Today's supply chains are becoming more complex and interconnected. As a result, traditional optimization engines struggle to cope with the increasing demands for real-time order fulfillment and inventory management. With the expansion and diversification of supply chain networks, these engines require additional support to handle the growing complexity effectively. This poses a significant challenge for supply chain professionals who must find efficient and cost-effective solutions to streamline their operations and promptly meet customer demands.

Quantum Computing and Supply Chain Management: A New Era of Optimization offers a transformative solution to these challenges. By harnessing the power of quantum computing, this book explores how supply chain planners can overcome the limitations of traditional optimization engines. Quantum computing's ability to process vast amounts of data from IoT sensors in real time can revolutionize inventory management, resource allocation, and logistics within the supply chain. It provides a theoretical framework and practical examples to illustrate how quantum algorithms can enhance transparency, optimize dynamic inventory allocation, and improve supply chain resilience.

This book is essential reading for supply chain professionals, researchers, and academics seeking innovative solutions to enhance supply chain efficiency. It provides a comprehensive overview of quantum computing's potential in supply chain management, offering insights into how this groundbreaking technology can address the complexities of modern supply chains. With a focus on practical applications and real-world examples, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of supply chain management.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Advanced Logistics Planning
Bridging Classical and Quantum Supply Chain Strategies
Case Studies
Complex Transport Planning
Ethical and Security Considerations
Integrating Quantum Computing in Supply Chain Analytics
Internet of Things (IoT)
Inventory Management
Manufacturing
Quantum Algorithms for Logistics Optimization
Retail and Distribution
Supply Chain Risk Management
Supply Chain Transparency
Sustainable Resource Management

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Ahdi Hassan has been Associate or Consulting Editor of numerous journals and also served the editorial review board from 2013- to till now. He has a number of publications and research papers published in various domains. He has given contribution with the major roles such as using modern and scientific techniques to work with sounds and meanings of words, studying the relationship between the written and spoken formats of various Asian/European languages, developing the artificial languages in coherence with modern English language, and scientifically approaching the various ancient written material to trace its origin. He teaches topics connected but not limited to communication such as English for Young Learners, English for Academic Purposes, English for Science, Technology and Engineering, English for Business and Entrepreneurship, Business Intensive Course, Applied Linguistics, interpersonal communication, verbal and nonverbal communication, cross cultural competence, language and humor, intercultural communication, culture and humor, language acquisition and language in use.

|Pronaya Bhattacharya - Editor| Dr. Pronaya Bhattacharya received the Ph.D. degree from Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Kolkata, India. He has over ten years of teaching experience. He has authored or coauthored more than 130 research papers in leading SCI journals and top core IEEE COMSOC A* conferences. Some of his top-notch findings are published in reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Transactions of Network and Service Management, IEEE Access, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, IEEE Communication Standards Magazine, ETT (Wiley), Expert Systems (Wiley), CCPE (Wiley), FGCS (Elsevier), OQEL (Springer), WPC (Springer), ACM-MOBICOM, IEEE-INFOCOM, IEEE-ICC, IEEE-CITS, IEEE-ICIEM, IEEE-CCCI, and IEEE-ECAI. He has an H-index of 30 and an i10-index of 67. He has edited two books and is currently editing six books from famed publishers like IGI Global, Elsevier, and Springer. His research interests include healthcare analytics, optical switching and networking, federated learning, blockchain, and the IoT. He is listed as Top 2% scientists as per list published by Stanford University. He has been appointed at the capacity of a keynote speaker, a technical committee member, and the session chair across the globe. He was awarded Eight Best Paper Awards in Springer ICRIC-2019, IEEE-ICIEM-2021, IEEE-ECAI-2021, Springer COMS2-2021, and IEEE-ICIEM-2022. He is a Reviewer of 21 reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions of Vehicular Technology, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Access, IEEE Network magazine, ETT (Wiley), IJCS (Wiley), MTAP (Springer), OSN (Elsevier), WPC (Springer), and others.

Dr. Pushan Kumar Dutta is a distinguished Assistant Professor Grade III in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at ASETK, Amity University Kolkata. He completed his PhD from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2015, and later pursued a post-doctorate from the Erasmus Mundus Association. He is an accomplished editor, having edited multiple books in the field of healthcare, signal processing, industry 4.0, digital transformation and for IET, IGI Global, Degruyter, CRC, Elsevier and Springer with over 10 book chapters and as reviewer for Springer, Wiley, CRC, Apple Academic Press, and Taylor and Francis. In addition, he has published more than 70 articles in Scopus indexed journals and 90 articles in total. In 2022, Dr. Dutta has already completed 10 book editorials, demonstrating his prolific contribution to academic literature. He is a member of the technical programming committee for various prominent conferences in 2022 and 2023 and has delivered keynote speeches at international events.

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