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Logistics, Volume 5, Issue 2

2021 June - 23 articles

Cover Story: The growth in the volume of end-of-life (EOL) tires, together with the legislative and environmental concerns, has increased interest among companies to design sustainable green closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs). A CLSC is a network with a holistic view of the entire forward and reverse logistic system with the goal of moving EOL tires upstream from the end users to facilitate reuse, repair, remanufacturing or recycling. CLSC network design is subject to a variety of uncertainties that can be random and fuzzy. This paper focuses on the design and development of a multi-objective, multi-product, multi-echelon, multi-cycle, multi-capacity, sustainable green CLSC network under hybrid uncertainties. A robust fuzzy stochastic and mixed integer programming technique is applied to a case study in the tire industry to design such a CLSC network. The method is widely applicable across other industries. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Review
  • Open Access
103 Citations
51,863 Views
26 Pages

This paper provides an overview of the container shipping supply chain (CSSC) by taking a logistics perspective, covering all major value-adding segments in CSSC including freight logistics, container logistics, vessel logistics, port/terminal logist...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Management in Maritime Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,008 Views
30 Pages

This paper presents a generalization of a previously defined lexicographical dynamic flow model based on multi-objective optimization for solving the multi-commodity aid distribution problem in the aftermath of a catastrophe. The model considers dist...

(This article belongs to the Section Humanitarian and Healthcare Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
11,045 Views
15 Pages

Catering to Halal in the industry requires the explicit adoption of Halal Logistics (HL) to avoid the risk of cross-contamination and ensure that Halal products are safe, hygienic, nutritious, pure, unadulterated, and consistent with their labelling....

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Supply Chains and Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
9,513 Views
24 Pages

In the global trucking industry, vertical collaboration between shippers and carriers is attained by intermediaries, called brokers. Brokers organize carriers for a shipper in accordance with its quality and price requirements, and support carriers t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain-Based Digitalization of Logistics Processes—Innovation, Applications, Best Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,020 Views
14 Pages

Smart Mobile Application for Short-Haul Cargo Transportation

  • Ahmed Azab,
  • Jaehyun Park and
  • Noha A. Mostafa

Smart service systems have been dealing with various wicked social and cultural problems by providing diverse solutions for society. Cargo transportation is one of the most challenging issues in logistics; in this paper, we explore multiple stakehold...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence, Logistics Analytics, and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
10,421 Views
15 Pages

The study aims to analyze the impact of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) logistics-related developments on economic growth in Pakistan. The study defined a Cobb–Douglas type of research framework in which the country’s real income level relate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,636 Views
15 Pages

Assessing Causes of Driver Job Dissatisfaction in the Flatbed Motor Carrier Industry

  • Ashley Wygal,
  • Douglas Voss,
  • Michael B. Hargis and
  • Scott Nadler

Trucking companies play a critical role in the U.S. economy but face many challenges. The trucking industry’s greatest challenge may be the persistent driver turnover problem. Trucking companies regularly report turnover rates exceeding 100%. Each dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
14,438 Views
18 Pages

An Integrated Impact of Blockchain on Supply Chain Applications

  • Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene,
  • Bülent Yıldız,
  • Şemsettin Çiğdem and
  • Renata Činčikaitė

Market conditions have become increasingly dynamic and demanding, resulting in a challenging competitive environment. To adapt to this dynamic environment, supply chains have become increasingly reliant on collaboration, integration, flexibility, and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Logistics Cooperation: Integrated Logistics Services)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
10,617 Views
24 Pages

Human Factors Influencing the Implementation of Cobots in High Volume Distribution Centres

  • Wim Lambrechts,
  • Jessica S. Klaver,
  • Lennart Koudijzer and
  • Janjaap Semeijn

Order picking is a logistics component of warehouse operations where substantial productivity gains are possible. In this study, we investigate implementation processes of collaborative order picking robots (cobots) and focus on the influence of huma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,507 Views
10 Pages

In this volatile post-COVID environment where customers look for ways to order products online using personal computers and mobile devices, a traditional sale/delivery of products via single distribution channel needs to be reassessed. As a revolutio...

