Hi, I am Henning

Henning Blunck

Data Analytics Team Lead at Deutsche Post DHL Group

I am passionate about improving Supply Chains through the use of analytics. I know my way around Machine Learning, Mathematical Optimization, but do not shy away from a PowerPoint Presentation or workshop either ;-)

Leadership
Python
Machine Learning
Op. Research
Communication

Experiences

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Deutsche Post DHL Group

July 2017 - Present, Bonn, Germany

Deutsche Post DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics company, operating as Deutsche Post in Germany and as DHL worldwide.

Data Analytics Team Lead

July 2020 - Present

  • Lead and develop team members
  • Lead projects from ideation through deployment
  • Help to define & drive analytics strategy within the company
Senior Data Scientist

March 2018 - July 2020

  • Lead Projects independently
  • Support recruiting
Data Scientist

July 2017 - March 2018

  • Independent project work
Research Associate & PhD Student
Jacobs University Bremen

March 2016 - May 2017, Bremen, Germany

Jacobs University is a private, english speaking research university.

Responsibilities:
  • Write lots of example codes.
  • Read lots of examples.
  • See lots of example videos.
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Student Assistant
Fraunhofer Institute for Materialflow and Logistics (IML)

September 2006 - June 2010, Dortmund, GER

Fraunhofer IML is the largest logistics research institute in the world where I worked in the department for information and communication systems with a focus on quality management systems and ERP vendor selection.

Responsibilities:
  • Web Application development using Typo3
  • Support in establishing Quality Management Systems with customers
  • Preparation of documents and presentations.

Education

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Visiting Researcher
Arizona State University

September 2014 - December 2014, Tempe (AZ), United States of America

Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop XYZ tool for ABC task
  • Design, develop and manage disaster recovery tool Xtool that backup Kubernetes volumes, databases, and cluster’s resource definition.
  • Lead backend team.
PhD Student
Jacobs University Bremen, Workgroup Global Production Logistics (GPL)

April 2012 - June 2017, Bremen, Germany

Conducted research in distributed control of production systems.

Responsibilities:
  • See list of papers here
  • PhD thesis titled “Designing Manufacturing Systems for Distributed Control” available here
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Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
The Georgia Institute of Technology

August 2010 - August 2011, Atlanta (GA), United States of America

Responsibilities:
  • Focus on Production Logistcs
  • Diploma Thesis on the opportunities and challenges of model-based warehouse design
Diploma (Masters equivalent) in Logistics
Dortmund University of Technology

September 2006 - March 2012, Dortmund, Germany

Responsibilities:
  • Focus on Production Logistcs
  • Diploma Thesis on the opportunities and challenges of model-based warehouse design (in cooperation with Georgia Tech, supported by DAAD)
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Recent Content

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Hypermodern Python

The speed at which the Python ecosystem is evolving can be simply mind-boggling. There are tons of new libraries popping up left and right, making it hard to understand how they can and should play together. That’s why I enjoyed reading Jolowicz, Claudio (2020): “Hypermodern Python (read the blog posts and check the git repository). It is an oppinionated but detailed introduction into how to set up Python projects these days, covering

April 12, 2021 Read
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To Pull or not to Pull: What is the Question?

If you ever found yourself arguing that Pull was somehow that same as make-to-order, I strongly recommend this paper by the authors of Factory Physics. Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman, (2004): “To Pull or Not to Pull: What Is the Question?" In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 6(2):133-148 (available online). In it, the authors (successfully in mind mind) argue that the true discerning trait of a PULL system is the fixed upper bound on the total inventory in the system (as implemented e.

June 8, 2020 Read