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Solving a Real-World Urban Postal Service Network Redesign Problem
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-28)
Due to recent technological advancements, more diversified customer demand, and increasingly harder competition, traditional postal service systems have experienced significant changes all over the world. In Norway, through a strategic reform called post-in-shop, undertaken in 2013, most postal services are now provided at postal service counters located in retailer stores in order to improve ...
A Stochastic Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Optimization Problem Considering Flexible Network Capacity
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-03)
Nowadays, due to the concern of environmental challenges, global warming and climate change, companies across the globe have increasingly focused on the sustainable operations and management of their supply chains. Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) is a new concept and practice, which combines both traditional forward supply chain and reverse logistics in order to simultaneously maximize the utilization ...
Reverse Logistics Network Design for Effective Management of Medical Waste in Epidemic Outbreaks: Insights from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in Wuhan (China)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-09)
The outbreak of an epidemic disease may pose significant treats to human beings and may further lead to a global crisis. In order to control the spread of an epidemic, the effective management of rapidly increased medical waste through establishing a temporary reverse logistics system is of vital importance. However, no research has been conducted with the focus on the design of an epidemic reverse ...
Solving the Location Problem of Printers in a University Campus Using p-Median Location Model and AnyLogic Simulation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-03)
The location decision on service facilities is of significant importance in determining the accessibility of the service provided. Due to this reason, it has been extensively focused over the past decades by both researchers and practitioners. This paper investigates a novel two-phase hybrid method combining both optimization model and agent-based simulation in order to solve the location problem ...
A Simulation-Based Analysis for Effective Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Case Study in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-24)
Since December 2020, the vaccines from several manufacturers, e.g., Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, etc., have been approved for mass vaccination to control the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused more than 100 million infections and 2.4 million deaths. These vaccines are produced and transported in large quantities to suffice the needs of several countries. Before arriving at the end-users, the vaccines ...
A Stochastic Network Design Problem for Hazardous Waste Management
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-05)
Hazardous waste management is of paramount importance due to the potential threats posed to the environment and local residents. The design of a hazardous waste management system involves
several important decisions, i.e., the determination of the locations and sizes of treatment, recycling and disposal facilities, and organizing the transportation of hazardous waste among different facilities. In ...
The Application of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Sustainable Logistics: A Systematic Literature Review (2012-2020) to Explore Future Research Opportunities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-10)
Nowadays, the market competition becomes increasingly fierce due to diversified customer needs, stringent environmental requirements, and global competitors. One of the most important factors for companies to not only survive but also thrive in today’s competitive market is their logistics
performance. This paper aims, through a systematic literature analysis of 115 papers from 2012 to 2020, at ...
Towards the smart and sustainable transformation of Reverse Logistics 4.0: a conceptualization and research agenda
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-16)
The recent advancement of digitalization and information and communication technology (ICT) has not only shifted the manufacturing paradigm towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, namely Industry 4.0, but also provided opportunities for a smart logistics transformation. Despite studies have focused on improving the smartness, connectivity, and autonomy of isolated logistics operations with a primary ...
System Integration for Smart Reverse Logistics Management
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-16)
To maximize the value and material recovery from waste products, smart reverse logistics aims at managing the complex flows of physical items, cash, data, and information. The effective management of these flows requires optimal decision making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. To support the decision making, predictive, prescriptive, and descriptive analytics have been proved to be ...