Sustainability of Supply Chain and Logistics System: Opportunities and Challenges
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 May 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optimization theory and method of low-carbon logistics system; green supply chain network design; vehicle routing problem; multimodal network design; emergency logistics system optimization; robust optimization
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Interests: emergency logistics; logistics optimization; port operations; multi-modal transportation; vehicle routing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
“Sustainability of Supply Chain and Logistics System: Opportunities and Challenges” integrates environmental sustainability into traditional logistics and supply chain processes. It focuses on minimizing ecological impacts through eco-friendly practices across the entire product lifecycle, from raw material sourcing to end-of-life disposal. The Special Issue aims at solving the operations research problems arising in sustainable logistics optimization and supply chain management.
Sustainability of Supply Chain and Logistics System aligns closely with the aim and scope of Sustainability by addressing the journal’s multidimensional focus on technical, environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Green vehicle routing;
- Green supply chain network design;
- Reverse logistics network design;
- Sustainable biomass collection network design;
- Green sailing;
- Green production and scheduling optimization;
- Sustainable emergency logistics network;
- Optimization of multimodal network;
- Distribution optimization of new energy vehicles.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Dezhi Zhang
Dr. Shuanglin Li
Dr. Xin Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green vehicle routing
- green supply chain network design
- reverse logistics network design
- sustainable biomass collection network design
- green sailing
- green production and scheduling optimization
- sustainable emergency logistics network
- optimization of multimodal network
- distribution optimization of new energy vehicles
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