Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility

Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat; Naghavi, Navaz; Mubarik, Mobashar; Kusi‐Sarpong, Simonov; Khan, Sharfuddin Ahmed; Zaman, Syed Imran; Kazmi, Syed Hasnain Alam

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126058

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“…It also avoids undue extra production by which it enables the firms to predict the real-time demand and supply. Our findings are in line with previous research including Mubarik et al (2021c), Tang et al . (2019) and Li et al .…”

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Impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices: evidence from emerging economy

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Mubarak

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PurposeThis study investigates the impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices with the aim to promote pro-environmental settings in supply chains of manufacturing firms. Moreover, mediating role of environmental orientation is examined between blockchain technology and green supply chain practices. Also, moderating role of technological orientation in this connection is undertaken.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have applied a quantitative methodology in which a questionnaire was developed from literature. After that, data are collected from manufacturing firms of Malaysia. The data collected are analysed by using PLS-SEM in which multiple regression and moderation are applied.FindingsThe results of this study confirm the positive impact of blockchain on green supply chain practices. Also, the mediating role of environmental orientation is revealed in this relationship. Moreover, technological orientation is confirmed as a moderator which strengthens the relationship between blockchain technology and green supply chain practices.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has collected data from manufacturing firms of Malaysia. However, the authors have not undertaken service sector firms. Thus, they recommend future researchers to consider service sector firms in this context. Moreover, they have taken SMEs for this study and have neglected large firms. Therefore, in future, large firms could be taken to test the current study's perspective in them. Furthermore, this study suggests to the policymaker and managers, especially of manufacturing concerns, to infuse Industry 4.0 technologies such as blockchain technology because of its manifold benefits.Practical implicationsThis study suggests to the policymaker and managers, especially of manufacturing concerns, to infuse Industry 4.0 technologies such as blockchain technology because of its manifold benefits. First, it will enhance the integration across the streams of the supply chain; secondly, it will improve the demand and supply planning which will eliminate the extra production and will enable firms to adopt just-in-time production by saving various costs associated otherwise. Importantly, these processes are against the pro-environmental behaviour which is pivotal to achieve green supply chain practices.Originality/valueThis study contributes by joining the technological perspective of Industry 4.0 technologies and sustainability perspective of green supply chain in manufacturing concerns. In addition, the related concepts of technological orientation and environmental orientation are also undertaken to further adjoin the former fields. As a practical contribution, this study will, first, enhance the integration across the streams of supply chain; secondly it will improve the demand and supply planning which will eliminates the extra production and will enable firms to adopt just-in-time production by saving various costs associated otherwise. It is also suggested to instil pro-environmental behaviour or environmental orientation in the employees at all levels of firm. Moreover, technological orientation should also be improved by emphasizing on the importance of technology for environmentally friendly and green supply chain practices.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices: evidence from emerging economy

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Mubarak

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“…Following the identification of the sustainability issues that encompass all elements of the triple bottom line, the next step is the work towards achieving the outcome of sustainable multi-tier supply chains. Our findings reveal that digital technology applications through the use of emerging technologies such as blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence, platforms, and bigdata (Mubarik et al 2021) analysis alongside the use of generic technologies for collaboration, information flow and coordination are essential for the sustainability realisation process. Application of these technologies provides benefits such as corruption reduction, information asymmetry and increased transparency (Senyo, Effah, and Osabutey 2021).…”

Section: Sustainable Multi-tier Supply Chain Frameworkmentioning

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Transdisciplinary perspective on sustainable multi-tier supply chains: a triple bottom line inspired framework and future research directions

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Osabutey

2021

International Journal of Production Research

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Global sourcing and increased interdependencies between organisations have created more complex multi-tier supply chains. While these supply chains have been instrumental in keeping the world moving, they equally pose sustainability issues. In the extant literature, there is a growing number of studies on sustainable multi-tier supply chains. However, there has been limited effort to take stock of existing research to set an agenda for future studies. To address this gap, this study reviews 64 articles through the lens of the triple bottom line theory. Based on the findings, the study develops a framework for sustainable multi-tier supply chains and provides direction for future research.

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“…The COVID-19 outbreak is the most serious disruption for the entire supply chain in recent history [ 12 , 13 ]. Companies still seem to be unprepared in terms of supply chain mapping and visibility to deal with COVID-19 [ 12 , 20 ]. According to [ 21 ], worldwide supply chains connecting the world to China and other manufacturing centers are expected to be seriously disrupted.…”

Section: Industry 40mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…COVID-19 is an unprecedented disruptive event in recent decades. In the current state, the lack of important information is creating a huge obstacle to respond to the interruption caused by this pandemic, which leads to a reactive and disorganized response to these interruptions, further compromising the SCR [ 12 ]. This outbreak clearly shows the need for improve the SCR research and practices [ 13 ].…”

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Supply chain resilience and industry 4.0: a evaluation of the Brazilian northeast automotive OEM scenario post COVID-19

2021

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COVID-19 outbreak has heavily impacted the manufacturing industry, including Brazilian Automotive Industry. The effects of COVID-19 created restrictions in several industry processes as supply chain. On the other hand, several industry 4.0 technologies is able to support the industry supply chain activities in the COVID 19 scenarios, as well it may contributed for the automotive industry recovery and it will define the next steps of this industry. A supply chain is a network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer. Industry 4.0 is related to the technology development and the digitalization process that improve significantly productivity. Considering the automotive process, an important reference model is described in Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan, that is a manual that communicate the guidelines of the product quality planning and control plan for internal and external suppliers. In this scenario, this paper evaluated the current situation and the future outlook for the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in the automotive OEM post-pandemic scenario on the point of view of automotive specialists. The results of this research provide an overview of the current situation and the future outlook for the usage of Industry 4.0 technologies by the Brazilian Northeast automotive OEM, from the perspective of manufacturing engineering experts on APQP.

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Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility

Cited by 161 publications

References 60 publications

Impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices: evidence from emerging economy

Impact of blockchain technology on green supply chain practices: evidence from emerging economy

Transdisciplinary perspective on sustainable multi-tier supply chains: a triple bottom line inspired framework and future research directions

Supply chain resilience and industry 4.0: a evaluation of the Brazilian northeast automotive OEM scenario post COVID-19

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