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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2786

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Prof. Dr. Piera Centobelli

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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: operations management; logistics and supply chain management; decision support systems; knowledge management; technology management; Industry 4.0; environmental sustainability; circular economy; triple bottom line; manufacturing; production planning and control; digital transformation; digital factory; big data and analytics; blockchain; complex industries
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Dr. Simon Peter Nadeem

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Derby Business School, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Interests: circular economy; sustainability; operations management; Lean; supply chain management

Dr. Walid Al-Asaad

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Derby Business School, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Interests: Industry 5.0; sustainability-oriented innovations; circular economy; sustainability; net-zero strategy; supply chain management; logistics management; warehousing management

Dr. Stefano Abbate

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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: digitalization; sustainability; circular economy; logistics and supply chain management; triple bottom line; environmental, economic, and social sustainability

Dr. Moayad Al-Talib

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Derby Business School, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB, UK
Interests: supply chain resilience; supply chain management; sustainability; role of IoT and information technologies in the field of supply chains

Prof. Dr. Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento

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Department of Economics and Business Organization, The University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: Lean 4.0; Industry 5.0; openBIM; sustainability and circular economy
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Dear Colleagues,

Growing concerns over environmental issues and resource scarcity have led industry and academia to adopt circular practices, both within company operations and for supply chain stakeholders. Circular economy presents a feasible solution by ensuring the longevity of products and maximising the utility of resources to reduce the pressure on the natural system. No one company can achieve this goal by their actions alone; instead, a systems thinking approach must be adopted throughout the supply chain, both upstream and downstream.

This Special Issue seeks to attract both theoretical and empirical research utilising qualitative and quantitative approaches to analysis. This Special Issue aims to address the core practices that would enable the manufacturing and service sector to foster a sustainable environment through their actions, both individually and throughout the supply chain. We welcome submissions from various disciplines, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

Business models/approaches to adopt circularity in business operations;
Analysing the role of stakeholders in enabling circular/sustainable practices;
Lifecycle analysis to underpin the systems thinking approach;
Material flow analysis to ensure the longevity of the resource life cycle;
Circular economy as an enabler of sustainability in the manufacturing and service sector;
The application of a circular economy systems thinking approach to develop a closed-loop supply chain.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

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Prof. Dr. Piera Centobelli
Dr. Simon Nadeem
Dr. Walid Khalid Al-Asaad
Dr. Stefano Abbate
Dr. Moayad Mahmoud Al-Talib
Prof. Dr. Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento
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circular business model
life cycle assessment
sustainable development
sustainable supply chain management

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Factors Affecting Supply Chain Integration in Omni-Channel Retailing

by Yue Liu and Guang Song

Sustainability 2024, 16(8), 3445; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083445 - 19 Apr 2024

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China’s retail industry has vigorously developed an omni-channel retail strategy in the last few years. However, quantitative research on this development remains relatively scarce. This article addresses this by building a theoretical model of the relationships between internal supply chain integration, external supply chain integration and financial performance in omni-channel retailing and then verifies it by using a structural equation model to analyze 356 omni-channel retailers. The results show that in the case of omni-channel retailers, the supply chain’s internal information integration has a significant positive impact on its external information integration and that the supply chain’s internal process and internal organization integration significantly positively impact its external process and external organization integration. And it also shows the supply chain’s external information integration and external organization integration positively impact omni-channel retailers’ financial performance. However, the supply chain’s external process integration is not found to have the same effect on financial performance. This study addresses a theoretical gap in the research on the impact of supply chain integration on firm performance in omni-channel retailing. In addition, it provides suggestions about how omni-channel strategies can be effectively implemented in China’s retail industry. Full article

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Enhancing Circular Business Model Implementation in Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI): A Phase-Based Implementation Guide to Waste Valorisation Strategies

by Amaia Sopelana, Asier Oleaga, Juan José Cepriá, Karmen Fifer Bizjak, Helena Paiva, Francisco-Javier Rios-Davila, Adriana H. Martinez and Antonio Cañas

Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16584; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416584 - 06 Dec 2023

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Innovation in the circular economy (CE) and the deployment of effective circular business models (CBM) have attracted significant attention in times of growing natural resource scarcity. Despite this widespread interest, significant challenges remain between theoretical innovations and effective CBM implementation in any industrial sector where companies pursue cost-saving opportunities through waste valorisation strategies. Since current methods mislead in terms of the real limitations to designing feasible novel products and services under a circular economy, this study proposes exploring determinants underpinning the organisational resilience of CBMs under a resource efficiency strategy through three case studies. As a result of a co-creation process, the implementation of a CBM framework was built upon empirical data and, thence, a phase-based implementation guide was laid out to assist companies in designing and implementing innovative CBM dealing with the complexity of innovative waste valorisation strategies between the PPI and construction sectors. Relevant findings on managerial and policy recommendations encountered along the demo stage are provided in this paper favouring an effective implementation of CE strategies: the role of technological and non-technological aspects within the CBM, the perspective of the ecosystem and its value proposition, and specific guidelines for the different phases of CBM life cycle. Full article

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Research Trends in Dry Port Sustainability: A Bibliometric Analysis

by Zellalem Tadesse Beyene, Simon Peter Nadeem, Matiwos Ensermu Jaleta and Andre Kreie

Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 263; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010263 - 27 Dec 2023

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This study consolidates research on operational sustainability in dry ports. A total of 232 papers published in the last 23 years (2000–2023) are reviewed to assess the breadth of research perspectives in dry port sustainable operations. Additionally, the findings summarize current research trends, identify flaws in the body of knowledge, and suggest potential research areas. A bibliographic analysis approach is deployed to explore the existing body of knowledge, review the concepts in depth, and narrow the focus on potential research areas. Within this context, a content analysis technique has been utilized to explore and understand the conceptual underpinnings of specific themes, typically involving trending subjects like sustainability, dry ports, inland ports, economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability. Tools such as BibExcel and VOSviewer were utilized to assist in conducting the bibliometric analysis. The majority of dry port research has concentrated on the definition, functions, policy and governance, location analysis, ownership, and dry port-seaport interaction. Less attention is paid to dry port sustainability in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the interaction of internal and external collaboration with dry port sustainability, dry port social sustainability, dry port economic sustainability, dry port environment sustainability, and dry port service quality. Specifically, there has been limited research output on the sustainability of dry ports within the context of landlocked nations. This study will raise awareness of unexplored areas for further research by focusing on critical issues that are not generally covered by scholars in existing literature, such as dry port internal sustainability management and external collaboration. Full article

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