{"title":"Assessing the e-commerce last-mile logistics’ hidden risk hurdles","authors":"Rohit Raj , Arpit Singh , Vimal Kumar , Tanmoy De , Shalini Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to increasing last-mile logistics complexity, the e-commerce business's last-mile delivery has emerged as an imperative issue that impedes the advancement of contemporary last-mile logistics practices. The paper attempts to identify last-mile logistics associated risk hurdles from e-commerce literature and prioritize them on their significantly affecting logistics operations. The factors were identified by reflecting on the recent literature and internet resources coupled with in-depth brainstorming with experts in the field of Logistics Company including, practitioners, and employers. Two ranking methods namely TODIM (TOmada de Decisao Interativa Multicriterio in Portuguese “interactive and multicriteria decision making” in English) and ARAS (Additive Ratio ASsessment method) are used together to rank order the major risk hurdles and criteria. The results of this study present that lack of visibility (LV), low-efficiency levels (LEL), and unpredictable elements (UE) are ranked as the top three major risk hurdles whereas real-time information on a package’s location (LV1), putting a GPS tracking system to track last- mile journey (OT3) and users wants on time location of their package (LV2) are ranked as top three most significant criteria affecting the practices of modern last-mile logistics in e-commerce businesses. The findings can be used by logistics firms, organizations, and policymakers to better understand the issues and develop strategies to address them, making last-mile delivery a more efficient also better form of awareness for practitioners who are engaged in third-party logistics firms. The novelty of this study is to identify the primary risk hurdles affecting the practices of last-mile logistics and to prioritize them using ranking methods such as TODIM and ARAS. This offers advice for managers and researchers to consider how to handle the logistical uncertainty in e-commerce enterprises.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000409/pdfft?md5=d37fc6dae19a7c3a9dd68940061bc3f0&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000409-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138619713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pradipta Chatterjee , Steven Greenland , David Low , Chrystie Watson , Ninh Nguyen
{"title":"Barriers to sustainable innovation adoption: A qualitative investigation of metal additive printing from supply and demand perspectives","authors":"Pradipta Chatterjee , Steven Greenland , David Low , Chrystie Watson , Ninh Nguyen","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal additive printing (MAP) is an innovative manufacturing technology with promising sustainability performance standards, including increased supply chain efficiency and responsiveness. Yet, while MAP offers some sustainable advantages over other manufacturing methods, it faces various barriers to widespread adoption. This study used a qualitative research methodology to generate an in-depth understanding of the perceived barriers to MAP adoption. It explored the perspectives of various stakeholders, including MAP researchers and machine manufacturers (supply side), as well as end users (demand side) via 40 in-depth interviews. Study participant responses were analysed using thematic analysis and NVivo to identify key barrier themes and sub-themes. The findings revealed seven main barrier categories: production constraints, quality and standards, cost, social conservatism, education and skills, bureaucratic inertia, and marketing and distribution. Further analysis of these findings generated a unique framework that depicts MAP adoption barriers from both the supply and demand perspectives. This framework can help researchers, manufacturers and marketers to systematically categorise and evaluate MAP adoption barriers and identify ways to overcome them.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000379/pdfft?md5=fc39f7932497965a0d5c29341f1834d4&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000379-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138484639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kay Fjørtoft , Seyed Parsa Parvasi , Dag Atle Nesheim , Lars Andreas Lien Wennerberg , Odd Erik Mørkrid , Harilaos N. Psaraftis
{"title":"Assessing the resilience of sustainable autonomous shipping: New methodology, challenges, opportunities","authors":"Kay Fjørtoft , Seyed Parsa Parvasi , Dag Atle Nesheim , Lars Andreas Lien Wennerberg , Odd Erik Mørkrid , Harilaos N. Psaraftis","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper introduces a resilience assessment methodology for sustainable autonomous maritime transport networks developed by the European project entitled “Advanced, Efficient, and Green Intermodal Systems” (AEGIS). This problem being addressed in this paper concerns the investigation of threats, incidents, and risks in an autonomous- and sustainable shipping context, and the research question is the development of both preventive measures and reactive actions to maintain an acceptable level of operational constraints. The paper’s methodology aids in designing sustainable logistics systems for highly automated waterborne transport, identifying threats and barriers to mitigate event consequences, thereby facilitating a seamless green transition. To examine the usability, this methodology is applied in a case study for cargo transportation, where we in this paper consider the maritime corridor between Trondheim and Rotterdam. The findings encompass the spectrum of possible actions to prevent and mitigate unwanted events and enhance resilience and flexibility. This can be used as a tool to respond to unwanted threats, enhance safety, and introduce new strategies. These results are deemed important as resilience is one of the prerequisites for the development of a sustainable transport system. This is true both for the companies that are engaged in the operation of such systems and for policymakers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000355/pdfft?md5=2d1b621cee6bfcbc23d273addc903c2b&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000355-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138501182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Abdelbaky , Lilian Schwich , João Henriques , Bernd Friedrich , Jef R. Peeters , Wim Dewulf
