The International Journal of Logistics Management
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Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – catching up in the food industry through business model innovation
Christopher Münch, Evi HartmannThe food supply chain worldwide has suffered severely due to the COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures. Previous research suggests that business model innovation (BMI) could…
Pressures, power relationships and governance mechanisms: a multi-tier supply chain approach
Giovanni Beccari Gemente, Andrea Lago da Silva, Eliciane Maria da Silva, Flavio Henrique CostaTo do this, the authors carried out a systematic literature review to answer three questions: (RQ1) Which external pressures affect an FC and its suppliers in an MSC…
Multi-demand supply chain triads and the role of Third-Party Logistics Providers
Ilias Vlachos, Vasiliki PolichronidouThird-party logistics providers (3PLs) have significantly evolved during the last decades, yet their role within a supply chain triad has been overlooked; this study…
The sustainable development of rural-to-urban food supply chains in developing nations
Trang Hoang, John Bell, Pham Hung Hiep, Chad W. AutryThis paper explores how firms develop and mature sustainable supply chains (SSCs) in developing nations (DNs). The primitive resources, infrastructures and understanding…
An optimization model for collaborative logistics among carriers in vehicle routing problems with cross-docking
Vahid Ghomi, David Gligor, Sina Shokoohyar, Reza Alikhani, Farnaz Ghazi NezamiCollaborative Logistics (CL) and merging operations are crucial strategies for reducing costs and improving service in transportation companies. This study proposes a…
Circular supply chain management: a bibliometric analysis-based literature review
Abraham Zhang, Linh Duong, Stefan Seuring, Janet L. HartleySupply chain management (SCM) research has contributed to the transition to a circular economy (CE). Still, confusions exist on the related terms, and no review has mapped…
Defensive pessimism and its effect on supply chain performance
Uchenna Peter Ekezie, Seock-Jin HongThis paper addresses a gap in task performance research, with a focus on supply chain operations, by exploring the role that defensive pessimism (DP)—a phenomenon sparsely…
The role of an open analytics culture and analytics skills in adopting real-time supply chain analytics for higher performance
Marcos Paulo Valadares de Oliveira, Robert HandfieldThe study objective was to understand what components of organizational culture and capability combined with analytic skillsets are needed to allow organizations to…
Sustaining circular economy practices in supply chains during a global disruption
Ashish Dwivedi, Priyabrata Chowdhury, Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Dindayal AgrawalCircular economy (CE) practices are critical to achieving sustainable development goals. However, the recent global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has…
Revisiting the bullwhip effect: how can AI smoothen the bullwhip phenomenon?
Eric Weisz, David M. Herold, Sebastian KummerAlthough scholars argue that artificial intelligence (AI) represents a tool to potentially smoothen the bullwhip effect in the supply chain, only little research has…
Is supply chain finance an antidote to SMEs in the economic crisis? - A qualitative inquiry
Jaspreet Kaur, Satish Kumar, Rohit JoshiThis exploratory study aims to explore the operational and financial constraints faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Supply chain followership: the case of Tetra Pak’s recyclers in China
Yu Gong, Fu Jia, Steve BrownThe purpose of this paper is to explore an under-researched topic of supply chain followership (SCF) in the context of recycling chains.
