As the customer is demanding more sustainable and affordable products, the supply chains have to find innovative ways to fulfill this need. In this context, collaboration as well as optimization methods are becoming even more evident to enhance supply chain structure to an efficient and sustainable approach. While collaboration and optimization increase complexity and susceptibility, risk management needs to be applied concurrently.
This volume, edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Thorsten Blecker and Christian Ringle, provides valuable insights into:
- Sustainability in Logistics
- Sustainability and collaboration practices
- Supply chain risk management
- Optimization methods in supply chain management.

This volume addresses timely and relevant topics. Both researchers and practitioners are addressed and can obtain background information from current distributions by international authors presenting a state of the art research overview.

I. Success Drivers of Sustainable Supply Chain
With Contributions by:

- Christian Haider and Gerald J. Aschaue
- Matthias Klumpp, Christian Witte, Sabrina Gries, Michael Lohmeier and Stephan Zelewski
- Margeret Hall
- Claudine Soosay
- Claudine Soosay
- Thomas Preisler, Wolfgang Renz and Ante Vilenica

II. Sustainability and Collaboration Practices
With Contributions by:

- Wolfgang Kersten, Moritz Petersen and Sebastian Brockhaus
- Maria Caridi, Federica Ciccullo and Margherita Pero
- Robert Christian Fandl, Tobais Held and Wolfgang Kersten
- Mike Wahl, Kristina Hunke and Gunnar Prause
- Laura Nayibe Bolívar Trujillo and Carlos Eduardo Moreno Mantilla
- Mario Winkelhaus and Prof. Dr. Franz Vallée

III. Supply Chain Risk Management
With Contributions by:

- Sebastian Groggert, Tobias Gelau and Wendelin Gross
- Dr. Nils Meyer-Larsen, Dr. Linda Drupsteen, Gerald Gräf, Laura Maier and Rainer Müller
- Juan Pablo Zamora Aguas, Juan Pablo Castrellón Torres and Wilson Adarme Jaimes

IV. Optimization Methods in Supply Chain Management
With Contributions by:

- Wolfgang Kersten and Matthias Ehni
- Eduardo Sánchez Díaz
- Henning Strubelt, Miriam Röbig and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zadek
- L. Margareta, G. Follert and M. ten Hompel
- Yoshiyuki Nakura
- Alireza Farnoush and Magnus Wiktorsson
- Reza Rabieyan, Holly Lutze, Abolfazl Kazemi and Nima Esfandiari
- Günther Schuh, Volkan Ünlü and Markus Engel