Professor Vikas Kumar's Outputs (195)

Farmers’ attitudes towards participation in short food supply chains: Evidence from a Chinese field research (2019)
Journal Article

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.

Investigating “circular business models” in the manufacturing and service sectors (2019)
Journal Article

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

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.

Coalescing the lean and circular economy (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

The adoption of operational environmental sustainability approaches in the Thai manufacturing sector (2019)
Journal Article

© 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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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

© 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

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

© 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

© 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 Contribution

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

© 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.

A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations (2018)
Journal Article

© 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

© 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

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

© 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

© 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

© 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.