All Outputs (18)

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.

Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants (2020)
Journal Article

This is an exploratory study into the drivers and barriers faced by independent restaurants when implementing green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. There is a limited evidence in the literature that attempts to explore GSCM implementation p... Read More about Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants.

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.

Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors (2020)
Journal Article

Despite the extensive research on Continuous Improvement (CI), limited reflection has been reported regarding the managerial factors needed to successfully deploy Kaizen Events (KEs). This study investigates various managerial aspects that affect the... Read More about Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors.

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.

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.

Cyber resiliency for digital enterprises: A strategic leadership perspective (2020)
Journal Article

As organizations increasingly view information as one of their most valuable assets, which supports the creation and distribution of their products and services, information security will be an integral part of the design and operation of organizatio... Read More about Cyber resiliency for digital enterprises: A strategic leadership perspective.

A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to present a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) optimization problem for a perishable agricultural product to achieve three pillars of sustainability, including minimizing total network costs and carbon dioxide emissions from di... Read More about A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network.

Performance measurement for supply chains in the industry 4.0 era: A balanced scorecard approach (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical approach based on the balanced scorecard (BSC) with regard to performance measurement – PM in supply chains for the Industry 4.0 era. Design/methodology/approach: This paper combines the... Read More about Performance measurement for supply chains in the industry 4.0 era: A balanced scorecard approach.

Benchmarking of cleaner production in sand mould casting companies (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to develop new sustainability indicators consistent with the sand mould casting industry, through benchmarking of cleaner production (CP), in order to identify the levels of practice and performance of compan... Read More about Benchmarking of cleaner production in sand mould casting companies.

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.

Engineering education towards industry 4.0 (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many countries are now entering the stage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also referred to as Industry 4.0, in which technological advances enable disruptive changes in the industry. Industry 4.0 development changes the way people work and the w... Read More about Engineering education towards industry 4.0.

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.

Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper identifies and measures the Lean readiness of the Azerbaijan construction industry. A survey questionnaire was utilised to evaluate the Lean readiness of this industry by measuring its quality practices and to test three hypotheses. The Le... Read More about Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry.

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.