Supply Chain Design and Management in the Industry 4.0 Era

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few years, supply chains have received rising attention with the rapid growth of global industries and brands. Consumers have started to demand more flexible and customized products and, consequently, industries are required to shorten production times and to cope with shorter product life cycles. All these features have brought many challenges to the supply chains.

In this context, the Industry 4.0 revolution introduced new tools to improve processes and management, but it also originated new challenges due to the introduction of new technologies. These changes have led to a revision of the methodologies of supply chain design and management. Moreover, the recent pandemic has forced further changes, speeding up the digitization of many processes. Companies discovered that agility was crucial to their short-term continuity and even long-term survival.

This Special Issue is, therefore, aimed at exploring the abundant research opportunities associated with supply chain design and management, and laying down a foundation for future research on this topic. Manuscript submissions in the areas that are mentioned as keywords below are highly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Roberto Gabbrielli
Prof. Dr. Marcello Braglia
Dr. Leonardo Marrazzini
Prof. Dr. Marco Frosolini
Guest Editors

Mr. Luca Padellini
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Designs is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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