Special Issue "Design and Optimisation of Supply Chain Networks"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 May 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Babak Mohamadpour Tosarkani
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Guest Editor
School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: supply chain management; operations management; decision support systems; sustainability; healthcare systems
Dr. Hamid Afshari
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Guest Editor
Financial and Information Management Department, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada
Interests: sustainable supply chain; applied optimization; business analytics; energy
Dr. Alejandro Vital-Soto
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Guest Editor
Financial and Information Management Department, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada
Interests: operations management; operations research; production scheduling; flexible manufacturing systems; supply chain management; metaheuristics
Dr. Jessica Olivares-Aguila
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Guest Editor
Financial and Information Management Department, Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada
Interests: supply chain management; supply chain disruptions; system dynamics; product design; operations management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Supply chain network design (SCND) involves strategic decisions, such as determining the number, location and capacity of facilities. These decisions play an important role in supply chain management since any changes in them have a significant impact on the network configuration and material flow between facilities. Therefore, there are adequate reasons to consider the triple bottom line―economic, environmental and social pillars―in SCND simultaneously.

Most existing studies have focused on economic and environmental objectives. However, social objectives have not been investigated adequately in SCND, since the mathematical modelling of such objective functions is challenging. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding of how social aspects can affect the optimal design of SCNs, including their interaction with the economic and environmental objectives.

Additionally, analysis of the fourth industrial revolution’s impacts on SCND for sustainability has received little attention. Industry 4.0 technologies, such as IoT, big data, and cloud computing, can enable the creation of digital ecosystems that set the tone for the foreseeable sustainable supply chain practices.

This Special Issue seeks to collate recent original research and literature review papers dealing with the design and optimization of sustainable supply chain networks.

Dr. Babak Mohamadpour Tosarkani
Dr. Hamid Afshari
Dr. Alejandro Vital-Soto
Dr. Jessica Olivares-Aguila
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • sustainable supply chain management
  • sustainable operations management
  • sustainable developments
  • Industry 4.0 for sustainability
  • closed-loop supply chain network design
  • circular economy

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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