The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 33 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Bridging the research-practice gaps in supply chain management: lessons from COVID-19

Samuel Fosso Wamba, Rameshwar Dubey, David J. Bryde, Cyril Foropon, Manjul Gupta

Innovations in freight transport: a systematic literature evaluation and COVID implications

Reza Kiani Mavi, Neda Kiani Mavi, Doina Olaru, Sharon Biermann, Sae Chi

This paper systematically evaluates the existing literature of innovations in freight transport, including all modes, to uncover the key research themes and methodologies employed…

Lean resilience: AURA (Active Usage of Resilience Assets) framework for post-COVID-19 supply chain management

Dmitry Ivanov

Supply chain resilience capabilities are usually considered in light of some anticipated events and are as passive assets, which are “waiting” for use in case of an emergency…

Stakeholders conflict and private–public partnership chain (PPPC): supply chain of perishable product

Mahmud Akhter Shareef, Yogesh Dwivedi, Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Uma Kumar, Rafeed Mahmud

This paper aims to address procurement, logistics management, inventory control and distribution of perishable items, i.e. vegetables, fruits, flowers and fishes, during the…

Artificial intelligence for supply chain resilience: learning from Covid-19

Sachin Modgil, Rohit Kumar Singh, Claire Hannibal

Many supply chains have faced disruption during Covid-19. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one mechanism that can be used to improve supply chain resilience by developing business…

Is the US 3PL industry overcoming paradoxes amid the pandemic?

Muhammad Hasan Ashraf, Mehmet G. Yalcin, Jiayuan Zhang, Koray Ozpolat

Third-party logistics (3PL) companies have experienced an explosion of volume during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Special tiers have been introduced to provide…

Supplier audits during COVID-19: a process perspective on their transformation and implications for the future

Pavel Castka, Xiaoli Zhao, Phil Bremer, Lincoln C. Wood, Miranda Mirosa

Audits are an essential part of supply chain management, whether they be of a single supplier's facilities or the whole supply chain. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, auditors mainly…

Sustainability practices during COVID-19: an institutional perspective

Olena Klymenko, Lise Lillebrygfjeld Halse

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how sustainable practices in supply chains are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of institutional theory.

Supply chain risk management in the COVID-19 pandemic: strategies and empirical lessons for improving global logistics service providers’ performance

Nils-Ole Hohenstein

The enormous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic showcases the key role of supply chain risk management (SCRM) in achieving and maintaining business performance, competitiveness and…

HumOSCM for pandemic response

Stephan M. Wagner, Tunca Tabaklar, Lysann Seifert

Humanitarian organizations have faced the unprecedented consequences of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this article, the authors therefore discuss how…

Managing supply chains during the Covid-19 crisis: synthesis of academic and practitioner visions and recommendations for the future

Markus Kohl, Andreas Habl, Khalil Kallali, Jakob Puff, Johannes Fottner, Raphaël Oger, Matthieu Lauras, Jiayao Li

The Covid-19 pandemic has created an environment of high uncertainty and caused major disruptions in supply chains. The new normal that has emerged during the pandemic is leading…

How to enhance supply chain resilience: a logistics approach

Malin Song, Xiaowei Ma, Xin Zhao, Liangliang Zhang

Logistics capability is an important enabler of supply chain resilience (SCR). However, few studies have analyzed the underlying influence mechanism of logistics capability on SCR…

Social capital in agribusiness: an exploratory investigation from a supply chain perspective during the COVID-19 crisis

Le Dang Lang, Abhishek Behl, Nguyen Trung Dong, Nguyen Hong Thu, Prem Prakash Dewani

The COVID-19 pandemic has badly affected the global economy. The use of social capital as a resource to diversify agribusiness to get more customers and improve the agricultural…

Socio-economic and technological new normal in supply chain management: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic

Mian M. Ajmal, Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Kashif Shad, Haseena AlKatheeri, Fauzia Jabeen

This paper explores the new normal activities and strategic responses of the service industry towards the challenges created by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak…

Financially distressed suppliers: exit, neglect, voice or loyalty?

Stephan M. Wagner, Christoph Bode, Moritz A. Peter

Major crises such as the global financial crisis 2007–08 or the COVID-19 crisis increase the level and likelihood of supplier financial distress. This research expands the…

Green service production and environmental performance in healthcare emergencies: role of big-data management and green HRM practices

Pradeep Kumar, Shibashish Chakraborty

This study aims to examine the impact of big data management on green service production (GSP) and environmental performance (ENPr) while considering green HRM practices (GHRM) in…