This book presents scheduling with a medium- and short-term focus, which makes it possible to capitalize on fleeting market opportunities while simultaneously working to reconcile economic and environmental priorities. It introduces a new mixed-integer approach to hierarchical discrete-time and continuous-time scheduling, combining aspects of production and recycling, forward and reverse logistics as well as emissions trading for multi-stage supply chain networks. Problem-specific variants of relax-and-fix heuristics and genetic algorithms are also proposed. Given its scope, the book provides a range of practical tools and new perspectives for researchers and professionals in the field of supply chain management.

Dr. Wolfgang Albrecht researches and lectures in business administration. He received his doctorate in 2014 and completed his postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in 2020 at the Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Greifswald (Germany). Currently, he has lectureships at universities in Greifswald and Berlin. His research interests include production, logistics and supply chain management.