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Competition or co-opetition: Optimal fresh produce delivery mode strategy for livestreaming platform

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109565

Yuqiu Xu , Kaiying Cao

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To Cooperate or Not: Evaluating process innovation strategies in battery recycling and product innovation

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109559

Zhifeng Qian , Joshua Ignatius , Junwu Chai , Krishna Mohan Thazhathu Valiyaveettil

{"title":"To Cooperate or Not: Evaluating process innovation strategies in battery recycling and product innovation","authors":"Zhifeng Qian , Joshua Ignatius , Junwu Chai , Krishna Mohan Thazhathu Valiyaveettil","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging technology products like retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries encounter technical challenges during the collecting and remanufacturing phase. Process innovation for recycling (PIR) presents an opportunity to improve the efficiency of these product recycling processes. To investigate how upstream and downstream firms formulate optimal PIR strategies under the interaction of product innovation and PIR, and to analyze the impact of this interaction on operational decisions, we construct Stackelberg game models comprising a battery supplier and an EV manufacturer, both of which have the potential to assume leadership roles. The supplier engages in recycling and makes PIR investment decisions: invest independently, outsource it to the manufacturer, or cooperate with the manufacturer. The manufacturer performs product innovation and decides whether to participate in PIR. Our results indicate that cooperation is not always the preferred strategy for both firms and tends to be favored only when PIR investment efficiency is relatively low. Although the supplier engages in remanufacturing, the manufacturer may exert higher PIR efforts. When product innovation and PIR are carried out separately by upstream and downstream firms, the two innovations maintain a complementary relationship, which provides the possibility for manufacturers to offer higher-quality products at lower prices. Furthermore, firms are more inclined to invest in PIR when acting as the supply chain leader. However, the first-mover advantage may turn into a disadvantage under collaboration model, which provides insights for firms not to blindly pursue the leader. The sequential innovation decisions and two-period model settings are further explored as model extensions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 109559"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473929","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}

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Transformative supply chains: the enabling role of digital technologies

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109562

Giovanni Francesco Massari, Raffaele Nacchiero, Ilaria Giannoccaro

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To reveal or conceal: AI identity disclosure strategies for merchants

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109564

Zhenbin Ding , Yali Zhang , Jun Sun , Mark Goh , Zhaojun Yang

{"title":"To reveal or conceal: AI identity disclosure strategies for merchants","authors":"Zhenbin Ding , Yali Zhang , Jun Sun , Mark Goh , Zhaojun Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Online merchants face a dilemma in deciding whether to disclose their use of AI-driven services, which offer cost-effective, human-like interactions but may trigger customer resistance from those who prefer human engagement. The study employs a game-theoretic model to examine AI identity disclosure strategies, incorporating consumer preferences for algorithms and their ability to detect undisclosed AI usage. Findings indicate that nondisclosure is ineffective in markets with a high proportion of sophisticated consumers who can recognize AI involvement. However, in markets dominated by naive consumers, where AI identity is less detectable, disclosure remains the preferred strategy, particularly when AI service quality is perceived as low, to mitigate potential backlash. Comparing pure AI and human-AI collaboration service modes, merchants derive greater benefits from nondisclosure in collaboration settings. Furthermore, greater consumer aversion to AI does not necessarily push merchants toward nondisclosure, as its effectiveness depends on service quality rather than aversion alone. This study also highlights the dual role of AI anthropomorphism: it can increase consumer acceptance of nondisclosure while simultaneously making disclosure more appealing. Under nondisclosure, improvements in service quality generally enhance consumer surplus, but sophisticated consumers may gain less surplus than naive consumers. Lastly, mandating AI identity transparency does not always maximize social welfare, challenging the assumption that compulsory disclosure is universally beneficial. These findings offer valuable insights into human-AI collaboration and inform the design of algorithm transparency policies in AI-driven services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 109564"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549226","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}

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Impact of distribution channel dynamics on automotive assortment planning

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109553

Maduka Balasooriya, Evrim Dalkiran, Ratna Babu Chinnam

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Smart production and photocatalytic ultraviolet (PUV) wastewater treatment effect on a textile supply chain management

