The growth of emerging digital technologies has led to premature and inconsistent
conclusions about the relationship between circular economy and value chain activities. A …

Maritime shipping, with a significant role in global trade, confronts various accidents leading
to loss of lives, properties, and the environment. Shipping 4.0 technologies are scaling up to …

Configuration of a supply chain network is a critical issue that contributes to choose the best
combination for a set of facilities in order to attain an effective and efficient supply chain …

Purpose The wood construction industry has been described as slow in adapting efficiency-
increasing activities in its operations and supply chain. The industry is still facing challenges …

Driven by the internet-based advanced information technologies and logistics channel
improvement, the cross-border e-commerce industry keeps an increasing trend in Chinese …

This paper first reviews heuristic-based and bio-inspired contributions in inverse kinematics.
A new inverse kinematics solver is then proposed based on beta distributed Salp Swarm …

This study examined the impact of digital transformation (DT) on supply chain procurement
(SCP) for the creation of competitive advantage (CAD). This study adopted a quantitative …

Nowadays, the market competition becomes increasingly fierce due to diversified customer
needs, stringent environmental requirements, and global competitors. One of the most …

Satisfying customer demand is one of the growing concerns of supply chain managers. On
the other hand, the development of internet communications has increased online demand …

This work aims to design a sustainable two-echelon supply chain not only based on the
widely used cost perspective, but also based on the efficient use and preservation of limited …