Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(13), P. e33374 - e33374
Published: June 25, 2024
Logistics
is
critical
in
every
company's
supply
chain
(SC),
and
outsourcing
helps
businesses
concentrate
on
their
core
competencies.
Third-party
logistics
(3PL)
or
service
providers
(LSPs)
assist
cutting
costs
while
improving
performance,
sustainability,
revenue.
evaluation
LSPs
choice
are
complicated
components
of
value
delivery.
This
study
aims
to
review
literature
understand
the
trends,
prospects,
factors,
strategies
used
companies'
choices.
work
examines
selection
published
between
2010
2023.
paper
uses
VOSviewer
(version
1.6.19)
visualize
relationships.
Pricing,
timely
shipment,
quality,
reliability,
agility,
technology,
consumer
feedback
most
commonly
utilized,
whereas
societal
environmental
factors
seldom
used.
The
comprises
journal
publications,
year,
criteria,
assessment
methodologies.
Numerous
scholars
have
discovered
employed
many
criteria.
Many
investigators
also
embraced
multi-criteria
decision-making
(MCDM)
methodologies,
fuzzy
form
widely
In
conclusion,
recommendations
for
theorists
managers,
limits,
future
directions
research
offered.
Decision Analytics Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
6, P. 100189 - 100189
Published: Feb. 16, 2023
Developed
countries
are
responsible
for
a
great
share
of
the
historical
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions
in
atmosphere.
The
need
to
reduce
CO2
is
now
widely
accepted,
but
how
this
can
be
accomplished
still
controversial
and
debated.
Considering
growing
size
trading
market
enlargement
business
mechanisms,
should
considered
when
designing
supply
chain
networks
(SCNs).
Many
researchers
developing
green
sustainable
diminish
greenhouse
gas
release.
This
paper
reviews
literature
on
network
design
(GSCND)
from
2010
2023
analyzes
effect
related
regulations
GSCND.
We
focus
methodologies
models
that
expressly
account
releases.
show
three
policies
have
influenced
SCNs
emissions:
cap,
cap-and-trade,
tax.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(4), P. 3677 - 3677
Published: Feb. 16, 2023
As
concerns
about
the
environment
continue
to
increase
and
restrictions
become
tougher,
professionals
in
business
legislators
are
being
compelled
investigate
environmental
effects
of
activities
associated
with
their
supply
chains.
The
control
carbon
emissions
by
governments
all
over
world
has
involved
adoption
a
variety
strategies
lower
such
emissions.
This
research
optimizes
COVID-19
pandemic
logistics
management
as
well
green
closed-loop
chain
design
(GCLSCD)
basing
it
on
regulatory
rules.
looks
at
three
most
common
types
normal
CO2
restrictions.
In
models
that
have
been
proposed,
both
costs
optimized.
When
comes
(SC)
activities,
there
is
delicate
balance
strike
between
location
selection,
many
shipment
alternatives,
fees
releases.
illustrate
these
tensions
competing
priorities.
Based
numerical
experiment,
we
impact
policies
addition
efficiency
which
they
reduce
By
analyzing
results
models,
managers
can
make
predictions
concerning
how
changes
may
affect
overall
from
SC
operations.
Supply Chain Analytics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3, P. 100031 - 100031
Published: Aug. 10, 2023
This
paper
presents
a
systematic
review
of
the
literature
on
Supply
Chain
Risk
(SCR)
research,
focusing
content-based
analysis.
The
study
comprehensively
examines
general
factors
associated
with
key
themes
and
trends
in
supply
chain
risk
management,
encompassing
identification
assessment
risks,
mitigation
strategies,
influence
emerging
technologies
Management
(SCRM).
provides
an
overview
current
topics
SCRM,
while
also
introducing
categorization
frameworks
to
address
research
gaps
provide
roadmap
for
future
studies,
thereby
generating
valuable
insights
this
field.
highlights
significance
effective
SCRM
ensuring
business
continuity
resilience,
emphasizing
need
organizations
adopt
proactive
approach
management.
concludes
by
identifying
areas
including
development
novel
management
integration
into
practices.
