Landfill landslide is a man-made event that occurs when poorly managed garbage mounds at landfills collapse. It has become common in recent decades due to the rising waste volumes in cities. Normally, it is a complex process involving many disaster-c...
The development of the global economy affects the environment in which we are living, often in negative ways, including pollutions, exhaust emissions, depletion of natural resources, and other concerns. Therefore, it is so important to use resources...
Background: Digital supply chain twins (DSCT) are gaining increased attention in academia and practice and their positive impact on logistics and supply chain management (LSCM) performance is often highlighted. Still, LSCM executives are hesitant reg...
Optimization is a key management science methodology utilizing mathematical techniques to determine optimal solutions to a variety of management challenges. The biofuel production process, comparable to existing supply chain operations, consists of c...
Ethanol, a common renewable energy resource, can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to resolve the problem of global warming worldwide. Various feedstocks such as corn, sugarcane, maize stover, and wheat straw can be utilized for ethanol productio...
Background: Sustainability in food supply chains is desired for production, logistics, and waste management. However, food supply chains (SCs) have complex systems that differ from other SCs. Managing such complexities is challenging for small and me...
The farmed salmon supply chain has a highly complex and integrated structure, where activities occur both in the sea and on land. Due to this complexity, the supply chain needs appropriate decision-support tools to aid the production planning process...
Non-destructive testing (NDT) increasingly incorporates computational and model-assisted approaches to evaluate material behavior without physically altering or damaging samples. In this study, a software-based stochastic simulation framework is pres...
To design and deploy their supply chains, companies must naturally take quite different decisions, some being strategic or tactical, and others of an operational nature. This work resulted in a decision support system for optimising a biomass supply...
Supply chain management is a crucial task for all companies, as it is essential to respond to increased demand and competitiveness. An exponential increase in hospital waste can cause very significant risks to both humans and the environment if it is...
Additive manufacturing (AM) can lead to innovative solutions in traditional supply chain networks (TSCN), which contains very complicated and -hard to manage- chains. With 3D printing technology, a design file can transform directly to a product, ski...
In this study, urban growth of the Atakum District in Samsun, Turkey, was simulated by Cellular Automata-Markov Chain (CA-MC) and Multi-layer Perceptron-Markov Chain (MLP-MC) hybrid models in a geographical information system (GIS) environment. Histo...
The shift from traditional on-site to off-site construction marks a significant evolution in the construction industry, characterized by increasing levels of prefabrication. These advancements enhance construction efficiency, reduce lead times, and m...
Residual biomass is a reliable source of energy and hence requires effective supply chain management for optimal performance and sustainability. While there are various studies on this recent trend, a comprehensive review of the literature on simulat...
Background: In the pursuit of sustainable energy sources, residual biomass has emerged as a promising renewable resource. However, efficiently managing residual biomass poses significant challenges, particularly in optimizing supply chain operations....
Background: Bread, a basic need for the survival of human beings, is highly perishable, has a short shelf-life, and loses its quality and potency after its date of expiry. This leads to a considerable amount of bread waste and loss in the economy. Th...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe consequences such as long-term disruptions and ripple effects on regional and global supply chains. In this paper, firstly, we design simulation models using AnyLogistix to investigate and predict the pandemic&...
The aim of the study was to analyze emissions in the supply chain and to identify, based on a literature analysis, which supply chain strategies could contribute to reducing these emissions. A broad spectrum of new supply chain strategy solutions was...
In light of the intricate dynamics and uncertain risk parameters inherent in the supply chains of prefabricated building projects, bolstering the resilience of these supply chains can substantially mitigate disruption risks and facilitate superior op...
The molecular mechanism of short-chain branching (SCB), especially the effects of methylene sequence length (MSL) and short-chain branching distribution (SCBD) on the initial stage of nucleation, the crystallization process, and particularly the tie...
Effective inventory management in decentralized multi-echelon supply chains (MESCs) is essential for minimizing costs and improving service levels. This study introduces a two-stage approach that combines discrete-event simulation and multi-variate r...
Shipment consolidation is one of main initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions and transportation cost. It reduces the number of shipments per customer and reduces transportation costs by using larger shipments. This paper investigates the temporal consol...
The fruit agro-export value chain in northern Chile faces governance and water-related challenges that affect its resilience and long-term sustainability. In the context of sustainable agriculture, these challenges highlight the need for integrated a...
This research investigates the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) to revolutionize the marine spare parts supply chain (SPSC). While AM has been widely explored in other industries, its application in the maritime sector remains limited. This s...
