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Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 4529

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Suresh P. Sethi

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Centre for Intelligent Supply Networks, University of Texas, Dallas, TX 75080, USA
Interests: supply chain management; partially observed inventory models; stochastic dynamic differential games; dynamic and stochastic advertising models
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Prof. Dr. Marija Bogataj

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CERRISK, Institute INRISK, 8210 Trebnje, Slovenia
Interests: transportation; safety; insurance; acturarial science; logistics; decisions science
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable operations and supply chain management have become paramount in today's business landscape. Companies increasingly recognize the importance of integrating environmental, social, and economic factors into their practices. Sustainable operations aim to minimize resource waste, reduce energy consumption, and adopt eco-friendly processes, reducing their carbon footprint. In parallel, supply chain management is evolving to ensure responsible sourcing, ethical labor practices, and efficient logistics to minimize its environmental impact. With the aging of the population, we are also interested in sustainable operations that ensure products and services are designed with longevity, accessibility, and environmental responsibility in mind, contributing to a more inclusive and eco-conscious silver economy.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Suresh P. Sethi
Prof. Dr. Marija Bogataj
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable operations
  • supply chain management
  • aging
  • carbon footprint
  • silver economy

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Sustainable Operations Management in the Energy Sector: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature from 2000 to 2024
by Mariana Losada-Agudelo and Sebastian Souyris
Sustainability 2024, 16(18), 7999; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16187999 - 13 Sep 2024
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This study centers on sustainable operations management within the energy sector, identifying and synthesizing effective strategies for integrating sustainability into business practices. We perform a systematic literature review covering contributions from January 2000 to June 2024 extracted from Web of Science and Scopus [...] Read more.
This study centers on sustainable operations management within the energy sector, identifying and synthesizing effective strategies for integrating sustainability into business practices. We perform a systematic literature review covering contributions from January 2000 to June 2024 extracted from Web of Science and Scopus databases. The methodology includes an explicit search and selection protocol to ensure relevant and unbiased insights into the evolution of sustainable practices in the energy sector. The results indicate an increase in publications over the years, particularly in areas such as low-carbon economies, environmental management, and innovation, all of which are crucial for reducing carbon footprints and enhancing operational sustainability. This study categorizes existing research into five main streams: Closed Loop Supply Chains (CLSC), Low Carbon Economy (LCE), Environmental Management and Performance (EMP), Innovation (INN), and Social Responsibility (SR). The review underscores the significant gap between current practices and the potential for incorporating renewable energy sources into existing systems. In addition, it highlights the need for robust governmental policies and international cooperation in order to foster a more rapid transition towards sustainable operations on the energy sector. Furthermore, our findings suggest that despite technological advances, significant implementation gaps remain that require focused research and policy adjustments in order to achieve sustainability targets in the energy sector. Full article
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Agility and Resilience in Supply Chains: Investigating Their Roles in Enhancing Financial Performance
by Cenk Tufan, Şemsettin Çiğdem, Yunus Kılıç and Gökçen Sayar
Sustainability 2024, 16(17), 7842; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177842 - 9 Sep 2024
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Business sectors face disruptive challenges such as cash flow problems in finance and material flow problems in supply chain and logistics processes in today’s rapidly evolving and uncertain environment. Given these challenges, effective management of resource and material flows by managers has become [...] Read more.
Business sectors face disruptive challenges such as cash flow problems in finance and material flow problems in supply chain and logistics processes in today’s rapidly evolving and uncertain environment. Given these challenges, effective management of resource and material flows by managers has become increasingly complex. Supply chain management is crucial for businesses to sustain competitive market positioning. This study distinctively explores the interplay between supply chain management and the financial performance of manufacturing companies, highlighting the increasingly dynamic and competitive global markets. It scrutinizes the moderating roles of supply chain agility and flexibility in this relationship, offering diverse analytical perspectives. The research methodology involved surveying white-collar employees within these companies. Factor analysis was employed to affirm the scale’s validity, and the Hayes model 3 method was utilized to test hypotheses. Our research uncovered intricate interactions between supply chain management, agility, and resilience, underscoring their collective impact on financial performance. The thesis that supply chain management has a substantial impact on financial performance was corroborated by the study’s results. The study also emphasizes the moderating impact of supply chain agility in the relationship between financial performance and supply chain management. The results of the study that supply chain resilience moderates the moderating effect of supply chain agility indicate that the interaction between supply chain resilience and supply chain agility may affect the relationship between supply chain management and financial performance if supply chain resilience enhances the resilience of organizations to external challenges. These insights suggest organizations must integrate agility, management, and resilience considerations in their supply chains to optimize performance. This study contributes a novel viewpoint to the literature, providing strategic guidance for managerial decision making. Full article
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