Section 1. Mathematical operation of the order picking problem. Chapter 1. Variable neighborhood search algorithm for the variable cost and size bin packing problem ; Chapter 2. Tri-objective optimization model for order picking ; Chapter 3. Intelligent tool for decision making associated with hospitalization and sandstorms for the optimization of ambulances ; Chapter 4. Use of compensatory fuzzy logic for knowledge discovery applied to the warehouse order picking problem for real-time order batching ; Chapter 5. Tuning parameters using visthaa applied to a metaheuristic algorithm that solves the order picking problem ; Chapter 6. Prioritization of elements selection in order-picking problems through a preference model influenced by personality -- Section 2. Innovative aspects of applied metaheuristics for the resolution of order picking. Chapter 7. Implementation of an artificial bee colony to solve an order picking problem ; Chapter 8. Use of elephant search algorithm to solve an order picking problem in a mobile atelier ; Chapter 9. An order-picking model associated with hospital components and solved by a firefly algorithm ; Chapter 10. Improvement of the optimization of an order picking model associated with the components of a classic Volkswagen Beetle using an ant colony approach ; Chapter 11. Design of an order picking reduce module using bat algorithm -- Section 3. Avant-garde applications in the use of order picking models to improve competitiveness in the supply chain sector of companies in the manufacturing industry. Chapter 12. Application of the order-picking and self-organizing maps models to optimize the supply chain: a review of the literature ; Chapter 13. Solving a floral order-picking model using a metaheuristic to seven societies of central Asia ; Chapter 14. Identification of continued improvement in the resolution of an order picking model for a furniture factory to improve the distribution of wood furniture ; Chapter 15. Distribution and selection of ornamental fishes' issues on a koi fish pond using krill algorithm to an order picking model ; Chapter 16. Solving instances of an order picking model for the second-hand toy industry combining amalgam case-based reasoning and PSO algorithms ; Chapter 17. Implementing of a business model for an order picking related to agribusiness -- Section 4. Innovation in the context of industry 4.0 and applications beyond the technology associated with smart manufacturing. Chapter 18. Perishing goods transportation problem: fundamentals, advances, and applications ; Chapter 19. Functional order picking model associated with italika motorcycle parts ; Chapter 20. Searching for the optimum number of capacitated materialistic cars for an automotive manufacturing cell using a shuffled frog leap algorithm ; Chapter 21. Implementation of an intelligent model for decision making based on CBR for supply chain solution in retail for a cluster of supermarkets ; Chapter 22. Consumer purchase preference for the perception of quality of perishable products in a smart city ; Chapter 23. Predict energy charging points to electric vehicles in a smart city using a novel metaheuristic ; Chapter 24. Specification of a model of distribution of traditional clothing in a mobile atelier ; Chapter 25. A fuzzy logic classifier for the three dimensional bin packing problem deriving from package delivery companies application ; Chapter 26. Order picking performance in warehouses with multi-item orders.