The contingency effects of dependence relationship on supply chain information sharing and agility
Chunguang Bai, Kannan Govindan, Baofeng HuoSupply chain agility (SCA) is the primary strategy for reducing impacts and quick recovery when supply chains experience a disruption risk, such as the COVID-19 pandemic…
Supply chain driven sustainability: ambidexterity, authentic leadership and interorganizational citizenship behavior
Ray Qing Cao, Isaac Elking, Vicky Ching GuThe purpose of this study is to examine how supply chain strategy affects a firm's sustainability performance and how the strength of that relationship is influenced by…
Moving toward a circular economy in manufacturing organizations: the role of circular stakeholder engagement practices
Lea Fobbe, Per HilletofthThe circular economy (CE) approach has been acknowledged as key for manufacturing organizations wishing to overcome sustainability challenges. However, the transition has…
Linking big data, sustainable supply chain management and corporate performance: the moderating role of circular economy thinking
Thanh Tiep LeThis paper aims to assess how big data–driven supply chain management (BDSCM) influences sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) to achieve sustainable corporate…
Understanding and predicting the determinants of blockchain technology adoption and SMEs' performance
Surajit Bag, Muhammad Sabbir Rahman, Shivam Gupta, Lincoln C. WoodThe success of SMEs' financial and market performance (MAP) depends on the firms' level of blockchain technology adoption (BCA) and identifying the crucial antecedents…
A new taxonomy of fourth-party logistics: a lexicometric-based classification
Nejib Fattam, Tarik Saikouk, Ahmed Hamdi, Alan Win, Ismail BadraouiThis paper aims to elaborate on current research on fourth party logistics “4PL” by offering a taxonomy that provides a deeper understanding of 4PL service offerings, thus…
Towards a contingency theoretic perspective on technology pre-adoption in supply chain management
Stefan SelenskyEmerging technologies and the concept of Industry 4.0 are on the rise. Thus, available solutions for SCM get more complex and dynamic. Technology adoption is crucial for…
Total productive maintenance and Industry 4.0 in a sustainability context: exploring the mediating effect of circular economy
Ashutosh Samadhiya, Rajat Agrawal, Sunil Luthra, Anil Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Deepak Kumar SrivastavaThe purpose of this research is to establish a conceptual model to understand the impact of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the transition of…
Cross-actor pallet exchange platform for collaboration in circular supply chains
Roland Lehner, Ralf ElbertPallets ensure efficient processes in logistics and are exchanged between the different actors, while passing through various supply chains several times. In common…
Enhancing supply chain information sharing with third party logistics service providers
Mbali Cynthia Valashiya, Rose LukeThis study evaluated the enhancement of information sharing practices with third party logistics service providers (3PLs) in a supply chain solutions company that provides…
From real-time visibility to operational benefits – tensions on unfinished paths
Slawomir WycislakVisibility is the need of the hour for each organization involved in the supply chain, and scholars have made few previous efforts to understand patterns driving…
Barriers to circular supply chain: the case of unorganized tire retreading in India
Sourabh Bhattacharya, Vinay Kumar KalakbandiTo understand the role of the unorganized sector in the push toward a circular economy (CE), the authors consider the case of the unorganized tire retreading industry in…
E-grocery logistics: exploring the gap between research and practice
Arianna Seghezzi, Riccardo Mangiaracina, Angela TuminoThis paper investigates the logistics management in the e-grocery sector. It contrasts the key issues faced by practitioners and the topics addressed in the academic…
Transitioning to a circular economy: lessons from the wood industry
Tharaka De Vass, Alka Ashwini Nand, Ananya Bhattacharya, Daniel Prajogo, Glen Croy, Amrik Sohal, Kristian RotaruUsing a soft-hard continuum of drivers and barriers, this research seeks to explain wood companies' adoption of circular economy (CE) practices.
Influence of supply chain resilience, information technology capabilities and agility on cost and delivery performance in construction supply chains: an Indian perspective
Tisha Meriam Cherian, Deepak Mathivathanan, C. Joe Arun SJ, M. Ramasubramaniam, Sreejith AlathurThe impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been severely felt by India's construction industry, which contributes heavily to economic growth and employment. An analysis of the…
A multi-tier approach to supply chain collaboration: implications of shopper solutions
Christopher Newman, David Gligor, Yoon-Na ChoThe authors explored the impact of a popular supply chain collaboration initiative – the shopper solution – on both retailers and manufacturers, as well as on the shopper.
Developing relational embeddedness of logistics service provider to enhance supply chain performance in transitive triads
Artur SwierczekThe study seeks to explore the effect of socialization mechanisms on relational embeddedness of logistics service providers (LSP), and relational performance of dyads, and…
Circular economy performance measurements and blockchain technology: an examination of relationships
Mahtab Kouhizadeh, Qingyun Zhu, Joseph SarkisThis study proposes a systematic and comprehensive circular economy (CE) performance measure as an instrument to operationalize and quantify circularity. It seeks to…
Being ethically resilient during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study of Indian supply chain companies
Shivangi Verma, Naval Garg, Thangaraja ArumugamThe present study aims to examine the relationship between techno-ethical orientation and ethical decision-making (EDM) in Indian supply chain companies during the…
Net-zero economy research in the field of supply chain management: a systematic literature review and future research agenda
Ruchi Mishra, Rajesh Singh, Kannan GovindanThe purpose of this study is to systematically review the state-of-art literature on the net-zero economy in the field of supply chain management.
