Professor Dr. Moritz Fleischmann studied Business Mathematics in Bayreuth, Bordeaux, and Ulm. In 2000, Fleischmann received a PhD in General Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with a dissertation in reverse logistics. Until 2004, Fleischmann was Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods and then Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2009, he came to the University of Mannheim, where he is holder of the Chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. From 2011 until 2019, Fleischmann was academic director of the ESSEC – Mannheim Modular Executive MBA program of the Mannheim Business School. In 2019, he was acting dean of the Business School and from 2019 until 2020 vice dean of the school.