Outputs (191)

The role of the state for managing voluntary food sustainability standards democratically (2023)
Journal Article
Sanderson Bellamy, A., Gomes, M., Mülling Neutzling, D., & Kumar, V. (2023). The role of the state for managing voluntary food sustainability standards democratically. Journal of Rural Studies, 103, Article 103126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103126

We have investigated the role of the state in the creation of democratic alternatives to private voluntary food sustainability standards (VFSS). Our study illustrates the complex relationship between civil society (in this case, the Participatory Gua... Read More about The role of the state for managing voluntary food sustainability standards democratically.

Challenges for the adoption of industry 4.0 in the sustainable manufacturing supply chain (2023)
Book Chapter
Owolabi, H., Juryte, L., & Akanbi, L. (2023). Challenges for the adoption of industry 4.0 in the sustainable manufacturing supply chain. In K. E. K. Vimal, S. Rajak, V. Kumar, R. S. Mor, & A. Assayed (Eds.), Industry 4.0 Technologies: Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chains (175-188). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4819-2_12

This book chapter explores the challenges associated with adopting Industry 4.0 technologies in the context of achieving a sustainable manufacturing supply chain. The chapter highlights both general and technology-specific hurdles that organizations... Read More about Challenges for the adoption of industry 4.0 in the sustainable manufacturing supply chain.

Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers? (2023)
Journal Article
Hageman, E., Kumar, V., Duong, L., Kumari, A., & McAuliffe, E. (2024). Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(2), 1081-1098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3545

In recent years, the fashion and textile industries have come under pressure to manage customer expectations. Previous research has shown that female consumers tend to buy more clothing than male consumers and are understood to care more about fashio... Read More about Do fast fashion sustainable business strategies influence attitude, awareness and behaviours of female consumers?.

Guest editorial: Modelling the business and societal decisions under the impact of COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Shah, B., Kumar, V., Ekren, B. Y., & Frederico, G. (2023). Guest editorial: Modelling the business and societal decisions under the impact of COVID-19. Journal of Modelling in Management, 18(4), 1017-1021. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-10-2022-0237

A recent literature base shows that the researchers (Roda et al. 2020) have addressed multiple healthcare issues during the lockdowns and unlock periods (between March 2020-March 2021) to mitigate the effects of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) t... Read More about Guest editorial: Modelling the business and societal decisions under the impact of COVID-19.

Managing risk in commercial property development projects during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Duong, L. N. K., Kumar, V., Kumari, A., & Binh, T. V. (2023). Managing risk in commercial property development projects during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China. International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 22(1), 99-121. https://doi.org/10.1386/tmsd_00069_1

The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest global health crisis in years. China is the first market primarily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with unprecedented lockdown measures bringing real estate and other economic activities to a standstill. This s... Read More about Managing risk in commercial property development projects during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China.

Blockchain in supply chain management: A synthesis of barriers and enablers for managers (2023)
Journal Article
Kafeel, H., Kumar, V., & Duong, L. (2023). Blockchain in supply chain management: A synthesis of barriers and enablers for managers. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 8(1), 15-42. https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2023.8.1.002

Blockchain is an emerging and disruptive technology and has the potential to change how supply chains manage their information. However, Blockchain is accompanied by challenges, such as increased information technology complexity, issues of scalabili... Read More about Blockchain in supply chain management: A synthesis of barriers and enablers for managers.

Additive manufacturing integration in E-commerce supply chain network to improve resilience and competitiveness (2023)
Journal Article
Ekren, B. Y., Stylos, N., Zwiegelaar, J., Turhanlar, E. E., & Kumar, V. (2023). Additive manufacturing integration in E-commerce supply chain network to improve resilience and competitiveness. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 122, Article 102676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2022.102676

In light of recently increased e-commerce, also a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study examines how additive manufacturing (AM) can contribute to e-commerce supply chain network resilience, profitability and competitiveness. With the recent co... Read More about Additive manufacturing integration in E-commerce supply chain network to improve resilience and competitiveness.

Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry (2022)
Book Chapter
Wang, X., Kumar, V., Kumari, A., & Kuzmin, E. (2022). Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry. In V. Kumar, J. Leng, V. Akberdina, & E. Kuzmin (Eds.), Digital Transformation in Industry: Digital Twins and New Business Models (28). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94617-3

With the advancement of digital technologies, supply chain management is changing dramatically. However, the practice and application of digital supply chains are complex and challenging. Some studies claim that technology is the core element, while... Read More about Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry.

Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Frederico, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Martins, R. A., & Kumar, V. (2022). Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, 15(4), 505-509. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-09-2022-0098

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought huge challenges for global supply chains to keep their continuity amid this impacting and unexpected event. Several industries and services have faced disruptions and losses. This has created high co... Read More about Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic.

Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events (2022)
Journal Article
Shah, B., Frederico, G. F., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, A. (2022). Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 12(4), 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-10-2022-132

During wide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it has been recorded that humankind played a responsive role in collaboration with societies, governing authorities and controlling agencies (Haque and Islam, 2018) while managing resources d... Read More about Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events.

Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable food supply chains (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Ekren, B., Wang, J., Shah, B., & Frederico, G. (2023). Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable food supply chains. Journal of Modelling in Management, 18(4), 1250-1273. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-03-2022-0072

Purpose: The ongoing pandemic has gravely affected different facets of society and economic trades worldwide. During the outbreak, most manufacturing and service sectors were closed across the globe except for essential commodities such as food and m... Read More about Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on sustainable food supply chains.

Systematic literature review guidelines for supply chain management research (2022)
Book Chapter
Nguyen, G., Kumar, V., & Soares, A. (2022). Systematic literature review guidelines for supply chain management research. In S. Childe, & A. Soares (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management (45-70). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975865.00009

This chapter provides guidelines for systematic literature review (SLR) in the supply chain management (SCM) field. By mapping a transparent SLR process that can easily be replicated in practice, the chapter aims to support students and scholars who... Read More about Systematic literature review guidelines for supply chain management research.

Investigating a citrus fruit supply chain network considering CO2 emissions using Meta-heuristic algorithms (2022)
Journal Article
Goodarzian, F., Kumar, V., & Ghasemi, P. (in press). Investigating a citrus fruit supply chain network considering CO2 emissions using Meta-heuristic algorithms. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-05005-7

According to the increasing carbon dioxide released through vehicles and the shortage of water resources, decision-makers decided to combine the environmental and economic effects in the Agri-Food Supply Chain Network (AFSCN) in developing countries.... Read More about Investigating a citrus fruit supply chain network considering CO2 emissions using Meta-heuristic algorithms.

A cross-country comparison of village health volunteer’s role in managing COVID-19 in Thailand (2022)
Journal Article
Wisaeng, K., Kumar, V., & Sa-ngiamwibool, A. (2022). A cross-country comparison of village health volunteer’s role in managing COVID-19 in Thailand. NeuroQuantology, 20(8), 8094-8109. https://doi.org/10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44834

The GHS Index 2021 ranked Thailand first in virus detection and rapid reporting of COVID-19. However, the spread still continues across the country. Although more than 1,040,000 Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) are the key to Thailand’s success, no p... Read More about A cross-country comparison of village health volunteer’s role in managing COVID-19 in Thailand.

A comparison of managing COVID-19 health services in and outside Bangkok: Effectiveness, strategies and problems (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Wisaeng, K., & Sa-ngiamwibool, A. (2022). A comparison of managing COVID-19 health services in and outside Bangkok: Effectiveness, strategies and problems. NeuroQuantology, 20(8), 8078-8093. https://doi.org/10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44833

According to the GHS Index 2021, Thailand was ranked 5th out of 195 countries for health security and 1st in virus detection and rapid reporting. However, there are differences between Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and places outside it. This stu... Read More about A comparison of managing COVID-19 health services in and outside Bangkok: Effectiveness, strategies and problems.

Potentials and challenges for village health volunteers after COVID-19 Outbreak -Thailand (2022)
Journal Article
Wisaeng, K., Kumar, V., & Sa-ngiamwibool, A. (2022). Potentials and challenges for village health volunteers after COVID-19 Outbreak -Thailand. NeuroQuantology, 20(8), 8110-8126. https://doi.org/10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44835

The GHS Index 2021 ranked Thailand first in virus detection and rapid reporting of COVID-19. However, the spread still continues across the country. Although more than 1,040,000 Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) are the key to Thailand’s success, no... Read More about Potentials and challenges for village health volunteers after COVID-19 Outbreak -Thailand.