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to investigate the interactions between a palygorskite coating and linear chain alkanes (dodecane C12, tetradecane C14, hexadecane C16, and octadecane C18), representing base oils in this study. The...
China imports a large quantity of bauxite each year. Bauxite in fine particles with high moisture has a high risk of liquefaction during the maritime transportation process, which is harmful to the stability and safety of the carrier. To ensure safe...
One of the main concepts for improving the sustainability of supply chains is the collaboration between stakeholders by increasing the efficiency of their shared resources. In the literature, there are many research papers related to vertical collabo...
A crucial role in the continuation of economic activities is played by the financing of services and production in supply chains. A key element of optimizing the financial flow of these complex networks is to pay attention to the financial aspects of...
Background: Agriculture plays a key role in Colombia’s economy. However, the sector faces persistent logistics, infrastructure, and supply chain integration challenges that hinder its development. While background studies have primarily address...
Wood supply chains are complex, involving many stakeholders, intricate processes, and logistical challenges to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of wood products to customers. Weather-related variations in forest road accessibility further comp...
This study leverages a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model to optimize the sweet potato supply chain in Zimbabwe, focusing on production, distribution, and market dynamics under varying climate conditions. The integration of climate data into the s...
A fundamental limitation of maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods under model misspecification is that the asymptotic covariance matrix of the pseudo-true parameter vector
Improving job quality for frontline workers is widely recognized as both a moral imperative and a potential source of competitive advantage, yet most organizations continue to underinvest in working conditions. A central reason is the absence of tool...
In the context of economic transformation and ecological civilization construction, breaking financing constraints and carrying out green technology innovation has become an urgent task for enterprises to achieve green and sustainable development in...
In the estimation of future investments in the offshore wind industry, the operation and maintenance (O&M) phase plays an important role. In the simulation of the O&M figures, the weather conditions should contain information about the waves&...
With the recognition of the multiple advantages of sulfonated hydrocarbon-based polymers that possess high chemical and mechanical stability with significant low cost, we employed molecular dynamics simulation to explore the morphological effects of...
The potential security problems of blockchain technology are constantly restricting the development process of related industrial applications. The cost of deploying a blockchain system in a real environment to conduct research on security issues is...
Wood supply chain performance suffers from risks intensified by more frequent and extreme natural calamities such as windstorms, bark beetle infestations, and ice-break treetops. In order to limit further damage and wood value loss after natural cala...
Sustainable supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to systemic risks, such as geopolitical conflicts at critical trade routes like the Strait of Hormuz or climate disasters, which reveal deep Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) weaknesses....
Complex cyberattacks on electric power networks traverse communication links, control objects and power-service processes, making it difficult to explain how network evidence propagates to operational impact. This paper proposes an explainable cyber...
Heavy crude oil poses challenges in terms of extraction and transportation due to its high viscosity. In the pursuit of effective methods to reduce viscosity in heavy crude oil, this study investigates the potential of imidazolium chloride ionic liqu...
The general goal of waste management is to conserve resources and avoid negative environmental impacts. This paper deals with the optimization of logistics processes at an underground waste storage site by means of solving scheduling issues and reduc...
Developing biomass-based power generation is helpful for China to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and to release the targets of carbon emission peak. The decentralized farming method leads to Chinese farmers’ weak willingness to collect and sel...
Against the backdrop of global energy transition and the widespread adoption of Hydrogen-Blended Natural Gas (HBNG), the safety of urban gas pipeline networks faces severe challenges. This paper systematically reviews the research progress of numeric...
Rapid urbanization and changing land use dynamics require robust tools for projecting and analyzing future land use scenarios to support sustainable urban development. This study introduces an integrated modeling framework that combines the Patch-gen...
Supply chain disruptions pose significant economic stability and growth challenges, impacting industries globally. This study aims to systematically review the literature on the use of simulation tools in managing supply chain disruptions, focusing o...
Creating alternative supply chains can help increase economic and social benefits for all beneficiaries of the supply chain. Alternative short supply chains for organic products are considered when seeking optimal scenarios to obtain the highest prof...
As the world is moving into a sustainable era, achieving zero hunger has become one of the top three Sustainable Development Goals, applying a considerable amount of pressure on the agri-food systems to make decisions contemplating the sustainability...
The assembly is the last process of controlling the product quality during manufacturing. The installation guidance should provide the appropriate assembly information, e.g., to specify the components in each product. The installation guidance with l...
As environmental sustainability gains importance, enhancing supply chains to minimize environmental hazards is essential, particularly in industries using residual biomass. This study tackles this by investigating the integration of sustainability cr...
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