Abstract Industry 4.0 integrates cyber-physical systems with the Internet of Things to optimize
the complete value-added chain. Successfully applying Industry 4.0 requires the …

Inventory affects the production process and supply chain activities. Integrated decision
inventory improves performance and optimizes supply chain activities. However, its …

Motivated by a real problem, in this paper, a new multi-period production-distribution
planning (PDP) for perishable products with a fixed lifetime in a seller-buyer system is …

Traditionally business organizations take production and procurement decisions
independently. First, the decision is made on product mix and then procurement plan is …

Supply chain operations and scheduling are well-studied problems in the literature.
Although these problems are related, they are often solved sequentially. This uncoordinated …

Nowadays, transport systems efficiency plays a key role for communities' liveability and
economy, being in addition an important factor in the economic integration of countries. The …

Unfortunately, an abrupt corona-virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak brought a drastic
change in human lives. Almost every sector of human-beings and their related activities are …

Planning decisions are generally subject to some level of uncertainty. In forestry, data
describing the resources available have a major impact on operations performance and …

This paper addresses the problem of information exchange required for collaborative
manufacturing planning processes at supply network levels. For a few years now, the …

This study examines a stochastic disassembly assembly routing problem with returns
(SDARP-R), in which disassembly yields are considered uncertain due to the unknown …