Food supply chain waste reduction for a circular economy in the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of New Zealand consumers
Na Luo, Tava Olsen, Subhamoy Ganguly, Yanping LiuFood waste (FW) reduction, of which household wastage comprises a large fraction, has an important role in promoting the circular economy (CE). This study investigates how…
Tie strength, tie brokerage and buyer–supplier co-exploration: a novelty–action trade-off
Qiyuan Zhang, Mengyang Wang, Ziyu ZhaoIn the pursuit of co-exploration, the strength and brokerage dimensions of dyadic ties create a novelty–action trade-off: tie strength facilitates coordination but…
Exploring relationships between service quality dimensions and customers satisfaction: empirical study in context to Indian logistics service providers
Anchal Gupta, Rajesh Kumar Singh, K. Mathiyazhagan, Pradeep Kumar Suri, Yogesh K. DwivediThis study aims to identify service quality dimensions for logistics service providers (LSPs) and to examine their relationships with customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
Acting in concert leads to success: how to implement Industry 4.0 effectively across companies
Johannes W. VeileThe purpose of the study is to shed light on how to implement Industry 4.0 effectively across companies in buyer–supplier relationships.
Exploring trade-offs between basic and advanced sustainable supply chain practices among consumer electronics: a social media analytics approach
Shima Mirzaei, Sajjad Shokouhyar, Sina ShokoohyarThis study explores the sustainable supply chain trade-offs in the electronics industry.
Strategic opportunities for product-agnostic remanufacturing
Robin Hofmeester, Daniel R. EyersThere is now much emphasis in both research and practice on the principles of circular economies. In this paper remanufacturing is examined as a key enabler of circular…
The impact of supply chain relationship configurations on supplier performance: investigating buyer–supplier relations in the aerospace industry
Ulrich Schmelzle, Prabhjot S. MukandwalA supplier may sell not only to one buyer (sole relationship configuration) but also to the buyers competitors (shared relationship configuration) for a specific product…
Inventory planning under supplier uncertainty in a two-level supply chain
Noura YassineDue to uncertainty in supply chains caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), organizations are adjusting their supply chain design to address challenges faced…
A decision support model for selecting unmanned aerial vehicle for medical supplies: context of COVID-19 pandemic
Debapriya Banik, Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Kannan Govindan, Farjana Nur, Kari Babski-ReevesIn recent times, due to rapid urbanization and the expansion of the E-commerce industry, drone delivery has become a point of interest for many researchers and industry…
Putting head-worn displays to use for order picking: a most-similar comparative case study
Michiel Bal, Lander Vermeerbergen, Jos BendersThis paper aims to identify why warehouses do or do not succeed in putting to use digital technologies for order picking.
Coping in supply chains: a conceptual framework for disruption management
Nezih Altay, Raktim PalThe Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains. Attempts to deepen our understanding of the effects of the pandemic on global supply chains mostly…
Modelling resilient fashion retail supply chain strategies to mitigate the COVID-19 impact
P.R.S. Sarma, Aalok Kumar, Nishat Alam Choudhary, Sachin Kumar ManglaThis paper aims to develop supply chain strategies for the fashion retail supply chain (FRSC), likely to be disrupted by the current pandemic (COVID-19) under physical and…
Development of sustainable and resilient healthcare and non-cold pharmaceutical distribution supply chain for COVID-19 pandemic: a case study
Omid Abdolazimi, Mitra Salehi Esfandarani, Maryam Salehi, Davood Shishebori, Majid Shakhsi-NiaeiThis study evaluated the influence of the coronavirus pandemic on the healthcare and non-cold pharmaceutical care distribution supply chain.
A resilient pricing and service quality level decision for fresh agri-product supply chain in post-COVID-19 era
Arkajyoti De, Surya Prakash SinghThis paper investigates how the channel leadership strategies develop a post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilient agri-supply chain, which reduces supplier and…
Analysis of factors impacting survivability of sustainable supply chain during COVID-19 pandemic: an empirical study in the context of SMEs
Manish Mohan Baral, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Yiğit KazançoğluNowadays, many firms are finding ways to enhance the survivability of sustainable supply chains (SUSSCs). The present study aims to develop a model for the SUSSCs of small…
Key supply chain strategies for the post-COVID-19 era: implications for resilience and sustainability
Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Md. Abdul Moktadir, Kamrul AhsanThe impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continue to devastate supply chain operations. To attain a competitive advantage in the post-COVID-19 era…
How big data analytics can help manufacturing companies strengthen supply chain resilience in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Surajit Bag, Pavitra Dhamija, Sunil Luthra, Donald HuisinghIn this paper, the authors emphasize that COVID-19 pandemic is a serious pandemic as it continues to cause deaths and long-term health effects, followed by the most…
Using AI and ML to predict shipment times of therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines in e-pharmacy supply chains during COVID-19 pandemic
Mahesh Babu Mariappan, Kanniga Devi, Yegnanarayanan Venkataraman, Ming K. Lim, Panneerselvam TheivendrenThis paper aims to address the pressing problem of prediction concerning shipment times of therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…
Supply chains and COVID-19: impacts, countermeasures and post-COVID-19 era
Atif Saleem ButtThis paper explores the steps/countermeasures taken by firms to address supply chain disruptions in the wake of COVID-19.