Enablers of post-COVID-19 customer demand resilience: Evidence from fast- fashion MSMEs (2022)
Journal Article
Fares, N., Lloret, J., Kumar, V., Frederico, G., Kumar, A., & Garza-Reyes, J. (2023). Enablers of post-COVID-19 customer demand resilience: Evidence from fast- fashion MSMEs. Benchmarking, 30(6), 2012-2039. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-11-2021-0693

Purpose: This study aims to analyse the resilience of customer demand management post-coronavirus disease 2019, using fast fashion as an example. The paper provides insights for potential applications to micro-, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).... Read More about Enablers of post-COVID-19 customer demand resilience: Evidence from fast- fashion MSMEs.

Editorial: Operational excellence in the supply chain of perishables at the time of the outbreak (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, S., Soni, G., Bourlakis, M., & Kumar, V. (2022). Editorial: Operational excellence in the supply chain of perishables at the time of the outbreak. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 33(3), 737-743. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-08-2022-571

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread disruption in the industrial sector and inducing difficult economic and environmental conditions for businesses around the world. It is a tragedy for human civilization and is increasingly affecting the glo... Read More about Editorial: Operational excellence in the supply chain of perishables at the time of the outbreak.

Understanding the barriers and enablers of the adoption of supply chain 4.0 in large firms (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Nguyen, G., Kumar, V., Soares, A., & Duong, L. (2022, July). Understanding the barriers and enablers of the adoption of supply chain 4.0 in large firms. Presented at Fifth European Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2022, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of Sapienza - University of Rome

Purpose With the rise of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, supply chains (SC) have evolved significantly to become digital SC or the so-called Supply chain 4.0 (SC4.0). However, despite the priority on I4.0 as a prominent growth driver of sustainabl... Read More about Understanding the barriers and enablers of the adoption of supply chain 4.0 in large firms.

Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains (2022)
Journal Article
Shukla, S., Kapoor, R., Gupta, N., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2023). Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains. Supply Chain Management, 28(3), 544-558. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-08-2021-0386

Purpose: Theorising from a resource-based view perspective, the intersection of supply chain management and the use of IT has been investigated in this study. This work aims to investigate supply chain performance as an essential outcome of the use o... Read More about Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains.

A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network (2022)
Journal Article
Amin-Tahmasbi, H., Sadafi, S., Ekren, B. Y., & Kumar, V. (2023). A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network. Annals of Operations Research, 324, 993–1022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04635-1

This study proposes a mixed-integer multi-objective integrated mathematical model solving facility location and order allocation optimisation problems simultaneously in a two-echelon supply chain network. The proposed problem is motivated by a factor... Read More about A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network.

Hybridizing cost saving with trust for blockchain technology adoption by financial institutions (2022)
Journal Article
Ullah, N., Mugahed al-rahmi, W., Alfarraj, O., Alalwan, N., Ibrahim Alzahrani, A., Ramayah, T., & Kumar, V. (2022). Hybridizing cost saving with trust for blockchain technology adoption by financial institutions. Journal of Telematics and Informatics, 6(June 2022), Article 100008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2022.100008

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is transforming the financial industry and leading to a rise in the modern banking system. Like in developed nations, disruptive technology is necessary to advance the traditional banking system in emerging economi... Read More about Hybridizing cost saving with trust for blockchain technology adoption by financial institutions.

An overview for reducing food loss and food waste in supply chains (2022)
Book Chapter
Ekren, B. Y., & Kumar, V. (2022). An overview for reducing food loss and food waste in supply chains. In R. S. Mor, D. Kumar, & A. Singh (Eds.), Agri-Food 4.0: Innovations, Challenges and Strategies. Emerald

Creating systems designs by considering a balance between economic, environmental and social effects is significant in today’s sustainability concern. Sustainability has become an emerging topic, growing concerns and attention for companies. Especial... Read More about An overview for reducing food loss and food waste in supply chains.

Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals (2022)
Journal Article
Oliveira Neto, G. C. D., Leite, R. R., Lucato, W. C., Vanalle, R. M., Amorim, M., Matias, J. C. O., & Kumar, V. (2022). Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals. Sustainability, 14(5), Article 2944. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052944

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental gains that result from the implementation of cleaner production in a small enterprise (SE) from the metal and mechanics industry, allowing for overcoming barriers and contributin... Read More about Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals.

A new modified social engineering optimizer algorithm for engineering applications (2022)
Journal Article
Goodarzian, F., Ghasemi, P., Kumar, V., & Abraham, A. (2022). A new modified social engineering optimizer algorithm for engineering applications. Soft Computing, 26, 4333–4361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-022-06837-y

Nowadays, a great deal of attention is paid to metaheuristic algorithms to reach the approximate solution in an acceptable computational time. As one of the recent-developed successful metaheuristics, Social Engineering Optimizer (SEO) algorithm is a... Read More about A new modified social engineering optimizer algorithm for engineering applications.

Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges (2022)
Journal Article
Roy, T., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Kumar, A., & Agrawal, R. (2022). Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 31, 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.02.004

Transitioning to a Circular Economy (CE) is considered the most promising way to achieve economic and environmental sustainability. However, companies and governments are faced with challenges in redesigning existing linear supply chains (SCs) into c... Read More about Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges.

Supply chain sustainability risk decision support model using integrated Preference Selection Index (PSI) method and prospect theory (2022)
Journal Article
Sutrisno, A., & Kumar, V. (2022). Supply chain sustainability risk decision support model using integrated Preference Selection Index (PSI) method and prospect theory. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 19(2), 316-346. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-06-2021-0193

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the integrated model of the Preference Selection Index (PSI) and the prospect theory as new means to appraise the impact of supply chain sustainability risks based on five pillars of sustainability.... Read More about Supply chain sustainability risk decision support model using integrated Preference Selection Index (PSI) method and prospect theory.

Supply chain sustainability risk assessment model using integration of the preference selection index (PSI) and the Shannon entropy (2022)
Journal Article
Sutrisno, A., & Kumar, V. (2023). Supply chain sustainability risk assessment model using integration of the preference selection index (PSI) and the Shannon entropy. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 40(3), 674-708. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-06-2021-0191

Purpose: This study proposes a new model for assessing supply chain sustainability risk integrating subjectivity and objectivity of decision-maker. Research has shown the vacancy of study in dealing with the above issue. To fill this research gap, a... Read More about Supply chain sustainability risk assessment model using integration of the preference selection index (PSI) and the Shannon entropy.

An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Luthra, S., Kumar, A., Sharma, M., Arturo Garza-Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (2022). An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective. Journal of Business Research, 141, 321-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.014

Circular Economy (CE) principles are relatively unexplored, especially in emerging economies. None of the studies so far have also explored operational behavioural factors and CE practices in the context of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).... Read More about An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective.

Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy (2021)
Journal Article
Nag, U., Sharma, S. K., & Kumar, V. (2022). Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy. Journal of Engineering Design, 33(3), 173-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2021.2020219

The importance of design and its contribution to society is heavily emphasised in the literature. Multiple life-cycle products are based on the ideology value retention of components, products, and materials after its use phase, and utilised for the... Read More about Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy.

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains (2021)
Journal Article
Kazancoglu, Y., Ozbiltekin-Pala, M., Sezer, M. D., Ekren, B. Y., & Kumar, V. (2022). Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains. Sustainability, 14(1), Article 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010143

Recently, it has become an important issue to ensure sustainability, especially in food supply chains, against the rapidly growing population, increasing demand, and sudden disruptions caused by uncertain times such as that caused by COVID-19. Since... Read More about Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains.

Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors (2021)
Journal Article
Srivastava, D. K., Kumar, V., Ekren, B. Y., Upadhyay, A., Tyagi, M., & Kumari, A. (2022). Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 176, Article 121439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121439

The manufacturing sector needs to focus on social, environmental and technological factors to integrate Industry 4.0 in production planning, logistics and supply chains. Technical Education Institutes (TEIs) can play a key role in achieving this ambi... Read More about Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors.

Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style (2021)
Journal Article
Nguyen, G., & Kumar, V. (2021). Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style. International Journal of Organizational Business Excellence, 4(2), 71-94

With the increasing globalization, cultural diversity management has emerged as an important issue and it is regarded as a process that helps to maintain a positive workplace environment where the similarities and differences of individuals from diff... Read More about Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style.

