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Industry 4.0 influences automation, better logistics warehouse, smart manufacturing for larger productions, and supply chain management. Gamification is no longer a new topic where its framework and methodology got used for user engagement and motivation towards attitude change from repetitive activities. This paper aims to study Gamification's implementation to improve Industry 4.0 as more intelligent supply chain management needs emerge from its different departments as the current system lacks integration. Also, the supply chain industry has several monotonous tasks, and keeping employee motivated is the challenge. Industries are lagging in utilizing the gamification benefits to set up game-based engagement. In the continuously evolving market and competition, relevance is the key, which the study proposes with Gamification. With the emerging technology needs and urges of adaptability, that may lead to progressive growth and value to compete in the unceasing demands in the market. The author analyzes the annex of Gamification in supply chain management among the different aspects of Industry 4.0 to affect employee motivation in tedious work. Motivation drives human action, and different Gamification approach in literature has demonstrated the power to change the individual attitude. And the study analyzes the Gamification framework with Industry 4.0 technologies to support supply chain management to bring modernization. The research approach of this study is to understand the existing literature and analyze the detailed area under Gamification and Supply Chain Management. © 2022 IEEE.
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This research aimed to examine the impact of Green Supply Chain Quality Management (GSCQM) on Corporate Green Performance (CGP). A questionnaire was distributed to a sample of (113) practitioners of large multinational companies in the industrial sector and which are established in Morocco. Data were analyzed using PLS-Smart software which is specialized in structural equation modeling. The software was used to determine whether the tin dimensions of Green Supply Chain Quality Management (i.e. independent variable);Green Human Resource Management, Green Leadership Behavior, Green Supplier Quality Management, Customer Focus, Process Management, Information and Analysis, Eco-Design, Green Purchasing, Environmental Cooperation, and Reverse Logistics have a significant impact on Corporate Green Performance(i.e. dependent variable). The software was also used to test the two mediation variables, namely: Green Organizational Culture and Green Innovation. The findings revealed that the practices of << Green Supply Chain Management >> are having a significant impact on green innovation;and the implementation of the << Green Supply Chain Management >> has a positive effect on Corporate Green Performance. However, Green Organizational Culture and Green Innovation did not have a significant impact on Corporate Green Performance according to the respondents' ratings. Therefore, this study is based on two main theories, namely: cost theory, institutional theory, green theory, stakeholder theory and resource-based theory.
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This research aimed to examine the impact of Green Supply Chain Quality Management (GSCQM) on Corporate Green Performance (CGP). A questionnaire was distributed to a sample of (113) practitioners of large multinational companies in the industrial sector and which are established in Morocco. Data were analyzed using PLS-Smart software which is specialized in structural equation modeling. The software was used to determine whether the tin dimensions of Green Supply Chain Quality Management (i.e. independent variable);Green Human Resource Management, Green Leadership Behavior, Green Supplier Quality Management, Customer Focus, Process Management, Information and Analysis, Eco-Design, Green Purchasing, Environmental Cooperation, and Reverse Logistics have a significant impact on Corporate Green Performance(i.e. dependent variable). The software was also used to test the two mediation variables, namely: Green Organizational Culture and Green Innovation. The findings revealed that the practices of « Green Supply Chain Management are having a significant impact on green innovation;and the implementation of the « Green Supply Chain Management has a positive effect on Corporate Green Performance. However, Green Organizational Culture and Green Innovation did not have a significant impact on Corporate Green Performance according to the respondents' ratings. Therefore, this study is based on two main theories, namely: cost theory, institutional theory, green theory, stakeholder theory and resource-based theory. © 2022 IEEE.
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The recent rise of e-commerce, accelerated significantly by the covid-19 pandemic, sifted consumer behaviors and expectations towards retail and imposed enormous pressure on the areas of reliability, punctuality and expedition of goods at the last mile. This sudden attention to the last-mile leg of the freight transport, revealed the challenges of the sector, which proved to be unprepared and incapable of managing the unprecedented demand. This opened-up new opportunities for the development of innovative, technology-driven, last-mile distribution solutions that aim at efficient, cost-effective and less polluting logistics operations. This paper presents a technology-driven solution for the optimization of logistics operations and solving the same day delivery problem. The solution is being developed as part of an on-demand service for last-mile distribution, and will be applied in real-life operations in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. © 2022 ACM.
