A comparative literature analysis of definitions for green and sustainable supply chain management

Quantitative models for sustainable supply chain management: Developments and directions

The impact of digitalisation and Industry 4.0 on the ripple effect and disruption risk control analytics in the supply chain (SC) is studied. The research framework combines the results from two is...

The impact of digital technology and Industry 4.0 on the ripple effect and supply chain risk analytics

A fuzzy multi criteria approach for measuring sustainability performance of a supplier based on triple bottom line approach

Over the last decade, the concept of the circular economy has regained attention, especially related to efforts to achieve a more sustainable society. The ‘revival’ of the circular economy has been accompanied by controversies and confusions across different actors in science and practice. With this article we attempt at contributing to advanced clarity in the field and providing a heuristic that is useful in practice. Initially, we take a focus on the historical development of the concept of circular economy and value retention options (ROs) for products and materials aiming for increased circularity. We propose to distinguish three phases in the evolution of the circular economy and argue that the concept – in its dominant framing – is not as new as frequently claimed. Having established this background knowledge, we give insights into ‘how far we are’ globally, with respect to the implementation of circularity, arguing that high levels of circularity have already been reached in different parts of the globe with regard to longer loop value retention options, such as energy recovery and recycling. Subsequently, we show that the confusion surrounding the circular economy is more far reaching. We summarize the divergent perspectives on retention options and unite the most common views a 10R typology. From our analyses, we conclude that policymakers and businesses should focus their efforts on realization of the more desirable, shorter loop retention options, like remanufacturing, refurbishing and repurposing – yet with a view on feasibility and overall system effects. Scholars, on the other hand, should assist the parties contributing to an increased circular economy in practice by taking up a more active role in attaining consensus in conceptualizing the circular economy.

The circular economy: New or Refurbished as CE 3.0? — Exploring Controversies in the Conceptualization of the Circular Economy through a Focus on History and Resource Value Retention Options

Recovery strategies from major supply disruptions in single and multiple sourcing networks

One of the profound impacts of digitalization on supply chains is manifested through e-commerce. The latter has significantly grown during the last two decades, with further amplifications during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has created operational and policy making challenges for firms when deciding about how best to manage the resulting growth in e-commerce. While the impact of e-commerce on supply chains has been widely recognized in the literature, there was no effort to systematically review the literature, conceptualize some of the challenges and propose future research directions. This paper fills this gap by reviewing 153 publications from 1999 to 2019. We classify the reviewed literature based on which supply chain drivers were investigated, as well as, the employed research methodology. In addition, we conduct network and content analysis to uncover the main research themes and potential research directions namely, developing analytical centred; modelling based ecosystem for environment; leveraging data mining to enhance sustainability; balance between growth and sustainability; consumer demand and uncertainty; coordination in e-commerce logistics; last mile alternatives and cost management of innovative technique implementations. Furthermore, based on our literature review, we propose a conceptual framework where we interlink supply chain stages with a firm’s business strategy, digital transformation strategy and performance. 

The impact of digital transformation on supply chains through e-commerce: Literature review and a conceptual framework

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce a special issue “Optimization and Simulation Models in Supply Chain Management” that looks at optimization and simulation applications in supply chain management. In addition to introducing the papers in this issue and summarizing their major contributions, we give a brief overview of the current practice in supply chain optimization and the prospects for future research in this field.

Supply Chain Optimization: Current Practices and Overview of Emerging Research Opportunities

In this paper we focus on the problems of one-dimensional storage location and order picking in a single carousel. We illustrate several applications, review the literature and list some open problems, and present a general model that includes the one-dimensional carousel storage location problem as well as other well-known combinatorial optimization problems as special cases.

Elkafi Hassini

Papers

Recovery strategies from major supply disruptions in single and multiple sourcing networks

The impact of digital transformation on supply chains through e-commerce: Literature review and a conceptual framework

Supply Chain Optimization: Current Practices and Overview of Emerging Research Opportunities

One-Dimensional Carousel Storage Problems: Applications, Review and Generalizations

Storage space allocation to maximize inter-replenishment times