Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chetna Chauhan, Amandeep Dhir, Manzoor Ul Akram, Jari Salo
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the literature on food loss and waste in food supply chains, identifying key research themes and gaps. The findings highlight factors contributing to food waste and suggest future research directions to mitigate waste and inform policy initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Na Luo, Tava Lennon Olsen, Yanping Liu
Summary: This study proposes a conceptual framework in the field of operations management to systematically examine FLW issues within food supply chains, discussing different types of FLW, distribution modes, impacts on society, economy, and the environment, as well as measures to reduce FLW.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David Adams, Jerome Donovan, Cheree Topple
Summary: Managing sustainability in the food supply chain is crucial due to the significant environmental and social impacts of the global food industry. A thematic analysis identified eight key sustainability themes in the literature regarding how food manufacturing companies implement sustainability practices. There is a substantial research gap regarding the role of SMEs and food logistics in sustainable supply chain management, while multinational companies play a critical role in supporting supply chain practices.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Review
Management
Stella Viscardi, Claudia Colicchia, Alessandro Creazza
Summary: This paper analyzes the implementation of circular economy in food supply chains and explores how supply chain management can support the transition towards a circular economy of food waste. The study finds a lack of holistic discussion on the intersection of circular economy, food waste, and supply chain management in existing literature.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS-RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Zhang Yu, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Tabish, Muhammad Tanveer, Ikram Ul Haq, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan
Summary: To achieve ecological sustainability and transition to sustainable supply chain management, effective technological innovation and solid waste management are essential. Through bibliometric analysis and content analytics, the research progress, trends, and directions of SSCM in the context of technological innovation have been identified.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Arman Derakhti, Ernesto D. R. Santibanez Gonzalez, Abbas Mardani
Summary: In recent years, the concept of Industry 4.0 has garnered attention in various fields. The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of managing the agri-food supply chain to ensure food security. This study systematically analyzes the literature to address the challenges and barriers of applying Industry 4.0 in agri-food supply chain management.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Svetlana Nikolicic, Milorad Kilibarda, Marinko Maslaric, Dejan Mircetic, Sanja Bojic
Summary: This paper focuses on waste reduction in the dairy distribution chain by improving the inventory management system using modern information and communication technologies (ICT). Through testing and verifying a case study with simulation modeling, it is confirmed that coordinated inventory management supported by modern ICT can significantly improve the sustainability of the food supply chain.
Review
Business
Fatemeh Sahar Goudarzi, Paul Bergey, Doina Olaru
Summary: This study critically reviews the behavioral aspect of channel coordination mechanisms in supply chains by categorizing literature based on adopted theories. Methodological contributions include using automated content analysis and validating results through interviews with leading scholars in the field. The study also proposes future research directions based on research gaps.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Elkafi Hassini, Mohamed Ben-Daya, Zied Bahroun
Summary: The food supply chain faces unique challenges such as food loss and waste, impact on health and safety, and complexity involving multiple stakeholders. IoT and blockchain technologies can help address these challenges and improve resilience and sustainability in the supply chain. This paper develops models to assess the impact of IoT on coordination, pricing, profits, and waste reduction in the food supply chain. The analysis shows that IoT leads to higher prices in the supply chain and investment in IoT can partially coordinate the supply chain and reduce food waste.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yanhui Li, Yan Zhao, Jing Fu, Lu Xu
Summary: This study proposes a quantum game model to investigate the reduction of food loss and waste in a two-layer food supply chain. In the context of maximally entangled quantum game, both parties will adopt a full effort strategy to achieve a win-win situation and significantly improve FLW in the food supply chain.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mona Jazinaninejad, Mohammadreza Nematollahi, Azam Shamsi Zamenjani, Alireza Tajbakhsh
Summary: This study systematically reviews the research in the field of biomass supply chain management, revealing that energy crops and forest-based biomass are the most commonly studied feedstock types, while municipal solid waste sources have potential for further exploration. From a sustainability perspective, the environmental aspect receives more attention than the social aspect.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Shalini Talwar, Puneet Kaur, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Amandeep Dhir
Summary: This study uncovers the application trends of Big Data in operations and supply chain management through a systematic literature review, and develops a conceptual framework named DAB model for future research directions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yu Gong, Yun Zhang, Mohammed Alharithi
Summary: This paper provides a thematic literature review on the emerging field of blockchain and supply chain finance (SCF). It summarizes the current status, challenges, and solutions in this field, and proposes future research directions.
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tomy Perdana, Bhakti Stephan Onggo, Agriani Hermita Sadeli, Diah Chaerani, Audi Luqmanul Hakim Achmad, Fernianda Rahayu Hermiatin, Yu Gong
Summary: This article conducts a systematic literature review on research into the management of food supply chains in disaster events. The identified articles are analyzed to determine research objectives, methodologies, threats from different types of disasters, and proposed solutions. The article uncovers a research gap in humanitarian food supply chains and presents suggested research directions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Claudia Paciarotti, Francesco Torregiani
Summary: The sustainability of food chains is a growing concern among consumers, policy makers, researchers, food producers, and suppliers. Short food supply chains (SFSC) have emerged as an alternative to globalized food chains, but their logistics remains a challenging issue. This paper focuses on the role of logistics in improving the effectiveness and sustainability of SFSC, highlighting the need for environmental sustainable choices, optimized supply chain nodes, improved distribution routes, and collaboration with farmers and researchers.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jason X. Wang, Haydn Burke, Abraham Zhang
Summary: The concept of circular economy provides a new vision for sustainability research, emphasizing the importance of product design in applying circular thinking. Through research in New Zealand, financial constraints, inadequate infrastructure, government inaction, and global market barriers were identified as major obstacles to circular product design. Consumers, industry leaders, and governments are identified as the most influential stakeholders in overcoming these barriers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Haydn Burke, Abraham Zhang, Jason X. Wang
Summary: This study investigates the integration of product design and supply chain management for a circular economy (CE) transition. The findings provide a novel insight into advancing the CE cause at the supply chain level and offer an operational framework for product designers, managers, and researchers.