Coupling of cryptocurrency trading with the sustainable environmental goals: Is it on the cards? (2021)
Journal Article
Khaled Mustafa, F. M., Lodh, S., Nandy, M., & Kumar, V. (2022). Coupling of cryptocurrency trading with the sustainable environmental goals: Is it on the cards?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(3), 1152-1168. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2947

Following the systematic review and bibliometric analysis of current literature, this paper attempts to investigate whether the wealth generated through cryptocurrency trading can assist in attaining the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development G... Read More about Coupling of cryptocurrency trading with the sustainable environmental goals: Is it on the cards?.

Analysis of critical success factors for implementing industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain – moving towards sustainable operations (2021)
Journal Article
Kumar, A., Choudhary, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Khan, S., & Mishra, N. (2023). Analysis of critical success factors for implementing industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain – moving towards sustainable operations. Production Planning and Control, 34(10), 984-998. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1980905

Many threats, such as scarcity of sources and climate change, are forcing the business community to examine their commitment towards the environment and society. Because of this pressure, companies have started to implement long term sustainable prac... Read More about Analysis of critical success factors for implementing industry 4.0 integrated circular supply chain – moving towards sustainable operations.

Impact of I4.0 technologies and their interoperability on performance: Future pathways for supply chain resilience post-COVID-19 (2021)
Journal Article
Frederico, G., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, A., & Agarwal, R. (2023). Impact of I4.0 technologies and their interoperability on performance: Future pathways for supply chain resilience post-COVID-19. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 34(4), 1020-1049. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-03-2021-0181

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the impact of I4.0’s technologies and their interoperability on Supply Chains (SCs) performance and how the integration of such technologies and their interoperability can create pathways for SCs resilience po... Read More about Impact of I4.0 technologies and their interoperability on performance: Future pathways for supply chain resilience post-COVID-19.

Understanding the role of digital technologies in supply chain risks management (2021)
Book Chapter
Yang, J., Kumar, V., Ekren, B., & Kuzmin, E. (2021). Understanding the role of digital technologies in supply chain risks management. In V. Kumar, J. Rezaei, V. Akberdina, & E. Kuzmin (Eds.), Digital Transformation in Industry. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73261-5

Supply chain risks have been regarded as one of the most significant threats to business continuity. Digital technology is considered to reform human production and manufacturing methods. In the recent wake of COVID-19, disruptive digital technologie... Read More about Understanding the role of digital technologies in supply chain risks management.

Impact of new technology on sustainability of supply chains: Empirical evidence from manufacturing SMEs in China (2021)
Book Chapter
Shi, R., Kumar, V., & Ekren, B. (2021). Impact of new technology on sustainability of supply chains: Empirical evidence from manufacturing SMEs in China. In V. Kumar, J. Rezaei, V. Akberdina, & E. Kuzmin (Eds.), Digital Transformation in Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73261-5

New manufacturing technology can provide useful competitive advantages for enterprises to deal with fierce competition, and help them look for a better solution to production and operation management improving the quality of product services. New tec... Read More about Impact of new technology on sustainability of supply chains: Empirical evidence from manufacturing SMEs in China.

Co-creating a sustainable regional brand from multiple sub-brands: The Andaman Tourism Cluster of Thailand (2021)
Journal Article
Pongsakornrungsilp, S., Pongsakornrungsilp, P., Pusaksrikit, T., Wichasin, P., & Kumar, V. (2021). Co-creating a sustainable regional brand from multiple sub-brands: The Andaman Tourism Cluster of Thailand. Sustainability, 13(16), Article 9409. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169409

The purpose of this study was to explore how a regional brand can be co-created among different cities by employing the concept of place branding and brand culture. The Andaman Tourism Cluster of Thailand (ATC) generates the most tourism revenue in T... Read More about Co-creating a sustainable regional brand from multiple sub-brands: The Andaman Tourism Cluster of Thailand.

Impact of the strategic sourcing process on the supply chain response to the COVID-19 effects (2021)
Journal Article
Frederico, G., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2021). Impact of the strategic sourcing process on the supply chain response to the COVID-19 effects. Business Process Management Journal, 27(6), 1775-1803. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-01-2021-0050

Purpose: This research investigates the impact of the strategic sourcing process on the supply chain response to COVID-19. The paper presents practitioners' perspectives (experts in supply chain management, especially involved in the procurement fiel... Read More about Impact of the strategic sourcing process on the supply chain response to the COVID-19 effects.

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.

Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility (2021)
Journal Article
Upadhyay, A., Mukhuty, S., Kumar, V., & Kazancoglu, Y. (2021). Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, Article 126130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126130

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
Gallear, D., Ghobadian, A., He, Q., Kumar, V., & Hitt, M. (2022). Relationship between routines of supplier selection and evaluation, risk perception and propensity to form buyer–supplier partnerships. Production Planning and Control, 33(14), 1399-1415. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.1872811

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
Kumar, V. (2020). Adjusting to the new normal: Challenges of the food sector in the wake of COVID-19. Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, 3(2),

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
Jamwal, A., Agrawal, R., Sharma, M., & Kumar, V. (2021). Review on multi-criteria decision analysis in sustainable manufacturing decision making. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 14(3), 202-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2020.1866708

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
Kamble, S. S., Gunasekaran, A., Kumar, V., Belhadi, A., & Foropon, C. (2021). A machine learning based approach for predicting blockchain adoption in supply chain. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 163, Article 120465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120465

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
Meager, S., Kumar, V., Ekren, B., & Paddeu, D. (2020). Exploring the drivers and barriers to green supply chain management implementation: A study of independent UK restaurants. Procedia Manufacturing, 51(30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2021)), 1642-1649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.229

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
Kumar, P., Singh, R. K., & Kumar, V. (2021). Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 164, Article 105215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105215

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
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Christopoulos, C., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., González-Aleu, F., Kumar, V., & Villarreal, B. (2022). Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors. Production Planning and Control, 33(5), 427-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1824282

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
da Costa, L. G., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2022). 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. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24, 1173–1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01947-3

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
Bak, O., Shaw, S., Colicchia, C., & Kumar, V. (2023). A systematic literature review of supply chain resilience in small–medium enterprises (SMEs): A call for further research. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(1), 328-341. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3016988

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
Yadav, G., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Batista, L. (2020). A framework to achieve sustainability in manufacturing organisations of developing economies using industry 4.0 technologies’ enablers. Computers in Industry, 122, Article 103280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2020.103280

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
Loonam, J., Zwiegelaar, J., Kumar, V., & Booth, C. (2022). Cyber resiliency for digital enterprises: A strategic leadership perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6), 3757-3770. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.2996175

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
Jabarzadeh, Y., Reyhani Yamchi, H., Kumar, V., & Ghaffarinasab, N. (in press). A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 31(5), 1351-1373. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-12-2019-0276

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
Frederico, G. F., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, A., & Kumar, V. (2021). Performance measurement for supply chains in the industry 4.0 era: A balanced scorecard approach. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 70(4), 789-807. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-08-2019-0400

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
da Silva, H. G., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (in press). Benchmarking of cleaner production in sand mould casting companies. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 31(5), 1407-1435. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-12-2019-0272

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.

An investigation of performance of nascent manufacturing firms (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Zwiegelaar, J. B., & Kumar, V. (2022). An investigation of performance of nascent manufacturing firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 60(1), 32-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2020.1738748

To understand the context for firms being created in the manufacturing space we explore the factors affecting performance by applying Gartner et al.’s overarching theoretical framework. We investigate the phenomenon of nascent entrepreneurship from a... Read More about An investigation of performance of nascent manufacturing firms.

Learning orientation and innovation performance: The mediating role of operations strategy and supply chain integration (2020)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Jabarzadeh, Y., Jeihouni, P., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2020). Learning orientation and innovation performance: The mediating role of operations strategy and supply chain integration. Supply Chain Management, 25(4), 457-474. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2019-0209

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)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., & Ekren, B. Y. (2020). Engineering education towards industry 4.0

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)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Reyhani, H., Jabarzadeh, Y., Ghaffarinasab,, N., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2020). A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain

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)
Conference Proceeding
Aghayev, H., Arturo, J., Nadeem, S. P., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., & González-Aleu, F. (2020). Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry

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
Sharma, R., Kamble, S. S., Gunasekaran, A., Kumar, V., & Kumar, A. (2020). A systematic literature review on machine learning applications for sustainable agriculture supply chain performance. Computers and Operations Research, 119, Article 104926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.104926

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.

