Article
Business
Ying Yang, Mai Ha Pham, Biao Yang, Jun Wei Sun, Phuong Nguyen Thu Tran
Summary: While most studies focus on the downstream part of the vegetable supply chain in terms of customer demand and product quality, this research explores the position of upstream farmers in different types of vegetable supply chains. The study highlights the importance of cooperative supply chains for Vietnamese farmers and identifies key activities and mechanisms needed for successful engagement. Sustainable collaboration is dependent on farmer motivation and effective management mechanisms within the cooperative.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Economics
Junjin Wang, Jiaguo Liu, Fan Wang, Xiaohang Yue
Summary: The research explores the impact of blockchain technology on port logistics capabilities in the maritime industry by analyzing the spatial and utility-driven operation models. The key factor influencing the applicability of blockchain technology is the relationship between unit net benefits and operating costs. Additionally, the study proposes a horizontal collaboration mechanism to solve dilemmas, achieve win-win situations, and Pareto optimality.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B-METHODOLOGICAL
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Jianting Xia, Haohua Li, Zhou He
Summary: Blockchain technology holds significant potential for application in supply chain operations. This paper provides a systematic review of blockchain-based supply chain case studies, highlighting its advantages in traceability and transparency. It also proposes a conceptual model and discusses potential applications of blockchain technology in supply chain collaboration. The study contributes to the existing work on enhancing supply chain collaboration using blockchain technology.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Qian Zheng, Juanqiong Gou, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Justin Z. Zhang, Xiaowei Zhang
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can become teammates in organizational teams, posing new challenges to organizational form, team management, and team working patterns. This paper proposes a digitalization capability framework and enhancement strategies, and validates their effectiveness through the implementation of a Human-AI Collaboration Platform (HACP).
INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Weihua Liu, Shuang Wei, Yanjie Liang, Di Wang, Jingkun Wang
Summary: Organizational efficiency in smart logistics ecological chains is directly related to service and technology innovation capability; symbiotic relationships, information sharing, and customer demand affect the efficiency of smart logistics multi-case ecological chains; technological innovation positively impacts service capabilities in smart logistics ecological chains.
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Behzad Mosallanezhad, Mohammad Ali Arjomandi, Omid Hashemi-Amiri, Fatemeh Gholian-Jouybari, Mahdieh Dibaj, Mohammad Akrami, Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli
Summary: In this study, a novel supply chain network is developed for fresh seafood, considering sustainability aspects and achieving a balance between financial and environmental factors. Four metaheuristics are employed to overcome the computational complexity of exact solution methods. The results show that the multi-objective grey wolf and multi-objective golden eagle optimizers outperform other solution methods in terms of solution quality and can be efficiently applied to real-world seafood supply chain network problems.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gopal Kumar, Purushottam Meena, Rita Maria Difrancesco
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of building partnering capabilities and improving sustainability in the supply chain in today's fast-changing business environment, including the crucial roles of relationand resource-sharing based collaboration, capabilities, and commitment, as well as dynamic capabilities and collaboration in developing sustainable supply chain performance. Collaboration and commitment play a crucial role in building capabilities, which, in turn, allow firms to achieve sustainable supply chain performance.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Business
Adegboyega Oyedijo, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Kome Utulu
Summary: This study investigates the challenges of implementing sustainable practices in multi-tier supply chains and proposes potential solutions based on a case study of a global food retail company. The study identifies major barriers including sustainability costs, knowledge gap, lack of infrastructure, and supply chain complexity. It also suggests five possible solutions including multi-tier collaboration, diffusion of innovation, supply chain mapping, sustainability performance measurement, and capacity building.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Xiangzhen Peng, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyi Wang, Haisheng Li, Jiping Xu, Zhiyao Zhao
Summary: This study focuses on the issue of food safety in the rice supply chain. By developing a multi-chain collaborative model and implementing mechanisms such as trusted chains, encryption, and consensus, the study effectively addresses the real-time data interaction problem and ensures trustworthy management and control of information in the rice supply chain. The research provides valuable insights for the digital transformation of the food industry.
