All Outputs (191)

Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Ekren, B. Y., & Kumar, V. (2021). Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering. In Industrial Engineering in the Internet-of-Things World (45-54). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76724-2_4

Recent Industry 4.0 developments have created disruptive changes in industries. It has also changed the way people work and the required skills of work-force for the future. This new technological advancement has created requirement of workforce comb... Read More about Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering.

Digital transformation in industry trends, management, strategies (2021)
Book
Kumar, V., Rezaei, J., Akberdina, V., & Kuzmin, E. (Eds.). (2021). Digital transformation in industry trends, management, strategies. Russia: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73261-5

The emergence of advanced technologies has marked the new era of global development. The large-scale use of digital and information-communication solutions is fundamentally changing social life and restructuring economic relationships. Digitalization... Read More about Digital transformation in industry trends, management, strategies.

Issues and analysis of critical success factors for the sustainable initiatives in the supply chain during COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in India: A case study (2021)
Journal Article
Rajak, S., Mathiyazhagan, K., Agarwal, V., Sivakumar, K., Kumar, V., & Appolloni, A. (2022). Issues and analysis of critical success factors for the sustainable initiatives in the supply chain during COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in India: A case study. Research in Transportation Economics, 93, 101114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101114

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected the supply chain all over. A major challenge for the supply chain (SC) is to address this disruption risk and bring sustainability to SC. The objective of this paper is to identify the stakeho... Read More about Issues and analysis of critical success factors for the sustainable initiatives in the supply chain during COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in India: A case study.

Assessing the environmental impacts of agrifood production (2021)
Journal Article
Jirapornvaree, I., Suppadit, T., & Kumar, V. (2022). Assessing the environmental impacts of agrifood production. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24, 1099–1112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-021-02153-5

Agriculture, forestry, and other land use approximately contribute to 24 percent of 2010 global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. This study, therefore, focuses on assessing the environmental impacts of jasmine rice production. The life cycle assessme... Read More about Assessing the environmental impacts of agrifood production.

Examining the impact of Brexit on supply chain risk management: Evidence from the UK manufacturing sector (2021)
Journal Article
Jucyte, A., Kumar, V., & Ruan, X. (2021). Examining the impact of Brexit on supply chain risk management: Evidence from the UK manufacturing sector. International Journal of Organizational Business Excellence, 4(1), 41-62

The 2016 Brexit Referendum in the UK resulted in a withdrawal from the EU that has brought a lot of uncertainty to the supply chains (SC) in the manufacturing sector. The manufacturing sector that operates in a highly integrated EU market and relies... Read More about Examining the impact of Brexit on supply chain risk management: Evidence from the UK manufacturing sector.

Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed? (2021)
Journal Article
Jraisat, L., Upadhyay, A., Ghalia, T., Jresseit, M., Kumar, V., & Sarpong, D. (2023). Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed?. International Journal of Production Research, 61(14), 4725-4741. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1936263

This research explores focal actors and their dyads, addressing their sustainable collaboration in triads and its relevance in the agri-triads that share information along the supply chains. We employ a multiple-case approach and presents two triads... Read More about Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed?.

A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance (2021)
Journal Article
Upadhyay, A., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., & Alzaben, A. (in press). A novel business strategies framework of do-it-yourself practices in logistics to minimise environmental waste and improve performance. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2846

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
Pongsakornrungsilp, S., Pongsakornrungsilp, P., Kumar, V., & Maswongssa, B. (2021). The art of survival: Tourism businesses in Thailand recovering from COVID-19 through brand management. Sustainability, 13(12), Article 6690. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126690

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
Chhabra, D., Singh, R. K., & Kumar, V. (2022). Developing IT-enabled performance monitoring system for green logistics: A case study. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(3), 775-789. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-12-2020-0678

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
Tripathi, A., Deb, J., & Kumar, V. (2021). Managerial Perspective to Operational Excellence. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

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
Goodarzian, F., Kumar, V., & Ghasemi, P. (2021). A set of efficient heuristics and meta-heuristics to solve a multi-objective pharmaceutical supply chain network. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 158, Article 107389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107389

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
Jamwal, A., Agrawal, R., Sharma, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. A. (2022). Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: A bibliometric-based review for future research. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 35(2), 566-596. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-09-2020-0361

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
Batista, L., Dora, M., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2021). Improving the sustainability of food supply chains through circular economy practices – a qualitative mapping approach. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 32(4), 752-767. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-09-2020-0211

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.

Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Jirapornvaree, I., Suppadit, T., & Kumar, V. (2021). Assessing the economic and environmental impact of jasmine rice production: Life cycle assessment and Life Cycle Costs analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 303, Article 127079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127079

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
Goodarzian, F., Kumar, V., & Abraham, A. (2021). Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithms for a supply chain network considering different carbon emission regulations using big data characteristics. Soft Computing, 25, 7527–7557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-021-05711-7

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
Krishnan, S., Gupta, S., Kaliyan, M., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2021). Assessing the key enablers for Industry 4.0 adoption using MICMAC analysis: A case study. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 70(5), 1049-1071. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-02-2020-0053

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
Wang, M., Kumar, V., Ruan, X., Saad, M., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, A. (2022). Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: An empirical investigation. Operations Management Research, 15, 76–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00188-x

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)
Journal Article
Jamwal, A., Agrawal, R., Sharma, M., Kumar, V., & Kumar, S. (2021). Developing A sustainability framework for Industry 4.0. Procedia CIRP, 98, 430-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.129

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
İzmirli, D., Ekren, B. Y., Kumar, V., & Pongsakornrungsilp, S. (2021). Omni-chanel network design towards circular economy under inventory share policies. Sustainability, 13(5), Article 2875. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052875

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
Upadhyay, A., Laing, T., Kumar, V., & Dora, M. (2021). Exploring barriers and drivers to the implementation of circular economy practices in the mining industry. Resources Policy, 72, Article 102037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102037

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.