Examining the relationship between social media analytics practices and business performance in the Indian retail and IT industries: The mediation role of customer engagement (2020)
Journal Article
Garg, P., Gupta, B., Dzever, S., Sivarajah, U., & Kumar, V. (2020). Examining the relationship between social media analytics practices and business performance in the Indian retail and IT industries: The mediation role of customer engagement. International Journal of Information Management, 52, Article 102069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102069

Social media analytics (SMA) is a dynamic field which has received considerable attention from both academics and management practitioners alike. A significant number of the scholarly research currently being conducted in SMA, however, is conceptual.... Read More about Examining the relationship between social media analytics practices and business performance in the Indian retail and IT industries: The mediation role of customer engagement.

The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Han, Y., Kumar, V., Tuyết Trương, N., & Ngoc Hoang, N. Y. (2019). The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019

Culture of Quality (COQ) is regarded as an important component of TQM however this is a relatively new theme, compared to other concepts in the quality management domain. However, literature resources on this topic are relatively scarce and there is... Read More about The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance.

Supply Chain 4.0: concepts, maturity and research agenda (2019)
Journal Article
Frederico, G. F., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2019). Supply Chain 4.0: concepts, maturity and research agenda. Supply Chain Management, 25(2), 262-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-09-2018-0339

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Industry 4.0 is one of the most emergent research topics attracting significant interest by researchers as well as practitioners. Many articles have been published with regards Industry 4.0; however, there... Read More about Supply Chain 4.0: concepts, maturity and research agenda.

Categorization of supply chain sustainability risks in SMEs: A preliminary evidence from a developing country (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Sutrisno, A., Kumar, V., Handayani, D., Arief, R., Virdhian, S., & Punuhsingon, C. (2019, July). Categorization of supply chain sustainability risks in SMEs: A preliminary evidence from a developing country. Paper presented at 3rd IEOM European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are an important contributor to the global economic growth. Nevertheless, owing to their lack of managerial capability to manage the impact of business uncertainty, they are prone to business failures. To prevent t... Read More about Categorization of supply chain sustainability risks in SMEs: A preliminary evidence from a developing country.

Transport operations optimisation through lean implementation – A case study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Deesrisak, N., Garza-Reyes, J., Nadeem, S., Kumar, N., Kumar, V., González-Aleu, F., & Villarreal, B. (2019, July). Transport operations optimisation through lean implementation – A case study. Paper presented at 3rd IEOM European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Lean has benefited industries, however, the research regarding its implementation in the transportation sector is limited. Therefore, there is huge potential for the implementation of Lean in the transportation sector. With the growing population and... Read More about Transport operations optimisation through lean implementation – A case study.

Measuring sustainability performance of SMEs in a developing country – A study of Southern Vietnam (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Phan, H., Kumar, V., Saad, M., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Nadeem, S. P. (2019, July). Measuring sustainability performance of SMEs in a developing country – A study of Southern Vietnam. Paper presented at 3rd IEOM European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Over the last decade, measuring sustainability performance has been increasingly important. So far, research about the subject matter has been mostly conducted in developed nations, and for large corporations but SMEs in developing countries has rece... Read More about Measuring sustainability performance of SMEs in a developing country – A study of Southern Vietnam.

Investigating the motivators, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of sustainable supply chain in Saudi manufacturing industry (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Aljoghaiman, A., Saad, M., & Kumar, V. (2019, July). Investigating the motivators, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of sustainable supply chain in Saudi manufacturing industry. Paper presented at 3rd IEOM European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) can play a significant role in improving company sustainability performance by addressing the social, environmental and economic issues in the supply chain, including suppliers, in-house operations, distribu... Read More about Investigating the motivators, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of sustainable supply chain in Saudi manufacturing industry.

The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement (2019)
Journal Article
White, G., Cicmil, S., Upadhyay, A., Subramanian, N., Kumar, V., & Dwivedi, A. (2019). The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement. Production Planning and Control, 30(10-12), 907-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1582098

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The study explores the soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises (SMEs), a topic which is often neglected in the knowledge... Read More about The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement.

Knowledge management for sustainability in operations (2019)
Journal Article
Citlalli López-Torres, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Maldonado-Guzmán, G., & Kumar, V. (2019). Knowledge management for sustainability in operations. Production Planning and Control, 30(10-12), 813-826

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) as a platform to enable sustainability in firms’ operations and to provide recommendations for managers to integrate sustainable operations into their business strategies... Read More about Knowledge management for sustainability in operations.

Understanding circular economy awareness and practices in manufacturing firms (2019)
Journal Article
Liakos, N., Kumar, V., Pongsakornrungsilp, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Gupta, B., & Pongsakornrungsilp, P. (2019). Understanding circular economy awareness and practices in manufacturing firms. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 32(4), 563-584. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-02-2019-0058

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Circular economy (CE) has evolved as a result of the growing environmental awareness, environmental legislation and the need for social responsibility. However, awareness levels of CE are not as high as ex... Read More about Understanding circular economy awareness and practices in manufacturing firms.

Green and lean: a Gemba–Kaizen model for sustainability enhancement (2019)
Journal Article
Cherrafi, A., Elfezazi, S., Hurley, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Anosike, A., & Batista, L. (2019). Green and lean: a Gemba–Kaizen model for sustainability enhancement. Production Planning and Control, 30(5-6), 385-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1501808

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the encouraging results obtained from the application of Green Lean, organizations have found the integration of Green and Lean, and their implementation as an integrated... Read More about Green and lean: a Gemba–Kaizen model for sustainability enhancement.

A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sutrisno, A., Kumar, V., Handayani, D., Arief, R., Virdhian, S., & Punuhsingon, C. (2019). A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises.

Considering its significant contribution to the global Gross Domestic Product, improving an understanding of risks affecting the sustainability of operation in small and medium enterprises in a networked economy is undeniably important. Unfortunate... Read More about A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises.

From linear to circular manufacturing business models (2019)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Batista, L., Cherrafi, A., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2019). From linear to circular manufacturing business models. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 30(3), 554-560. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-04-2019-356

Purpose - This editorial piece introduces the special issue titled ‘From Linear to Circular Manufacturing Business Models’. Design/methodology/approach - The ‘Background and Motivation’ section provides an overview of the current practical environm... Read More about From linear to circular manufacturing business models.

Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers (2019)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Sezersan, I., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Gonzalez, E. D., & AL-Shboul, M. A. (2019). Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers. Management Decision, 57(4), 1067-1086. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-09-2018-1070

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In recent years, circular economy (CE) has come to prominence as an alternative to the classic approach of “make-use-dispose”. How companies can exploit the opportunities of CE to position themselves bette... Read More about Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers.

Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, M., Kumar, V., Ruan, X., & Neutzling, D. (in press). Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research

As the industrialized agro-food supply systems have been commonly criticized for their adverse environmental and social impact, Short food supply chains have emerged as a promising sustainable alternative. Given that the history of SFSCs is relativel... Read More about Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research.

Coalescing the lean and circular economy (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Nadeem, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2019). Coalescing the lean and circular economy

Growing population along with technological advancement to pace the production speed like never before has raised alarming concerns and attracted attention globally. Circular Economy, a fairly new concept has emerged to address such issues by proposi... Read More about Coalescing the lean and circular economy.

Investigating “circular business models” in the manufacturing and service sectors (2019)
Journal Article
Upadhyay, A., Akter, S., Adams, L., Kumar, V., & Varma, N. (2019). Investigating “circular business models” in the manufacturing and service sectors. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 30(3), 590-606. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-02-2018-0063

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the different circular business models (CBMs) in the manufacturing and service sector and apply this in the context of the food industry (FI), through a systematic literature review of... Read More about Investigating “circular business models” in the manufacturing and service sectors.

Aerospace industry in México and biofuels: A sustainability approach (2019)
Journal Article
López-Torres, G. C., Rocha-Lona, L., Muñoz-Sánchez, C., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2019). Aerospace industry in México and biofuels: A sustainability approach. https://doi.org/10.12720/sgce.8.2.206-216

The development of the aerospace industry in Mexico shows potential growth measured through the levels of state investment and the arrival of several international manufacturers to set up manufacturing production because of advantages offered by the... Read More about Aerospace industry in México and biofuels: A sustainability approach.

The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector (2019)
Journal Article
Mangla, S. K., Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Piyathanavong, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2019). The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 507-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.093

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Evidence suggests that manufacturing companies have tried to address the current environmental challenges derived from their operations by implementing various operational environmental sustainability approaches, including green m... Read More about The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector.

The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Sabri, S., Garza-Reyes, J., Nadeem, S., Kumari, A., & Akkaranggoon, S. (in press). The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs.

The importance of green supply chain management has long attracted the interest of both researchers and practitioners in the industry. As environmental concerns are becoming one of the major issues discussed in the 21st century, countries with manufa... Read More about The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs.

Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Dieu Ho, T., Daniel, J., Nadeem, S., Garza_Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (in press). Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study.

Warehouses play an important value-adding role to provide a competitive edge to any organization, and support business growth and efficiency throughout their supply chains. This paper explores warehouse operations (i.e. receiving, put away, picking,... Read More about Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study.

A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Valls, A. S., Nadeem, S. P., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2019). A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Production Research, 57(23), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1559961

The development and adoption of the concept of circular economy in the last two decades have been remarkable. However, despite its widespread adoption, little progress has been made regarding its measurement, especially in manufacturing SMEs. This pa... Read More about A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs.

Best supply chain management practices and high-performance firms: The case of Gulf manufacturing firms (2018)
Journal Article
Al Shboul, M. A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2018). Best supply chain management practices and high-performance firms: The case of Gulf manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(9), 1482-1509. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-11-2016-0257

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the best supply chain management (SCM) practices that are implemented in medium- and large-sized Gulf manufacturing firms (MFs). Design/methodology/approach: Thi... Read More about Best supply chain management practices and high-performance firms: The case of Gulf manufacturing firms.

Exploring lean manufacturing practices' influence on process innovation performance (2018)
Journal Article
Moeldner, A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2020). Exploring lean manufacturing practices' influence on process innovation performance. Journal of Business Research, 106, 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.09.002

Little is known about the effects of lean manufacturing practices on the process innovation performance of manufacturing organisations. This research aims to fill this gap and explore the aforementioned interdependency. A research framework consistin... Read More about Exploring lean manufacturing practices' influence on process innovation performance.

Lean, green practices and process innovation: A model for green supply chain performance (2018)
Journal Article
Cherrafi, A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Mishra, N., Ghobadian, A., & Elfezazi⁠, S. (2018). Lean, green practices and process innovation: A model for green supply chain performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 206, 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.09.031

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. This paper investigates the relationship between lean, green and process innovation practices and green supply chain (GSC) performance. Data were collected from 374 manufacturing firms and results analyzed using Structural Equati... Read More about Lean, green practices and process innovation: A model for green supply chain performance.

An empirical analysis of supply and manufacturing risk and business performance: a Chinese manufacturing supply chain perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Bak, O., Guo, R., Shaw, S., Colicchia, C., Jose Arturo, G., & Kumari, A. (2018). An empirical analysis of supply and manufacturing risk and business performance: a Chinese manufacturing supply chain perspective. Supply Chain Management, 23(6), 461-479. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-10-2017-0319

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This study aims to explore the importance and impact of supply and manufacturing risk management upon business performance within the context of Chinese manufacturing supply chains. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about An empirical analysis of supply and manufacturing risk and business performance: a Chinese manufacturing supply chain perspective.

Investigating the benefits and challenges of Total Quality Management implementation in the pharmaceutical companies (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Petliushenko, K., Kumar, V., Zwiegelaar, J., Loonam, J., & Garza-Reyes, J. (2018, September). Investigating the benefits and challenges of Total Quality Management implementation in the pharmaceutical companies. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2018, UWE Bristol, England

Pharmaceutical companies in Eastern European region are facing urgent quality tools implementation due to fierce global competition. The aim of this research is to provide current understanding of TQM in this region and provide further guidance on h... Read More about Investigating the benefits and challenges of Total Quality Management implementation in the pharmaceutical companies.

A lean-TOC approach for improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport and logistics operations (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Villarreal, B., Kumar, V., & Diaz-Ramirez, J. (2019). A lean-TOC approach for improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport and logistics operations. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 22(3), 253-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2018.1513997

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The improvement of transport and logistics performance of Emergency Medical Services (EMSs) systems has been mainly addressed through mathematical modelling, operations research,... Read More about A lean-TOC approach for improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport and logistics operations.

Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review (2018)
Book Chapter
Upadhyay, A., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. (2019). Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review. In H. Bui, H. Nguyen, & D. Cole (Eds.), Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability. London: Routledge

The recent ongoing changes to the UK higher education sector have put immense pressure on both academics and students. Where academics are working hard to enhance the quality of the educational product, students, on the other hand, are struggling wit... Read More about Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: A critical review.

A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations (2018)
Journal Article
Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Granda-Gutiérrez, E., & Kumar, V. (2018). A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations. Production Planning and Control, 29(11), 928-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1494343

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper extends the approach of Lean transportation to improve the performance of emergency medical processes (EMP) by adapting its main concepts into the main characteristics... Read More about A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations.

Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs? (2018)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Pinzón-Castro, S. Y., & Kumar, V. (2019). Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs?. International Journal of Innovation Science, 11(1), 48-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-12-2017-0139

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In an environment where business uncertainty is the norm, developing innovation capability in an organisation is increasingly important. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that innovat... Read More about Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs?.

Examining legitimatisation of additive manufacturing in the interplay between innovation, lean manufacturing and sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
Ghobadian, A., Talavera, I., Bhattacharya, A., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & O'Regan, N. (2020). Examining legitimatisation of additive manufacturing in the interplay between innovation, lean manufacturing and sustainability. International Journal of Production Economics, 219, 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.06.001

In response to hypercompetition, globalisation and increasing consumer expectations, many manufacturing firms have embraced lean manufacturing (LM). The primary goal of LM is to reduce/eliminate waste (muda). There is broad consensus as to what const... Read More about Examining legitimatisation of additive manufacturing in the interplay between innovation, lean manufacturing and sustainability.

Critical success factors for the implementation of enterprise systems: A literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Loonam, J., Kumar, V., Mitra, A., & Abd Razak, A. (2018). Critical success factors for the implementation of enterprise systems: A literature review. Strategic Change, 27(3), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2194

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Since their inception into work organizations, enterprise systems (ES) have proved challenging for many organizations to implement successfully. This study seeks to advance our understanding of the ES success literatu... Read More about Critical success factors for the implementation of enterprise systems: A literature review.

Making it happen: The pivotal role of knowledge sharing for information technology deployment success during joint venture change (2018)
Journal Article
Eaves, S., Kumar, V., White, G. R., & Loonam, J. (2018). Making it happen: The pivotal role of knowledge sharing for information technology deployment success during joint venture change. Strategic Change, 27(3), 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2198

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Tacit and explicit knowledge sharing must be continually cultivated to enable information technology implementation success. Effective information technology deployment necessitates a holistic focus beyond technical a... Read More about Making it happen: The pivotal role of knowledge sharing for information technology deployment success during joint venture change.

Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Masi, D., Kumar, V., & Godsell, J. (2018). Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective. Production Planning and Control, 29(6), 539-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1449246

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The circular economy (CE) proposes an economic framework based on circular flows of products and materials. Transition towards a CE is underway, therefore, understanding the nature and s... Read More about Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective.

How social shopping retains customers? Capturing the essence of website quality and relationship quality (2018)
Journal Article
Hsu, C. L., Chen, M. C., & Kumar, V. (2018). How social shopping retains customers? Capturing the essence of website quality and relationship quality. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 29(1-2), 161-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2016.1171706

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group. Social shopping as a result of the advancement of social media applications isincreasing considerably in e-commerce. As a consequence of the multifaceted phenomenon of social shopping, w... Read More about How social shopping retains customers? Capturing the essence of website quality and relationship quality.

The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Chaikittisilp, S., & Tan, K. H. (2018). The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations. International Journal of Production Economics, 200, 170-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.03.030

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to achieve operational excellence, and in this way meet both traditional and contemporary organisational objectives such as profitability, efficiency, responsivenes... Read More about The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations.

Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations (2018)
Journal Article
Loonam, J., Eaves, S., Kumar, V., & Parry, G. (2018). Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations. Strategic Change, 27(2), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2185

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Digitally enabled organizations are supported by new information and communication technologies, referred to as digital technologies, which increasingly promise enormous opportunities for growth. The study reviews 10... Read More about Towards digital transformation: Lessons learned from traditional organizations.

Lean manufacturing adoption in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand – An exploratory study (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Tangkeow, S., Kumar, V., & Nadeem, S. P. (2018). Lean manufacturing adoption in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand – An exploratory study

This paper investigates the adoption status of lean manufacturing (LM) in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand. A survey questionnaire was design, validated and distributed among Thai transport and logistics companies. In total, 120 useable... Read More about Lean manufacturing adoption in the transport and logistics sector of Thailand – An exploratory study.

