Supply chain optimization in the modern world

技术变革正在戏剧性地、迅速地改变供应链；与此同时，该行业面临着动荡和新的挑战。该研究计划旨在为新的研究议程和提高业务绩效提供见解。这个研究框架的计划是通过为现实世界应用中出现的问题开发模型和解决算法，为运筹学领域做出科学贡献。集成化、协作化、同步化的供应链问题已经被认为是很难解决的。使这些问题更加现实和实用，确实会导致执行时间和解决方案质量方面的更复杂。因此，在这个研究框架中，将使用并开发适合这些丰富应用的物流问题的求解算法来解决问题。从科学的角度来看，这一研究框架通过引入和开发创新的模型、方法、工具和技术来优化和规划复杂的现代供应链的相互冲突的决策，从而为物流和供应链文献做出贡献。从实践的角度来看，它旨在为高素质人员的培训做出贡献；此外，这项研究提案的结果有助于提高加拿大供应链和公司的效率和响应能力。

Technological changes are transforming supply chains dramatically and rapidly; at the same time, the industry faces volatility and new challenges. This research program aims to provide insights for both new research agenda and increased business performance. The plan in this research framework is to make scientific contributions to the field of operations research by developing models and solution algorithms for the problems arising in real-world applications. Integrated, collaborative, synchronized supply chain problems are already known to be very difficult to solve. Making these problems more realistic and practical will indeed lead to more complexity in terms of the execution time and solution quality. Therefore, in this research framework, problems will be solved using and developing solution algorithms appropriate for these rich applied logistics problems. From the scientific point of view, this research framework contributes to the logistics and supply chain literature by introducing and development of innovative models, methods, tools, and techniques to optimize and plan conflicting decisions of complex modern supply chains. From a practical point of view, it aims to contribute to the training of highly qualified personnel; moreover, the results of this research proposal help improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the Canadian supply chains and companies.