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We show that Quantum Energy-Transport and Quantum Drift-Diffusion models can be derived through diffusion limits of a collisional Wigner equation. The collision operator relaxes to an equilibrium defined through the entropy minimization principle. Both models are shown to be entropic and exhibit fluxes which are related with the state variables through spatially non-local relations. Thanks to an expansion of these models, 2 perturbations of the Classical Energy-Transport and Drift-Diffusion models are found. In the DriftDiffusion case, the quantum correction is the Bohm potential and the model is still entropic. In the Energy-Transport case however, the quantum correction is a rather complex expression and the model cannot be proven entropic.

We consider a supply chain consisting of a sequence of buffer queues and processors with certain throughput times and capacities. Based on a simple rule for releasing parts, i.e. batches of product or individual product items, from the buffers into the processors we derive a hyperbolic conservation law for the part density and flux in the supply chain. The conservation law will be asymptotically valid in regimes with a large number of parts in the supply chain. Solutions of this conservation law will in general develop concentrations corresponding to bottlenecks in the supply chain.