International Journal of Production Economics最新文献

{"title":"Strengthening short food supply chains: Prioritizing obstacles and opportunities with PROMETHEE, Fuzzy DEMATEL, and Fuzzy TOPSIS class","authors":"Giovana Degaspari Pinto ,&nbsp;Vitor Melão Cassânego ,&nbsp;Lucas Gabriel Zanon ,&nbsp;Diogo Ferraz ,&nbsp;Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109732","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109732","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the growing search for sustainable food systems, short food supply chains (SFSC) are emerging as a solution to reduce environmental impacts and promote local economic development. However, the strengthening of these chains faces several challenges that need to be addressed by researchers and decision-makers. This research aims to investigate and prioritize opportunities that significantly impact the obstacles to strengthening SFSCs using multi-criteria decision methods. The research adopts the concept of SFSC, which refers to short food chains that shorten the distance between producers and consumers. It also explores the opportunities and obstacles as factors that can facilitate and hinder the development and implementation of these chains. Using multi-criteria decision methods such as Fuzzy TOPSIS class, PROMETHEE II, and Fuzzy DEMATEL, the research carries out a detailed analysis of the opportunities and obstacles. Data was collected through document analysis and experts’ evaluation. The results highlight obstacles and opportunities with potential for intervention and implementation. The findings not only contribute to the development of SFSCs but also provide a systemic view of agri-food systems, advancing knowledge in the area and guiding strategies to improve the efficiency and sustainability of these systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"289 ","pages":"Article 109732"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144634500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable cast iron supply chain network design: Robust multi-objective optimization with scenario reduction via genetic algorithm","authors":"Kasra Fathollahzadeh ,&nbsp;Mehran Saeedi ,&nbsp;Matin Ghasempour Anaraki ,&nbsp;Meysam Rabiee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109730","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109730","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The cast iron industry plays a crucial role in global manufacturing, making the shift toward more sustainable and resilient supply chains increasingly important. This study presents a multi-objective optimization model for designing a sustainable cast iron supply chain network. The model incorporates circular economy principles and jointly addresses economic, environmental, and social objectives under uncertainty. Key considerations include minimizing costs, reducing energy consumption and emissions, creating jobs, and developing workforce skills. To manage uncertainty in demand, transportation, and raw material supply, the model combines robust stochastic programming with the augmented epsilon constraint algorithm. A genetic algorithm-based scenario reduction method is applied to reduce computational complexity. A real-world case study illustrates that improving return and recycling rates leads to lower overall costs and environmental impact. While higher return rates slightly increase operational costs, they significantly cut raw material expenses, resulting in net savings. The results also indicate that applying higher penalty coefficients enhances the model's robustness but raises total costs, underscoring the need to balance trade-offs. Moreover, increased adoption of internet of things technologies support job creation but requires additional investment in training programs. Overall, the proposed framework offers valuable insights for companies aiming to improve the sustainability, resilience, and efficiency of their operations. By integrating circular economy strategies with robust decision-making tools, this research contributes a practical approach to strengthening the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of the cast iron industry under uncertainty.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"289 ","pages":"Article 109730"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Green premiums or economic pitfalls? Unraveling the profitability puzzle of credence attributes in agricultural supply chains","authors":"Mahsa Boroushaki ,&nbsp;Tava Lennon Olsen ,&nbsp;Quan Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent decades, the promotion of agricultural products with Credence Attributes (CAs) like organic or environmentally friendly produce has aimed to increase value for farmers, since consumers are willing to pay a premium for such attributes. However, the hierarchical power structures in agricultural supply chains often prevent these premiums from significantly enhancing the profitability of all chain participants, particularly farmers. This paper delves into the impacts of CA production on the profitability of different supply chain members. Our analysis highlights that the financial outcomes for supply chain members are strongly influenced by the interplay between the demand for CA and non-CA products and their production costs. Notably, the study reveals that increased CA prices in the market do not uniformly translate into increased profitability across the supply chain, and particularly do not necessarily benefit the farmers. Rather, CA production and its price premiums continue to disproportionately benefit the retailer rather than the farmers, and thus fail to alleviate the imbalance in value distribution along the supply chain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"289 ","pages":"Article 109718"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diffusion of digital transformation initiatives in multi-tier supply chains: The double agency role of Tier-1 suppliers","authors":"Zhi Zhang ,&nbsp;Nishikant Mishra ,&nbsp;Nur Baiti Ingga Wulandhari ,&nbsp;Ismail Gölgeci ,&nbsp;Akshit Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109728","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Growing global supply chain complexity has generated interest in multi-tier