Big data analytics in logistics and supply chain management: Certain investigations for research and applications

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The role of Big Data in explaining disaster resilience in supply chains for sustainability

Sustainable supply chain management: framework and further research directions

Circular supply chain emphasizes surge in application of reuse, recycling and remanufacturing and thereby promotes the transformation of manufacturing characteristics from linear (‘take-produce-utilize-dump’) to circular model of flow of products, by-products and waste. Supply chains of manufacturing industries have become global in last few decades. Products manufactured in developing nations like India and China are being sent to developed nations for consumption in higher volumes. Developed nations have the regulatory policies, technological knowhow and modern infrastructure to adopt circular supply chain model. Their counterpart is trailing in these aspects. In literature, limited research work has been performed on identifying challenges of implementing circular supply chain management in developing nations and their contextual association. In this article, based on thorough literature review and feedback received from experts, sixteen important barriers were identified to circular supply chain management adoption in Indian context. The listed barriers were then analysed using an integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling - MICMAC approach. This study attempts to identify the contextual interactions among identified barriers and to examine their hierarchical levels in effective adoption and implementation of circular supply chain management. The findings of this research will contribute in transforming supply chains in terms of bringing economic prosperity, addressing global warming issues and generating numerous employment opportunities. Finally, some crucial policy measures and recommendations are proposed to assist managers and government bodies to adopt and manage the concepts of circular supply chains effectively in Indian context.

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Barriers to effective circular supply chain management in a developing country context

This paper provides a systematic review on the subject of environmental sustainability in the service industry of logistics service providers (LSPs) to analyse the advances of the literature on the topic and pick out appropriate research questions to investigate. The literature review has been performed using two academic databases and spans the years 1960–2014. The paper shows that despite the increasing number of papers on the subject, several areas of research are still being neglected. In particular, the paper highlights six main literature gaps concerning the classification of green initiatives, the impact of green initiatives on LSP performance, the evaluation of sustainability performance, the factors influencing the adoption of environmental sustainability initiatives, the customer perspective in the sustainable supply chain, and the information and communication technologies supporting green initiatives. Starting from these six gaps, eight research questions have been identified. These research questions represent possible emerging areas of investigation on the topic.

Environmental sustainability in the service industry of transportation and logistics service providers: Systematic literature review and research directions

Performance measures and metrics in outsourcing decisions: a review for research and applications

Numerous experiments have been conducted in the field of e-learning. This article deals with one of the longest standing experiments that has been in progress for ever 8 years now and focuses upon a complete French degree course namely the DUT in company management. In light of this experiment, the article aims to show that to implement e-learning requires a change of logic in the learning process. It also provides a list of pertinent factors which, coupled with ICT, will ensure a successful completion of this distance learning course.

Lionel Filippi

Papers

Performance measures and metrics in outsourcing decisions: a review for research and applications

E-learning et Innovation organisationnelle : éléments de réflexion autour d'une expérience développée dans le milieu universitaire