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Sustainable Operations Planning and Scheduling

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 7790

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Benjamin Lev

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Department of Decision Sciences and MIS, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia 19104, PA, USA
Interests: inventory control; mathematical programming; operations planning and scheduling
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Prof. Dr. Yi Liao

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Assistant Guest Editor
School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 610000, China
Interests: remanufacturing; supply chain management; closed-loop supply chain; circular economy
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Prof. Dr. Zongmin Li

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Assistant Guest Editor
Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China
Interests: decision making science; operations management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit papers to this Special Issue on Sustainable Operations Planning and Scheduling. We are looking for research contributions on topics such as:

  • Sustainable supply chain planning and scheduling
  • Inventory control management for sustainability
  • Sustainable operations planning and scheduling opportunity identification techniques
  • Risk and opportunity management approaches for sustainable operations
  • Energy and water consumption reduction approaches
  • Vendor and contractor management for sustainability
  • Critical success factors for sustainable operations
  • Value of effectively managing sustainability during operations planning and scheduling and from the different stakeholders’ perspective
  • Waste/emissions minimization in scheduling
  • Green scheduling
  • Case studies and lessons learned

The sustainability of our operations is a journey, not a destination, which requires us to continually improve operations planning and scheduling. Thus, it is important to implement the most advanced solutions in operations to further reductions in our already efficient operations. With the development of various new related disciplines and optimization technologies, many new tools, methods, algorithms have appeared in inventory control, vendor and contractor management, operations planning, scheduling, etc. The research methods of sustainable operations planning and scheduling are developing in a diversified direction. We are open to any contributions adding to the understanding of how to improve sustainability in operations planning and scheduling. It could be new theory, tools, methods, new approaches, etc. We also welcome case studies that can support research questions and bring lessons learned together with new insight on the above-described topics.

Prof. Yi Liao
Prof. Zongmin Li
Prof. Benjamin Lev
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable operations planning and supply chain management
  • scheduling
  • planning
  • sustainable operations
  • green scheduling
  • sustainable scheduling
  • waste/emissions minimization

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Compliance of Management Practices Instituted in the Third Sector Based on Governance Guidelines Established by Brazilian Organizations
by Vilma Geni Slomski, Agnes Aparecida de Britto, Valmor Slomski, Ana Lúcia Fontes de Souza Vasconcelos, Leonardo Fabris Lugoboni and Joshua Onome Imoniana
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5366; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095366 - 29 Apr 2022
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This study aimed to determine the compliance of management practices instituted in a third sector entity based on governance guidelines established by Brazilian organizations. It was exploratory qualitative research. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and documentary analysis; data analysis was performed by [...] Read more.
This study aimed to determine the compliance of management practices instituted in a third sector entity based on governance guidelines established by Brazilian organizations. It was exploratory qualitative research. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and documentary analysis; data analysis was performed by content analysis. The researched entity has a structure that meets the compliance function composed of three axes: (a) normative, referring to the adoption and formalization of the integrity program from instances, mechanisms and procedures dealing with ethical conduct, internal controls, laws, rules, regulations and risk management to which the entity is exposed, with complete adherence to the guidelines; (b) commercial, referring to the adoption and formalization of mechanisms covering relationships with partners, customers and suppliers, such as the accountability of funds raised; however, contingencies arising from the COVID-19 pandemic required mechanisms not yet foreseen for the accountability of resources from private donations. This axis had low adherence to the guidelines: (c) organizational, referring to the adherence and commitment of senior management to the policies instituted with a view to preserving the net worth, a financial sustainability and corporate social responsibility with almost complete adherence to the tested guidelines. In conclusion, organizations that depend on resources need an institutionalized compliance structure to ensure high levels of adherence, because as they become more reliable, they will receive more credibility and legitimacy. This study, based on the perceptions of managers, contributes to demonstrate the relevance of governance and the establishment of a culture of compliance in the third sector. Full article
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Effect of Consumer Strategic Behavior on Online Presale Strategy
by Yurong Pei, Mengying Xie, Qiuling Yang, Yi Liao and Yuping Wu
Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 10936; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910936 - 01 Oct 2021
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Given the effectiveness of online presale in enhancing retailers’ sustainability and efficiency, combining that consumers’ strategic behavior have a powerful influence on retailers’ presale implementation, investigating the online presale promotion model based on consumer strategic behavior is of key importance for both Academics [...] Read more.
Given the effectiveness of online presale in enhancing retailers’ sustainability and efficiency, combining that consumers’ strategic behavior have a powerful influence on retailers’ presale implementation, investigating the online presale promotion model based on consumer strategic behavior is of key importance for both Academics and business. This study takes the “deposit + final” payment online promotional presale model as the research goal and establishes three different models for providing the retailers with optimal presale strategies. On the basis of proposed models, several numerical experiments to study the effects of retailers’ presales strategies on consumer returns and deposit ratio is conducted, and finally, based on the model results, the suggestions on whether to participate in presales and how to make the optimal deposit ratio decision for retailers when participating in presales is provided for both sustainability and efficiency purpose. Full article
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Research on Sustainable Supplier Selection Based on the Rough DEMATEL and FVIKOR Methods
by Jing Zhang, Dong Yang, Qiang Li, Benjamin Lev and Yanfang Ma
Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010088 - 23 Dec 2020
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In competitive global markets, sustainable suppliers are critical success factors for sustainable supply chain operations. Sustainable supplier selection must be based on a complex network of numerous indicators and experts’ fuzzy linguistic terms. Considering the correlation between the evaluation criteria and the ambiguity [...] Read more.
In competitive global markets, sustainable suppliers are critical success factors for sustainable supply chain operations. Sustainable supplier selection must be based on a complex network of numerous indicators and experts’ fuzzy linguistic terms. Considering the correlation between the evaluation criteria and the ambiguity of the criteria values, this paper proposes combining the rough DEMATEL method and the fuzzy VIKOR (FVIKOR) method to solve sustainable supplier selection problem. We determine 15 sustainable supplier evaluation criteria from economic, environmental and social dimensions. We also apply the rough DEMATEL method to determine the weight of evaluation indicators that are interrelated or even conflicting and use the FVIKOR method to determine supplier rankings by converting the fuzzy linguistic terms into precise information. The practicability of the proposed method is verified by an example of sustainable supplier selection. Full article
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