OR in digital production and logistics management

Abstract

This special issue of Annals of Operations Research collects some of the contributions on operations research in digital production and logistics management presented at the 10th International Conference of Production Research—Americas (ICPR–Americas 2020). This meeting was organized by the Americas chapter of the Conference series of the International Foundation for Production Research, that is devoted to operations research applied to the study of production, management, and logistics problems. The 2020 conference was held during the first year of the COVID–19 pandemic. Due to the restrictions imposed and the uncertainty of the situation, the conference was held in virtual mode, in accordance with the biannual calendar of the ICPR–Americas conferences in order to respect the mandate of providing a forum for young researchers and students to exchange ideas and experiences. This tradition has been followed since the inception of the ICPR–Americas conference series in 2002 (see the historic perspective presented by Velasco & Mejía, 2019).