This book presents state-of-the-art research and practice in optimization routing, specifically the vehicle routing problem (VRP).   Since its introduction in the late 1950s, the VRP has been a very significant area of research and practice in operations research.  Vehicles are used to make deliveries and for pick-ups every day and everywhere.  Companies such as Amazon, UPS, FedEx, and DHL use route optimization to reduce mileage, fuel use, number of trucks on the road, and carbon dioxide emissions.  The authors compile and analyze 135 survey and review articles on vehicle routing topics...

This book provides a concerted supply chain perspective for dealing with pandemics on the scale of COVID-19.  Specifically, this book describes a new approach, supply chain immunity, to illustrate what is needed to fix our economy and healthcare systems.  The authors of this book are experts in supply chain management, health care supply chains, major systems acquisition, and contingency sourcing methods.  Based on first-hand experiences working during COVID in the depths of the nation’s supply chain failures, the authors develop important themes for private and public sector supply...