{"title":"Global warming potential of lithium-ion battery cell production: Determining influential primary and secondary raw material supply routes","authors":"Mohammad Abdelbaky , Lilian Schwich , João Henriques , Bernd Friedrich , Jef R. Peeters , Wim Dewulf","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study assesses the global warming potential (GWP) impacts of lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling and subsequent cell production from primary and secondary raw materials. Furthermore, the study proposes multiple allocation strategies for the GWP impacts of LIB recycling, which range from 18 to 22 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent per kilowatt-hour NMC111 and NMC811 battery packs to determine the environmental burdens of secondary raw materials. The results demonstrate that using secondary raw materials could ideally reduce NMC111 and NMC811 cell production GWP by 30 %. In practice, GWP impact reductions will vary depending on factors, such as the contributions of primary production and recycling to battery raw material supply, and the market share of the different technologies employed within both primary production and recycling.</p><p>Based on estimates for the availability of recycled raw materials to the European battery value chain, the sensitivity analysis methods identified NMC hydroxide, nickel sulfate, and battery-grade graphite as the most influential recycled raw materials on NMC111 cell production GWP. These materials received importance scores of 59%, 8%, and 6% respectively. Primary supply routes for cobalt sulfate received the highest importance score, followed by the primary supply routes of lithium carbonate and nickel sulfate. For NMC811 cells, nickel sulfate (34%), NMC hydroxide (27%) and graphite (8%) were identified as the most influential recycled raw materials, with the primary supply routes of nickel sulfate, lithium hydroxide and battery-grade graphite being the most influential.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000392/pdfft?md5=9c4067be3589679c12ddfcc8d653e125&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000392-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138501184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Circular economy in winter road maintenance: Analysis of contract models for deploying a closed-loop supply chain","authors":"Florence Blouin , Jean-François Audy","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In winter road maintenance, abrasives are spread on roads to ensure user safety. These abrasives must be swept in the spring and often end up in landfills. To reduce landfilling and the consumption of non-renewable resources, previous work has demonstrated the potential of reusing collected street sweepings for the production of abrasives. However, the current contractual approach of the linear supply chain requires revision to enable the sharing of financial gains between the road authority and the service provider to achieve a win–win situation, primarily considering the uncertainty in the quantity of abrasives spread, which directly impacts the service provider’s profit. This study proposes two closed-loop supply chain structures and analyzes three contract models. Results from a case study in a highway context in Quebec, Canada reveal that transitioning from a linear supply chain to a closed-loop supply chain generates an average systemic financial gain of 9%. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis on the average quantity of abrasive spread demonstrates that when the road authority buys back reusable sweepings from the service provider at market value, it enables the sharing of a portion of the gain. Consequently, compared to a linear approach, adopting circular economy strategies in the winter road maintenance supply chain mitigates the potential profit loss of the service provider caused by uncertainty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000367/pdfft?md5=8f7c1fe090c840eb1d4a2fb2b7ac4152&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000367-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138549055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on the behavioral choices of merchants, logistics enterprises and consumers participating in the recycling of excessive packaging for e-tailing goods","authors":"Jiali Li","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The resource and environmental problems caused by excessive packaging of e-tailing goods have attracted widespread attention, and its management has become an urgent task. To this end, we establish a tripartite game model of merchants, logistics enterprises and consumers to analyze the dynamic evolution process of behavioral choices. The results show that (1) the stage of environmental pollution positively promotes the behavioral choices of merchants, logistics enterprises and consumers. (2) Cost expenditures have a greater impact on the evolutionary path of merchants than the benefits generated by excessive packaging of e-tailing goods. (3) Penalties from online platforms have a greater impact on merchants’ evolutionary paths than rewards. This study provides a new perspective for the study of recycling of excessive packaging of e-tailing goods, and the conclusions of the study can provide a reference for governments to formulate effective policies on the management of excessive packaging of goods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000331/pdfft?md5=c5083a4c5e60ee58c352d57c2ec6f43d&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000331-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138471616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The close-open mixed-fleet electric vehicle routing problem","authors":"Themistoklis Stamadianos , Nikolaos A. Kyriakakis , Magdalene Marinaki , Yannis Marinakis","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The market of Electric Vehicles (EVs) has grown significantly in recent times. The transportation sector is expected to shift to EVs as well, but there are several significant challenges that make the shift difficult, mainly their capacity for transporting heavy payloads and their high acquisition costs. This research explores a novel