The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most severe supply chain disruptions in history and
has challenged practitioners and scholars to improve the resilience of supply chains. Recent …

Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …

In the last century, the automotive industry has arguably transformed society, being one of
the most complex, sophisticated, and technologically advanced industries, with innovations …

The automotive industry is one of the most competitive sectors, and it requires a well-
structured logistics system to meet the industry'vital requirements such as just-in-time, lean …

Pen and paper-based value stream mapping (VSM) is the established tool for recording
processes, identifying waste and deriving recommendations for action. However, today, its …

Just-in-time job-shop scheduling (JIT-JSS) is a variant of the job-shop scheduling problem,
in which each operation has a distinct due-date and any deviation of the operation …

Platooning has been identified as a promising way to reduce the carbon footprint and fuel
consumption of freight transportation. Recent technological developments connecting a …

This paper addresses the scheduling of a single storage/retrieval machine (or crane) in
automated storage/retrieval systems (ASRSs). A novel classification scheme is presented for …

Nowadays, supply chain stakeholders have to successfully address a large number of
challenges in order to ensure an efficient distribution of products within supply chains. These …

Order picking is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive activity in warehousing. Due
to the need to frequently handle items, order picking requires high human energy …