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Emerging Emergencies and Sustainability: The Role of Supply Chain and Logistics

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 39918

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ferry Jie

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School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup WA 6027, Western Australia
Interests: supply chain; logistics management; supply chain performance; sustainability supply chain management; operations/production management; quantitative management/operations research/management science; quality management; Lean Six Sigma; strategic management; and project management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world is witnessing an unprecedented upheaval in supply chain and logistics. Economic, social, and environmental changes create conditions, amplify, and accelerate what were once one-in-a-generation events. Companies are plunged into emergency mode fighting for their survival and charting unknown territory like never before. To find a way out of recurring crises, managers need guidance on how to redeploy operational resources and build resilience to high impact events.

An important role in reconfiguring and rebuilding operations and supply chains is played by technology. Artificial intelligence (Dwivedi et al., 2019) and big data analytics (Kache and Seuring, 2017; Matthias et al., 2017) can quickly identify populations in distress. Social media (Ramanathan, Subramanian and Parrott, 2017) can help to coordinate relief efforts. Distributed manufacturing technologies from Industry 4.0 (Koh, Orzes and Jia, 2019; Queiroz et al., 2019) have the potential for point-of-care manufacture of life-saving medicines, implants, equipment and devices within the vicinity of an outbreak or disaster (Phillips et al.,2019).

Along with technology, what else is out there? There is limited attention in the literature as to how companies are responding to emerging emergencies in the sustainability space. While scholars have identified the coordination mechanisms needed to provide a synchronized response to disasters (Holguín-Veras et al., 2012; Oloruntoba and Gray, 2006; Van Wassenhove, 2006), the significance of fostering capabilities for the deployment of emerging technologies in emergency situations is under-researched (Sarkis, 2012; De Giovanni, 2019; Koh, Orzes and Jia, 2019).

This Special Issue stimulates debate and discussion on the latest advances in supply chain and logistics management to cope with emergent emergencies and sustainability.

Dr. Ferry Jie
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • emergency supply chain and logistics management
  • sustainable supply chain and logistics management
  • supply chain complexity in emergencies
  • supply chain complexity in sustainable supply chains
  • consumer behavior and supply chains emergencies
  • consumer behavior and sustainable supply chains
  • social media influence on supply chain emergencies
  • social media influence on sustainable supply chains
  • B2B and B2C in supply chain emergencies
  • B2B and B2C in sustainable supply chains
  • employee perception of and behavior toward supply chain emergencies
  • employee perception of and behavior toward sustainable supply chains

