Logistics, Transportation and Manufacturing Applications
The seek for constant performance improvement must be at the core of every organization. This quest for better results, cost reduction, and higher service levels drives companies to adopt new methods and techniques that enable them to excel in today’s highly competitive environment. In the current volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, it is vital for an organization to understand the benefits and risks of changes in its processes and in all relevant stakeholders. Furthermore, while organizations require information technologies for their problem solving, they also require more human-centric and sustainable approaches, within the industry 5.0 context. For this purpose, researchers and practitioners in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Transportation and Manufacturing are impelled to build simulation models showing and discussing the potential effects of changes in the supply chain architecture, in the manufacturing layout, in the reengineered process, and other related topics. This is important for all industries and markets from traditional agribusinesses to modern intensive knowledge and technology-driven startups. Global contributions can be related (but are not limited) to:
- Supply chain design
- Supply chain risk analysis
- Supply chain costs
- Supply chain performance measurement
- Supply chain sustainable digitalisation
- Materials handling
- Sourcing process and architecture
- Distribution and delivery systems
- Multi-model logistics
- Manufacturing layout
- Production planning and control
- Maintenance operations
- Big Data / Data intensive and Analytics applications in Supply Chain
- Process analytics and process mining applications in Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Modeling and Simulation
- Industry 5.0 applications in Supply Chain
- Global agribusinesses