Inter-company production networks can improve the resource efficiency of production processes. This book shows the results of the research project „Integrated Process Design for the Inter-Company Plant Layout Planning of Dynamic Mass Flow Networks“ (PepOn). A systematic approach for process...

Integrated technique assessment aims at a holistic approach to process design and operations planning, since changes in materials and operating states influence the whole supply chain. The combination of methods of process integration, engineering and Operations Research (OR) allows the...

Environmental emergency situations can differ in many ways, for instance according to their causes and the dimension of their impacts. Yet, they share the characteristic of sudden onset and the necessity for a coherent and effective emergency management. In this paper we consider decision...