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Supplying Personal Protective Equipment to Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Colombia. A Simheuristic Approach Based on the Location-Routing Problem
by Andrés Martínez-Reyes, Carlos L. Quintero-Araújo and Elyn L. Solano-Charris
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7822; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147822 - 13 Jul 2021
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The coronavirus disease 2019, known as COVID-19, has generated an imminent necessity for personal protective equipment (PPE) that became essential for all populations and much more for health centers, clinics, hospitals, and intensive care units (ICUs). Considering this fact, one of the main [...] Read more.
The coronavirus disease 2019, known as COVID-19, has generated an imminent necessity for personal protective equipment (PPE) that became essential for all populations and much more for health centers, clinics, hospitals, and intensive care units (ICUs). Considering this fact, one of the main issues for cities’ governments is the distribution of PPE to ICUs to ensure the protection of medical personnel and, therefore, the sustainability of the health system. Aware of this challenge, in this paper, we propose a simheuristic approach for supplying personal protective equipment to intensive care units which is based on the location-routing problem (LRP). The objective is to provide decision makers with a decision support tool that considers uncertain demands, distribution cost, and reliability in the solutions. To validate our approach, a case study in Bogotá, Colombia was analyzed. Computational results show the efficiency of the usage of alternative safety stock policies to face demand uncertainty in terms of both expected stochastic costs and reliabilities. Full article
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Impact of Internal Integration, Supply Chain Partnership, Supply Chain Agility, and Supply Chain Resilience on Sustainable Advantage
by Zeplin Jiwa Husada Tarigan, Hotlan Siagian and Ferry Jie
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5460; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105460 - 13 May 2021
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The global order has suddenly changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries, including Indonesia, have applied lockdown policies to stop the spread of COVID-19. Lockdown policies have disrupted the supply of raw materials and the demand for finished goods. The manufacturing industry [...] Read more.
The global order has suddenly changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries, including Indonesia, have applied lockdown policies to stop the spread of COVID-19. Lockdown policies have disrupted the supply of raw materials and the demand for finished goods. The manufacturing industry is one of the sectors that has suffered most in this situation, and they have struggled to reconfigure their internal and external supply chain network and partnership. This study examined the impact of internal integration, supply chain partnership, supply chain agility, and supply chain resilience on sustainable advantage. The participants of this study were from manufacturing companies in Indonesia. For data collection, a questionnaire was used, with a five-point Likert scale to obtain the respondents’ opinions. Using Google Form link, the questionnaire was distributed via email and the WhatsApp social media application to the predetermined set of manufacturing companies. Respondents filled out 672 questionnaires, and 456 respondents (corresponding to 67.86%) filled it out correctly and were considered valid for further analysis. Partial least squares (PLS) regression was used to analyze the data using the SmartPLS software version 3.3. The results supported all nine hypotheses proposed. Internal integration through interdepartmental data sharing affects supply chain (SC) partnerships, SC agility, and SC resilience. Moreover, SC partnerships, through the on-time delivery of materials and by coping with changing demand, improve SC agility, SC resilience, and sustainable advantages. SC agility, in keeping the production process running normally and regulating the production capacity, affects SC resilience and sustainable advantage. SC resilience improves sustainable advantage by providing timely product delivery and reliable sales volumes in pandemic conditions. These results provide insights for managers into enhancing the sustainable advantage by improving supply chain agility, supply chain resilience, and supply chain partnerships. This study could contribute and extend the acceptance of previous studies in the context of the manufacturing industry. Full article
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Supply Chain Integration Enables Resilience, Flexibility, and Innovation to Improve Business Performance in COVID-19 Era
by Hotlan Siagian, Zeplin Jiwa Husada Tarigan and Ferry Jie
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4669; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094669 - 22 Apr 2021
Cited by 91 | Viewed by 17367
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a sudden change from normal conditions to disruption conditions, and industrial sectors have experienced eroded growth. In particular, the manufacturing industry experienced a slowdown due to the sudden disruption in supply and demand. This situation stimulates the [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a sudden change from normal conditions to disruption conditions, and industrial sectors have experienced eroded growth. In particular, the manufacturing industry experienced a slowdown due to the sudden disruption in supply and demand. This situation stimulates the manufacturing industry to recover from this current challenging disruption. This study investigates the impact of supply chain integration on business performance through supply chain resilience, supply chain flexibility, and innovation system in Indonesia’s manufacturing companies. Data collection has obtained as many as 470 questionnaires considered valid for further analysis. Data analysis used the partial least square (PLS) technique using smartPLS software version 3.0. The results show that supply chain integration affects innovation system, supply chain flexibility, and supply chain resilience because of its ability to share complete product information and share production planning. Innovation systems and supply chain flexibility enhance supply chain resilience through the ability to deal with sudden changes in customer demand and production problems. Supply chain integration improves business performance through innovation, supply chain flexibility, and supply chain resilience in the COVID-19 era. This research could be the best practice for managers in restoring manufacturing performance quickly. This study also contributes to the current research in supply chain management. Full article
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Impact of Enhanced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on Firm Performance through Green Supply Chain Management
by Zeplin Jiwa Husada Tarigan, Hotlan Siagian and Ferry Jie
Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4358; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084358 - 14 Apr 2021
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This study investigates the impact of enhanced enterprise resource planning (ERP) on firm performance through green supply chain management, supplier integration, and internal integration. The population is the manufacturer domiciled in East Java, Indonesia, which has implemented ERP and been certified by the [...] Read more.
This study investigates the impact of enhanced enterprise resource planning (ERP) on firm performance through green supply chain management, supplier integration, and internal integration. The population is the manufacturer domiciled in East Java, Indonesia, which has implemented ERP and been certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the environmental management system. Data collection used a questionnaire designed with the five-point Likert scale. Of 243 manufacturers, 150 questionnaires were distributed, and 135 questionnaires are considered valid for analysis. Data analysis used smart PLS software. The result indicated that all eight predetermined hypotheses were supported. Enhanced ERP affects supplier integration, internal integration, and green supply chain management. Internal integration affects green supply chain management and firm performance. Supplier integration affects green supply chain management and firm performance. Green supply chain management affects firm performance. An interesting finding is that green supply chain management, internal integration, and supplier integration mediate the effect of enhanced ERP on firm performance. This study’s novelty lies in the research model that analyzes the relationship between the four constructs simultaneously with the green supply chain management, internal integration, and supplier integration as a mediating variable. The research provides an insight for the manager on how to improve the firm performance in supply chain management. This study could also contribute to the current research in supply chain management. Full article
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