Blockchain technology and the circular economy (CE) are two emergent concepts that can change way we live for decades. Arrival of Industry 4.0 is set to transform organisational activities through various technological innovations. such a critical technology. Yet, breadth blockchain concept its application require nuanced investigation in different contexts, including examining some tensions with applications. This paper examines how likely advance realisation. Using grounded theory building...

The research on production and operations management its linkage to environmental sustainability has seen growth in recent years. International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) community scholars contributed the advancement this field. This paper provides an overview how IJPR evolved alongside social-environmental evolution. An literature past 55 years, especially more works, is provided. Future predictions topics influences are introduced. Overall, review found that call for...

The circular economy (CE) is an emergent concept to rethink and redesign how our works. recognizes effective efficient economic functioning at multiple scales—governments individuals, globally locally; for businesses, large small. CE represents a systemic shift that builds long-term resilience levels (macro, meso micro); generating new business opportunities while providing environmental societal benefits. Blockchain, critical technology, introduced the environment as potential enabler many...

Purpose This study provides a reflective overview on the role of traditional and emergent digitalization information technologies for leveraging environmental supply chain sustainability – while reflecting potential trade-offs conflicts greening. Design/methodology/approach The authors use relevant literature from Industrial Management Data Systems (IMDS) research published in this journal over past 50 years. They also their knowledge 30 years experience field to provide professional...

Products and associated materials are important supply chain flows. Product management greatly influences performance. Supply information is also critical for sound product management. deletion, rationalization, or discontinuation research an dimension often overlooked in It a issue many managerial reasons, espoused this article. deletion typically multi-staged process including recognition, analysis revitalization, evaluation decision formation, implementation. Each stage requires...

The protection of original achievements including patents and copyrights is a significant critical issue in today's knowledge-driven economy. In this article, we propose develop blockchain service architecture to enhance information traceability effectiveness. Our proposed enabled by the core functionalities technology distributed data storage, peer-to-peer transmission, consensus mechanisms, encryption algorithms. Through blockchain-based system, can record, secure, validate, track...

Organizations have demonstrated increasing interest in both leaning and greening activities. Lean manufacturing practices, with an emphasis on waste elimination, affinity environmentally conscious green practices within organizations. diffused across the supply chain to service industry, while of chains has grown simultaneously. Linking lean a healthcare environment is relatively underexplored. This paper presents process framework that defines specific dimensions synergies between green,...

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has been developed for decades as a solution multi-level social and environmental improvement. Circular economy (CE) also many perspectives generally introduced investigating sustainability at multiple levels. Organizations are informed encouraged by theories to build their strategies the SSCM-CE nexus, including stakeholder theory, institutional nature resource-based view, amongst others. As scholarly practical interests in SSCM CE increase, there...

Purpose This study proposes a systematic and comprehensive circular economy (CE) performance measure as an instrument to operationalize quantify circularity. It seeks evaluate the relative contribution of blockchain technology various measures in this study. A general research agenda for investigating capabilities assessment CE is presented. Design/methodology/approach Empirical survey data from 32 experts are collected inform Inductive reasoning, heatmaps, middle-range theory building...

The circular economy (CE) seeks to maintain products and materials at their highest utility value. organisational governmental policy have seised onto the CE philosophy advance socio-economic environmental development. remains an essentially contested concept – making its utilisation as a foundation for managerial decisions challenging. Circularity assessment has not been systematically adopted, especially within supply chain management. Using critical scholarly practical evidential...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine if blockchain-supported carbon offset information provision and shipping options with different cost environmental footprint implications impact consumer perceptions toward retailers logistics service providers. Blockchain neutrality, each can be expensive adopt complex manage, thus getting the “truth” on decarbonization may require additional costs for consumers. Design/methodology/approach Experimental modeling used address these critical...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify how organizations can evaluate the green product deletion decision within an environmentally sustainable consumption and production environment through a hybrid multistage multiple criteria evaluation approach. Design/methodology/approach This proposes decision-making model by integrating “soft computation” using neighborhood rough set theory, fuzzy cluster means, cumulative prospect theory. Literature used various factors for environment. An...

Companies manage their product portfolios to create value. Products and associated materials are important flows that link supply chains entities from upstream downstream. Product deletion is a critical decision in portfolio management. Current management literature has predominantly targeted proliferation, growth, extension. research relatively severely limited. decisions less appealing managers; often due significant operational changes disruptions creates within the firm along chain....

Purpose Product portfolio management is a strategic concern. includes decisions associated with adding new products, maintaining existing products and deleting or phasing out problematic products. This paper first introduces framework to identify risks of product deletion along supply chain activities. It utilizes failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) identify, analyse evaluate on chains proposes managerial implications for risk in dynamic business scenarios. meant build upon address gap the...

Abstract Built upon the resource‐based view, study examines critical human and behavioral factors (HBFs) on adopting sustainable supply chain practices in automobile sector (AS). The Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Decision‐Making Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method is applied to understand causeeffect relationships between (HBFs), evidenced by a case industry of India. are informed an expert team consisting 18 members working academia, industry, professional consulting...