ICIL 2025 focused on research that examined the effect of Industry 5.0 on logistics and supply chain management. The conference program included contributions on advanced analytics, supply chain optimization, smart and connected logistics, circular economy models, and carbon-neutral operations. Topics such as data-driven decision-making, ethical sourcing, waste reduction, and digital transformation were also highly represented. The event particularly highlighted contributions that demonstrated how novel approaches drive innovation in industrial logistics and supply chain management by connecting theory and practice.

The conference program covered the areas listed below, along with related topics:

Selected papers from ICIL 2025 are included in the conference proceedings volume Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Logistics (ICIL) 2025: Selected Papers from the 16th Biennial Conference of the International Centre for Innovation and Industrial Logistics, Tokyo, Japan, 30 October - 2 November 2025, published by Springer as part of the Lecture Notes in Operations Research series.

➤ Supply Chain Management
➤ Purchasing and Procurement
➤ Inventory Management
➤ In-plant Logistics
- ➥ Material Handling
- ➥ Plant Layout
- ➥ Operations Management and Scheduling
- ➥ Plant Location
➤ Warehousing
- ➥ Warehouse/DC Design and Layout
- ➥ Storage Equipment and Systems
- ➥ Warehouse Process Optimization
- ➥ Warehouse Location
➤ Distribution Design and Planning, Distribution Management
➤ Transportation
- ➥ Transportation Modes, Intermodal Transport
- ➥ Transportation Management, Route Optimisation

➤ Simulation Modelling of Logistics Systems and Processes
➤ Logistics 5.0
- ➥ Robotics in Logistics
- ➥ Digital/Smart Logistics
➤ Logistics Information Systems, Identification and Communication, e-logistics
➤ Packaging and Labelling
➤ Reverse Logistics, Recycling and Waste Management
➤ Sustainable (Green) Logistics/SCM, Corporate Social Responsibility
➤ Reliability and Maintenance of Logistic Systems
➤ Financial and Economic Modelling/Aspects of Logistics
➤ Forecasting
➤ Customer Service, After-sales Support
➤ Logistic Outsourcing
➤ Global Logistics
➤ Ergonomics in Logistics

Past ICIL Conferences

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