Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Comprising thirteen colleges and schools, Loyola offers more than 80 undergraduate and 140 graduate/professional programs and enrolls approximately 17,000 students. The grant cooperation is carried out with the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business (QSoB) as part of the Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (ISSCM) department. ISSCM focuses on research in the field of logistics and transportation, in particular, the development of quantitative decision models in the field of transport and supply chain management, and the development of new optimization heuristics for complex routing problems.