management, yet most research focuses on focal firm and Tier–1 ties, overlooking Tier-2 dynamics. A specific gap exists in investigating Digital Transformation Initiatives (DTI) within triadic relationships among the focal firm and its Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers. This study addresses this gap by utilizing a multiple-case study approach across diverse sectors, drawing on 30 interviews, to examine the diffusion of DTI across multi-tier supply chains, with particular attention to the Double Agency Role (DAR) of Tier-1 suppliers. Using social capital theory and agency theory, our findings emphasize the key role of social capital in the DAR of Tier-1 suppliers. The importance of relational and cognitive capital varies as we shift from downstream to upstream segments of the supply chain. Relational capital is crucial in the downstream segment (focal firm–Tier-1 supplier), while cognitive capital grows in significance as we move upstream (Tier-1–Tier-2 suppliers). Additionally, we create a matrix to illustrate the relationships among social capital, the DAR, and the effectiveness of DTI diffusion. This study contributes to the digital transformation literature by expanding its focus from dyadic to triadic relationships. It also offers practical implications for supply chain managers, providing actionable insights to enhance the diffusion of DTI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109728"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analyzing the role of digital technology to enhance firms’ green innovation resilience: A moderated mediation model","authors":"Min Guo ,&nbsp;Jingbei Wang ,&nbsp;Hui Liu ,&nbsp;He Zhai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109720","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109720","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although digital technology plays a critical role in enhancing a firm's green innovation resilience, the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions of this relationship remain unclear. Grounded in dynamic capability theory and the resource-based view, this study analyzes survey data from 245 Chinese manufacturing firms to investigate the moderated mediation effect of environmental regulation on the relationship between digital technology and green innovation resilience, with absorptive capacity as the mediator. The results demonstrate that digital technology has a positive and significant impact on green innovation resilience, absorptive capacity partially mediates this relationship, and environmental regulation enhances the mediating effect of absorptive capacity, thereby further improving resilience. This study provides valuable theoretical and practical insights into green innovation resilience by clarifying the interactive effects of digital technology, absorptive capacity, and environmental regulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109720"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Circular economy challenges under uncertainty in the Indonesian fashion industry: A causal hierarchical model","authors":"Tat-Dat Bui ,&nbsp;Rita Rosiana ,&nbsp;Feng-Ming Tsai ,&nbsp;Anthony SF. Chiu ,&nbsp;Ming-Lang Tseng","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study provides insights into the circular economy challenges in the Indonesian fashion industry and builds a hierarchical model under causality relations among the proposed challenges’ attributes. However, the Indonesian fashion industry imposes many challenges in addressing environmental and social concerns. This study aims to assess the partition challenges of the fashion industry to establish a new approach to developing a hierarchical model. A hybrid methodology is proposed. (1) The fuzzy Delphi method is used to establish a valid set of circular economy challenges; (2) the fuzzy decision-making test and evaluation laboratory are used to assess the causal relationships among the different attributes to determine the challenges; and (3) the analytic network process can assess hierarchical interdependencies among the attributes. The results show that waste management barriers and standard and regulation challenges are the main causal attributes. The challenges in the Indonesian fashion industry include inadequate waste management infrastructure, a lack of regulatory pressure on waste management, unstandardized circular economy measurements and the high dependability on third-party waste pickers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109719"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144518133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revenue management optimization for make-to-order and engineering-to-order manufacturing context","authors":"Jose V. Cavero ,&nbsp;M.M.E. Alemany ,&nbsp;Ana Esteso ,&nbsp;Alfredo Giménez","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The order promising process for Make-To-Order (MTO) and Engineering-To-Order (ETO) companies usually implies not only verifying delivery quantity and due date feasibility but also negotiating prices with clients derived from product customization. The existence of variable operation costs due to process selection and volatile raw material prices, emphasizes the need for precise supplier choice and cost estimation for pricing. These decisions fall within the scope of Revenue Management (RM), which is addressed in this paper through a novel optimization model for companies with hybrid MTO/ETO manufacturing strategy and even extendable to Make-To-Stock (MTS) one. A Conceptual Framework is proposed to characterize the RM problem, systematically review existing literature, and justify the novelties of this research. The model is tested on a metal-mechanic company with characteristics not previously modelled, and evaluated under different scenarios, demonstrating its effectiveness providing a price acceptable for the customer as well as profitable for the company.