Innovation and growth in family-owned Mexican SMEs (2018)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Pinzón-Castro, S. Y., Mejía-Trejo, J., Kumar, V., & Nadeem, S. P. (2018). Innovation and growth in family-owned Mexican SMEs

This paper studies the relationship between innovation and the level of growth in family-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this is done within the context of Mexico. The conceptual framework of analysis is based on the hypothesis... Read More about Innovation and growth in family-owned Mexican SMEs.

Investigating the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the aerospace industry (2018)
Journal Article
Pratama, N. A., Kumar, V., Kumari, A., Garza-Reyes, J., & Nadeem, S. . P. (2018). Investigating the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the aerospace industry

Aerospace companies implement certain quality management and environmental standards, e.g. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 requirements specific to the aerospace industry. The big question is whether the implementation of the ISO standards... Read More about Investigating the benefits and challenges of the implementation of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the aerospace industry.

A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry (2018)
Journal Article
Seifullina, A., Er, A., Nadeem, S. P., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2018). A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51(11), 1149-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.435

© 2018 The adoption of Lean concepts beyond the manufacturing sector has been increasing recently. In this line, its scope has been expanded to the mining industry under the realisation of the need for productivity improvements and a leverage for eff... Read More about A Lean Implementation Framework for the Mining Industry.

Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector (2018)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J., Yu, M., Kumar, V., & Upadhyay, A. (2018). Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector. TQM Journal, 30(1), 2-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-05-2017-0052

© 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: To address the critical sustainability challenges currently faced by China, manufacturers in this country have committed to improve their environmental performance. To support this commitment, evidence sugg... Read More about Total quality environmental management: Adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector.

A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil (2017)
Journal Article
Ramos, A. R., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Cherrafi, A. (2018). A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 177, 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.145

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd A constant evolution in the efficiency of production systems and government policies has enabled the control of the environmental impact of production activities and encouraged companies to develop strategies to achieve more susta... Read More about A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil.

Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected? (2017)
Journal Article
Kabbiri, R., Dora, M., Kumar, V., Elepu, G., & Gellynck, X. (2018). Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 131, 253-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.010

In recent years user acceptance of a new technology has become of much interest. One of the most outstanding global problems facing Africa is the digital divide. However, the use and adoption of mobile phones is reducing the digital divide in Africa.... Read More about Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected?.

Towards a model of emergency department congestion (2017)
Journal Article
Brady, M., Kumar, V., Byrne, P. J., Conyngham, G., Liston, P., & Gilligan, P. (2017). Towards a model of emergency department congestion. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 16(3-4), 303-318. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2017.088870

© Copyright 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The purpose of this paper is to examine the flow of patients through the emergency department of a large suburban acute general hospital and the factors that influence overcrowding and congestion. The pa... Read More about Towards a model of emergency department congestion.

An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs (2017)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Kumar, V., & Bradford, J. (2017). An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Production Research, 55(23), 6916-6931. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1327728

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To sustain their competitive advantage in a highly competitive landscape, SMEs, in spite of their limited resources, need to effectively learn. The ability to access and successfully use... Read More about An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs.

Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry (2017)
Journal Article
Radwan Al-Shboul, M. A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Betsis, I. E., & Kumar, V. (2018). Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(1), 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-04-2016-0083

© 2018, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality practices of European pharmaceutical manufacturers to determine the level of readiness of this industrial sector to implement and/or sustain lean manufa... Read More about Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection (2017)
Journal Article
Alaka, H. A., Oyedele, L., Owolabi, H. A., Kumar, V., Ajayi, S. O., Akinade, O., & Bilal, M. (2018). Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection. Expert Systems with Applications, 94, 164-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.10.040

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The bankruptcy prediction research domain continues to evolve with many new different predictive models developed using various tools. Yet many of the tools are used with the wrong data conditions or for the wrong situation. Using... Read More about Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection.

Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico (2017)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Pinzón-Castro, S. Y., & Kumar, V. (2017). Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(8), 1669-1686. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-08-2016-0339

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - Specific research related to the study of innovation barriers in service SMEs in the Latin American region is limited. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that external environmental, f... Read More about Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico.

Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations (2017)
Journal Article
Scott, B., Loonam, J., & Kumar, V. (2017). Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations. Strategic Change, 26(5), 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2142

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are playing an increasingly important role for organizations that seek to build social and solidarity-based finance. Blockchain technology has emerged as a potential disrupto... Read More about Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations.

Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century (2017)
Book
Garza-Reyes, J., Kumar, V., Martinez-Covarrubias, J. L., & Lim, M. K. (2017). Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century. London: Productivity Press (T&F)

The globalized and current competitive business environment of the twenty-first century has brought ever more hallenging pressures to the operations of organizations. In this century, operations are not only expected to contribute to the profitabilit... Read More about Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century.

A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools (2017)
Journal Article
Tomelero, R. L., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2017). A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools. International Journal of Production Research, 55(13), 3788-3807. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1293864

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Manufacturing companies are striving hard to remain competitive hence, they rely on a number of resources to meet customers’ expectations, among which cutting tools are included. This pa... Read More about A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools.

Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors (2017)
Journal Article
Andreadis, E., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2017). Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors. International Journal of Production Research, 55(23), 7073-7095. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1347302

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the relatively extensive literature on VSM, limited reflection has been reported regarding how managerial proceedings actually put VSM into practice. This research therefore inve... Read More about Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors.

International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability (2017)
Book
Upadhyay, A., Vadam, C., & Kumar, V. (2017). International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability. London: Transnational Press London

Every day in the modern life, we see the organisation that are not of a local origin operate in our countries. These globalized organisations manage to operate successfully despite the fact that they will meet many obstacles in a foreign country.... Read More about International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability.

The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance (2017)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. R., Al-Shboul, M. A. R., Barber, K. D., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2017). The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 28(5), 577-609. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-11-2016-0154

© Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to theorise and develop seven dimensions (strategic supplier partnership, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, customer service management, internal lean pr... Read More about The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance.

Editorial (2017)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Chen, F. F., & Wang, Y. C. (2017). Editorial. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 8(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-01-2017-0005

Historically, profitability and efficiency, and more recently, customer satisfaction, quality, and responsiveness, have been the dominant concern for organisations (Green Jr. et al., 2012; Mohanty et al. 1999). In this line, ‘Lean’ and ‘Six Sigma’ ha... Read More about Editorial.

Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review (2017)
Journal Article
Chugani, N., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Upadhyay, A. (2017). Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 8(1), 7-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-11-2015-0043

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The academic literature and research lines exploring the effect of quality improvement methods on environmental performance still remain in early stages. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investi... Read More about Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzman, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Kumar, V. (2017). Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 514, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66926-7_27

© 2017, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. This empirical research investigates the influence of service innovation on the performance of service SMEs, especially within the context of a country with an emerging economy as it i... Read More about Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Chibuzo, E. N., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumari, A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Lopez-Torres, G. C. (2017). The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector. Procedia Manufacturing, 11, 814-821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.183

© 2017 The Authors Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true desi... Read More about The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector.

Barriers to supply chain integration: The case of Vietnamese textile and apparel enterprises (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dieu Linh, N. T., Kumar, V., Ruan, X., Loonam, J., & Gia Thu, H. (2016, September). Barriers to supply chain integration: The case of Vietnamese textile and apparel enterprises. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2016, Newcastle University, UK

To identify the barriers of supply chain integration and propose solutions through empirical study

Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Wang, X., Kumar, V., & Kumar, N. (2016). Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, 894-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.089

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Green warehouse management plays a significant part in developing a carbon efficient supply chain. This research examines the behaviour change in warehouse management decisions under the cap-and-trade emission policy and explores... Read More about Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy.

An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article
Binti Aminuddin, N. A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Antony, J., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2016). An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness. International Journal of Production Research, 54(15), 4430-4447. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2015.1055849

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To ensure manufacturing organisations remain competitive, most of them are turning to total productive maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing to ensure seamless operations. Overall equ... Read More about An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness.

Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs (2016)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Lopez-Torres, G. C., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Martinez-Covarrubias, J. L. (2016). Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs. Management Research Review, 39(7), 830-850. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-02-2015-0024

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between knowledge management and creation of intellectual property within the context of small and medium size manufacturing enterprises. De... Read More about Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs.

Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Villarreal, B., Kumar, V., & Molina Ruiz, P. (2016). Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment. Production Planning and Control, 27(15), 1221-1232. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1197436

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The transport and logistics sector is of vital importance for the stimulation of trade and hence the economic development of nations. However, over the last few years, this sector has ta... Read More about Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment.

Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age (2016)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Loonam, J., Allen, J. P., & Sawyer, S. (2016). Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age. Journal of Information Technology, 31(2), 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2016.13

Information systems (IS), since their introduction into organisations over five decades ago, have promised to streamline business processes, integrate disparate systems, increase innovation, and offer greater competitive advantage. Over the past deca... Read More about Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age.

A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Al-Balushi, M., Antony, J., & Kumar, V. (2016). A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry. Production Planning and Control, 27(13), 1092-1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1185188

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract: Evidence suggests that specifically designed frameworks to implement Lean Six Sigma (LSS) projects to tackle particular problems are more effective than ‘generic’ versions. Thi... Read More about A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry.

Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms (2016)
Journal Article
Kumar, V. N., Kumar, V., Brady, M., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Simpson, M. (2017). Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms. International Journal of Production Economics, 183, 458-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.04.026

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the changing competitive landscape and with growing environmental awareness, reverse logistics issues have become prominent in manufacturing organizations. As a result there is an increasing focus on green aspects of the supply... Read More about Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms.

A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations (2016)
Journal Article
Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2016). A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 116(5), 903-925. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-09-2015-0385

© 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The improvement of routing operations performance has been of great concern for organisations. This has led to the development of alternative lean-based methods, however the literature research on th... Read More about A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations.

Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study (2016)
Journal Article
Lim, M. K., Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Lim, M. K. (2017). Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 20(2), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2016.1170773

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Traditionally, logistics and transportation problems have been addressed through mathematical modelling, operations research, and simulation, but criticism has emerged about their effect... Read More about Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study.

ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products (2016)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Toscano, C., Helo, P., Shamsuzzoha, A., Tosano, C., Carneiro, L. M., …Helo, P. (2016). ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products. Production Planning and Control, 27(4), 280-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2015.1123322

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Growing interest on business collaboration motivates todays industries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to establish and manage dynamic and non-hierarchical business networks to respond to market opportunitie... Read More about ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products.

Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations (2016)
Journal Article
Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2016). Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations. Production Planning and Control, 27(11), 865-877. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1152405

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Road transportation has become an important factor in international trade and the management of supply chains. However, this form of product logistics has generally been considered ineff... Read More about Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations.

Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Amorim, M., Bhattacharya, A., & Garza, J. (2016). Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains. Supply Chain Management, 21(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-12-2015-0467

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This study aims to address the management of reverse flows in the context of service supply chains. The study builds on the characteristics of services production reported in literature to: identi... Read More about Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains.

A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies (2016)
Journal Article
Antony, J., Gijo, E. V., Kumar, V., & Ghadge, A. (2016). A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 33(8), 1138-1149. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-10-2014-0157

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental barriers/challenges, benefits, commonly used tools and techniques, organisational infrastructure and impact on organisational performance in... Read More about A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies.

A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems (2015)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Jose, G., Luis, R., & Vikas, K. (2015). A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 26(11-12), 1298-1310. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2014.929254

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Some evidence suggests that Quality Management Systems (QMSs) make a positive contribution towards the competitiveness of organisations. However, evidence also suggests that organisations find their implementation difficult... Read More about A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems.

A review and comparative analysis of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award (2015)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Visnevskis, F., Kumar, V., & Antony, J. (2015). A review and comparative analysis of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award. Measuring Business Excellence, 19(4), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBE-08-2014-0028

© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The paper aims to present a review and comparison of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award (RFGQA) with the three major business excellence models, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award... Read More about A review and comparative analysis of the Russian Federation Government Quality Award.

Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system (2015)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Holt, D., Ghobadian, A., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2015). Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system. International Journal of Production Research, 53(21), 6372-6389. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.917215

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The aim of this paper is to develop a comprehensive taxonomy of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and develop a structural equation modelling-driven decision support system following GSCM taxonomy for managers... Read More about Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system.

Challenges to the transformational role of university in regional innovation system (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ruan, X., Saad, M., Kumar, V., & Kumari, A. (2015, September). Challenges to the transformational role of university in regional innovation system. Paper presented at BAM 2015, Portsmouth University, UK

A review of literature recognizes that universities play an important role towards regional innovation system and the innovation systems in China differ from the one in advanced marketing economies. Over the past decade, some university mergers took... Read More about Challenges to the transformational role of university in regional innovation system.

Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach (2015)
Journal Article
Kumar, V. V., Kumar, V. V., Liou, F. W., Balakrishnan, S. N., & Kumar, V. (2015). Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 26(4), 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-013-0836-9

© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York. In the modern manufacturing arena, environmental and economical concerns draw considerable attention from both practitioners and researchers towards remanufacturing practices. The success of remanufac... Read More about Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach.

Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Falguieres, M., Kumar, V., Lim, M. K., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumari, A., Lim, M. K., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2015). Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain. In IFAC-PapersOnLine (2226-2232). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.419

© 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Recent financial crisis had severe impact on many economies around the globe. In Spain, it has resulted in increasing job loss, increasing shor... Read More about Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain.

Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lim, M. K., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Garza-Reyes, J., Zisis, S., Kumar, V., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2015). Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. , (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093947

© 2015 IEEE. This paper presents an initial research that explores the awareness and adoption of Lean Manufacturing (LM), Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) and Theory Of Constraints (TOC) in the Greek engineering sector. An exp... Read More about Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector.

Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lim, M. K., Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Lim, M. K. (2015). Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. , (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093844

© 2015 IEEE. This paper discusses the suitability for Business Excellence Models (BEMs) to include Corporate Sustainability on business model criteria. The conceptual paper brings discussion of what sort of measures are required to fit organizations'... Read More about Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence.

An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process (2015)
Journal Article
Rocha-Lona, L., Edith Alvarez-Reyes, E., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2015). An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process. International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, 1(3), 266-283. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLER.2015.071743

This paper presents a shipment improvement project in a pharmaceutical company to reduce distribution costs of a set of products shipped to Germany. The project consisted in the diagnosis and improvement of the shipment process through the deployment... Read More about An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process.

Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry (2015)
Journal Article
MacKerron, G., Kumar, M., Benedikt, A., & Kumar, V. (2015). Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry. Production Planning and Control, 26(2), 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.869702

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This study investigates the characteristics of an effective performance management framework for outsourcing projects in a UK-based financial services organisation and how this may contribute to the success of the outsourci... Read More about Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry.

In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain (2014)
Journal Article
Guven-Uslu, P., Chan, H. K., Ijaz, S., Bak, O., Whitlow, B., & Kumar, V. (2014). In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain. Production Planning and Control, 25(13-14), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.808841

© 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper reports the findings from a case study research about in-depth analysis of decoupling point as a reference model to address a particular management dilemma. Managers from a health service organisation cont... Read More about In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain.

Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration (2014)
Journal Article
Chan, H. K., & Kumar, V. (2014). Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration. Production Planning and Control, 25(13-14), 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.808834

The Special Issue of Production Planning & Control, 2014 reflects the most recent advances on reference models in industrial and supply-chain applications. Liu and co-researchers study the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) in the aircraft spare p... Read More about Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration.

The transformational role of University in regional innovation system: The case of Zhengzhou University in China (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ruan, X., Saad, M., & Kumar, V. (2014, September). The transformational role of University in regional innovation system: The case of Zhengzhou University in China. Paper presented at ‘Innovation Systems and the New Role of Universities’ (COSINUS), Bordj-Bou-Arreridj, Algeria

Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry (2014)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kirkham, L., Kumar, V., & Antony, J. (2014). Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry. International Journal of Production Research, 52(18), 5323-5345. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903345

To improve their competitive ability, organisations are turning towards implementing improvements into their operations and processes. Whilst operations improvement projects are often identified with relative ease, resource constraints limit the abil... Read More about Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry.

Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm (2014)
Journal Article
Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Baldwin, C., Garza-Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (2014). Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(6), 827-847. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-01-2013-0001

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The academic literature and motivational theory recognise the positive role of motivation on organisational performance and considers personal development as a key motivational factor. In practice, most o... Read More about Personal development review (PDR) process and engineering staff motivation: A case study investigation in a manufacturing firm.

Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach (2014)
Journal Article
Bhattacharya, A., Mohapatra, P., Kumar, V., Dey, P. K., Brady, M., Tiwari, M. K., & Nudurupati, S. S. (2014). Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach. Production Planning and Control, 25(8), 698-714. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.798088

The purpose of this paper is to delineate a green supply chain (GSC) performance measurement framework using an intra-organisational collaborative decision-making (CDM) approach. A fuzzy analytic network process (ANP)-based green-balanced scorecard (... Read More about Green supply chain performance measurement using fuzzy ANP-based balanced scorecard: A collaborative decision-making approach.

