Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 121 Issue 9

Guest editorial

Chunguang Bai, Roberto Antonio Martins, Joseph Sarkis

Enablers to supply chain performance on the basis of digitization technologies

Himanshu Gupta, Sarangdhar Kumar, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour, Martin Agyemang

The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize a list of key digitization enablers that can improve supply chain management (SCM). SCM is an important driver for…

Unlocking causal relations of barriers to big data analytics in manufacturing firms

Rakesh Raut, Vaibhav Narwane, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Vinay Surendra Yadav, Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede, Sunil Luthra

This study initially aims to identify the barriers to the big data analytics (BDA) initiative and further evaluates the barriers for knowing their interrelations and priority in…

Blockchain performance in supply chain management: application in blockchain integration companies

Leo Hong, Douglas N. Hales

Performance assessment of blockchain in the supply chain requires a systematic approach because of its interdisciplinary and multiobjective nature. Hence, four types of…

Green sourcing in the era of industry 4.0: towards green and digitalized competitive advantages

Alireza Fallahpour, Morteza Yazdani, Ahmed Mohammed, Kuan Yew Wong

In the last decade, sustainable sourcing decision has gained tremendous attention due to the increasing governmental restrictions and public attentiveness. This decision involves…

The organizational collaboration framework of smart logistics ecological chain: a multi-case study in China

Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Shuang Wei, Peng Wu

This study explores the influencing factors of smart logistics ecological chain's (SLEC's) organizational collaboration and designs a corresponding conceptual framework.

Does China's power supply chain systems perform well? A data-based path-index meta-frontier analysis

Jiasen Sun, Shuqi Xu, Guo Li

To improve the sustainable performance of the power supply chain system (PSCS), the Chinese government proposed a series of relevant policies and promoted the application of…