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Design of Sustainable Supply Chain and Transportation Service Mode

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 August 2024 | Viewed by 1624

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. GuoJun Ji

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Management Science Department, Management School, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Interests: supply chain management; logistics engineering; high education management
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As the global economic growth slows, countries have developed supply chain management and logistics strategies to cope with the change in the market. However, the supply chain often fractures, and unstable problems related to logistics service quality often appear in operations. In order to ensure the sustainable development of the economy and society, building tough supply chains using artificial intelligence, big data, and Internet of things for logistics services has become the focus of modern enterprises, and both academia and industry need to carry out theoretical explorations and practice operations.

Following these drivers, this Special Issue focuses on the following research perspectives: a sustainable supply chain and resilient supply chain relationship; sustainable supply chain and smart logistics service models; the impact of modern technology on transportation logistics service design; the impact of man–machine hybrid behavior on supply chain management and logistics management decisions; how a sustainable supply chain removes risk; and the innovative design of the logistics service supply chain.

Prof. Dr. GuoJun Ji
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable supply chain
  • smart logistics
  • transportation logistics service design
  • logistics management decisions
  • supply chain removes risk

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Transforming Healthcare Delivery with Advanced Air Mobility: A Rural Study with GIS-Based Optimization
by Raj Bridgelall and Denver Tolliver
Sustainability 2024, 16(13), 5709; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16135709 - 4 Jul 2024
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The efficient and timely delivery of pharmaceuticals is critical, particularly in regions with dispersed populations and challenging logistics. Inclement weather often disrupts ground transport, complicating the consistent supply of essential medications. Advanced air mobility (AAM), particularly through the use of drones, presents a [...] Read more.
The efficient and timely delivery of pharmaceuticals is critical, particularly in regions with dispersed populations and challenging logistics. Inclement weather often disrupts ground transport, complicating the consistent supply of essential medications. Advanced air mobility (AAM), particularly through the use of drones, presents a promising solution to these logistical challenges by enabling smaller, more frequent deliveries to low density populated places and bypassing traditional transport constraints. This study evaluates the potential benefits of AAM for pharmaceutical transport in North Dakota (ND). The authors developed a comprehensive GIS and optimization framework to identify optimal locations for logistical centers and routes for drone and truck transport. The study introduces a person-years-saved (PYS) metric to rank the potential for AAM deployments to foster healthcare improvements in underserved communities. Moreover, the study found that drone trips were significantly more cost-effective and efficient than truck trips, with trucks being 2.3 times more expensive and having a 2.8 times higher underutilization rate. The study concludes with recommendations for regulatory support and future research to validate and expand the application of AAM in pharmaceutical logistics, contributing to improved healthcare delivery and operational efficiency in often overlooked rural populations. These insights provide a foundation for the practical implementation of AAM technologies, emphasizing their potential to revolutionize pharmaceutical logistics in challenging environments. Full article
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Research on the Manufacturer’s Strategies under Different Supply Interruption Risk Based on Supply Chain Resilience
by Guojun Ji and Wen Hong
Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 874; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020874 - 19 Jan 2024
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In order to study the selection of coping strategies for the manufacturer facing different supply interruption risks, this paper constructs a supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one supplier and uses no-taking coping strategies as the benchmark model to analyze the resilience [...] Read more.
In order to study the selection of coping strategies for the manufacturer facing different supply interruption risks, this paper constructs a supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one supplier and uses no-taking coping strategies as the benchmark model to analyze the resilience of supply chain formed by the manufacturer’s adoption of penalty mechanism, emergency supplier mechanism, and strategic investment mechanism. The research shows that in the face of various levels of supply interruption risk, the manufacturer adopting a strategic investment mechanism will achieve high resilience, enabling the manufacturer and supplier to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. In some cases of high interruption risk, the manufacturer adopting an emergency supplier mechanism can achieve higher chain resilience compared with not taking emergency measures, but its ability to improve supply chain resilience is weaker than that of a strategic investment mechanism. The penalty mechanism is applicable to situations where some interruption risk is characterized by low risk, and in such cases, both the penalty mechanism and the strategic investment mechanism can enhance the resilience of the supply chain. Full article
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