Mathematical Methods and Operations Research for Sustainable Planning, Scheduling and Supply Chain

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, mathematical methods and operation research tools have been used to solve numerous industrial problems, such as supply chain design, planning or scheduling issues. Through the development of new technologies, today’s industries are experiencing the fourth revolution, upon which the anticipated fifth revolution, referred to as Industry 5.0, is built upon, facilitating the integration of smart, precise and accurate machinery with human creativity and ingenuity.

This has had a significant impact on industrial management processes; with human–robot/smart machine collaboration, we will need efficient tools to make the most of the technologies and intelligence integrated throughout the supply chain.

This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the following areas:

• Scheduling optimization under multiple industrial constraints;
• Supply chain operations management;
• Production planning in a sustainable supply chain;
• Planning optimization under uncertainties and human aim considerations;
• Emergency/e-commerce/reverse/green/metropolitan/5.0 logistics;
• Scheduling in sustainable manufacturing;
• Optimal decisions, hybrid optimization and multi-objective optimization;
• Sustainable logistics systems design;
• The modelling and optimization of complex industrial processes;
• Digital technologies support for logistics and supply chain management adaptation. 

Prof. Dr. Christophe Sauvey
Dr. Wajdi Trabelsi
Dr. Jérémie Schutz
Prof. Dr. Nathalie Sauer
Guest Editors

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