Special Issue "Sustainable Industrial Engineering and Operations 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: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Mu-Chen Chen
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Department of Transportation and Logistics Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: green logistics; supply chain analytics; service innovation
Prof. Dr. Long-Sheng Chen
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Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
Interests: green production; text mining; data mining; social media marketing; six sigma
Prof. Dr. Vikas Kumar
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Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: sustainability; supply chain management; Industry 4.0; circular economy; operational excellence
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Prof. Dr. Ippei Machida
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School of Commerce, MEIJI University, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: Asia, Pan-Pacific transpiration; logistics; supply chain analytics; transportation policy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 which, in recent years, have become an important indicator of the development of global issues. Among them, SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) which is an indispensable element for sustainable development, mainly promotes the sustainable management and effective use of natural resources, hoping to construct sustainable consumption and production models, and protecting and managing the natural resources of the social and economic foundation.

Consequently, in the area of industrial engineering and operations management, sustainability issues continue to receive attention from researchers, and the mechanisms, such as source reduction, recycling, and reuse, have been applied to reduce the waste of production and consumption. Additionally, this trend encourages companies to adopt sustainable industrial and commercial practices, such as green production, green supply chain, green logistics, etc., and employ big data, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and Industry 4.0 technologies to improve the efficiency of production and operations, decrease carbon emissions, and reduce negative environmental impacts to the lowest. Government departments can also adopt a sustainable public procurement process to guide enterprises in green production and promote the circular economy.

Based on the abovementioned background, therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide the researchers with a room to present the innovative ideas, research, methodologies, developments and applications in the field of sustainability in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Topics include but are not limited to the following: sustainable production and consumption framework and model, sustainable service management, innovation for sustainability, green supply chain, green logistics, IoT, big data, artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 for sustainability, sharing economy for sustainability, and circular economy.

Prof. Mu-Chen Chen
Prof. Long-Sheng Chen
Prof. Vikas Kumar
Prof. Ippei Machida
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green production
  • green service
  • innovation for sustainability
  • sharing economy
  • circular economy
  • Industry 4.0 for sustainability

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An Exploration of the Critical Risk Factors in Sustainable Telecom Services: An Analysis of Indian Telecom Industries
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 445; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020445 - 06 Jan 2021
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Different sources of risk factors can occur in sustainable supply chain management due to its complex nature. The telecommunication service firm cannot implement multiple improvement practices altogether to overcome the risk factors with limited resources. The industries should evaluate the relationship between risk [...] Read more.
Different sources of risk factors can occur in sustainable supply chain management due to its complex nature. The telecommunication service firm cannot implement multiple improvement practices altogether to overcome the risk factors with limited resources. The industries should evaluate the relationship between risk factors and explore the determinants of improvement measures. The purpose of the present study is to identify and analyze critical risk factors (CRFs) for enhancing sustainable supply chain management practices in the Indian telecommunication industry using interpretive structural modelling (ISM). Risk factors are identified through a literature survey, and then with the help of experts, nine CRFs are identified using a fuzzy Delphi method (FDM). The relationship among these CRFs has been analyzed using ISM, and the driving and the dependence power of those CRFs are analyzed. Results indicate that both “government policies (laws and regulations)” and “the impact of rapid change in technology” are independent or key factors that affect the sustainability of the telecommunications supply chain. In addition, results provide significant managerial implications, including enhanced sustainability, and the government should build justice, fairness, open laws, certainties, and regulations to prevent risk in the telecommunications industry supply chain; service providers should monitor the rapidly evolving technologies and focus on technical learning and organizational capacity development to overcome the impact of technological changes. The contribution of this study is using a novel approach to establish a hierarchical structural model for an effective understanding of CRFs relationships and to explore decisive risk factors that can help telecom service providers to better plan and design effective improvement strategies to enhance sustainability supply chain management. Full article
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