Ashford Castle Hotel: Epitome of an excellent service experience (2014)
Book Chapter
Kumar, V., & Brady, M. (2014). Ashford Castle Hotel: Epitome of an excellent service experience. In J. Kandampully (Ed.), Customer Experience Management: Enhancing Experience and Value Through Service Management (358-362). Dubuque, USA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Ashford Castle Hotel is one of the world’s finest five star luxury hotels, located in County Mayo on the dramatic west coast of Ireland. The castle dates from the 13th century and has been continuously occupied since then. The hotel is a member of Le... Read More about Ashford Castle Hotel: Epitome of an excellent service experience.

The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations (2014)
Journal Article
Belekoukias, I., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2014). The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations. International Journal of Production Research, 52(18), 5346-5366. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.903348

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to improve their operations and processes. However, the real effect of these methods and tools on contemporary measures of operational performance, i.e. cost, speed... Read More about The impact of lean methods and tools on the operational performance of manufacturing organisations.

Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation (2014)
Journal Article
Mackerron, G., Kumar, M., Kumar, V., & Esain, A. (2014). Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation. Production Planning and Control, 25(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.782950

This paper provides generic implementation guidelines for an electronic supplier Kanban in the form of an eight-step implementation Framework. This has been tested, proven and realised, providing a clear process to follow. The steps provide a clear p... Read More about Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation.

Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Kumari, A., Ruan, X., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Akkaranggoon, S. (2014). Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (327-337). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45526-5_30

Service sector has grown significantly over the years and now is one of the major contributors of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of most of the developed and developing economies. Within the service sector, information economy has grown significant... Read More about Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms.

Exploring the application of quality improvement programmes and ISO standards in the Indian marble mining sector (2014)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Devpura, M., Garza-Reyes, J., Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., & Soriano-Meier, H. (2014). Exploring the application of quality improvement programmes and ISO standards in the Indian marble mining sector. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 13(3), 310-328. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPQM.2014.060420

In this era of globalisation, as competition intensifies, providing quality products and services has become a competitive advantage and a need to ensure survival. To ensure such competitive advantage, organisations of different industries around the... Read More about Exploring the application of quality improvement programmes and ISO standards in the Indian marble mining sector.

Top Managers and Information Systems: ‘Crossing the Rubicon!’ (2014)
Journal Article
Loonam, J., McDonagh, J., Kumar, V., & O'Regan, N. (2014). Top Managers and Information Systems: ‘Crossing the Rubicon!’. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 205-224. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1971

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Supporting information systems requires both thought and action, which managers should consider in a consistent roadmap before ‘crossing the Rubicon’ to adopt such systems.

The strategic implication of monetary control: An empirical investigation of the Indian economy (2013)
Journal Article
Kumari, A., Kumar, V., Brady, M., & O'Regan, N. (2013). The strategic implication of monetary control: An empirical investigation of the Indian economy. Strategic Change, 22(5-6), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1943

Emerging economies have struggled hard to keep inflation low at the same time as facilitating high economic growth. These economies always attempt to execute strategic policy framework to curb inflation which in-turn affect the growth rate. This pape... Read More about The strategic implication of monetary control: An empirical investigation of the Indian economy.

Building quality management systems: Selecting the right methods and tools (2013)
Book
Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (2013). Building quality management systems: Selecting the right methods and tools. UK: Productivity Press, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group)

Selection and ranking of low cost countries for outsourcing and offshoring in the manufacturing sector (2013)
Journal Article
Pai, R. U., Banerji, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Lim, M., & Kumar, V. (2013). Selection and ranking of low cost countries for outsourcing and offshoring in the manufacturing sector. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 414, 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41266-0_60

With the advent of globalisation, there is a need for companies to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Outsourcing and offshoring are strategies often employed by organisations to sustain and gain such competitive advantage. This paper focuses... Read More about Selection and ranking of low cost countries for outsourcing and offshoring in the manufacturing sector.

A comparative study of the implementation status of lean Six Sigma in South Korea and the UK (2013)
Book Chapter
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Lee, J. H., Garza-Reyes, J., Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., & Mishra, N. (2013). A comparative study of the implementation status of lean Six Sigma in South Korea and the UK. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00557-7_120

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013. Fierce competition and more complex customer needs and demands have forced organizations to continuously improve their operations and the quality of their products and services. Over the last deca... Read More about A comparative study of the implementation status of lean Six Sigma in South Korea and the UK.

Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Kumari, A., Garza-Reyes, J., & Lim, M. (2013). Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41266-0_59

© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2013. In the current economic climate and intense competitive environment achieving sustainable competitive advantage has become vital for any organisation’s survival. Organisations around th... Read More about Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms.

Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company (2013)
Book Chapter
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., Alvarez-Reyes, S. E., Eldridge, S., Garza-Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (2013). Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company. In A. Azevedo (Ed.), Advances in Sustainable and Competitive Manufacturing Systems (1475-1487). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00557-7_119

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013. Distribution is an important activity in the integrated supply-chain management for pharmaceutical products, especially when these goods have to travel long distances from manufacturing facilities... Read More about Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company.

A CBFSA approach to resolve the distributed manufacturing process planning problem in a supply chain environment (2012)
Journal Article
Mishra, N., Kumar, V., Chan, F. T., & Tiwari, M. K. (2012). A CBFSA approach to resolve the distributed manufacturing process planning problem in a supply chain environment. International Journal of Production Research, 50(2), 535-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.543176

In this competitive world cost and lead time reduction are of prime concern for manufacturing firms. To achieve this objective manufacturing entities are adopting several management philosophies such as Total Quality Management (TQM), just-in-time (J... Read More about A CBFSA approach to resolve the distributed manufacturing process planning problem in a supply chain environment.

Managing warehousing in an agile supply chain environment: An F-AIS algorithm based approach (2011)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Mishra, N., Chan, F. T., & Verma, A. (2011). Managing warehousing in an agile supply chain environment: An F-AIS algorithm based approach. International Journal of Production Research, 49(21), 6407-6426. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.528057

In recent years, application of the agile concept in the manufacturing sector has been researched extensively to reduce the varying effect of customer demands. However, most of the research work is focused on the shop floor of different manufacturing... Read More about Managing warehousing in an agile supply chain environment: An F-AIS algorithm based approach.

The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty (2010)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Batista, L., & Maull, R. (2010). The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty. Service Science, 3(2), 158-171. https://doi.org/10.1287/serv.3.2.158

This research develops a longitudinal study that builds upon previous findings that operations performance of service delivery can positively affect customer satisfaction, further extending this verdict to point out operations performance as a direct... Read More about The impact of operations performance on customer loyalty.

The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model (2009)
Journal Article
Chan, F. T., Kumar, V., & Tiwari, M. K. (2009). The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model. International Journal of Production Research, 47(1), 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540600818195

Over the past few years growing global competition has forced the manufacturing industries to upgrade their old production strategies with the modern day approaches. As a result, recent interest has been developed towards finding an appropriate polic... Read More about The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model.

Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Wang, M., Kumari, A., Akkaranggoon, S., Garza-Reyes, J., Neutzling, D., & Tupa, J. (in press). Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bangkok, Thailand, March 5-7, 2019 (728-738)

Growing awareness towards the sustainability has compelled supply chain domain experts to explore its relevance in this context. As a result, a number of studies in recent years have focused on investigating sustainable supply chain practices across... Read More about Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review.

The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty
Conference Proceeding
Jeihoony, P., Jabarzadeh, Y., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. (in press). The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 201. , (1657-1667)

Performing well in developing production industry is an important factor for companies to survive and sustain a competitive edge in the current turbulent business environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of learning orientation... Read More about The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty.

Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review
Conference Proceeding
Rocha-Lona, L., Cuevas-Zuñiga, I. Y., Soto-Flores, M. D. R., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (in press). Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2019. , (1542-1553)

There is little research documenting the use of clean technologies (CT) in Agribusiness in Mexico. In this regard, the objective of this article is to provide an in-depth literature review that can cover this gap and help decision-makers and investor... Read More about Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review.

Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Zeidan, J., Kumari, A., Garza-Reyes, J., & Tupa, J. (in press). Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Paris, France, July 26-27, 2018. , (2297-2306)

Supply chain integration plays a major role in the success of any organisation. As a result in last over a decade it has drawn a significant interest from the research community and practitioners alike. Though researchers have aimed to address variou... Read More about Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms.