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Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 2019

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jianghang Chen

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International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
Interests: decision-support systems; supply chain management; logistics and transportation; optimization and simulation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

To reduce climate change, severe environmental degradation and social poverty and inequality, an increasing number of governments and companies are pledging to support carbon neutrality and sustainable development. Evidently, sustainability is playing a vital role in today's society and is constantly urging businesses to transform and evolve in order to adapt to a more dynamic business world with stringent environmental and social legislation and policies. Such a pro-sustainability trend has created pressing challenges for many industry sectors, such as the field of logistics and supply chain management (SCM). For instance, the European Union has proposed an effective ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035. The phaseout of diesel engine vehicles is sure to influence logistics companies' service capacity and network planning in Europe. Another compelling observation is that a rising number of multinational corporations have pledged to only work with suppliers that adhere to social and environmental standards. As a result, many organizations in the logistics and supply chain sector have realized the importance of sustainability and have started to seek solutions through innovative exploration such as by creating new business models (such as shared economy and resource pooling), implementing emerging technologies (such as big data, artificial intelligence, data-driven information technologies and new energy technologies), and experimenting with high-level system integration and/or interdisciplinary approaches (such as combining finance and supply chains and the integrated planning of both vehicle routing and warehouse management in logistics).

The aim of this Special Issue is to discuss and explore types of innovative approaches that could be utilized to enhance logistics and supply chain organizations' sustainable capability and to what extent these innovations could enable organizations to reduce risks and gain profits in the long run. Researchers are invited to contribute their perspectives on how the triple bottom lines (economy, society and environment) may be considered in logistics and SCM using creative business models, appropriate framework, mathematical model, and case and empirical studies. Suggested topics are as follows (but not limited to):

  • Innovative business models for sustainable logistics and SCM;
  • Emerging technology’s application to achieve sustainability in logistics and SCM;
  • Green and sustainable technology’s measurement and assessment;
  • Sustainable agriculture logistics and SCM;
  • Sustainability-related case studies on E-commerce/E-logistics;
  • Modeling and optimization of sustainable manufacturing systems;
  • Green product and process design in a sustainable supply chain;
  • Sustainable operations in production and inventory management;
  • Key drivers to sustainability in supply chains: theoretical methods and case studies;
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to promote sustainable development in logistics and SCM;
  • Integrated planning and scheduling for complex logistics systems with the aim of sustainability.

I also welcome other relevant topics from potential contributors.

Dr. Jianghang Chen
Guest Editor

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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. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2400 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

  • sustainability
  • innovative technologies
  • logistics
  • supply chain management
  • business models
  • mathematical modeling
  • case and empirical studies

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Theoretical Framework for Virtual Logistics Centers Creation
by Vytautas Paulauskas, Ludmiła Filina-Dawidowicz, Viktoras Senčila, Donatas Paulauskas and Birutė Plačienė
Sustainability 2024, 16(9), 3680; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093680 (registering DOI) - 28 Apr 2024
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Intermodal terminals and warehouses operate in different countries and deliver specific services to their customers. For many clients, it is important to receive a full set of the logistics services delivered by a single operator. However, individual intermodal terminals and warehouses may face [...] Read more.
Intermodal terminals and warehouses operate in different countries and deliver specific services to their customers. For many clients, it is important to receive a full set of the logistics services delivered by a single operator. However, individual intermodal terminals and warehouses may face challenges with providing these services, e.g., just-in-time goods delivery, goods distribution, cargo handling in non-standard situations, and others. In such cases, the cooperation between logistics companies may be required to organize the comprehensive service of cargo within supply chains. One of the possible solutions is to integrate transport and logistics services providers, establishing their cooperation within one virtual logistics center. The aim of this article is to justify theoretically the possibility of creating such a center by combining services performed by the intermodal terminals and warehouses already in operation under a single entity, in order to minimize the cost of logistics services and the time of goods delivery, as well as to create a comprehensive range of logistics services needed by customers. The relevance of the article and the novelty of the idea are associated with justification of the possibility of combining the activities of intermodal terminals and warehouses located separately in the region in order to improve the logistical service of customers. The theoretical basis for creating a virtual logistics center is based on graph theory methods. The article presents a theoretical model, based on a system of edges and vertices of the graph tree, which corresponds to the activities performed by separately located intermodal terminals and individual warehouses. The discussion is focused on the current problems of creating virtual logistics centers. The research results may be interesting for the managers of intermodal terminals, warehouses, and logistics centers, as well as other decision-makers involved in supply chains implementation and development. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition)
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A Hybrid Approach for Sustainable and Resilient Farmer Selection in Food Industry: Tunisian Case Study
by Chaima Ben Abdallah, Adnen El-Amraoui, François Delmotte and Ahmed Frikha
Sustainability 2024, 16(5), 1889; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051889 - 25 Feb 2024
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This paper presents an innovative approach for supplier selection (SS) within the Tunisian dairy industry, with a specific focus on sustainability and resilience. The proposed method is a hybrid model that integrates multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) with fuzzy logic. Initially, twelve distinct criteria are [...] Read more.
This paper presents an innovative approach for supplier selection (SS) within the Tunisian dairy industry, with a specific focus on sustainability and resilience. The proposed method is a hybrid model that integrates multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) with fuzzy logic. Initially, twelve distinct criteria are identified, categorized into social, environmental, economic, and resilience indexes through a combination of literature review and expert input. To establish the importance of these criteria, a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is employed to calculate their weights. These weights are then integrated into a new method called fuzzy multi-attribute border approximation area comparison (FMABAC) to rank the suppliers. The methodology aims to provide decision-makers with a more intuitive means of expressing their preferences and evaluating supplier criteria, ultimately identifying the most effective dairy farmers. The research concludes by evaluating the results through two sensitivity analyses: one involving varying criteria weights and the other involving a comparative assessment with alternative fuzzy MCDM techniques. Full article
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A Human Behaviour Perspective on Horizontal Collaboration to Reduce the Climate Impact of Logistics
by Frans Cruijssen, Ilja van Beest and Goos Kant
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16221; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316221 - 22 Nov 2023
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The transport sector needs to drastically reduce its carbon footprint to comply with the Paris Agreement. In today’s sharing economy, an emerging strategy to contribute to this goal is horizontal collaboration. However, most studies on horizontal collaboration or resource pooling are approached from [...] Read more.
The transport sector needs to drastically reduce its carbon footprint to comply with the Paris Agreement. In today’s sharing economy, an emerging strategy to contribute to this goal is horizontal collaboration. However, most studies on horizontal collaboration or resource pooling are approached from a theoretical Operations Research perspective, and case studies are usually stylised. At the same time, the uptake of horizontal collaboration in practice is limited. An important explanation for this is that compared to traditional vertical collaboration, coalition formation is much more complex under horizontal collaboration, as some players will be included in the collaborative coalition, while others will be excluded. We conjecture that this renders human behaviour much more important than in more traditional vertical supply chain relations. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a research agenda for an interdisciplinary approach that integrates human behavioural aspects in studies on horizontal supply chain collaboration. We review some vital concepts from social psychology and discuss the importance to the success or failure of horizontal collaboration initiatives to reduce the environment footprint of the logistics sector. We conclude that social psychological insights on mixed-motive interactions are pivotal to understand wicked problems such as Sustainable Development Goal 13 on Climate Action, and that interdisciplinary approaches should therefore receive more attention in academic literature. Full article
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