The industry and transportation sectors account for more than 35% of the global CO2 emissions and there is an increasing pressure on industry to reduce emissions. To remain competitive in their markets while reducing their emissions, companies need to re-optimize their entire value chain...

Supply Chain Management is described as designing, planning, execution, control and monitoring of flow of goods and services from the point of origination to the point of consumption. Supplier selection in supply chain management is a multi-criteria decision making problem which includes both...

Thomas Kirschstein provides an overview on methods and approaches for planning and optimizing large-scale chemical production networks. The focus is on an integrated modelling of chemical production processes, logistical processes as well as environmental effects. Therefore, a hybrid simulation...