Sustainable Supply Chain and Logistic Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1878
Special Issue Editor
Interests: applied operations research; data-driven decision making; mathematical modeling with applications to production systems; supply chain; disaster relief operations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring sustainability practices across supply chains in different industries has been a focus of research during the past decades. Many countries and companies prioritize such practices to reduce carbon emissions, use fewer fossil resources and more renewable resources, reduce waste, and improve labor conditions. The supply chain accounts for a considerable amount of environmental and societal impacts through purchasing, packaging, transportation, production, and warehousing. Considering the significant impacts, improving identifying the sources of deficiencies, and developing effective practices can result in more sustainable supply chain and logistics operations.
The barriers to developing and implementing sustainability practices, as well as the potentially effective and innovative solutions toward a more sustainable supply chain and logistics management are welcome. With the advent of recent technologies, such as the Internet of Things and Blockchain, the roles and impacts of technologies and innovative approaches in the identification and improving sustainability practices are critical.
This Special Issue invites authors to contribute to the research on impacts, barriers, and challenges, as well as solutions, innovations, and successful practices in Sustainable Supply Chain and Logistics Management. The Guest Editors (GEs) welcome research papers and literature reviews in these areas, but not limited to:
- Sustainability practices and solutions in transportation
- Sustainable warehousing and inventory management
- Sustainable purchasing and procurement
- Sustainable production and manufacturing
- Barriers and challenges in sustainable supply chain and logistics
- The role of innovative technologies in sustainable supply chain
- Interactions between supply chain sustainability, disruptions, and resiliency
- Renewable energies and natural sources in the supply chain
- Green supply chain and strategies
- Closed-loop supply chains and reverse logistics
- Assessments, evaluation, and Key Performance Metrics (KPIs) supply chain sustainability
- The role of Artificial intelligence, data mining, and machine learning in sustainable supply chain and logistics
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mohammad Moshref Javadi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- supply chain
- logistics
- transportation
- warehousing
- technology
- green supply chain
- technologies
- labor
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