Purpose - This research is designed to optimize the business process of a green tea dealer, who is a key supply chain partner of the Sri Lankan tea industry. The most appropriate trips for each vehicle in multiple trip routing systems are identified to minimize the total cost by considering the...

Resilience against infrastructure failure is essential for ensuring the health and safety of communities during and following natural hazard situations. Understanding how natural hazards impact society in terms of economic cost, recovery time, and damages to critical infrastructure is essential...

AbstractEconomic, political, and societal pressure forces companies to act more sustainably. New legislation and regulation such as the Supply Chain Act, mandates companies to take responsibility for their actions as well as those of their supply chain collaborators. Meeting these requirements...

Freiwillig nachhaltig? -- „Money makes the world go around“ oder doch nicht (nur)? -- Wie verdorben ist das Klima? -- Klimaschutzabkommen für den Menschen oder für die Katz? -- CO2-Bepreisung -- Technofixe -- Machen Lieferkettengesetze die Welt wirklich besser? -- Ressourcenknappheit und...

Durch geopolitische Spannungen, Naturkatastrophen, Lieferkettenunterbrechungen, Compliance-Risiken und gesetzliche Anforderungen müssen Unternehmen schnell und flexibel auf Veränderungen reagieren und gleichzeitig nachhaltige und verantwortungsbewusste Entscheidungen treffen. Dieses Buch...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in global supply chains with unforeseen and unpredictable consequences. However, the pandemic was not the only reason why supply chain risk management has become more crucial than ever before. In the last decade, the occurrence of previously...

With the development of the 4th Industrial Revolution technology, the digitalization of supply chain is also receiving a lot of attention. With various technological developments, the importance of digital transformation in a firm's supply chain is increasing. Therefore, for a more comprehensive...

The present paper aims to assess both the direct as well as the indirect effects of internal enablers on internal integration and business performance in the supply chain. A full managerial comprehension of the connection between supply chain integration (SCI) and business performance is missing...

The study aimed to find factors affecting the development of trust-based cooperative relationships and test the links between them. For this study, the research framework was based on the notion that a cooperative relationship in a supply chain required commitment, cooperation and trust among...

The purpose of this study is to explore whether the ability to adjust and redistribute resources has a positive effect on improving a supply chain's competitive capabilities. In addition, we also verify whether information transparency is an antecedent to improving the ability to adjust and...