2025 December - 44 articles
Background: The maritime industry, vital for global trade, faces escalating cyber threats in 2025. Critical port infrastructures are increasingly vulnerable due to rapid digitalization and the integration of IT and operational technology (OT) systems...
Background: nowadays, traditional delivery options are challenging to the urban last-mile logistics and sustainability goals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the practical factors that drive frequent e-shoppers to actively switch their in...
Background: This study examines how Green Knowledge Integration Capability (GKIC) influences supplier performance within sustainable supply chains by balancing exploration (acquiring new knowledge) and exploitation (refining existing knowledge) strat...
Background: This study aims to examine the barriers hindering the implementation of sustainable procurement in Indonesian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to identify their hierarchical relationships. Methods: A mixed-method approach was...
Background: Disasters generate abrupt surges in humanitarian demand, requiring response strategies that balance operational performance with vulnerability considerations. This study examines how temporary Points of Distribution (PODs) can be planned...
Background: The rapid digital transformation driven by Industry 4.0 technologies is reshaping manufacturing supply chains, yet comprehensive insights into how these technologies are integrated remain limited. Methods: This study addresses this resear...
Background: Kazakhstan’s transport system plays a key role in Eurasian logistics due to its position along the Middle Corridor. However, multimodal freight transport remains under-optimized due to infrastructure bottlenecks, uneven cargo flows,...
Background: Jute, recognized as the ‘golden fiber’ of Bangladesh, produces a substantial amount of stick left over (waste), a byproduct of the fiber. Usually, unused jute sticks (JS) are thrown away or burned, since they are treated as la...
Background: Agricultural production plays a vital role in the global economy by integrating different sectors and promoting capital circulation across industries. In this context, the dairy sector emerges as a promising avenue for investment. This st...
Background: In the context of increasing supply chain complexity, efficient inventory management has become important in enhancing the performance of logistics systems and sustaining the competitiveness of companies. Real-time visibility, tracking, a...
Background: Digital supply chain transformation research exhibits a critical gap, examining technologies in isolation rather than as integrated ecosystems. Methods: This study addresses this limitation by developing a comprehensive orchestration fram...
Background: Globally, in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, excess inventory results from the bullwhip effect. Earlier, barcode-based two-bin systems were limited by manual scanning; hence, a more responsive system is needed to align the...
Background: The food sector plays a critical role in promoting population well-being and contributes significantly to economic, social, and environmental development. However, inefficiencies in distribution logistics often result in elevated operatio...
Background: The management of inventory under realistic supply chain disruptions, which are often non-exponential, challenges classical control theory. This study addresses the critical question of whether the optimality of simple base-stock policies...
Background: Mitigating the negative impacts of climate change and ensuring food security are critical challenges for sustainable development. Potato crops play a key role in global food security, and optimizing their supply chains can improve yields,...
Background: As a labor-, capital-, and technology-intensive sector, shipbuilding supports water transportation, international trade, and marine development, driving economic growth and employment. Yet rising raw material/labor costs now bottleneck en...
Background: This study analyzes modal distribution patterns across Europe and 28 European countries, employing clustering analysis to identify trends in transport mode utilization. The research quantifies logistics diversification, examining extreme...
Background: Waste collection is a critical logistical challenge in urban management, and while Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are increasingly used to optimize collection routes, a systematic, quantitative synthesis of their impact is lacking....
Background: This study investigates how varying levels of digital interoperability affect coordination and performance in Indonesia’s decentralized air cargo system, reflecting the inefficiencies typical of fragmented digital infrastructures in...
Background: This study deploys the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC framework to achieve systemic optimization of the school subscription process in Tunisia’s public transport service, a critical administrative operation affecting efficiency and customer s...
Background: This paper develops a novel, interdisciplinary framework for optimizing high-speed rail (HSR) freight logistics hubs in the Ottawa–Quebec City corridor, addressing critical gaps in geospatial mismatches, static optimization limitati...
Background: This paper addresses a new class of scheduling problems in the context of machines subject to (unrecoverable) interruptions; i.e., when a machine fails, the current and subsequently scheduled work on that machine is lost. Each job has a c...
