Dear Colleagues,

It is quite well known within the industry that supply chain management plays the key role in managing huge numbers of inventories. The sustainability of supply chain management implies the strong holding of the three pillars, which are economic, environmental, and the social benefit of the whole management. Due to the pandemic situation, it is very much essential to re-establish sustainability so as to maintain supply chain profit in a fruitful manner. To maintain supply chain profit, the major effect can be achieved through the process of remanufacturing, the use of reusable products, renewable energy, recycling and refurbishment, and finally waste management. To create more jobs for the sake of social issues, the industry can lead in terms of its corporate responsibility to create more jobs under more beneficial conditions. Carbon emissions can be controlled through a flexible production system instead of a traditional production system. During the controlling of the flexible production system, huge machines and skilled laborers are needed. In this way, the supply chain can be made sustainable. However, the big impact is coming from the renewable energy. Non-renewable energy is not infinite, limiting its utilization. Thus, the necessity of renewable energy is very much relevant to maintaining sustainable supply chain management. The aim of this Special Issue is to obtain new innovative research articles based on the application of sustainability in supply chain management in several aspects.

Dr. Mitali Sarkar
Prof. Dr. Biswajit Sarkar
Guest Editors

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• sustainability
• supply chain management
• renewable energy
• remanufacturing
• waste management
• inventory management