Supply chain management 1982–2015: a review

Asgari, Nasrin; Nikbakhsh, Ehsan; Hill, Alex; Farahani, Reza Zanjirani

doi:10.1093/imaman/dpw004

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“…holistic versus reductionist thinking (Holweg and Bicheno 2002;Puche et al 2016). As a consequence, collaborative mechanisms for process integration and partners' decision synchronisation may significantly decrease the control uncertainty, as discussed, for instance, by Simatupang and Sridharan (2005) and Asgari et al (2016). Table 1 provides an overview of examples of areas of uncertainties in closed-loop supply chains from an operational standpoint, by making a distinction between those in the forward and the reverse flows of materials.…”

Section: Sources Of Uncertainty In Remanufacturing Systemsmentioning

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The boomerang returns? Accounting for the impact of uncertainties on the dynamics of remanufacturing systems

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International Journal of Production Research

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Recent years have witnessed companies abandon traditional open-loop supply chain structures in favour of closed-loop variants, in a bid to mitigate environmental impacts and exploit economic opportunities. Central to the closed-loop paradigm is remanufacturing: the restoration of used products to useful life. While this operational model has huge potential to extend product life-cycles, the collection and recovery processes diminish the effectiveness of existing control mechanisms for open-loop systems. We systematically review the literature in the field of closed-loop supply chain dynamics, which explores the time-varying interactions of material and information flows in the different elements of remanufacturing supply chains. We supplement this with further reviews of what we call the three 'pillars' of such systems, i.e. forecasting, collection, and inventory and production control. This provides us with an interdisciplinary lens to investigate how a 'boomerang' effect (i.e. sale, consumption, and return processes) impacts on the behaviour of the closed-loop system and to understand how it can be controlled. To facilitate this, we contrast closed-loop supply chain dynamics research to the welldeveloped research in each pillar; explore how different disciplines have accommodated the supply, process, demand, and control uncertainties; and provide insights for future research on the dynamics of remanufacturing systems.

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Section: Sources Of Uncertainty In Remanufacturing Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The boomerang returns? Accounting for the impact of uncertainties on the dynamics of remanufacturing systems

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Wang

et al. 2018

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Beyond the previously mentioned economic focus, a recent trend in SCM study points to the consideration of its link to sustainability, which incorporates the environmental and social dimensions, study of operational and economic topics, the environmental dimension has been more often addressed than the social dimension [35][36][37][38][39]. Moreover, the integration of the three sustainability dimensions has not been sufficiently robust [39][40][41], and industry-specific issues have not been elucidated to the extent to which they could be [34,[42][43][44].…”

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices and Sustainable Performance in Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework

2019

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Hospital supply chains are responsible for several economic inefficiencies, negative environmental impacts, and social concerns. However, a lack of research on sustainable supply chain management specific to this sector is identified. Existing studies do not analyze supply chain management practices in an integrated and detailed manner, and do not consider all sustainable performance dimensions. To address these gaps, this paper presents a systematic literature review and develops a framework for identifying the supply chain management practices that may contribute to sustainable performance in hospitals. The proposed framework is composed of 12 categories of management practices, which include strategic management and leadership, supplier management, purchasing, warehousing and inventory, transportation and distribution, information and technology, energy, water, food, hospital design, waste, and customer relationship management. On the other side, performance categories include economic, environmental, and social factors. Moreover, illustrative effects of practices on performance are discussed. The novelty of this document lies in its focus on hospital settings, as well as on its comprehensiveness regarding the operationalization of practices and performance dimensions. In addition, a future research agenda is provided, which emphasizes the need for improved research generalizability, empirical validation, integrative addressing, and deeper analysis of relationships between practices and performance.

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“…This study uses bibliometrics analysis for better understanding of the research trends in SCI from 1980 to 24 th February 2016. However, bliometrics analysis offers quantitative methods based on generic measures or on the quantification of expert opinions [24] and provides a list of what's available in a research area; thus, it has been receiving increased attention in supply chain management disciplines [25][26][27].…”

Section: Research Methodology and Initial Data Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%