(This article belongs to the Section Last Mile, E-Commerce and Sales Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,111 Views
15 Pages

The Geographical Distance between Producers and Consumers of the Organic Street Markets: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  • Isabela Kopperschmidt de Oliveira,
  • Leise Kelli de Oliveira,
  • Maria Rosa Amorim Faria Lisboa,
  • Ellen Caroline Nunes Madalon and ,
  • Luiza Fleury de Freitas and
  • Augusto Cezar Peres Filho
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The organic street markets are considered a short food supply chain, and their importance gained new proportions since COVID-19 brought difficulties to the traditional supply chain. The organic street markets represent a place to sell the product for...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,469 Views
13 Pages

Exploring the Relationship between Locational and Household Characteristics and E-Commerce Home Delivery Demand

  • Cheng Cheng,
  • Takanori Sakai,
  • André Alho,
  • Lynette Cheah and
  • Moshe Ben-Akiva

The rapid growth in online shopping and associated parcel deliveries prompts investigation of the factors that contribute to parcel delivery demand. In this study, we evaluated the influence of locational and household characteristics on e-commerce h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
11,887 Views
13 Pages

This study focuses on solving the vehicle routing problem (VRP) of E-logistics service providers. In our problem, each vehicle must visit some pick up nodes first, for instance, warehouses to pick up the orders then makes deliveries for customers in...

(This article belongs to the Section Last Mile, E-Commerce and Sales Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,644 Views
15 Pages

Truck platooning involves a small convoy of freight vehicles using electronic coupling as an application in automated driving technology, and it is expected to represent a major solution for improving efficiency in truck transportation in the near fu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,386 Views
16 Pages

As the modern aviation-oriented business model (aerotropolis), the Airport Economy Zone (AEZ) accumulates capital, technology, workforce, and other production factors. The AEZ always has a large number of infrastructure investments. Still, it has not...

(This article belongs to the Section Maritime and Transport Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
12,287 Views
12 Pages

Towards Digital Twins of Multimodal Supply Chains

  • Anselm Busse,
  • Benno Gerlach,
  • Joel Cedric Lengeling,
  • Peter Poschmann and ,
  • Johannes Werner and
  • Simon Zarnitz
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Both modern multi- and intermodal supply chains pose a significant challenge to control and maintain while offering numerous optimization potential. Digital Twins have been proposed to improve supply chains. However, as of today, they are only used f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains)
  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
11,406 Views
32 Pages

A data-driven approach in production logistics is adopted as a response to challenges such as low visibility and system rigidity. One important step for such a transition is to identify the enabling technologies from a value-creating perspective. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,185 Views
15 Pages

The Northwest Passage in the Arctic: A Brief Assessment of the Relevant Marine Transportation System and Current Availability of Search and Rescue Services

  • Rebecca Sheehan,
  • Dimitrios Dalaklis,
  • Anastasia Christodoulou,
  • Megan Drewniak and ,
  • Peter Raneri and
  • Angelos Dalaklis
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The analysis in hand provides a brief assessment of the United States’ and Canada’s marine transportation system and relevant search and rescue (SAR) support in relation to the Northwest Passage, with the purpose of examining to what extent these cou...

(This article belongs to the Section Maritime and Transport Logistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,207 Views
24 Pages

This paper presents a strategic roadmap to handle the issue of resource allocation among the green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. This complex issue for supply chain stakeholders highlights the need for the application of supply chain fina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,802 Views
15 Pages

The role of sustainability has made it a vital point to measure companies’ financial performances and sustainability practices along the overall supply chain. Logistics service providers (LSPs) are among the supply chain actors that need to consider...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,229 Views
31 Pages

The ever-increasing concerns of the growth in the volume of waste tires and new strict government legislations to reduce the environmental impact of the end-of-life (EOL) tires have increased interest among companies to design a sustainable and effic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,773 Views
18 Pages

Long and complex supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions. One way to solve this problem is to successfully manage supply chain integration (SCI). A system dynamics simulation is thus applied to study a cheese supply chain with three individual fi...

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