Global Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Organizational Performance
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 121
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain management; industry 4.0; operations management; quality 4.0; lean six sigma; reliability engineering
Interests: lean six sigma; quality; data analytics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global supply chain management aims to improve efficiency, achieve sustainable organizational performance, and enhance profitability for suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, and warehouses. Organizations in the industry are preparing for the challenges of leveraging advanced technologies and integrating industrial engineering tools and methods for sustainable performance, improving efficiency, maintaining high quality levels and improved customer satisfaction, and achieving desired value and optimized processes. Opportunities for research on the supply chain extend to the study of logistics, inventory management, and warehousing optimization, as well as the use of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other advanced tools and technologies to optimize the supply chain process and improve its performance.
This special edition of Sustainability seeks contributions from researchers and practitioners in global supply chains. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Critical success factors for implementing frameworks and methodologies for global supply chain management.
- Integration of Industry 4.0 into global and sustainable supply chain processes.
- Impact of the human factor on the sustainability of supply chain management.
- Supply chain 4.0: challenges and applications.
- Artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in supply chain management.
- Smart warehouse management, logistics, and transportation.
- Critical success factors for implementing AI and other digital technologies.
- Organizational readiness for AI and smart supply chain adoption.
- Case studies, practical applications, and best practices that allow readers to apply AI tools to solve actual supply chain problems and achieve sustainability in the organization.
In addition, we are seeking high-quality articles emphasizing strategic support, warehouse optimization, big data and data-driven strategic decision-making, and organizational readiness for global supply chain performance.
Prof. Dr. Ahmad K. Elshennawy
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Cudney
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supply chain management
- artificial intelligence
- sustainability
- sustainable implementation
- supply chain 4.0
- best practices
- smart warehousing
- organizational performance
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