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Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers (2020)
Journal Article

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. The main aim of this study is to analyze these barriers to impr... Read More about Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers.

Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies (2020)
Journal Article

The relentless pursuit of lower production costs causes companies to invest in more efficient production systems so that they can remain economically competitive, while the actions focusing on more sustainable operations from an environmental point o... Read More about Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies.

A systematic literature review of supply chain resilience in small–medium enterprises (SMEs): A call for further research (2020)
Journal Article

In this article, with the increased disruptions faced by businesses and the occurrence of natural disasters in the world, supply chain resilience remains a major challenge especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the relevan... Read More about A systematic literature review of supply chain resilience in small–medium enterprises (SMEs): A call for further research.

How additive manufacturing allows products to absorb variety in use: Empirical evidence from the defensive industry (2020)
Journal Article

The normative assumption holds that a product’s structural and functional elements are fixed pre-production to support manufacturing efficiency. Firms servitizing are faced with delivering resources for customers in context and absorbing contextual v... Read More about How additive manufacturing allows products to absorb variety in use: Empirical evidence from the defensive industry.

A framework to achieve sustainability in manufacturing organisations of developing economies using industry 4.0 technologies’ enablers (2020)
Journal Article

Sustainability has emerged as one of the most important issues in the international market. Ignorance of sustainability aspects has led many manufacturing organisations to face huge financial losses. It has been observed that developed nations have s... Read More about A framework to achieve sustainability in manufacturing organisations of developing economies using industry 4.0 technologies’ enablers.

The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Manufacturing firms have vigorously pursued opportunities for profitability and growth through servitization and digitalization processes. However, the current body of research provides contradictory results on the impact of servitization and digital... Read More about The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: An empirical analysis.

Developing a typology of the roles public contributors undertake to establish legitimacy: A longitudinal case study of patient and public involvement in a health network (2020)
Journal Article

Objective To identify how public contributors established their legitimacy in the functioning of a patient and public involvement programme at a health network. Design A longitudinal case study with three embedded units (projects) involving public co... Read More about Developing a typology of the roles public contributors undertake to establish legitimacy: A longitudinal case study of patient and public involvement in a health network.

Learning orientation and innovation performance: The mediating role of operations strategy and supply chain integration (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of operations strategy (cost, quality, flexibility, and delivery) and supply chain integration on innovation performance under influence of learning orientation.

Design/Methodology/appro... Read More about Learning orientation and innovation performance: The mediating role of operations strategy and supply chain integration.

A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Demand for agricultural products will grow by nearly 70 percent in 2050 and high volume of chemical pesticides and agricultural fertilizers along with considerable waste in this sector induces serious environmental concerns. Hence it is not a priorit... Read More about A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain.

A systematic literature review on machine learning applications for sustainable agriculture supply chain performance (2020)
Journal Article

Agriculture plays an important role in sustaining all human activities. Major challenges such as overpopulation, competition for resources poses a threat to the food security of the planet. In order to tackle the ever-increasing complex problems in a... Read More about A systematic literature review on machine learning applications for sustainable agriculture supply chain performance.