The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 33 Issue 3

Editorial: Operational excellence in the supply chain of perishables at the time of the outbreak

Sachin Kumar Mangla, Gunjan Soni, Michael Bourlakis, Vikas Kumar

Exploring the role of artificial intelligence in managing agricultural supply chain risk to counter the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Kirti Nayal, Rakesh Raut, Pragati Priyadarshinee, Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede, Yigit Kazancoglu, Vaibhav Narwane

In India, artificial intelligence (AI) application in supply chain management (SCM) is still in a stage of infancy. Therefore, this article aims to study the factors affecting…

Investigating the effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 on perishable food supply chains: an empirical study using PLS-SEM

Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Pablo Ponce

At the end of 2019, the first case of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan city of China. The disease was declared a pandemic without imagining the magnitude…

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on perishable food supply chain management: a contingent Resource-Based View (RBV) perspective

Mahak Sharma, Haseena Alkatheeri, Fauzia Jabeen, Rajat Sehrawat

This study investigates the impact of supplier visibility on the adoption of sustainable practices and supply chain performance. The paper applies contingent Resource-Based View…

Achieving operational excellence through the lens of lean and Six Sigma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Noor Muhammad, Arvind Upadhyay, Anil Kumar, Hasan Gilani

This article shows operational excellence achieved during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic using the Lean, Six Sigma and Sustainability practices in small medium…

Using blockchain technology to drive operational excellence in perishable food supply chains during outbreaks

Yasanur Kayikci, Damla Durak Usar, Batin Latif Aylak

This paper aims to explore the potential of blockchain technology (BT) to support the operational excellence in perishable food supply chain (PFSC) during outbreaks, by doing…

Surviving the hectic early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study to the supply chain strategies of food service firms in times of a crisis

Néomie Raassens, Hans Haans, Shantanu Mullick

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have hit the food service industry very hard. The COVID-19 outbreak has created a sharp downturn for firms in the food service…

Last-mile challenges in on-demand food delivery during COVID-19: understanding the riders' perspective using a grounded theory approach

Praveen Puram, Anand Gurumurthy, Mukesh Narmetta, Rahul S. Mor

This paper aims to explore the last-mile (LM) challenges faced by on-demand food delivery (ODFD) riders during the coronavirus pandemic. This study contributes to the literature…

Impact of disruptions in agri-food supply chain due to COVID-19 pandemic: contextualised resilience framework to achieve operational excellence

Ruchi Mishra, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Nachiappan Subramanian

The present study aims to assess the role of supply chain resilience as an operational excellence approach to deal with disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic in the food…

Material convergence issue in the pharmaceutical supply chain during a disease outbreak

Anchal Patil, Jitender Madaan, Vipulesh Shardeo, Parikshit Charan, Ashish Dwivedi

Pharmaceutical donations are a practical approach to increase medicine availability during disasters such as disease outbreaks. However, often donated pharmaceuticals are…

Editorial: Impact of technology on supply chains in emerging and informal markets

Raja Usman Khalid, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq Jajja, Philip Beske-Janssen, Daiane Mülling Neutzling

Sustainable value creation through information technology-enabled supply chains in emerging markets

Lara Schilling, Stefan Seuring

While the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on logistics and supply chain management (SCM) is recently much discussed, this is hardly linked to emerging…

Factors that affect the adoption of RFID in the Saudi logistics industry: an empirical investigation

Khulood Mahdaly, Iman Adeinat

The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in Saudi Arabia’s logistics services industry. The…

Empirical study on improving international dry port competitiveness based on logistics supply chain integration: evidence from China

Qian Li, Ru Yan, Lei Zhang, Borui Yan

The importance of international dry port integration in the supply chain has received a great deal of attention and been widely discussed in the literature. This study empirically…

Regulatory bark and legal bite: how corruption and country institutional environments influence international logistics performance

John Saldanha, Gregory DeAngelo

This research uses theoretical perspectives from public choice and public policy to establish and test theory of the combined effects of institutional environments and…

A theoretical framework of smart supply chain innovation for going global companies: a multi-case study from China

Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Ming K. Lim, Shangsong Long, Xiaoran Shi

This study explores the influencing factors of smart supply chain innovation (SSCI) for going global companies and designs a theoretical framework.

Assessing green innovation in supply chains: a systematic review based on causal mechanisms framework

Jamal El Baz, Pietro Evangelista, Sadia Iddik, Fedwa Jebli, Ridha Derrouiche, Temidayo Akenroye

There have been several reviews of green, ecological and sustainable innovations, but a thorough assessment of green innovation (GI)'s mechanisms in a supply chain setting has not…