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Sustainable Transportation and Global Supply Chain Considering Pandemic Impacts

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 12790

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Fengxiang Qiao

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Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004, USA
Prof. Dr. Dong Mu

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Guest Editor
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Interests: logistics system engineering; logistics resources integration

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid outbreak of the pandemic due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the end of 2019 resulted in significant impacts on the operation and safety of global transportation and supply chain systems. Supply chains in seriously affected regions are facing severe issues such as disruption and disappearance, while some types of production industries have encountered accelerated declines and transfers with prominent risks in supply chains, which entails the need for replanning and reconstruction of the translational supply chains. In order to effectively respond to the impacts of this pandemic on the global supply chain in addition to ensuring the stable and orderly operation of the world economy, each country has given full play to its respective comparative advantages to cooperatively fight against the pandemic. This calls for the advancement in theoretical modeling and practical strategic innovations to jointly maintain the security of global transportation and supply chain systems for the promotion of trade facilitation and unblocked supply chains of logistics during the process of pandemic containment. Pertinent studies on the reconstruction of a safe, efficient, green, and smart global transportation system and supply chain network amid and after the pandemic are essential.

With this Special Issue, we are looking for new concepts, models, and applications toward sustainable and safe transportation and supply chain systems. We are especially interested in theoretical, practical, and/or simulation studies on one or more of the following topics:

  • The elasticity, agility, and flexibility of transportation systems and supply chains
  • The risk and breakdown of transportation systems and supply chains
  • The reliability of transportation systems and supply chains
  • The safety of transportation and supply chains
  • The level of intelligence and operation efficiency of transportation and supply chains
  • The restructuring of global transportation systems and supply chains
  • The resource allocation in global supply chains
  • The green transportation system and the reconstruction of supply chains
  • Deployment of the manufacturing industry and global supply chains
  • A new paradigm for global transportation systems and supply chains

Submitted papers should clearly address one or more sustainability-related issues in the areas of transportation system, logistics, and/or supply chains, with consideration of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Dr. Fengxiang Qiao
Prof. Dr. Dong Mu
Guest Editors

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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

  • Transportation System Sustainability
  • Sustainability and Safety of Supply Chain and Logistics
  • Impacts of Pandemic on Transportation System
  • Impacts of Pandemic on Supply Chain, and Logistics

