In today's competitive environment, manufacturing and service companies are intensifying their customization processes. Customization means companies must meet the challenge of providing individualized products and services, without introducing high costs. Therefore, companies must address both...

Innovation is increasingly considered as an enabler of business competitive advantage. More and more organizations focus on satisfying their consumer s demand of innovative and qualitative products and services by applying both technology-supported and non technology-supported innovative methods...

Humanitarian relief operations rarely proceed smoothly and disruptions as, e.g., the outbreak of an epidemic or aftershocks, are common. Such situations are known as overlapping disasters. Relief organizations have to deal with the disruptions while at the same time the ongoing relief operation...

This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors addressing innovative and technology-based approaches for logistics and supply chains. They present business models and investment options for enhanced strategic decision making as well as recent approaches for...

This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors focusing on innovative models to optimize logistics and supply chains at an operational level. They address process efficiency and data-related aspects. Supply chain security insights are also given.$cen$dAbstract