Collaborative Logistics and Intermodality, 1st ed. 2021 Integration in Supply Chain Network Models and Solutions for Global Environments

This book presents new approaches to logistics solutions in global environments, with a special focus on collaborative logistics and intermodality. Contributions in this book are linked to two major initiatives in global logistics - H2020 MSCA-RISE-EU project EC-Asia Research Network on Integration of Global and Local Agri-Food Supply Chains Towards Sustainable Food Security (GOLF), and the ?International Conference on Logistics & Supply Chain (CiLOG). Topics covered in this book are: global logistics environments in manufacturing industries, key logistic decision-making parameters, global logistics management and its impact on container logistics processes, logistic market clusters and many more.

Challenges and Developments in Integrated Container Supply Chains – A Research Agenda for the Europe-China Research Network on Integrated Container Supply Chains (ENRICH) Project.- A Research Framework for Cross-National Comparative Logistics.- Supply Chain Solutions to Upstream Buyer Consolidation with green and resilient supply chain designs in the China-Europe Containerized Cargo flows.- Impact analysis of slow steaming on inland river container freight supply chain.- Modelling container port logistics and intermodality from the perspective of environmental sustainability.- Random Forest Regression Model Application for Prediction of China’s Railway Freight Volume.- An optimization approach for the train load planning problem in seaport container terminals.- Utilizing breakthrough innovations: The need for Information Sharing as a new Key Performance Indicator for container port operations.- Scheduling periodical deliveries from a distribution centre to minimize the fleet size.

Dr. Jorge E. Hernández is Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management at the University of Liverpool. He has a PhD in logistics and supply chain decision support systems and has won an award for his pioneering work in reverse logistics. In addition, since 2010, Dr. Hernández is Co-Coordinator of the EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems. His research interests include collaboration in the supply chain, logistics, operational research, modelling and simulation, multi-agent systems and system dynamics. Dr. Hernández has edited numbers of books, Special Issues in International Journals and Books proceedings for international conferences and has published more than 30 peer reviewed academic papers in leading journals, chapters in collective books and in international conferences.

Dr Dong Li is Associate Professor in Management School, University of Liverpool. His present research is mainly in supply chain optimisation, eco-logistics and food supply chain innovation and has focused on supply chain sustainability and green logistics. He is research grants holder for projects funded by UK Research Councils (EPSRC, TSB, ERDF) on logistics and supply chain research. His research has been extensively published in more than 50 peer reviewed papers. He is the member of the Editorial Board and guest editor of several international journals. He has been the supervisor for about 10 PhD students in recent years.

Dr. José Elías Jiménez Sánchez is Head of Logistics and Multimodal Transport, Mexican Institute of Transportation. Leader of studies and projects on logistics and transport. He is Vice President of Government Liaison Mexican Association of Supply Chain & Logistics. Dr. Jimenez is the Organizing Chairman the International Congress on Logistics and Supply Chain (CiLOG 2013). He has been professor at several Mexican universities, where he taught courses on logistics and operation of transportation. Columnist in several international journals on lo

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