Advanced Processes Optimization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Dear Colleagues,

Complex logistics systems and supply chain networks have always been important challenges in today's globally competitive economy. Logistics and supply chains have a long tradition of improving operations, especially in cost reduction, new product development, supplier selection, technology innovation, production planning, distribution, process procedures, green environments, and customer value generation, to name a few. As a result of the ever-changing nature and growth of technology, modern logistics and supply chains confront new challenges regarding the integration of physical and cyber systems, resilience to unpredictable events, and flexibility of dynamic situations. All of them are critical to an organization's operational and long-term success. More significantly, in response to global climate change and the post-COVID-19 era, businesses have begun to consider investing in low-carbon technologies in their production process to improve the green level of supply chain practices.

Optimization techniques are widely used in the complex issues of logistics and supply chain. Recent studies in advanced optimization modeling and its applications in logistics and supply chain practices have become very important for industries and academics. Moreover, fundamental research has looked further into low-carbon, sustainable, and recycling supply chain concerns and how firms, their supply chain partners, and customers can all work together to have a lasting effect and improve sustainability performance.

In this Special Issue, we solicit high-quality research focused on state-of-the-art techniques and methods employed in sustainable logistics and supply chain systems. Authors are invited to present original research and review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts in this field.

Dr. Chia-Nan Wang
Dr. Thanh-Tuan Dang
Dr. Ngoc-Ai-Thy Nguyen
Guest Editors

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