Green Supply Chain: Business Process and Logistics Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 3330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green supply chain management; sustainable operations management
Interests: green supply chain management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, increasing regulatory force, scarcity of natural resources, and environmental turbulence have encouraged companies to continuously innovate and change to achieve sustainable development. Faced with these emerging new issues, sustainable supply chains have become one of the hot topics looked at by companies. Sustainable supply chains integrate ethics and environmental responsibilities into their competitive models. A sustainable supply chain helps with the strategic, transparent and circular realization of companies’ economic, environmental and social performance in the coordination of business process and logistics management among organizations so as to improve their competitiveness and supply chain level.
Although the benefits of sustainable supply chains have become increasingly prominent, there are relatively few studies on how to achieve sustainable supply chains. In fact, companies need to pay attention to two aspects of business process and logistics management based on the concept. Digital transformation and digital technology play a significant role in achieving supply chain transparency. It not only promotes the improvement of business processes within and among companies but also improves the execution and decision-making efficiency of business processes. In addition, standardized benchmarks are a prerequisite for establishing ethical supply chain practices. Such responsible practices help improve the company’s logistics management and establish a brand effect to gain a competitive advantage.
In view of the above, this Special Issue pays close attention to the development trends and hot spots of sustainable supply chains and the relevant research and discussions around improving business process and logistics management. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conceptual model of sustainable supply chain;
- Business process of sustainable supply chain;
- Logistics management of sustainable supply chain;
- Sustainable supply chain driven by digital transformation;
- Digital technology and business process improvement;
- Standardized logistics management practices;
- Supply chain resilience;
- Other related research topics.
Prof. Dr. Taiwen Feng
Dr. Qiansong Zhang
Dr. Yufei Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable supply chain
- business process
- logistics management
- digital transformation
- digital technology
- standardized process
- environmental responsibility
- digital innovation