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109715"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144513810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimal buy-online-and-pick-up-in-store strategies in the livestreaming selling context","authors":"Zhengqiang Li ,&nbsp;Azmat Ullah ,&nbsp;Qingyun Xu ,&nbsp;Benjamin Lev","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109711","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109711","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To enhance online consumers' experience, retailers have adopted a series of measures, such as offering Buy-Online-and-Pick-up-in-Store (BOPS) to reduce waiting time for delivery and opening livestreaming channels to enhance shopping entertainment. In practice, most retailers only provide BOPS services for traditional online channels or do not provide BOPS services. However, a few retailers offer BOPS services on both channels. Reasons for cross-channel BOPS strategy heterogeneity remain unclear. This paper develops an analytical model to study a retailer's optimal BOPS strategies and corresponding pricing decisions for different channels. The results indicate that when consumers' hassle costs of purchasing through livestreaming are moderate, dual-channel BOPS is optimal if operating costs are low; otherwise, offering no BOPS becomes the optimal strategy. However, under high livestreaming hassle costs, the retailer should provide BOPS exclusively for the traditional online channel, as consumers would not purchase through the livestreaming channel under the other two BOPS strategies. Furthermore, we extend our model to explore optimal BOPS strategies for a retailer with offline sales. The conclusions provide valuable decision-making guidance for retailers implementing BOPS in livestreaming selling contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109711"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144480108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of a cost-effective inspection scheme with adaptive lot-disposition mechanisms and a third-generation capability index","authors":"To-Cheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acceptance sampling plans are regularly used for sampling inspections because they provide clear decision rules, enabling practitioners to sentence lots economically and efficiently. The multiple dependent-state sampling plan (MDSP) and repetitive group sampling plan (RGSP) have been developed using advanced sampling techniques. The former incorporates historical lot quality records into decision-making for lot disposition, and the latter employs a repetitive sampling mechanism. Researchers have combined these approaches into a more advanced inspection scheme, the modified RGSP (MRGSP). However, a detailed investigation and analysis identified three critical drawbacks of the MRGSP. These drawbacks include diminishing cost-effectiveness as a) more historical lot quality records are considered, b) lots with inferior historical quality records are repetitively sampled, and c) the number of repetitive samplings is not limited. This paper proposes an adaptive inspection scheme to address these deficiencies based on the third-generation process capability index, <em>C</em>_<em>pmk</em>, the combined adaptive multiple-dependent-state and repetitive group sampling plan (AMRSP). A detailed investigation revealed that the proposed AMRSP resolves the drawbacks of the MRGSP, is more cost-effective, and provides reliable protection for buyers and sellers. A case study demonstrates the practical applicability of the AMRSP, revealing that it can reduce the sample size by 25 %–56 % compared to the MRGSP, RGSP, and MDSP. It significantly enhances the efficiency of sampling inspections, which could be a motivation for promoting further industrial development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109714"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144366285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Managing paradoxical tensions between Corporate Social Responsibility and Automation: How organizations reach sustainability and digital transformation","authors":"João Felipe Capioto Seelent ,&nbsp;Fernando Henrique Lermen ,&nbsp;Cíntia Wilke Franco ,&nbsp;Guilherme Brittes Benitez","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109706","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While organizations pursue automation to achieve superior performance, their stakeholders also demand that they be socially responsible. On one hand, automation looks at machines and how organizations enhance operational efficiency. On the other hand, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) looks at people by aligning companies with stakeholder expectations. Balancing automation and CSR often create organizational tensions since one looks at machines and another at people. However, both elements are essential for companies aiming to achieve sustainability and digital transformation in today's competitive landscape. Hitherto, no existing studies have explored how CSR and automation, viewed as paradoxical tensions, can be synergized to improve sustainability and digital transformation outcomes. This study aims to investigate the paradoxical interaction between CSR and automation, examining their joint effect on sustainability and digital transformation. The research employs an econometric analysis based on data from 402 Brazilian organizations to evaluate the influence of CSR and automation on financial, environmental, and social performances and digital transformation adoption. The findings reveal that while CSR and automation synergize to enhance environmental and social performance and the adoption of digital transformation, they have no significant effect on financial performance. However, in a post-hoc test, financial performance manifests after organizations achieve environmental, social, and digital transformation outcomes. This study provides theoretical insights into managing CSR-Automation tensions, advancing the literature on paradox theory in operations management. We offer a novel framework for reconciling the conflicting demands of CSR and automation. Simultaneously, we propose a balanced approach to achieving sustainability and digital transformation, underscoring the importance of managers balancing high commitment from CSR and high performance from automation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"288 ","pages":"Article 109706"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144366286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}