Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing: Volume 15 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Managing maturity of global supply chains: learning from COVID-19 pandemic

Guilherme F. Frederico, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Roberto Antonio Martins, Vikas Kumar

An integrated SWOT-AHP-fuzzy TOPSIS approach for maturity management following the COVID-19 outbreak: lessons learned from fast fashion

Naila Fares, Jaime Lloret

Focussing on issues that have impacted textiles, clothing and fast fashion following the COVID-19 outbreak, this study aims to identify agility factors pertinent to retail…

A systematic review of AR/VR in operations and supply chain management: maturity, current trends and future directions

Mohammadreza Akbari, Nghiep Ha, Seng Kok

This research aims to provide systematic insight into the current maturity of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in operations and supply chain management (OSCM), by…

Modelling the strategies for improving maturity and resilience in medical oxygen supply chain through digital technologies

Vimal K.E.K., Simon Peter Nadeem, Siddharth Meledathu Sunil, Gokul Suresh, Navaneeth Sanjeev, Jayakrishna Kandasamy

Improving the medical oxygen supply chain (MOSC) is important to cope with the uneven demand and supply seen in the MOSC when India faced the second wave of COVID-19. This…

Bridging the supply chain resilience research and practice gaps: pre and post COVID-19 perspectives

Piyal Sarkar, Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Ismail, Timur Tkachev

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, all business sectors have critical needs. They face multiple challenges to restructuring their operations to build a resilient, cost-effective…

Does COVID-19 influence the maturity management of industrial sectors? Evidence from global data

Khakan Najaf, Abdul Rashid, Young Kyung Ko, Susela Devi K. Suppiah

This study aims to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacts the maturity of all industrial sectors globally. This paper analyses the general patterns of managing…