China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the world's largest infrastructure projects, with
its potential political and economic impact being widely discussed since its inception in …

Sustainable supply chain management has been a topic of high interest to scholars and
practitioners over the last 30 years. Accordingly, many review papers have been published …

As an abrupt epidemic occurs, healthcare systems are shocked by the surge in the number
of susceptible patients' demands, and decision-makers mostly rely on their frame of …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the potential of blockchain technology (BT) to support
the operational excellence in perishable food supply chain (PFSC) during outbreaks, by …

The largest part of food sales is managed by large food supply chains. However, an
alternative system of food distribution focuses on locally produced and sold food that has …

Logistics networks need to conform to arising market trends and public requirements for
greening freight transport through a series of Green Logistics Practices (GLPs). This study …

The large volume and diversity of research sources related to the challenges affecting the
efficient operations of FSCs demand a systematic literature review to explore the tools …

The agro-food industry is one of the largest parts of the European Union's economy and
faces economic and environmental stresses. While food traceability systems (FTSs) inform …

Multimodal transport is a process of effectively moving cargoes in a single container by
combining land transport (road or rail) and maritime or river transport (vessel or barge) in …

This paper reviews the literature on perishable food cold-chain management (FCCM) in
order to assess its current state, pinpoint its knowledge gaps, and suggest a framework for …