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A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance (2021)
Journal Article

The transportation sector is consuming a high quantity of oil and producing air pollution, CO2 and allergies, as well as promoting the storage of goods in traditional warehouses. It is not only creating waste and environmental pollution but also incr... Read More about A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance.

The art of survival: Tourism businesses in Thailand recovering from COVID-19 through brand management (2021)
Journal Article

The purpose of this study is to employ the existing theory on crisis management and corporate branding in a service context to explore how tourism businesses in Thailand can recover from the crisis caused by the impact of COVID-19. To manage the impa... Read More about The art of survival: Tourism businesses in Thailand recovering from COVID-19 through brand management.

Developing IT-enabled performance monitoring system for green logistics: A case study (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose – Logistics companies are compelled to improve their efficiency and the environmental performance by introducing the green concept in their operations. The main purpose of the paper is to have continuous monitoring and tracking of logistics o... Read More about Developing IT-enabled performance monitoring system for green logistics: A case study.

Managerial Perspective to Operational Excellence (2021)
Book

In the current age of manufacturing revival in the United States and other developed countries, companies are looking for a differentiating factor to be able to compete with competitors in low-cost countries. There are several different approaches a... Read More about Managerial Perspective to Operational Excellence.

A set of efficient heuristics and meta-heuristics to solve a multi-objective pharmaceutical supply chain network (2021)
Journal Article

In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective optimization approach for the pharmaceutical supply chain network (PSCN) design problem to minimize the total cost and the delivery time of pharmaceutical products to the hospital and pharmacy, while ma... Read More about A set of efficient heuristics and meta-heuristics to solve a multi-objective pharmaceutical supply chain network.

Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: A bibliometric-based review for future research (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The role of data analytics is significantly important in manufacturing industries as it holds the key to address sustainability challenges and handle the large amount of data generated from different types of manufacturing operations. The pr... Read More about Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: A bibliometric-based review for future research.

Improving the sustainability of food supply chains through circular economy practices – a qualitative mapping approach (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodological approach to support qualitative analysis of waste flows in food supply chains. The methodological framework introduced allows the identification of circular food waste flows that can m... Read More about Improving the sustainability of food supply chains through circular economy practices – a qualitative mapping approach.

Process and economic evaluation of the ODI R&D programme: Final report (2021)
Report

The Open Data Institute was funded by Innovate UK to undertake a major programme of Research and Development on "Data Innovation for the UK", which was re-scoped and funded on a yearly basis for a total of 4 years (called, for short, "The R&D program... Read More about Process and economic evaluation of the ODI R&D programme: Final report.

Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Climate change is a threat to food security that has compelled government around the globe to adopt concrete measures to explore sustainable farming practices. This study, therefore, is focused on assessing the environmental and economic impacts of a... Read More about Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis.

Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for a supply chain network considering different carbon emission regulations using big data characteristics (2021)
Journal Article

Big data (BD) approach has significantly impacted on the development and expansion of supply chain network management and design. The available problems in the supply chain network (SCN) include production, distribution, transportation, ordering, and... Read More about Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for a supply chain network considering different carbon emission regulations using big data characteristics.

Assessing the key enablers for Industry 4.0 adoption using MICMAC analysis: A case study (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The aim of this research is to assess the key enablers of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in the context of the Indian automobile industry. It is done to apprehend their comparative effect on executing I4.0 concepts and technology in manufacturing indus... Read More about Assessing the key enablers for Industry 4.0 adoption using MICMAC analysis: A case study.

Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: An empirical investigation (2021)
Journal Article

While industrialized agro-food supply systems have gained tremendous success in recent decades, it has been increasingly criticized for its adverse environmental and social impact. Amongst this criticism, Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) have emerged... Read More about Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: An empirical investigation.

Developing A sustainability framework for Industry 4.0 (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

With the development in industrialization, sustainability has emerged as a major issue in the global market. Ignorance of sustainability issues in any organization leads to huge financial losses and market reputation. With the development of new tech... Read More about Developing A sustainability framework for Industry 4.0.

Omni-chanel network design towards circular economy under inventory share policies (2021)
Journal Article

In this paper, we study inventory share policies in an omni-channel supply network, to contribute to the circular economy (CE) concept. Lateral inventory share implementation provides flexibility and profitability in the supply chain by allowing inve... Read More about Omni-chanel network design towards circular economy under inventory share policies.

Exploring barriers and drivers to the implementation of circular economy practices in the mining industry (2021)
Journal Article

The circular economy is a widely discussed topic in the field of Eco-industrial initiatives and environmentally responsive economies. The current economic and industrial model which is termed as the produce-use-dispose model is a linear model in whic... Read More about Exploring barriers and drivers to the implementation of circular economy practices in the mining industry.

Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility (2021)
Journal Article

Blockchain technology is a revolutionary new protocol for sharing and updating information by linking ledgers or databases in a decentralised, peer-to-peer, open-access network. Blockchain is designed to ensure the data is stored and updated in a sec... Read More about Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility.

Relationship between routines of supplier selection and evaluation, risk perception and propensity to form buyer–supplier partnerships (2021)
Journal Article

Supply chain partnership is viewed as an important contributor to superior competitiveness; yet, the knowledge of ex-ante factors contributing to the deployment of supply chain partnership is nascent. This article examines the influence of the curren... Read More about Relationship between routines of supplier selection and evaluation, risk perception and propensity to form buyer–supplier partnerships.

Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19 (2020)
Journal Article

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 180 countries around the globe causing severe business disruptions. Lockdown in many countries has led to panic buying and shortages of food, medicines, personal protective equipment, raw materials... Read More about Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19.

Review on multi-criteria decision analysis in sustainable manufacturing decision making (2020)
Journal Article

At present sustainable development, assessment of sustainable manufacturing practices, and prioritisation of barriers, drivers, and indicators have become complex due to the involvement of existing benchmarks like social, economical, technical, and e... Read More about Review on multi-criteria decision analysis in sustainable manufacturing decision making.

A machine learning based approach for predicting blockchain adoption in supply chain (2020)
Journal Article

The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support system for managers to predict an organization’s probability of successful blockchain adoption using a machine learning technique. The study conceptualizes blockchain technology as a dynamic... Read More about A machine learning based approach for predicting blockchain adoption in supply chain.