(Re)Designing Processes for Improving Supply Chain Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2021) | Viewed by 19934
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain design; logistics; lean manufacturing; employee participation systems
Interests: supply chain design; logistics; lean manufacturing; sustainable packaging logistics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of globalized markets, not only do companies face constant innovation of new products, decreasing life cycles, and product proliferation, they also face the demand for even lower prices and even higher quality and service standards. This is occurring in increasingly turbulent and volatile markets, which has forced many organizations to improve processes along the supply chain as a means to gain competitive advantages. Thus, today’s competition model no longer follows the traditional fight between companies but rather involves a fight between supply chains. This competition occurs in a context of increasing demand for sustainable policies, which may condition the search for alternative improvements in supply chain management.
Thus, redesigning the processes throughout the supply chain contributes to the search for efficiency and sustainability. This search for efficient and sustainable processes (mainly productive and logistic processes) may be based on investment in technology, equipment, and facilities, as well as small improvements, such as the lean manufacturing approach. The main objective of this Special Issue, “(Re)Designing Processes for Improving Supply Chain Sustainability”, is to investigate the development of sustainable supply chains through processes redesign. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments and applications.
We will accept a variety of methodologies, such as qualitative and quantitative analyses, case studies, action research, and mathematical modelling and simulation with potential for application in a business context. We welcome papers that address, but are not limited to, the following research topics:
- Supply chain redesign for sustainability
- Lean manufacturing and sustainability
- Sustainable supply chains in the e-commerce era
- Sustainable logistics
- Emmployee participation for developing sustainable processes
- Sustainable packaging logistics
Prof. Dr. J. Carlos Prado-Prado
Prof. Dr. Jesús García Arca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Supply chain redesign for sustainability
- Lean manufacturing and sustainability
- Sustainable supply chains in the e-commerce era
- Sustainable logistics
- Employee participation for developing sustainable processes
- Sustainable packaging logistics