Recovery of used products is receiving much attention recently due to growing environmental concerns.In this paper, we address the carbon footprint basedon problem arising in closed-loop supply chain where returned products are collected from customers. These returned products can either be disposed or be remanufactured to be sold as new ones again. Here, we formulate a comprehensive closed-loo...

The demand for locally produced food is increasing as global food supply system has considerably affected the confidence of consumers by increasing tonne-kilometres, food safety risk, environmental impact, and disconnecting local food producers and consumers. However, local food suppliers are not in the position to compete with large scale food supply systems due to high logistics costs. The ov...

Planning cost-effective logistics operations involve the integration of multiple decision-making levels. In domain supply chain management, last decades have seen emergence 3PL service providers that specialize in integrating warehousing and transportation services. this paper, we study performed by a provider management French restaurant chain. The planning process is assisted solving Logistic...

The neural network technology has been widely studied in the last decade. The research has already led to successful practical applications in several areas. This paper presents the technique of neural networks and how it has been applied into the area of logistics. The paper also discusses further potential for the neural network technique in this area.

The World Trade Centre terror attack in 2001 changed the world and with it the conditions for logistics world-wide. The aftermath to the attack brought needed attention to the vulnerability of modern supply chains. This vulnerability can in many cases be described as “unwanted effects” in the supply chain, caused by either internal or external forces that create disturbances larger than the sup...