Article
Urban Studies
Saeed Asadi Bagloee, Mitra Heshmati, Hussein Dia, Hadi Ghaderi, Chris Pettit, Mohsen Asadi
Summary: Blockchain technology is expected to become the underlying operating system for future cities, enabling sustainable development and citizen participation. However, there are challenges that need to be overcome for widespread adoption and deployment of this technology.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yesim Can Saglam
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between sustainable reverse logistics (SRL) capability and the triple bottom line (TBL) performance in Turkey's manufacturing industry. The results show that SRL capability leads to environmental, economic, and social benefits. Sustainability culture mediates the relationship between SRL capability and social performance.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Editorial Material
Economics
Weihua Liu, J. George Shanthikumar, Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Xiang Li, Li Zhou
Summary: This special issue delves into original practices and applications in Smart Supply Chains (SSCs) and Intelligent Logistics Services (ILSs, aiming to provide a better understanding of SSCs and ILSs in conjunction with advanced OR methods. This editorial summarizes discussions and key findings from the featured papers, focusing on government policy impacts, process optimization, system design, and strategic choices among other studies.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Business
Xiaoyu Yan, Weihua Liu, Ming K. Lim, Yong Lin, Wanying Wei
Summary: With the development of smart logistics and B2B cooperation, the smart logistics ecological chain has become an important way to promote circular supply chain implementation. The research identifies factors such as smart asset investment, multi-scenario service capability, and SLEC interaction that have positive effects on supply-demand matching, leading to the promotion of circular supply chain implementation. Additionally, personalized demand has a changing effect on supply-demand matching over time and a direct negative impact on circular supply chain implementation.
INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Nguyen Quoc Viet, Behzad Behdani, Jacqueline Bloemhof, Kai Hoberg
Summary: This paper presents a framework that considers the relationship between data characteristics and supply chain decisions, highlighting applications under different time horizons and supply chain levels. The study found that the different dimensions of big data's Vs have varying requirements based on the characteristics of the decisions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Hamed Nozari, Agnieszka Szmelter-Jarosz, Javid Ghahremani-Nahr
Summary: Supply chain management is an essential issue for businesses, and technological revolution has brought new innovations and challenges. AIoT, as an expected innovation, can integrate complex supply chains. However, the growing technology, the internet, and vast amounts of data also pose challenges, with cybersecurity and insufficient infrastructure being the most important ones.
Article
Economics
Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Ou Tang, Victor Shi, Xinyun Liu
Summary: This study examines the impact of SSPs' market power and CRPs' precision marketing on platform cooperation, using stylized models. It finds that cooperation becomes the equilibrium strategy when CRP's commission rate is low (high) and SSP's market power is low (high), and that market power may affect the equilibrium strategy with a change in the commission rate, with an invalidation effect in some cases. The study also suggests that precision marketing may reduce supply chain members' willingness to cooperate when the commission rate is high, but stimulate cooperation when the rate is low.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Economics
Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Ou Tang, Xin Ma
Summary: This study examines the motivation and effectiveness of a hybrid retailing strategy in the e-retailing market, where a reseller and an agency seller collaborate to expand the market. Game-theoretic models are developed to analyze retail and wholesale prices, as well as the equilibrium channel choice. The findings show that the hybrid retailing strategy can result in higher retail prices for the reseller, while the agency seller prefers to reduce the retail price when the demand through the hybrid retailing channel is high.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Management
Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Ming K. Lim, Shangsong Long, Xiaoran Shi
Summary: This study explores the influencing factors of smart supply chain innovation (SSCI) for going global companies and designs a theoretical framework. The research findings highlight the importance of both exploitative and explorative innovation in driving supply chain innovation and the impact of internationalization policies on the adoption of SSCI practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Economics
Weihua Liu, Jiahui Zhang, Yangyan Shi, Paul Tae-Woo Lee, Yanjie Liang
Summary: In recent years, comprehensive information, intelligence, and automation technology have become the emerging development trend in distribution enterprises. However, the implementation of intelligent logistics transformation (ILT) in China has faced challenges. This study proposes a conceptual model of ILT problems based on the grounded theory and identifies five major factors influencing ILT problems in efficient commodity distribution. The findings suggest that inherent risks, organizational difficulties, market obstacles, market drivers, and social factors all play a significant role in ILT implementation. This study provides practical recommendations for firms and governments to implement ILT in efficient commodity distribution.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Management
Wanying Wei, Weihua Liu, Ou Tang, Chuanwen Dong, Yanjie Liang
Summary: The business of two-sided platforms such as online ride-sharing has grown rapidly, but complying with CSR regulations is a challenge, especially on the supply side. This paper develops a game-theoretic model for a two-sided platform and analyzes the effects of network externalities and risk aversion on CSR investment decision-making. The results show that network externalities may not necessarily stimulate CSR investment, while risk aversion consistently encourages CSR investment.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Weihua Liu, Yanjie Liang, Xing Bao, Juanjuan Qin, Ming K. Lim
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on China's logistics industry, including a sharp drop in demand and disruptions to transportation and logistics networks. However, with the effective control of the outbreak in China, the logistics industry is expected to experience rapid development in the post-COVID-19 era, driven by market forces, technology, and policy changes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
