Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management
About the Book Series
This series sets out to present a rich and varied collection of cutting-edge research on production and operations management (POM), addressing key topics and new areas of interest in order to define and enhance research in this important field. Bringing together academic study on all aspects of planning, organizing and supervising production, manufacturing or the provision of services, subject areas will include, but are not limited to: operations research, product and process design, manufacturing strategy, scheduling, quality management, logistics and supply chain management. Highly specialised and industry-specific studies are actively encouraged.
Sustainable Supply Chains in the Digital Age: Navigating Complexity, Technology and Finance
1st Edition
Edited
By Kateryna Lysenko-Ryba, Sabina Kauf
June 02, 2026
Modern supply chains operate in conditions of increasing complexity and uncertainty, resulting from both dynamic technological changes and increasing regulatory requirements. Companies must simultaneously optimize their processes for efficiency and costs, minimize risk and adapt to new ESG ...
Warehouse Automation and the Dehumanization of Labour
1st Edition
By Marta Uznańska-Kuś
May 08, 2026
This book explores the automation of warehouse processes and the human-machine relationship, focusing on the impact of technology on the dehumanization of work. While modern warehouses rely heavily on advanced technologies, human labor remains essential, requiring interaction and collaboration with...
Real-Time Visibility in Supply Chain Management: Theories, Technologies, and Tensions
1st Edition
By Sławomir Wyciślak
December 26, 2025
Real-Time Visibility in Supply Chain Management applies the paradox theory to understand why real-time visibility expectations and aspirations do not meet supply chain realities. Providing an understanding of the governance of industrial digital platforms for real-time visibility, the book ...
Sustainability and Smart Manufacturing: The Transformation of the Steelwork Industry
1st Edition
By Bożena Gajdzik, Radosław Wolniak, Wieslaw Grebski, Jan Szymszal, Michalene Eva Grebski
December 26, 2025
This book discusses three key aspects of business operations: sustainability, human factors, and smart manufacturing, which make up modern business. The authors share their experiences in the transformation of enterprises to Industry 4.0/5.0 and the sustainability of steel production, as well as ...
Supply Chain Operations in the Arctic: Implications for Social Sustainability
1st Edition
Edited
By Antonina Tsvetkova, Konstantin Timoshenko
April 14, 2025
The extant corpus of research on supply chain sustainability in the Arctic exhibits a conspicuous neglect of the social dimension, rendering it the most underprivileged among the three pillars of sustainability. A deep dive into the Arctic, this edited volume endeavors to fill this opulent lacuna ...
Quality Management, Value Creation, and the Digital Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, Justyna Żywiołek, Muhammad Shahbaz
December 18, 2024
In the conditions of the modern market economy, in which globalization and competition are rife, quality is of great importance for determining a company's position in the market. The changing and complex economic reality is shaping new market patterns while modern technologies influence ...
Supply Chain Mapping, Sustainability, and Industry 4.0
1st Edition
By Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Steve Brown, Syed Imran Zaman
December 18, 2024
During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain (SC) mapping appeared as one of the critical SC capabilities that could make a striking difference in organizations’ SC performance and improve sustainable operations. Despite its crucial role in responding to SC disruptions, there is a void in the ...
Gamification and Industry 4.0: Gamified Smart Manufacturing
1st Edition
By Lars Konzack
November 05, 2024
Gamification and Industry 4.0 are two concepts that each in their own right have sparked attention. Gamification as a way to use game elements in non-game activities, and Industry 4.0 as a way to describe how the interconnected digital transformation of operational technologies are changing ...
Digitalization and Sustainable Manufacturing: Twin Transition in Norway
1st Edition
Edited
By Sverre Gulbrandsen-Dahl, Heidi C. Dreyer, Einar L. Hinrichsen, Halvor Holtskog, Kristian Martinsen, Håkon Raabe, Gabor Sziebig
October 25, 2024
The manufacturing industry is facing massive changes driven by digitalization and sustainability. It is being redefined to meet the UN SDGs with the creation of new materials, processes and machinery. The drive for digitalization in order to use resources more effectively and efficiently adds to ...
Real-time Simulation for Sustainable Production: Enhancing User Experience and Creating Business Value
1st Edition
Edited
By Juhani Ukko, Minna Saunila, Janne Heikkinen, R.Scott Semken, Aki Mikkola
May 31, 2021
This book provides a comprehensive overview of potential opportunities and the business value position related to implementing physics-based real-time simulation to production. The objective of real-time simulation is to provide value for all three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social, ...