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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 6675

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Dr. Jun-Yeon Lee

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Department of Systems and Operations Management, David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge, CA 90802, USA
Interests: supply chain management; inventory models; vendor-managed inventory; supply chain contracting; sustainable operations and supply chain management

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Dear Colleagues,

Environmentally sustainable manufacturing operations and supply chain management are becoming more and more important due to climate change and growing concerns among stakeholders such as international organizations, governments, supply chain partners, and consumers over the environmental impacts of producing, transporting, storing, using, and disposing/recycling products. Socially sustainable manufacturing operations and supply chain management are also becoming more important due to growing concerns over unethical labor practices, inclusive sourcing, and healthier and safer products.

This Special Issue aims to attract and disseminate original research papers on sustainability in manufacturing operations and supply chain management, which includes all aspects of planning and control for manufacturing operations such as capacity planning, production planning and control, inventory control, sourcing, remanufacturing, and supply chain management. Research areas may include (but are not limited to):

Environmentally responsible manufacturing operations and supply chain management;
Socially responsible manufacturing operations and supply chain management;
Sustainability investment decisions for manufacturing operations and supply chains;
Impact of sustainability considerations on production planning and control;
Supply chain collaboration for carbon emissions reduction;
Sustainability promotion through remanufacturing/waste reduction;
Role of information and communication technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT, AI, ERP) for sustainability promotion in manufacturing operations and supply chains.

In this Special Issue, all types of research papers (analytical/empirical study, case study, literature review, synthesis analysis, etc.) are welcome.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Jun-Yeon Lee
Guest Editor

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Keywords

manufacturing operations and supply chain management
environmental sustainability
social sustainability
sustainability investment decisions
sustainability considerations in operational decisions
carbon emissions reduction
supply chain collaboration
remanufacturing
role of information and communication technologies

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Proactive Environmental Strategy and Environmental Performance of the Manufacturing SMEs of Karachi City in Pakistan: Role of Green Mindfulness as a DCV

by Muhammad Ibrahim and Rosli Mahmood

Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12431; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su141912431 - 29 Sep 2022

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This study aims to develop a theoretical model for assessing the causal relationship between a proactive environmental strategy (PES), green mindfulness (GM), and environmental performance (EP) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The theoretical model was established through a literature review and tested with 193 entrepreneurs and managers from manufacturing SMEs operating in Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan. The model was tested using PLS Smart with partial least square structural equation modeling. The results reveal that PES does not directly relate to EP. However, the study found a full mediation effect of GM on the relationship between PES and EP. Thus, this study is novel in its approach to using GM as a mediator in assessing the relationship between PES and EP. The study also found that the effects of PES are balanced when the SMEs incorporate GM, which further leads to the achievement of EP. Thus, the findings extend increasingly complex literature in the assessment of GM’s role in SMEs’ EP. Further, the scale and the models can be used to assess how SMEs respond to PES with mindful attention to achieve EP. Full article

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Remanufacturing Strategy under Cap-and-Trade Regulation in the Presence of Assimilation Effect

by Tianyi Guo, Chaonan Li and Yan Chen

Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 2878; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14052878 - 01 Mar 2022

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In this paper, we consider the choice of remanufacturing strategy of a monopolist original equipment manufacturer under the cap-and-trade regulation in the presence of the assimilation effect. We model the manufacturer’s optimal decision-makings and associated profits under three different remanufacturing strategies. Our results indicate that the assimilation effect reduces the manufacturer’s motivation to become engaged in remanufacturing. Specifically, there exists a threshold for the intensity of the assimilation effect for the manufacturer to enter remanufacturing. First, when the assimilation effect is below the threshold, the manufacturer should choose to remanufacture. Otherwise, the manufacturer should only produce new products. Second, the value of the threshold for the assimilation effect is further determined by the remanufacturing’s emission advantage and the carbon trading price. In addition, when the intensity of the assimilation effect is high enough, the carbon trading price and carbon emission advantage no longer impacts the remanufacturing strategy. Lastly, our numerical examples reveal that ignoring the assimilation effect can lead to up to 56.2% loss of potential profit for the manufacturer. Full article

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Social Sustainability in Production Planning: A Systematic Literature Review

by Marco Trost, Thorsten Claus and Frank Herrmann

Sustainability 2022, 14(13), 8198; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14138198 - 05 Jul 2022

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Sustainable production includes economic, environmental, and social aspects. However, social sustainability has received less attention, especially compared to the economic aspects. Next to technical and organizational measures, social improvements within supply chains can also be achieved through suitable production planning. Within production planning, production programs are determined, and the assignment of available resources (e.g., employees) is specified. Thus, the utilization and workload of employees are defined. This systematic literature review investigates to what extent such employee-related social aspects are reflected in production planning and discusses whether economic aspects dominate them. For this, a Scopus database search was carried out and 76 identified approaches were analyzed and categorized regarding the occurring employee-related social aspects and their implementation. Thus far, the approaches mainly consider single aspects on single planning levels. A consideration of a broad set of aspects along the entire production planning has rarely been studied. In particular, health and safety aspects are considered on the levels of assembly line balancing and job rotation. However, their impact is primarily determined by the specific settings of the decision-maker. To support decision-makers, only a few studies have investigated the effects based on real application scenarios. Further potential might be an extended modeling of social and economic interdependencies and a consideration of employee-related social aspects in medium- to long-term production planning. Full article

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