Additionally,
comprehensive
evaluation
each
classification
is
presented,
highlighting
overlooked
aspects
unexplored
domains,
offering
recommendations
potential
next
steps
research.
Journal of Engineering Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(4), P. 447 - 452
Published: May 24, 2023
During
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
sectoral
contributors
to
home
healthcare
supply
chain
(HHCSC)
corporations
highlighted
role
of
care
services.
Pharmacies
are
located
where
patients
allocated
them,
and
nurses
routed
scheduled
according
their
patients'
needs.
It
is
first
study
propose
an
integrated
location-allocation-routing
model,
which
includes
all
preliminaries
necessary
make
these
decisions.
We
implement
LP-metric
epsilon-constraint
methods
solve
this
then
we
discuss
results
methods.
A
comparison
also
made
regarding
objective
function
values
time
taken
problem.
The
average,
mean
ideal
distance
(MID)
(3.74;3.19),
rate
achievement
two
objectives
simultaneously
(RAS)
(1.71;3.56),
computational
(CPU
time)
(1.92;24.92)
for
ɛ-constraint
LP-Metric
calculated.
superior
technique
finally
selected
by
utilizing
TOPSIS.
To
study's
mathematical
method
worth
implementing.
Based
on
results,
suggested
model
HHCSC
companies,
employees'
performance,
efficient
during
pandemic.
Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
48(3), P. 269 - 312
Published: Sept. 1, 2023
Abstract
This
paper
proposes
a
mathematical
model
of
Sustainable
Closed-Loop
Supply
Chain
Networks
(SCLSCNs).
When
an
outbreak
occurs,
environmental,
economic,
and
social
aspects
can
be
traded
off.
A
novelty
aspect
this
is
its
emphasis
on
hygiene
costs.
As
well
as
healthcare
education,
prevention,
control
COVID-19,
offers
job
opportunities
related
to
COVID-19
pandemic.
damages
lead
lost
days
each
year,
which
one
the
negative
model.
was
associated
with
two
environmental
novelties
in
study.
positive
effects
observed
context.
result,
there
has
been
increase
medical
waste
disposal
plastic
disposal.
Multi-objective
modeling
whit
Weighted
Tchebycheff
method
scalarization.
In
process,
software
Lingo
used.
The
pandemic
still
lot
research
gaps
because
it’s
new
disease.
An
SC
that
sustainable
hygienic
will
developed
fill
gap
condition
disaster.
Our
indicator
sustainability
demonstrated
using
mixed-integer
programming
COVID-19-related
issues
(CLSC)
overview.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
87, P. 101602 - 101602
Published: April 18, 2023
As
an
abrupt
epidemic
occurs,
healthcare
systems
are
shocked
by
the
surge
in
number
of
susceptible
patients'
demands,
and
decision-makers
mostly
rely
on
their
frame
reference
for
urgent
decision-making.
Many
reports
have
declared
COVID-19
impediments
to
trading
global
economic
growth.
This
study
aims
provide
a
mathematical
model
support
pharmaceutical
supply
chain
planning
during
epidemic.
Additionally,
it
offer
new
insights
into
hospital
problems
unifying
cold
non-cold
chains
considering
wide
range
pharmaceuticals
vaccines.
approach
is
unprecedented
includes
analysis
various
features
such
as
temperature,
shelf
life,
priority,
clustering.
To
propose
chains,
mixed-integer
linear
programming
(MILP)
used
four-echelon
design.
minimize
costs
involved
maintaining
acceptable
service
level.
Also,
this
paper
considers
uncertainty
intrinsic
part
problem
addresses
through
wait-and-see
method.
Furthermore,
unexplored
unsupervised
learning
method
realm
has
been
cluster
vaccines
its
merits
drawbacks
proposed.
A
case
Tehran
hospitals
with
real
data
show
model's
capabilities,
well.
Based
obtained
results,
proposed
able
reach
optimum
level
COVID
conditions
while
reduced
cost.
The
experiment
illustrates
that
hospitals'
adjacency
emergency
orders
alleviated
significantly.
MILP
proven
be
efficient
providing
practical
intuition
decision-makers.
clustering
technique
size
time
required
solve
considerably.
