The cross-border reverse logistics operations are different from forward logistics. They are complex and fragmented due to multiple intermediaries participating in the operation. The retailer goes through a re-export process to fulfil the customs documentation requirement in the reverse logistics process. A heavy paper process with low digitization, low transparency, and multiple entities is the trickiest barrier to optimizing the process and achieving customer satisfaction. Integration of technology with external organizations will aid in improving real-time visibility in the process. Blockchain and other emerging technologies have the potential to improve the reverse logistics process and contracts with intermediaries. The objective of this chapter is twofold. At first, the author reviewed the main barriers in the cross-border reverse logistics operation and later provided an insight on the potential of blockchain technology in the process.
Supply chain management has brought sweeping changes in the way organizations achieve profit and competitive advantage in the recent past. But the rapid changes occurring in the business environment due to globalization and emergence of new markets have created many new opportunities as well as challenges for organizations in supply chain. Effectiveness of management institutions can be improved if they focus on changing needs of SCM and provide dynamic leadership in line with the changing needs of students and other stakeholders. This created the need for acquiring a completely different kind of supply chain skill sets and competencies among the leaders of these institutions, which they were hitherto unfamiliar with. This chapter attempts to develop a supply chain leadership model for business schools and management institutions to align themselves with the changing needs of the emerging markets of management education. It will enable the management institutes to redesign their strategies to suit the required changes.
Sustainable food supply chain (SFSC) practices have been established over the last few decades in an effort to minimize unanticipated adverse environmental effects of the food processes and integrate environmental concerns. In order to create self-sustaining food production systems where materials are reused again, the circular economy focuses on more than merely reducing the use of the environment as a sink for waste. This book chapter proposes the SFSC framework in a circular economy to show that the SFSC is a multi-dimensional notion, where other issues should also be taken into account in addition to food quality and food safety and hygiene. This book chapter asserts that incorporating circular economy ideas into SFSC can have significant positive effects on the environment. There are gaps in the literature that are imperative to be filled to confirm the efficiency of the safeguards for food integrity and their effects on the SFSC in a circular economy.
The rapid pace at which technology has contributed several technological products and gadgets created a surplus in some areas and deficiencies in some areas of the modern world. For instance, there is a tremendous wastage of food in one country, excessive usage of electronic items in some other countries, and in many other countries, people starve for food and possession of basic electronic items. This situation has led to imbalance and wastage. In addition, sustained efforts to reuse/recycle the goods produced by different business organizations are inadequate. SCM plays a role in re-usability of goods and recycling of used goods. Organizations have to redesign their supply chains to achieve the objective of the circular economy, which propagates the concept of wealth out of waste by reusing/recycling the products. The research in the area of the role of the supply chain in the circular economy is just gaining its importance, and it is still in the nascent stage. Hence, this chapter highlights the significance of in circular economy by developing a framework that emphasizes its role.
Global infrastructure development is an essential requirement for overall sustainability and empowerment of communities. This development should include multiple aspects and inclusivity. Supply chain infrastructure development plays a significant role in global sustainability. This chapter explores the key dimensions, approaches, and strategies of supply chain infrastructure, which integrate with sustainability through systematic literature review. The implications of this research would add immense value to researchers and industry practitioners.
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