Purpose: Visual merchandising has a direct impact on shopping experience, making it pertinent for the retailers to ensure that their store environment has an effective design. This study blends fuzzy numbers and Analytical Hierarchy Process to create a fuzzy evaluation model prioritizing the...

Purpose The research on supply chain risk management (SCRM) is visibly on the rise, although its literature still lacks the state of the art that critically analyzes its content. The SCRM literature seems to require studies that utilize risk typology, sources of risk, etc. for reviewing the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assist a manufacturing firm in designing the closed-loop supply chain network under risks that are affecting its supply quality and logistics operations. The modeling approach adopted aims at the embedding supply chain risks in a closed-loop supply chain...

This paper examines the determinants of competitiveness for Indian automotive component (IAC) manufacturing industry, in special context to its supply chain (SC) performance indicators. A longitudinal case study of a large scale automotive component manufacturer in India is used to examine the...

Purpose This research aims to update the literature about the importance of reliability in supply chain (SC) and to find out the SC determinants. Design/methodology/approach This research surveys while contributing to the academic grasp of supply chain reliability (SCR) concepts. The study found...