Operations Research in Optimization of Supply Chain Management
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Supply Chain Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1193
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied optimization; operations management; logistics and supply chain management; sustainable manufacturing systems; statistical data analysis; energy planning; engineering education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite submissions to the Special Issue entitled “Operations Research in Optimization of Supply Chain Management”. The increasing complexity of supply chain systems necessitate innovative approaches to their modeling, analysis, and optimization. This Special Issue seeks high-quality contributions that apply operations research to model and optimize supply chains across strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
We particularly welcome work that not only addresses classical challenges—such as inventory management, logistics, location planning, and network design—but also explores emerging topics, including sustainability, digital transformation, AI/ML integration, agility, resilience under disruption, and decentralized decision making. We encourage both methodological advances and real-world applications that contribute to the understanding and optimization of modern supply chains. In addition, general and systematic literature reviews that map existing research and highlight emerging trends are also welcome.
Dr. Farnaz Ghazi-Nezami
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- operations research
- supply chain optimization
- mathematical modeling
- logistics and transportation
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