Integrated Logistics

物流的目标是改进和优化生产、库存控制以及产品和信息流，使其从原产地流向目的地。它包括几个相互关联和综合的活动，如预测、生产、库存控制、运输和仓储。CRC在综合物流方面的科学方案集中于开发创新方法和解决新的和复杂的综合物流问题。这一研究方案对一些既定的研究范式提出了质疑，并通过开发新的数学模型和解决算法来解决现有零散研究主题所产生的不同问题，提出了新的研究路线。

Logistics aims at improving and optimizing production, inventory control, and the flows of products and information from origins to destinations. It encompasses several interconnected and integrated activities such as forecasting, production, inventory control, transportation and warehousing. The scientific program of the CRC in Integrated Logistics is centred on the development of innovative methodologies and on the resolution of new and complex integrated logistics problems. This research program questions some established research paradigms and proposes new lines of research through the development of new mathematical models and solution algorithms for different problems arising as combinations of existing fragmented research topics.