The willingness to invest in Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Analytics (BDA) seems not
to depend on supply nor demand of technological innovations. The required sensing and …

This paper presents a survey on the applications of optimal control to scheduling in
production, supply chain and Industry 4.0 systems with a focus on the deterministic …

Social media has played a pivotal role in polarising views on politics, climate change, and
more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Social media induced polarisation (SMIP) poses …

Smart factories Industry 4.0 on the basis of collaborative cyber-physical systems represents
a future form of industrial networks. Supply chains in such networks have dynamic structures …

The bullwhip effect refers to the phenomenon where order variability increases as the orders
move upstream in the supply chain. This paper provides a review of the bullwhip literature …

This study aims at presenting the Ripple effect in supply chains. It develops different
dimensions of the Ripple effect and summarises recent developments in the field of supply …

Supply chain systems are network systems with several subchains each of which consists of
facilities and distribution entities (suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers), and …

Modern production and logistics systems, supply chains, and Industry 4.0 networks are
challenged by increased uncertainty and risks, multiple feedback cycles, and dynamics …

Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

The analysis of how to achieve planned economic performance in a real-time, uncertain and
perturbed execution environment is a vital and up-to-date issue in many supply chains …