Preface

The book presents the key themes of logistics engineering, including supply chain management, logistics, and inventory control. It presents recent advances and developments in the field and discusses emerging research topics on blockchain technology in supply chain management, the safety of food in the supply chain, the environment of maritime transport, sustainable logistics, the autonomous warehouse, and fluid inventory control.

### **Samson Jerold Samuel Chelladurai**

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

> **Suresh Mayilswamy** PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

**S. Gnanasekaran** Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

#### **Ramakrishnan Thirumalaisamy**

Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India

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Section 1

Supply Chain