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Study on the Relations of Supply Chain Digitization, Flexibility and Sustainable Development—A Moderated Multiple Mediation Model
by Qian Zhou and Shuxiang Wang
Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10043; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810043 - 08 Sep 2021
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In the face of an external environment featuring a high level of risk, multiple changes, and high uncertainty, the supply chain’s emergency replenishment, collaborative management, regulation of organic commodity, and low-cost rapid response will promote its’ sustainable growth and development, which is necessary [...] Read more.
In the face of an external environment featuring a high level of risk, multiple changes, and high uncertainty, the supply chain’s emergency replenishment, collaborative management, regulation of organic commodity, and low-cost rapid response will promote its’ sustainable growth and development, which is necessary for today’s economic development. The digitization and flexibility of the supply chain are of great value in obtaining the sustainable development of the supply chain. When dealing with an uncertain environment and market risk, current supply chain flexibility not only functions through its internal organizational flexibility, but also through collaborative creation and an extended supply chain network which will proactively form a replenishment supply sub-chain driven by the need for change responsiveness. This article constructs an associated model consisting of digitization, supply chain flexibility, and sustainability using an empirical analysis method to explore the implicit correlation of these factors. The analysis results of the mediating effect model show that both digitization and flexibility have significant positive effects on the sustainable development of the supply chain. Collaborative knowledge creation and supply chain flexibility play multiple mediating roles while market uncertainty positively moderates the impact of supply chain flexibility on supply chain sustainable development. Full article
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A Bi-Level Model for Green Freight Transportation Pricing Strategy Considering Enterprise Profit and Carbon Emissions
by Danzhu Wang, Lingyun Zhou, Huimin Zhang and Xiaokang Liang
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6514; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126514 - 08 Jun 2021
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Due to the impact of COVID-19, enterprises need effective pricing strategies to improve profits and viability. In order to fill research gaps in the literature relating to market competition among different freight modes and to adjust the freight transportation structure by optimizing transportation [...] Read more.
Due to the impact of COVID-19, enterprises need effective pricing strategies to improve profits and viability. In order to fill research gaps in the literature relating to market competition among different freight modes and to adjust the freight transportation structure by optimizing transportation prices, we propose a multi-objective bi-level programming pricing model that considers market competition and the carbon emissions of the freight system in China. First, an objective function in upper-level planning was used to improve logistics enterprise profits and reduce the total carbon emissions of the freight system. Then, a generalized cost function for the freight transportation mode was designed to quantify the market competition among different transportation modes, and a user equilibrium assignment model was established to obtain the results of cargo flow assignment in lower-level planning. To solve the model, a sensitivity analysis algorithm was designed, and a logistics network example was used to verify the effectiveness of the model. The experimental results show that reasonable freight price adjustment can effectively increase enterprise profits and reduce the total carbon emissions of the freight system. In this paper, we provide a new method for freight pricing research, considering the market competition of multiple transportation modes, and provide a new idea for adjusting the transportation structure through freight price optimization, which will play a positive role in promoting the development of green freight. Full article
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Sustainable Fault Diagnosis of Imbalanced Text Mining for CTCS-3 Data Preprocessing
by Lijuan Shi, Ang Li and Lei Zhang
Sustainability 2021, 13(4), 2155; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042155 - 17 Feb 2021
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At present, the method for fault diagnosis and maintenance of the CTCS-3 (Chinese Train Control System Level 3) electronic equipment relies too heavily on expert knowledge. Moreover, the use of historical fault data is not valued. This paper proposes a sustainable fault diagnosis [...] Read more.
At present, the method for fault diagnosis and maintenance of the CTCS-3 (Chinese Train Control System Level 3) electronic equipment relies too heavily on expert knowledge. Moreover, the use of historical fault data is not valued. This paper proposes a sustainable fault diagnosis model based on imbalanced text mining. First, to process fault data from the field recorded in natural language, natural language processing technology is used to extract fault feature words. Then, a term frequency-inverse document frequency model is used to transform the fault feature words extracted from the database into vectors. It is worth noting that imbalance in the fault samples affects the accuracy of this sustainable fault diagnosis model. To solve this problem, we use the borderline-synthetic minority over-sampling technique in the step of predicting train fault components, we also use the backpropagation neural network we proposed and the naive Bayesian model which is commonly used as a classification model, to compare the prediction accuracy of these two algorithms. The experimental results perform well, which proves that the fault diagnosis method using the backpropagation neural network can further assist engineers to complete timely repair and maintenance work. The research in this paper has played a very important role in technical support for intelligent train dispatching and command, and will also play a positive role in technical support for the automatic operation of urban rail transit under the prevention and control of the new coronavirus. Full article
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Crises and Their Effects on Freight Transport Modes: A Literature Review and Research Framework
by Bianca Borca, Lisa-Maria Putz and Florian Hofbauer
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5740; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105740 - 20 May 2021
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Learning from the effects of past crises allows the transport sector to handle future crises effectively and proactively. The goal of this paper is to identify and classify types of crises that have hit Europe in the previous 20 years and to identify [...] Read more.
Learning from the effects of past crises allows the transport sector to handle future crises effectively and proactively. The goal of this paper is to identify and classify types of crises that have hit Europe in the previous 20 years and to identify the effects of these crises on the freight transport modes. Moreover, further research on each transport mode is derived. To reach this goal, we conducted a systematic literature review by using five well-known databases, which resulted in 296 search results, of which 29 references were relevant. We identified four crises that hit the freight transport modes in the previous 20 years in Europe: the 2008 financial crisis, the 2015 migration crisis, the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, and the ongoing climate crisis. However, the effects of the different crises on the transport modes can be both positive (e.g., the introduction of a new maritime slow-steaming service) or negative (e.g., a reduction in safety). The insights, gaps, and future research directions identified will encourage researchers, as well as practitioners, to learn from previous crises and be prepared for proactive actions during future crises, thus contributing to more reliable and sustainable transportation systems. Full article
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