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Abraham Zhang, V. G. Venkatesh, Jason X. Wang, Venkatesh Mani, Ming Wan, Ting Qu
Summary: This research explores the key drivers of smart waste management in supply chains using industry 4.0-based circular economy operations. Through semi-structured interviews with experienced supply chain practitioners in China, eleven key drivers were identified and the interrelationships among them were analyzed using the fuzzy DEMATEL method. The results show that key drivers include overcoming operational challenges, recovering value, speeding up operations, saving cost, and improving profit. The findings emphasize the virtuous cycle between market demand and the increasing price-performance ratio of industry 4.0 technologies. These insights provide valuable guidance for organizations, policy makers, and technology providers to improve supply chain waste management and achieve sustainability by leveraging industry 4.0 technologies in line with the circular economy principle.
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Economics
Muhammad Farooque, Abraham Zhang, Yanping Liu, Janet L. Hartley
Summary: This study investigates the impact of circular supply chain management (CSCM) on cost and financial performance in Chinese manufacturing firms. The results show that CSCM has a significant positive effect on cost and financial performance. Additionally, firms located within eco-industrial parks (EIPs) are more likely to adopt CSCM.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Management
Na Luo, Tava Olsen, Subhamoy Ganguly, Yanping Liu
Summary: This study investigates the impact of consumer traits on household food waste, particularly in the face of external shocks. The findings reveal that different segments of consumers have distinct response patterns in successive lockdowns, which affect household waste reduction and food supply chain management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Abraham Zhang, Muhammad Faizan Alvi, Yu Gong, Jason X. Wang
Summary: This study examines the barriers and economic performance of carbon neutrality in supply chains, and finds that major barriers include high upfront investment costs, lack of awareness, lack of expertise, and resistant mindset. Additional barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises include lack of support from supply chain partners and uncertainty in return on investment. However, most first movers achieved positive economic performance through their carbon neutrality initiatives.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Business
Abraham Zhang, Huay Ling Tay, Muhammad Faizan Alvi, Jason X. Wang, Yu Gong
Summary: This research conducts case studies to explore the key drivers, influential stakeholders, and effects of institutional pressures in achieving carbon neutrality. The findings reveal that customer enforcement, sustainable business value, environmental legitimacy, and competitive pressures are the major drivers. Shareholders and top management with intrinsic environmental values play pivotal roles in a proactive move to carbon neutrality.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Management
Abraham Zhang, Linh Duong, Stefan Seuring, Janet L. L. Hartley
Summary: This study aims to clarify the concepts in the field of circular supply chain management (CSCM) and provide a comprehensive review of its development trends. It identifies research gaps and important directions for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yanping Liu, Muhammad Farooque, Chang-Hun Lee, Yu Gong, Abraham Zhang
Summary: This study theorizes circular manufacturing (CM) by extending the cleaner production concept according to the design thinking of CE. It explores the antecedents and performance outcomes of CM and the moderating role of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) production technologies on CM-to-environmental and financial performance relationships. The findings suggest that strengthening a CE culture and integrated management systems can improve CM implementation and environmental and financial performance, but investing in I4.0 production technologies may not enhance the impact.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Lahiru Gunasekara, David J. Robb, Abraham Zhang
Summary: The vision of a circular economy (CE) is inspiring and has gained attention from firms, governments, and scholars. This research article discusses the importance of effective implementation of circular supply chains (CSCs) for the success of the transition to a CE. The review of 131 high-impact journal articles highlights the current status of research on returns acquisition, sorting, and disposition (ASD) for CSCs and identifies important research directions for supporting the transition.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Management
Abraham Zhang, Stefan Seuring, Janet L. Hartley
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Su Xiu Xu, Yu Ning, Huibing Cheng, Abraham Zhang, Yuan Gao, George Q. Huang
Summary: This paper examines the optimal vehicle fleet planning and collaboration problem between a fuel vehicle transport service provider, a commercial electric vehicle transport service provider, and a carbon emission treatment agency in the context of carbon neutrality. The study finds that implementing carbon emission reduction strategies can potentially enhance the market performance of the fuel vehicle transport service provider. However, it also concludes that there is no one-size-fits-all strategy, and the optimal cooperation strategy depends on various factors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abraham Zhang, Shenghao Xie, Yu Gong, Changjun Li, Yanping Liu
Summary: Household waste source separation reduces landfill and incinerator waste, enabling value recovery and promoting a circular economy. China recently implemented a strict waste sorting program in big cities. This study uses the Fuzzy DEMATEL method to identify and analyze implementation barriers in Shanghai and Beijing, revealing hasty planning and lack of grassroots policy support as the most influential barriers. Policy implications are discussed to inform future waste sorting implementation decisions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
