasaki
Global logistics network
Shibasaki laboratory’s research missions are, 1) to overview the status of international logistics in each country/region from a global perspective; 2) to develop comprehensive models to describe them; then 3) to apply the developed models for the simulations and evaluations on the impact of the real projects such as international cooperative policies and infrastructure investment in each country/region, in order to support the decision-making of these policies and projects.
Kenji Tanaka
Design of social system and business service using large-scale data
With a broad perspective based on an engineering approach and including policy and management strategy perspectives, Tanaka laboratory conducts practical social systems research in various industries, including electric power, logistics, and retail, with the aim of realizing an environmentally friendly society.
Tomoya Kawasaki
Advanced logistics systems management
Kawasaki Lab aims to contribute to sustainable development and rationalization of society by “designing” the complex logistics/social systems from the perspective of transport engineering, transport science, transport economics, and statistics. In particular, we are studying supply chain network simulation model, warehouse distribution forecasting model, logistics sensing method, global value chain, and technological innovation and logistics systems.