Supply Chain Management and Mathematical Logistics

Dear Colleagues,

The function of supply chain management is to design and manage the processes, assets, and flows of material and information required to satisfy customers’ demands. The globalization of economy and electronic commerce has heightened the strategic importance of supply chain management. E-logistics has created new distribution channels for consumers. The last decade has seen rapid growth in business models built around digital platforms that bring together buyers and sellers to interact and trade in new and innovative ways. These business models, referred to as the sharing economy, on-demand economy, and platform economy, bring new challenges to supply chain management and logistics. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the stability of global logistics and supply chains. Rapid advances and complexity in digital technology such as big data, cloud computing, blockchain, and artificial intelligence (AI), and the growing uncertainty in the global business environment, have had a profound impact on the development of supply chain management and logistics. The global economy and advanced digital technologies have also generated unprecedented opportunities for innovative methodologies and technologies for designing, operating, and managing supply chains and logistics.

This Special Issue aims to collate original research papers that offer the latest developments and applications of supply chain management and logistics in a broad range of fields.

Prof. Dr. Chunqiao Tan
Prof. Dr. Xiongwei Zhou
Guest Editors

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