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Sustainable Logistics in the New Era
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Special Issue "Sustainable Logistics in the New Era"

A special issue of Logistics (ISSN 2305-6290).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 7684

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Hao Yu

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Department of Industrial Engineering, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, 8514 Narvik, Norway
Interests: reverse logistics; sustainable logistics; optimization; simulation; smart logistics in Industry 4.0/5.0; digital logistics twin
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

With the increasing focus on sustainable development and circular economy, sustainable logistics has received extensive focus from both academia and practitioners across the globe. This trend has required companies not only to enhance their economic competitiveness but also to focus on the environmental performance and the social responsibility of their logistics activities. Over the years, the development and implementation of new ideas, technologies, models, and methods has significantly contributed to the sustainable practices of a wide variety of logistics operations and activities. However, research efforts are still needed to address the emerging challenges in the new era and to fully explore the potentials of cutting-edge technologies and methods in a sustainable logistics system. 

Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant challenges and may further alter the structure of global supply chains. The border closure, city lockdown, and reduced transport capacities have drastically hindered the flows of goods, increased logistics costs, and imposed a higher risk on vulnerable groups related to the shortage of medical supplies, foods, as well as other necessities. This requires a rethinking of the UN’s sustainable development goals and consequently affects the means of sustainable logistics. In the post-pandemic age, compared with today’s research, more efforts may be spent on the economic and social dimensions of sustainable logistics in order to tackle these emerging challenges and to better contribute to the recovery of the world’s economy and societies. On the other hand, the rapid technological advancement in Industry 4.0 has provided new opportunities to improve the sustainability of traditional logistics systems, by which the emerging challenges may be better tackled. 

Therefore, this Special Issue aims at providing a platform for discussing the emerging challenges of sustainable logistics in the new era and for presenting innovative solutions with cutting-edge technologies and methods. This Special Issue welcomes submissions of original research articles, review papers, case studies, communications, and perspective papers.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Dr. Hao Yu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Logistics is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • emerging challenges of sustainable logistics
  • innovative solutions of sustainable logistics
  • new technologies and sustainable logistics
  • sustainable supply chain management
  • sustainable logistics models
  • sustainable logistics practices
  • sustainable purchasing
  • sustainable distribution
  • green logistics
  • reverse logistics
  • closed-loop supply chain

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Green Supply Chain Management: The Effect of Procurement Sustainability on Reverse Logistics
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Nataliia Letunovska
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Felix Amoako Offei
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Prince Amoh Junior
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Oleksii Lyulyov
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Tetyana Pimonenko
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Aleksy Kwilinski
Logistics 2023, 7(3), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics7030047 - 03 Aug 2023
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Background: Sustainable procurement is about considering social and environmental factors alongside financial factors in making procurement decisions and purchasing goods and services that take into account the social, economic, and environmental impact that such purchasing has on people and communities. This study [...] Read more.
Background: Sustainable procurement is about considering social and environmental factors alongside financial factors in making procurement decisions and purchasing goods and services that take into account the social, economic, and environmental impact that such purchasing has on people and communities. This study was carried out to address the effects of procurement sustainability on reverse logistics. It considered four objectives: to establish the relationship between environmental procurement sustainability and reverse logistics, to examine the relationship between economic procurement sustainability and reverse logistics, to examine the relationship between social sustainability procurement and reverse logistics, and to examine the moderating role of government policy. Methods: This study applied structural equation modeling to check the research hypotheses. A purposive sampling technique was used. A structured questionnaire was used to gather primary data. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. The data were analyzed in SPSS version 21. The study found that environmental, economic, and social procurement sustainability has a significant and positive effect on reverse logistics. Government policy moderates the relationships between environmental, economic, and social procurement sustainability and reverse logistics. Conclusions: This study recommends that organizations team up with environmental protection agencies to produce environmentally friendly products. Social interventions that can help protect society from damage should be acknowledged. Good economic policies that ensure that organizations increase their wealth should also be acknowledged. Full article
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Production Inventory Optimization Considering Direct and Indirect Carbon Emissions under a Cap-and-Trade Regulation
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Yosef Daryanto
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Djoko Setyanto
Logistics 2023, 7(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics7010016 - 14 Mar 2023
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Background: The latest global agreement on net-zero emissions encourages new studies on production inventory optimization that promote carbon emissions reduction without harming a company’s profit performance, particularly because certain carbon-pricing regulations bind manufacturing companies. Methods: This study aims to develop a [...] Read more.
Background: The latest global agreement on net-zero emissions encourages new studies on production inventory optimization that promote carbon emissions reduction without harming a company’s profit performance, particularly because certain carbon-pricing regulations bind manufacturing companies. Methods: This study aims to develop a production inventory model that considers direct and indirect emissions in three emission scopes. It incorporates emissions from production, material handling, transportation, and waste disposal for further treatment under a carbon cap-and-trade regulation. With the help of Maple software, a convex total cost function was solved. Results: The results show that the optimum production quantity depends on the values of demand, setup cost, holding cost, fixed cost per delivery, fixed cost for waste disposal, and other parameters related to carbon prices. This study also found that the total cost was highly dependent on the values of the carbon cap, carbon price, and delivery distance. Meanwhile, changes in the delivery distance and fuel emissions standard significantly impacted total emissions. Conclusions: The proposed model can guide manufacturing companies in setting the optimum production quantity per cycle. Moreover, they must carefully manage the delivery and setting of the carbon cap and carbon price from the government. Full article
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Route for a Circular Economy: An Integrative Literature Review
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Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira-Streit
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Gustavo Yuho Endo
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Patricia Guarnieri
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Luciano Batista
Logistics 2021, 5(4), 81; https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics5040081 - 17 Nov 2021
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Background: Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) considers social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability. In the context of the pandemic, organizations must face consequences striking the wider dimensions of sustainability. Thus, after the COVID-19 pandemic, how will the value chains collaborate for [...] Read more.
Background: Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) considers social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability. In the context of the pandemic, organizations must face consequences striking the wider dimensions of sustainability. Thus, after the COVID-19 pandemic, how will the value chains collaborate for the transition from a traditional (linear) to a Circular Economy? Methods: From this question, in this paper, we analyze the international papers that connect sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) with circular economy (CE). We conducted an Integrative Literature Review based on the Web of Science and Scopus databases from 2010 to 2020, using the Methodi Ordinatio protocol to classify the papers. Results: The 37 best-ranked papers were analyzed thoroughly. The results show the prominent authors, institutions, the network relationship between authors, the evolution of publications, and the leading journals. The content of these articles was categorized and discussed about the changes in the way products are manufactured, distributed, consumed, and recovered. The integration of CE principles in SSCM has been evaluated as having potential utility for industries, cities, and businesses in general. Conclusions: Finally, an agenda was identified with suggestions for further research, which can aid researchers and practitioners acting in this field. Managers can obtain insights to improve supply chain sustainability and consequently respond to the challenges imposed by the current pandemic. Full article
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