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Systems Approaches in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management

A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954). This special issue belongs to the section "Supply Chain Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 1028

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Anjali Awasthi

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Department of Information System and Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
Interests: modeling and simulation; data mining; information technology and decision making; sustainable logistics planning; quality assurance in supply chain management; sustainable supply chain management
Dr. Sudhanshu Joshi

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PM Gati Shakti Centre of Excellence in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CoE-LSCM), School of Management, Doon University, Dehradun 248001, India
Interests: sustainable supply chain management; logistics management; intelligent systems; digital technologies
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability in supply chains and logistics is vital to ensure economic, environmental, and social viability in the modern era. In this Special Issue, we aim for methodological approaches, practical applications, and reviews of literature-oriented studies in the area of sustainable supply chains and logistics from a systems perspective. A systems approach enables a holistic understanding of the critical issues underlying complex, new, and unstructured supply chain and logistics problems, how various system elements influence each other and their environment, scenario planning, and the development of win–win solutions for the involved stakeholders. Examples of these approaches are system dynamics, systems of systems, cognitive mapping, influence diagrams, etc. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Green product development.
  • Green sourcing.
  • Sustainable material management.
  • Green network design.
  • Collaboration planning.
  • Sustainable facility location.
  • Green fuel selection.
  • Sustainable inventory management.
  • Demand management.
  • Sustainable supply chain contracts.
  • Sustainable transportation planning.
  • Reverse logistics and circular economy.
  • Digitalization of supply chains.
  • Sustainable manufacturing.
  • Risk management.
  • Global supply chains.
  • Quality management.
  • Sustainable policy planning.
  • Customer relationship management.

Prof. Dr. Anjali Awasthi
Dr. Sudhanshu Joshi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • concept mapping
  • complex adaptive systems
  • cognitive mapping
  • agent based modeling
  • system dynamics modeling
  • group model building
  • causal loop diagrams
  • network analysis
  • qualitative comparative analysis
  • system of systems
  • bayesian belief networks
  • influence diagrams
  • sustainable supply chain management
  • sustainable logistics
  • circular economy
  • green supply chains
  • digital technologies in logistics
  • resilient supply chains
  • system dynamics modeling

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Emission Reduction Decisions in the Agricultural Supply Chain Considering Dual Fairness Concerns
by Huanhuan Wang, Qilan Zhao, Hanxing Cui, Junjie Guo and Qiuxia Zhang
Systems 2025, 13(5), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13050313 - 24 Apr 2025
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The challenges in reducing emissions within agricultural supply chains mainly arise from the short-term self-interested behaviors of various stakeholders. To study the impact of the agricultural producer’s dual fairness concerns toward the manufacturer and retailer on profit distribution and emission reduction decisions, this [...] Read more.
The challenges in reducing emissions within agricultural supply chains mainly arise from the short-term self-interested behaviors of various stakeholders. To study the impact of the agricultural producer’s dual fairness concerns toward the manufacturer and retailer on profit distribution and emission reduction decisions, this paper develops a centralized model and two decentralized models (with and without dual fairness concerns) for a three-level agricultural supply chain. The paper derives the optimal emission reduction decisions, participant profits, and overall supply chain profits under different decision-making scenarios. The main findings are as follows: First, the centralized model results in higher supply chain profit, emission reduction, and market demand compared to decentralized models, where these factors remain unchanged regardless of fairness concerns. Second, in decentralized decision-making, fairness concerns raise the agricultural producer’s profit while reducing those of the manufacturer and retailer. The manufacturer always earns the highest profit, followed by the retailer. Finally, the agricultural producer’s fairness concerns do not affect emission reduction or overall profit, but they change profit distribution, with increasing concern toward one participant decreasing their profit and increasing the other’s. These findings fill the theoretical gap in existing research and provide valuable theoretical insights for governments and stakeholders in making decisions. Full article
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Channel Selection Strategies of Chinese E-Commerce Supply Chains Under Green Governmental Subsidies
by Lingyu Gao, Xiaoli Wang and Xu Xin
Systems 2025, 13(3), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13030172 - 2 Mar 2025
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In the era of the green digital economy, network platforms as a new form of economic format have gained significant attention from e-commerce companies. This paper intends to address the channel selection strategy for e-commerce enterprises and the coordination of the whole supply [...] Read more.
In the era of the green digital economy, network platforms as a new form of economic format have gained significant attention from e-commerce companies. This paper intends to address the channel selection strategy for e-commerce enterprises and the coordination of the whole supply chain under the government’s green subsidy policy. Game theory is used to analyze the strategy of channel selection based on logistics distribution, e-commerce platform, consumer preference, and green governmental subsidy. The findings are as follows: (1) Self-established logistics cost and platform commission rates are important factors affecting channel selection. With the increase in consumers’ preference for a green economy, consumers are more inclined to choose platform channels. (2) Green governmental subsidies represent an advantageous strategy for the whole supply chain, and under its influence, the Pareto improvement of the supply chain can be realized. (3) Cooperation with other companies using the platform franchise system can maximize the benefits of the supply chain, which also can improve consumer satisfaction and increase the profits of e-commerce enterprises at the same time. In conclusion, a platform franchise contract is proposed to coordinate the supply chain and realize the rapid development of the green economy. Full article
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