Background: Over the past decade, the growth of ecommerce and omnichannel order fulfillment has led to a spike in last-mile delivery services. Last-mile delivery being the most expensive portion of the supply chain has resulted in process improvement...
Background: Inland waterway transport is characterised by its large loading capacity, low transport costs, and minimal negative environmental impact. Inland navigation is often the first choice as an alternative to special transport of goods, such as...
Background: In a fast-changing sector, apparel distribution centers (DCs) are under increasing pressure to meet labor intensive operational requirements, short delivery windows, and variable demand in the rapidly changing apparel industry. Traditiona...
Background: Effective asset tracking and monitoring are critical for modern warehouse management. Methods: In this paper, we present a real-time warehouse monitoring system that leverages ceiling-mounted cameras, computer vision-based object detectio...
Background: Supplier evaluation and selection are pivotal processes in supply chain management, profoundly influencing organisational efficiency and sustainability. This study addresses the limitations of traditional multi-criteria decision-making ap...
Background: Supply chains in pharmaceutical industry encounter constant challenges in balancing the availability of medicine with cost efficiency, particularly in developing regions with limited storage capacity, as regulatory constraints increase op...
Background: Generating electricity from renewable sources continues to receive significant attention from both scholars and professional communities. This is mainly because traditional energy use harms public health, threatens biodiversity, and incre...
Background: Schedule reliability in container liner services is essential for the efficiency of maritime and inland transport, terminal operations, and the overall supply chain. Disruptions to vessel schedules can trigger a series of disruptions at o...
The purpose of this study is to examine the spare parts supply chain when introducing new computer technology products to the market. Background: Despite the growing importance of after-sales service, the supply chain for spare parts for ICT (informa...
Background: Logistics plays a key role in economic performance, yet its contribution to global growth and convergence remains underexplored. This study examines how different logistics dimensions have influenced GDP per worker across countries over t...
Background: South Africa’s pome fruit industry serves over 60 international markets, competing with Chile, New Zealand, and the United States. Inefficiencies in the beginning stages of South Africa’s pome fruit supply chain compromise com...
Background: Urban freight transport is essential for the functioning of cities. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the growth of e-commerce, creating new challenges for courier services. While consumer satisfaction has been extensively studied, little...
Background: Ongoing challenges such as geopolitical conflicts, trade disruptions, economic sanctions, and political instability have underscored the urgent need for large manufacturing enterprises to improve resilience and reduce dependence on global...
Background: Urban disasters expose persistent gaps in the operational picture and timely decision-making for response teams, which require user-centred systems that connect analysis to action. This study proposes and formatively validates an integrat...
Introduction: This study explores the impact of logistics information technology (LIT) on supply chain relationships and distribution performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using South Africa as a case study. Although digital supply...
Background: Supply chain disruptions from natural hazards, geopolitical tensions, or global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can trigger widespread shortages, with particularly severe consequences in healthcare through drug supply interruptions...
Background: Despite significant technological advances, many logistics organizations in emerging markets struggle to realize the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, with reported success rates below 65% and limited theoretical unders...
Background: In the dynamic world of commercial aviation, the efficient management of ground handling (GH) operations in aircraft turnarounds is an increasingly complex challenge, often perceived as operational chaos. Methods: This paper introduces th...
Background: This study examines the impact of technological innovations on digital supply chain management, with a focus on the mediating role of artificial intelligence. With global supply chains increasingly relying on digital platforms, the integr...
Background: Cities worldwide face continuous challenges in sustainable development, particularly in transportation systems where decisions have long-lasting impacts on urban infrastructure and quality of life. The evaluation of sustainable transporta...
Background: Despite growing interest in supply chain resilience (SCRes), theoretical overlap between dynamic capabilities (DC) and supply chain agility (SCA) has complicated empirical analysis of their distinct roles. Additionally, the contextual rol...
Background: The growing complexity of last-mile logistics (LML) in urban environments has created an urgent need for sustainable, efficient, and stakeholder-inclusive solutions. This study addresses these challenges by exploring a holistic, human-cen...
