The Laboratory of Operational Research & Logistics (ORLOG) was founded in 1980, as the 'Operational Research' Unit at the Section of Industrial Management & Operations Research (SIMOR) - NTUA. In 2022 it was renamed to Laboratory of Operational Research and Logistics (ORLOG) (Government Gazette B '1487 / 30-4-2022) incorporating in essence the Logistics and Transportation Unit operating at SIMOR for the last -almost- twenty years. The laboratory, in its new form, focuses its research work on the areas of Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, Supply Chain Management and Logistics with an emphasis on sustainability, circular economy and new innovative technologies that support companies in every step of their digital transformation process and workers in their new tasks as they are shaped in the age of Industry 5.0 and in accordance with the priorities set by the European Union. The experienced staff of the laboratory provides educational work at undergraduate and postgraduate level and designs and implements research projects in collaboration with other research institutions, companies and organizations in Greece and abroad. It also provides high quality services to industry, private entities, public services, local government organizations and other social and scientific bodies in its broad scientific area of expertise.
