This chapter overviews emerging applications of big data analytics in supply chain management. The academic attention on big data applications and their practitioner uptake is growing. Many recent papers showcase descriptive, ...

Although the need to respond to volatile market places has been addressed in recent years by the concept of agility, the precise role of distribution centres within agile supply chains has only been partially explored. ...

Automated warehouse equipment is often regarded as being inflexible, and yet its use continues to rise even though markets are becoming increasingly volatile. The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons for, and ...

With recent Industry 4.0 developments, companies tend to automate their industries. Warehousing companies also take part in this trend. A shuttle-based storage and retrieval system (SBS/RS) is an automated storage and ...