Showing papers in "International Journal of Production Economics in 2018"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied how the adoption of different Industry 4.0 technologies is associated with expected benefits for product, operations and side-effects aspects in the Brazilian industry.

TL;DR: An integrated fuzzy AHP-VIKOR approach-based framework for sustainable global supplier selection that takes sustainability risks from sub-suppliers (i.e., (1 + n) th-tier suppliers) into account is presented in this article.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors adopted a systematic literature review methodology combined with bibliometric, network and content analysis based on 348 papers identified from mainstream academic databases, which provided insights not previously fully captured or evaluated by other reviews on this topic, including key authors, key journals and the prestige of the reviewed papers.

TL;DR: In this article, a short literature review on sustainable supply chain management and sustainable supply chains in the food industry is provided to give the reader current knowledge on how the past and current research are introduced in this work.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey was conducted in Indian manufacturing industries and co-variance-based structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model, which revealed that there are 18 validated supplier social sustainability measures underlying five social dimensions: labor rights, safety and health, societal responsibility, diversity, and product responsibility.

TL;DR: In this paper, a decision support system for the sustainable supplier selection (SSS) problem in a real world textile industry located in the emerging economy of India is presented. And the results show that the supplier rankings are highly influenced by CSF's social dimensions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and analyze the key enablers in implementing sustainable initiatives for Agri-food supply chains (A-FSCs) by using a combined Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) -Fuzzy Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) based framework.

TL;DR: Based on panel data from 2000 to 2015, the authors estimated the green total factor productivity (GTFP) of each of the 11 provinces in the Yangtze River economic belt using z slacks-based measure in data envelopment analysis model.

TL;DR: In this article, a two-echelon supply chain is considered, where a manufacturer sells products through both her own online channel and a traditional retailer, and the retailer provides customers with some pre-sales services, which have positive impact on the market demand.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the current barriers to the progression of additive manufacturing for end-use products from an industrial perspective and understand the nature of those barriers, including education, cost, design, software, materials, traceability, machine constraints, in-process monitoring, mechanical properties, repeatability, scalability, validation, standards, quality, inspection, tolerances, finishing and sterilisation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an inventory model for deteriorating items under a two-level partial trade credit with allowable shortages, and the objective of the problem is to determine the optimal selling price, the optimal replenishment cycle time and the time taken for the inventory to reach zero at the same time such that, the total profit per unit is maximized.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of five essential lean methods, i.e. JIT, autonomation, kaizen/continuous improvement, total productive maintenance (TPM) and value stream mapping (VSM), on environmental performance is investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between lean, green and process innovation practices and green supply chain (GSC) performance and found that green practices including eco-design, life cycle assessment, green manufacturing, reverse logistics, and waste management significantly and positively affect GSC performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors optimize the design of a closed-loop supply chain network that encompasses flows in both forward and reverse directions and is subject to uncertainty in demands for both new and returned products.

TL;DR: A supply chain risk network management process that captures interdependencies between risks, multiple (potentially conflicting) performance measures and risk mitigation strategies within a (risk) network setting is developed and operationalised.

TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of collaborative culture and IOS use on supply chain collaboration by examining a moderated mediation model and found that collaborative culture enhances supply-chain collaboration directly and indirectly by facilitating the use of IOS, which in turn improves supply chain collaborations.

TL;DR: In this article, a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) with competitive recycling market (competitive collectors) and product-market (new and remanufactured products) is considered, and three competition scenarios chosen by the manufacturer are studied in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the influence of stakeholders on the extent to which firms adopt social sustainability in their supply chain management practices and the benefits gained from such efforts in emerging economies.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper explored the challenges posed in the development and deployment of 3D printing and focused on China, which is still the main manufacturing hub of the world, and uncovered the obstacles that resist mass-scale applications of 3DP.

TL;DR: In this paper, structural equation modeling is used to test the hypotheses using data of 770 manufacturing companies obtained from the sixth version of International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS), and the findings suggest that companies cope with supply chain risk by using integrative practices with suppliers and customers that enhance agility performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used causal loop diagrams (CLDs) to simulate the performance of traditional and cloud-based hospital supply chains and compared the performance metrics: average inventory levels, lead time, and unfilled orders.

TL;DR: An ant colony (AC) algorithm based meta-heuristics is proposed as the solution method of the EVRP and the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is evaluated through extensive numerical experiments on the newly generated instances.

TL;DR: This study proposes a multi-objective mixed integer nonlinear optimization model for the vessel scheduling problem, which accounts for all major route service cost components reported in the literature and separates them in two conflicting groups.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the possibility of a monopolistic manufacturer involved in both manufacturing and remanufacturing to profit under carbon cap and trade mechanism in a single period and developed a model to derive the favorable conditions under which carbon cap-and-trade is beneficial for the manufacturer in ordinary markets and green markets.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors adopt the fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (fuzzy TOPSIS) to develop a sustainable supply chain finance model under uncertainty to identify the existing problems and deficiencies of financing patterns.

TL;DR: A hierarchical network for SSSCM in a closed-loop hierarchical structure based on the Fuzzy Delphi Method and Analytical Network Process is developed and it is indicated that the top-ranking aspect to consider is that of environmental service operation design, and the top criteria is reverse logistics integrated into service package.

TL;DR: The proposed model demonstrates the interaction between the organizational resilience and required resources, particularly in respect to the total budget and external resources, which is necessary for developing continuity and recovery strategies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the relationship and links between lean and resilient supply chain (SC) practices and their impact on SC performance, and the final ISM model revealed that lean SC practices act as drivers for resilient SC practices, since implementing the former in isolation could lead to a more vulnerable SC.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of top management transformational leadership on supply chain organizational learning and supply chain ambidexterity is examined, and the influence of uncertainty, present in the operating environment, on these relationships is evaluated.

TL;DR: The benefits found in the reviewed literature were partially verified by the participants but certain limitations, such as the excessive need of post processing, supplier quality parity, and ICT inadequacies, were presented that were absent or not highlighted in literature.