Linking big data analytics and operational sustainability practices for sustainable business management

The role of big data analytics in enabling green supply chain management: a literature review

“…We summarize the different BDA techniques applied in GSCM on the basis of the analysis of the reviewed studies. 2017Statistics, data mining Li et al 2017Machine learning, data mining Liang et al (2018) Machine learning, optimization Dubey et al (2015) Data mining Wu et al (2016) Data mining Lv et al (2018) Data mining Jeble et al 2018Data mining Mashhadi and Behdad (2017) Data mining, optimization Zhang et al (2018) Data mining Zuo et al 2017Optimization Chou et al (2016) Optimization Ren et al (2019) Optimization, data mining Green purchasing Bai et al (2016) Data mining Shabanpour et al (2017) Machine learning Kaur and Singh (2018) Optimization Singh et al (2018) Optimization, machine learning Liou et al (2019) Optimization, data mining Customer green cooperation Liu (2019) Data mining Eugene et al (2017) Data mining Marwah et al (2011) Data mining Wu and Huang (2018) Data mining Doolun et al (2018) Optimization General GSCM Tseng et al (2019) Statistics Dubey et al (2018) Data mining Dubey et al (2017) Data mining Pappas et al (2018) Data mining Seele (2017) Data mining Niu and Zou (2017) Optimization Zhao et al (2017) Optimization Raut et al (2019) Optimization, data mining Manavalan and Jayakrishna (2019) Optimization, data mining Song et al (2017) Optimization, data mining Singh and El-Kassar (2019) N / A Hazen et al (2016) N / A Kuntonbutr and Combs (2019) N / A "N/A" indicates that the authors did not explicitly indicate the use of certain types of BDA technique As a basic BDA technique, statistics provides preliminary results for other a...…”

“…One of the most important activities in green procurement is the selection of green suppliers (Raut et al 2019). BDA helps firms evaluate the environmental performance of suppliers based on the analysis of historical information (Liou et al 2019;Singh et al 2018).…”

“…Another key activity in green purchasing is collaboration with suppliers. Raut et al (2019) indicated that in addition to business information, environmental criteria and sustainability goals must be shared with suppliers and vendors to achieve considerable sustainable performance. BDA eliminates information asynchronization and strengthens information sharing with suppliers, which contributes to environmental collaboration.…”

“…However, despite the high expectations for BDA, numerous firms have failed to capture its benefits in enabling GSCM (Dubey et al 2017). Specifically, the inefficient usage of BDA in eliminating information asymmetry often results in difficulties in assessing suppliers' greenness (Raut et al 2019). One reason for such inefficient BDA application is the lack of understanding on the types of BDA techniques that can be deployed and the GSCM areas that can be enabled by BDA (Wu et al 2016).…”

“…Existing research has proposed the advantages of BDA in green product innovation (Dubey et al 2015), green supplier selection (Singh et al 2018), green logistics (Doolun et al 2018), and customer green cooperation (Raut et al 2019). These BDA-enabled GSCM practices have been suggested to result in reduced carbon dioxide emissions, saved energy, enhanced sustainable development collaboration, and increased consumer green satisfaction (Raut et al 2019). Notwithstanding these contributions, academic research on the impact of BDA on GSCM remains in its infancy.…”