Research Themes

The Centre focuses on five thematic research and impact pillars.

Transport and logistics

  • modelling and optimisation of problems in the design, planning and operation of transportation networks for the distribution of freight
  • container shipping, empty container/vehicle positioning and ship loading
  • intermodal terminal and seaport terminal management
  • vehicle routing problems in road transportation
  • multi-commodity network design, service network design and facility location
  • last-mile solutions
  • capacity analyses of rail networks and railway timetabling

Agri-food supply chains

  • food waste reduction
  • food security and sustainability
  • integrating local and global food production systems
  • circular economies and food supply chains
  • inventory and pricing strategies for perishable food supply chains

Sustainable supply chain management

  • green supply chain management
  • carbon foot-printing of logistics systems
  • environmental policies and operations and supply chain performance
  • sustainable procurement
  • modern slavery and supply chain ethics

Agile operations

  • organisational agility
  • agile and resilient operations
  • management practices and the performance and productivity of small firms
  • sustainable growth of SMEs

Supply chain technologies, analytics and risk

  • digital strategies and ICT adoption in operations and supply chain management
  • uncertainty and risk mitigation
  • mathematical programming, stochastic dynamic programming and meta-heuristic optimisation of supply chains
  • development of models and algorithms to support supply chain network design;
  • artificial intelligence and blockchain applications
  • machine learning and big data analytics in operations and supply chain management

 

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