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This book provides an overview of important trends and developments
in logistics and supply chain research, making them available to
practitioners, while also serving as a point of reference for
academicians. Operations and logistics are cornerstones of modern
supply chains that in turn are essential for global business and
economics. The composition, character and importance of supply
chains and networks are rapidly changing, due to technological
innovations such as Information and Communication Technologies,
Sensors and Robotics, Internet of Things, and Additive
Manufacturing, to name a few (often referred to as Industry 4.0).
Societal developments such as environmental consciousness,
urbanization or the optimal use of scarce resources are also
impacting how supply chain networks are configured and operated. As
a result, future supply chains will not just be assessed in terms
of cost-effectiveness and speed, but also the need to satisfy
agility, resilience and sustainability requirements. To face these
challenges, an understanding of the basic as well as more advanced
concepts and recent innovations is essential in building
competitive and sustainable supply chains and, as part of that,
logistics and operations. These span multiple disciplines and
geographies, making them interdisciplinary and international.
Therefore, this book contains contributions and views from a
variety of experts from multiple countries, and combines
management, engineering as well as basic information technology and
social concepts. In particular, it aims to: provide a comprehensive
guide for all relevant and major logistics, operations, and supply
chain management topics in teaching and business practice address
three levels of expertise, i.e., concepts and principles at a basic
(undergraduate, BS) level, more advanced topics at a graduate level
(MS), and finally recent (state-of-the-art) developments at a
research level. In particular the latter serve to present a window
on current and future (potential) logistics innovations in the
different thematic fields for both researchers and top business
practitioners integrate a textbook approach with matching case
studies for effective teaching and learning discuss multiple
international perspectives in order to represent adequately the
true global nature of operations, logistics and supply chains.
This book provides an overview of important trends and developments
in logistics and supply chain research, making them available to
practitioners, while also serving as a point of reference for
academicians. Operations and logistics are cornerstones of modern
supply chains that in turn are essential for global business and
economics. The composition, character and importance of supply
chains and networks are rapidly changing, due to technological
innovations such as Information and Communication Technologies,
Sensors and Robotics, Internet of Things, and Additive
Manufacturing, to name a few (often referred to as Industry 4.0).
Societal developments such as environmental consciousness,
urbanization or the optimal use of scarce resources are also
impacting how supply chain networks are configured and operated. As
a result, future supply chains will not just be assessed in terms
of cost-effectiveness and speed, but also the need to satisfy
agility, resilience and sustainability requirements. To face these
challenges, an understanding of the basic as well as more advanced
concepts and recent innovations is essential in building
competitive and sustainable supply chains and, as part of that,
logistics and operations. These span multiple disciplines and
geographies, making them interdisciplinary and international.
Therefore, this book contains contributions and views from a
variety of experts from multiple countries, and combines
management, engineering as well as basic information technology and
social concepts. In particular, it aims to: provide a comprehensive
guide for all relevant and major logistics, operations, and supply
chain management topics in teaching and business practice address
three levels of expertise, i.e., concepts and principles at a basic
(undergraduate, BS) level, more advanced topics at a graduate level
(MS), and finally recent (state-of-the-art) developments at a
research level. In particular the latter serve to present a window
on current and future (potential) logistics innovations in the
different thematic fields for both researchers and top business
practitioners integrate a textbook approach with matching case
studies for effective teaching and learning discuss multiple
international perspectives in order to represent adequately the
true global nature of operations, logistics and supply chains.
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