Dear Colleagues,

Operations and supply chain management is an interesting mix of man, machine and materials and applying sophisticated technology. Operations and supply chains are the backbone for development and growth of organisations and nations. It has been a key element of improvement in productivity in businesses around the world. Creating a competitiveness advantage through operations requires an understanding of how the operations and supply chain management contribute to productivity growth. Operations and supply chain management is best done with cross functional integrations within or outside the organizations. Today’s uncertain, turbulent environments expose supply chains and business operations to risks/disruptions that can significantly damage organisations and economies. Besides being a theoretical platform for the academic community there is a need to bridge the gap between supply chain and operations towards its effective deployment and application.

This Special Issue will focus on publishing original research papers that explore the application and impact of theoretical and empirical approaches in operations and supply chain management practice and its real world applications in advancing manufacturing or service systems. This issue particularly welcomes research papers on the topic of operations and supply chain management for improving manufacturing/service operations. Submissions involving systematic literature review, empirical and modelling based work, real world case studies will be encouraged. We are inviting original manuscripts in the following (but not limited to) topics:

• Operations Management across different sectors
• Operations and Supply Chain strategies
• Responsive and reconfigurable supply chains
• Logistics and warehousing management
• Container operations and supply chains
• Humanitarian supply chain management
• Lean/Agile systems
• Quality Management & Operations Excellence
• Multi channel operation management
• Cold chain management
• Risk management in supply chains
• Healthcare operations and supply chain management
• Sustainable operations & supply chain management
• Financial supply chains

Journal: Administrative Sciences (Indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science)

Prof. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh
Dr. Mahesh Chand
Guest Editors

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