business concept wherein a logistics company owns a small fleet of EVs, and rents additional EVs as needed, while providing the option to charge the owned EVs only after completing the final delivery. This concept is modeled as a Close-Open Mixed-fleet Electric Vehicle Routing Problem (COMF-EVRP), and the mathematical formulation is presented. Instances from the literature are adapted for the COMF-EVRP. To solve large instances, three discrete optimization swarm intelligence algorithms are employed, alongside a Variable Neighborhood Search algorithm. Lastly, a comprehensive evaluation of these algorithms’ performance on the COMF-EVRP is provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000343/pdfft?md5=4badb19dde57ea66456a87c9bf3692b3&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000343-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138439459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time dependent performance analysis of a Smart Trash bin using state-based Markov model and Reliability approach","authors":"Pardeep Kumar , Amit Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, the authors have developed a quantitative mathematical model to assess the performance of a smart trash bin. This model takes into account six hardware components of the trash bin, including Arduino Uno, ultrasonic sensor, servo motor, switch, battery, jumper wires utilizing Markov modelling and reliability-based approach. The objective of this model is to facilitate timely planning of repair and maintenance activities, ensuring prolonged availability of the smart trash bin after identifying the weakest component/components of the system.</p><p>The efficient functioning of all components in the smart trash bin is imperative for the timely transmission of the garbage level data to the municipal corporation. To achieve this, the paper focuses on evaluating key reliability metric for smart trash bin system, specifically reliability, unreliability, and Mean time to Failure (MTTF). The modelling approach employs a state-based Markov model, from which Kolmogorov differential equations are derived and subsequently solved using Laplace transformation. After collecting data from organization and experts of the field explicit expression for system reliability, unreliability and MTTF have been obtained.</p><p>Furthermore, this study includes sensitivity analysis of the system to pinpoint critical components which is switch and servo motor, requiring attention for proper maintenance. The research finding indicates that reliability and MTTF of the system diminish as the failure rate of the components increase under certain conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772390923000318/pdfft?md5=f998c5acf77f29b30eacdf084e2abe74&pid=1-s2.0-S2772390923000318-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138439417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stéphanie Bouchard, Sébastien Gamache, Georges Abdulnour
{"title":"Strategy using modularity tools to operationalize mass customization in manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises","authors":"Stéphanie Bouchard, Sébastien Gamache, Georges Abdulnour","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the rise of technology, increasing competitiveness, market globalization and the fourth industrial revolution, companies are forced to rethink the way they do business to create or maintain a competitive advantage. Consumers, who are increasingly informed, demanding and concerned about sustainable development, are forcing companies to adapt to their needs to respond adequately to personalized demand. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector must adjust to this new context. The move towards mass customization is one way of meeting customer requirements. However, no strategy for making this shift currently exists in the literature. The aim of this article is to present a strategy for operationalizing mass customization using modular tools. Action research is used to test the proposed strategy. The paper proposes 4 transformation axes to migrate towards mass customization: Modular product design, Modular process design, Technology use, Collaboration network. This article also highlights the need to tackle modular product design first to migrate to mass customization, by proposing a 3-stage strategy: modular product architecture, standardization of interfaces and definition of configuration rules. A case study is used to test the proposed strategy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277239092300032X/pdfft?md5=f5806865bdbff71567cef34617c285a9&pid=1-s2.0-S277239092300032X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138430394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balancing economical and environmental trade-off in modular construction yard planning: Models and properties","authors":"Wen Yi , Huiwen Wang , Runyang Zhong , Lu Zhen","doi":"10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates an integrated yard planning and module transportation problem in modular integrated construction (MiC). A Stackelberg game model is proposed to characterize the relations between the government and contractors. The government is the leader and decides the locations and areas of temporary storage yards to facilitate the cost-effective and eco-friendly transportation of MiC modules. The contractors are the followers and decide the transport mode (i.e., road transport or intermodal transport) for modules to minimize their total transportation costs. This study provides an in-depth analysis of model properties to derive a number of useful managerial insights. The economical and environmental trade-offs between costs and emissions are observed. Our study further proves that an optimal solution is likely to simultaneously reduce the overall costs and carbon emissions, in comparison to choosing the location with the largest area to construct a temporary storage yard. These insights offer a comprehensive framework for understanding the interactions between government and contractors. Overall, this paper aims to promote the implementation of MiC by achieving the economical and sustainable transportation of MiC modules.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100253,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49765811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}