Optimizing Logistics and Supply Chain Management towards Industry 5.0
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 383
Special Issue Editors
Interests: occupational health and safety (OHS); product service systems (PSS); ecodesign; quality function deployment (QFD); human factors and ergonomics (HFE)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: operational safety; operations management; logistics and supply chain optimization tools; occupational safety; industrial systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advent of Industry 4.0 paradigms changed the ways supply chain and logistics processes are managed. ICT technologies, such as the Internet of Things, big data, business intelligence, and cloud computing, allowed for the widespread digitalization of industrial processes at large. However, recent recommendations from the European Commission call for the need to shift towards the so-called “Industry 5.0,” which focuses on three main pillars: human centricity, resilience, and sustainability. Specifically, the EU Council in 2020 recognized the ICT sector as a key player in the fight against climate change. In this context, logistics and supply chain management in Industry 5.0 should adapt to its highly automated, connected, and intelligent digital ecosystem to thrive along with the human touch. This Special Issue aims to stimulate research on potential Industry 5.0-oriented solutions to enhance the management of inbound and outbound logistics, warehouses and inventories, and supply chains. We encourage contributions that address, but are not strictly limited to, the following:
- The use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools for operations management;
- Novel approaches for supply chain resilience management;
- Sustainability of logistics processes;
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of complex industrial systems;
- Innovative solutions for integrating human-centric design, ICT tools, and product service systems (PSS).
Research articles, case studies, and state-of-the-art review papers are welcome. Submitted papers must not be published or currently under review by other journals. We hope that this collection of papers will serve as an inspiration for those interested in the applications of Industry 5.0 principles in the field of operations management.
Dr. Mario Fargnoli
Dr. Elena Stefana
Dr. Antonio Javier Nakhal Akel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- operations management
- Industry 5.0
- logistics
- supply chain management
- product service systems
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