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109557

Biswajit Sarkar , Sreymouy Sao , Santanu Kumar Ghosh

{"title":"Smart production and photocatalytic ultraviolet (PUV) wastewater treatment effect on a textile supply chain management","authors":"Biswajit Sarkar , Sreymouy Sao , Santanu Kumar Ghosh","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wastewater from a garment production system in a textile supply chain management is one of the main sources of water pollution. Wastewater is still an increasing problem for medium to large production industries as traditional wastewater treatments are not much effective, especially for removal of contaminated organic particles and heavy metals. Photocatalytic ultraviolet process is an eco-friendly and promising wastewater treatment since the last one decade with the removal of organic particles. This study examines a textile supply chain management, which uses the photocatalytic ultraviolet process for the wastewater treatment from the production system. The production system plays an important part to exclude wastewater from the system. The unnecessary production run-time not only produces excess garments but also produces excess wastewater, which is blended with dyestuff extracts. A smart production is able to control the garment production based on the necessity and the control of wastewater generation is possible. Despite of the amount of wastewater, the treatment of wastewater gradually becomes a part of the textile supply chain with economic valuation. The textile supply chain management is built by multi-supplier and multi-manufacture, where the garment production is controlled by a smart production system. The manufacturers provide a photocatalytic ultraviolet wastewater treatment and this wastewater treatment positively effects the market demand of garments. The global optimum solutions of the study prove that the use of smart production reduces the cost of the textile supply chain 18.55% followed by the PUV wastewater treatment 16.01%. The results reveal that an involvement of categorized labor for material handling in a textile supply chain management is cost effective rather than using uncategorized labor. Skilled labors are found to be the most sensitive for a textile supply chain management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 109557"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143465488","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}

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Unlocking sustainable performance with blockchain technology: Insights from organizational learning theory

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109555

Lixu Li , Yan Hou , Lujie Chen , Yaoqi Liu , Maria A.M. Trindade

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Environmental process design and performance: Understanding the key role of learning by doing and employee empowerment

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109563

Najam Anjum , Antony Paulraj , Constantin Blome , Christopher Rajkumar

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A dual evolutionary perspective on the Co-evolution of data-driven digital transformation and value proposition in manufacturing SMEs

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109561

Jianwen Zheng , Justin Zuopeng Zhang , Muhammad Mustafa Kamal , Sachin Kumar Mangla

{"title":"A dual evolutionary perspective on the Co-evolution of data-driven digital transformation and value proposition in manufacturing SMEs","authors":"Jianwen Zheng , Justin Zuopeng Zhang , Muhammad Mustafa Kamal , Sachin Kumar Mangla","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109561","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Existing research emphasizes the importance of understanding the digital transformation process, yet there remains a significant gap in capturing its dynamic stages and transitions, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To address this gap, this study draws on organizational information processing theory and analyzes interview data from six traditional manufacturing SMEs. The findings lead to the development of a data-driven digital transformation process model comprising three distinct stages: (1) data-informed operational excellence, (2) data-synchronized supply chain integration, and (3) data-catalyzed ecosystem innovation. This model also maps the evolution of firm value propositions across these stages: (1) intrinsic value mapping, (2) value chain alignment, and (3) ecosystem value co-creation. Additionally, the study identifies critical preconditions for stage transitions, including supply chain mastery to progress from Stage 1 to Stage 2 and strategic ecosystem analytics integration to advance from Stage 2 to Stage 3. By offering a structured framework for understanding data-driven digital transformation, this study makes a significant contribution to the literature, particularly within the context of traditional manufacturing SMEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"282 ","pages":"Article 109561"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143419288","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}

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Cold storage, warm breaks: The effects of rest breaks on order picking performance in cold-storage environments

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International Journal of Production Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109560

Thilini Ranasinghe , Dominic Loske , Eric H. Grosse

{"title":"Cold storage, warm breaks: The effects of rest breaks on order picking performance in cold-storage environments","authors":"Thilini Ranasinghe , Dominic Loske , Eric H. Grosse","doi":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109560","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cold-storage systems are essential components of cold supply chains. Although order picking technologies have advanced, many of these systems still rely on human labour, where workers are exposed to temperatures below −20 °C. Despite wearing protective clothing, prolonged exposure to such cold conditions can lead to cold stress, causing physiological impairments and fatigue, which ultimately reduce performance. Warm rest breaks are crucial to mitigate these adverse effects and maintain productivity. However, there is a dearth of field evidence on the effect of the timing and duration of these breaks on order picking performance. To address this gap, we collaborated with a grocery retailer to examine the impact of rest-break durations on the performance of order pickers in a cold-storage environment set at −21 °C. We analysed 514,953 visits to storage locations by 40 order pickers over four months, using a multilevel model with random intercepts and slopes. Our findings revealed a horizontal S-shaped relationship between work time after a break and order picking time, characterised by an initial increase, a stabilisation period, and then a sharp increase. The results suggest that there is an optimal working period following a rest break during which performance peaks before it begins to decline. This period varies depending on the length of the break, highlighting the importance of strategic scheduling to maximise order picking efficiency in cold-storage environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14287,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Production Economics","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 109560"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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