Supply chain resilience: A review, conceptual framework and future research
Anjali Shishodia, Rohit Sharma, R. Rajesh, Ziaul Haque MunimThe study identifies nine important research areas and critically maps the structural relationships among supply chain resilience (SCRES) dimensions, namely…
Analysing developing countries approaches of supply chain resilience to COVID-19
Sadaf Aman, Stefan SeuringThe Covid-19 pandemic has made it essential to explore the resilience factors specific to developing regions, not only because they pose threats of extreme poverty and…
COVID-19 and supply chain risk mitigation: a case study from India
Vishwas Dohale, Priyanka Verma, Angappa Gunasekaran, Priya AmbilkarThis study prioritizes the supply chain risks (SCRs) and determines risk mitigation strategies (RMSs) for the Indian apparel industry to mitigate the shock of the COVID-19…
Impact of I4.0 technologies and their interoperability on performance: future pathways for supply chain resilience post-COVID-19
Guilherme F. Frederico, Vikas Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Anil Kumar, Rohit AgrawalThis study aims to investigate the impact of I4.0 technologies and their interoperability on supply chains (SCs) performance and how the integration of such technologies…
The role of operations and supply chains in mitigating social disruptions caused by COVID-19: a stakeholder dynamic capabilities view
Yashoda Devi, Abhishek Srivastava, Nitin Koshta, Atanu ChaudhuriThe disruption caused by COVID-19 exhorts to reiterate the role of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) in achieving social sustainability. Therefore, the present…
A bi-level mathematical model for logistic management considering the evolutionary game with environmental feedbacks
Peiman Ghasemi, Fariba Goodarzian, Angappa Gunasekaran, Ajith AbrahamThis paper proposed a bi-level mathematical model for location, routing and allocation of medical centers to distribution depots during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The…
Are artificial intelligence and machine learning suitable to tackle the COVID-19 impacts? An agriculture supply chain perspective
Kirti Nayal, Rakesh D. Raut, Maciel M. Queiroz, Vinay Surendra Yadav, Balkrishna E. NarkhedeThis article aims to model the challenges of implementing artificial intelligence and machine earning (AI-ML) for moderating the impacts of COVID-19, considering the…
Agriculture value chain sustainability during COVID-19: an emerging economy perspective
Sneha Kumari, V.G. Venkatesh, Eric Deakins, Venkatesh Mani, Sachin KambleAgriculture value chains (AVCs) have experienced unprecedented disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lockdowns and stringent social distancing restrictions making…
Empirical examination of societal, financial and technology-related challenges amid COVID-19 in service supply chains: evidence from emerging market
Mian M. Ajmal, Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Kashif Shad, Haseena AlKatheeri, Fauzia JabeenThis paper reports an empirical examination of the societal, financial and technology-related challenges amid the ongoing pandemic (COVID-19) in the service supply chain network.
Operational challenges during a pandemic: an investigation in the electronics industry
Sanjoy Kumar Paul, Priyabrata Chowdhury, Md. Tarek Chowdhury, Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty, Md. Abdul MoktadirThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses numerous challenges to supply chains. This pandemic is quite unique when compared to previous epidemic…
Strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on supply chain disruptions: a multiple case analysis of buyers and distributors
Atif Saleem ButtThis paper explores the steps/countermeasures taken by buying and distributing firms to address supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19.
An intelligent framework for analyzing supply chain resilience of firms in China: a hybrid multicriteria approach
Zuopeng (Justin) Zhang, Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Prajwal Eachempati, Yubing YuThe paper aims to identify the most supply chain resilient company suitable for the customized preferences of partner firms in the context of the Chinese supply chain…
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