The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 35 Issue 6

Supporting disaster relief operations through RFID: enabling visibility and coordination

Stephan M. Wagner, M. Ramkumar, Gopal Kumar, Tobias Schoenherr

In the aftermath of disasters, humanitarian actors need to coordinate their activities based on accurate information about the disaster site, its surrounding environment, the…

Learning from Habermas and Machiavelli: a thought experiment in supply chain management

Amanda Bille

The purpose of this paper is to show the benefits of bridging the gap between supply chain management (SCM) and political philosophy to challenge the underlying assumptions about…

Exploring the performance impact of unit load selection in order picking: evidence from a cold retail supply chain

Dominic Loske, Tiziana Modica, Matthias Klumpp, Roberto Montemanni

Prior literature has widely established that the design of storage locations impacts order picking task performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance…

Examining the impact of leader's paradoxical cognition on supply chain sustainability: a moderated chain mediation model

Ting Xu, Jiazhan Wang

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused havoc on a global scale for supply chains, which put forward higher demand for organizations to reassess their global supply chain strategy and…

Artificial intelligence-based reverse logistics for improving circular economy performance: a developing country perspective

Subhodeep Mukherjee, Ramji Nagariya, K. Mathiyazhagan, Manish Mohan Baral, M.R. Pavithra, Andrea Appolloni

Reverse logistics services are designed to move goods from their point of consumption to an endpoint to capture value or properly dispose of products and materials. Artificial…

Strengthening resilience in supply chains: the role of multi-layer flexibility, supply chain risks and environmental dynamism

Rohit Kumar Singh

This study examines the relationship between multi-layer supply chain flexibility (MSCF) and Supply chain resilience (SCR). Further, it looks at the moderating effect of…

Does digital transformation foster carbon emissions reduction? Evidence from China’s manufacturing supply chain

Ying Xu, Fu Jia, Lujie Chen, Yonggui Wang

Scholars and practitioners have long debated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction via setting double-carbon goals of peak emissions and carbon neutrality in China. Our study…

Assessing the effects of logistics performance on export and competitiveness using SEM methodology: evidence from firm-level data

Filip Ž. Bugarčić, Nenad Stanišić, Veljko Marinković

The purpose of the paper is to determine the importance of trade logistics in export intensification and competitiveness on the level of individual companies. Within the framework…

Social inclusion practices in the upstream supply chain: a systematic literature review

Svetlana Castre-de Chabot, Salomée Ruel, Anicia Jaegler, Stefan Gold

This study conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) on social inclusion within upstream supply chains, targeting a notable literature gap in modern SCM discourse. By delving…

Theoretical perspectives in reverse logistics research

Raphael Aryee

Theory is an essential prerequisite in the development and maturation of any scholarly discipline. This study offers insight into theory development in reverse logistics (RL…

Exploring the nexus of industry dynamism, climate risk exposure and mental health and well-being of owners of small and micro-sized suppliers: implications for sustainable supply chain management

Surajit Bag, Abhigyan Sarkar, Juhi Gahlot Sarkar, Helen Rogers, Gautam Srivastava

Although climate change-related risks affect all stakeholders along the supply chain, the potential impact on small and micro-sized suppliers is incredibly excessive. The…

Integrating flexibility and sustainability in supply chains: a practice-based view on leadership, knowledge and digital quality management practices

Rohit Kumar Singh, K. Mathiyazhagan

This study aims to investigate the synergy between supply chain flexibility and sustainable supply chain management in the manufacturing industry. The study also investigates the…

Ambidextrous supply chain strategy: roles and consequences with agile manufacturing and resilience

Ray Qing Cao, Silvana Trimi, Dara G. Schniederjans

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of ambidextrous strategy on supply chain resilience and its impact on firm performance, employing the Dynamic…

Switching to green vehicles for last-mile delivery: why perceived green product knowledge, consumption values and environmental concern matter

Xuan Cu Le

This study investigated the intention of carriers to switch to green vehicles in last-mile delivery (GVLDs) in an emerging market.

Influence of platform governance and community diversity on users' value co-creation in sharing platform? Insights from China

Liang Xiao, Tongping Ke

Instant crowdsourcing logistics (ICL) platform is an emerging business model in the field of logistics services. Crowdsourcees’ active participation in platform value co-creation…

Toward gender equality in operations and supply chain management: a systematic review, research themes and future directions

Mohammadreza Akbari, Salomée Ruel, Hieu Thi Minh Nguyen, Carmen Reaiche, Stephen Boyle

This systematic review of the current gender inequality issues in operations and supply chain management (OSCM) seeks to illuminate the multifaceted aspects of this issue and…

Impacts of institutional pressures and internal abilities on green performance of transport and logistics companies

Haerold Dean Layaoen, Ahmad Abareshi, Muhammad Dan-Asabe Abdulrahman, Babak Abbasi

Transport and logistics companies (TLCs) have adopted green practices to reduce their emission and waste in support of environmental protection requirements. However, not all…