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Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an essential role in economic growth. COVID-19 severely affected this sector, given its dependence on logistics. Logistics 4.0 is a progressive and vital technology for the MSME sector in developed economies. However, certain inhibitors cause MSMEs to face criticality and difficulty when adopting Logistics 4.0. Therefore, the authors first identified fourteen inhibitors through a detailed structured literature review and then used the Delphi method to finalise the inhibitors for further analysis. Furthermore, the modified total interpretive structural modelling (M-TISM) technique was applied to identify the levels and interrelationships among the inhibitors. Subsequently, the inhibitors were categorised into four main clusters by their dependence and driving power using matrice d’impacts croisés multiplication appliquée á un classment (MICMAC) analysis. This study reveals that MSMEs must prioritise five critical inhibitors during the Logistics 4.0 adoption process. The authors also develop five propositions. Timely action on the recommendations can help MSMEs owners, managers, and employees quickly adopt Logistics 4.0. Finally, the authors discuss theoretical and managerial implications and future research directions for a better understanding of adopting Logistics 4.0. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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The term “Industry 4.0” relates broadly to intelligent digitization, products, and value chain processes automation, an integration of real and virtual manufacturing worlds where products, factories, humans, and objects merge with embedded software in intelligent, distributed systems. The fourth industrial revolution currently encompasses many examples of application in several fields ranging from health to industry. However, despite this recent interest, the emergence of digitalization in the logistics industry has received little attention, especially in light of the fact that digitization is of increasing strategic importance for companies in a changing and highly competitive environment as it impacts their established processes, business models, and sector boundaries while also having an ecological impact. The new trade strategies put forward by the United Nations in their development plan revolve around sustainability, especially in the industrial sector. Technological advances related to the fourth industrial revolution represent the best approach to ensure sustainability, especially if these technologies are applied to the Logistics 4.0 paradigm within manufacturing companies. The focus of our research method, solely based on a bibliography study over a span of the last five years, is on the digitalization of manufacturing companies, while our selection of screened paper is based on a qualitative criterion further discussed in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to first shed light on the link between the last industrial revolution and its impact on the evolution of logistics and then to present the various optimization opportunities and risks, with a focus on efficiency performance.
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Autonomous vehicles have become important with the emergence of Logistics 4.0. Moreover, truck-based transport has become the critical means of transport in the logistics market. Thus, to deal with the pending issues of the logistics market, it is not enough to merely expand the workforce. Adopting autonomous trucks will also help change the truck allocation structure. This may enable horizontal and vertical integration based on the new logistics model and help address various problems faced by shipping companies. Thus, adopting autonomous trucks can provide various benefits for the logistics business, society, and consumers. However, adopting autonomous trucks does not only have benefits. Here, this study suggests truck platooning as a method of adopting autonomous trucks more efficiently. Furthermore, we approach the potential issues regarding autonomous truck adoption from various perspectives by demonstrating the efficiency of autonomous trucks as well as their problems.
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The transformations started with the advent of the paradigm of Industry 4.0 have also influenced the logistics sector, leading to the creation of the concept of Logistics 4.0 (i.e. the transformation from hardware-oriented logistics to software-oriented logistics empowered by digital competences). This new “vision” of logistics, initially championed by manufacturing companies, has recently taken hold also in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry, driven by the boost of the e-commerce market, the progressive diffusion of “disruptive technologies” (e.g. drones, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence) and the new challenges brought by exogenous factors (e.g. COVID-19), which push 3PL providers to go beyond their traditional focus and capabilities towards a digital transformation. However, it is still unclear how diffused the concept of Logistics 4.0 among 3PLs is and how its adoption takes place in this industry in terms of technologies, services and capabilities. A better understanding of the current situation of diffusion and adoption could help 3PL providers to assess their own position with respect to the concept of Logistics 4.0 and seize the opportunities offered by its adoption (e.g. higher efficiency, better visibility, improved service level, increased safety and security). For this reason, the paper develops a maturity framework to support 3PL providers in this sense and develops a road map to identify the areas in which invest to improve the logistics service offered to clients through a Logistics 4.0 approach. By means of an extensive literature review on Logistics 4.0 technologies and on maturity models, it was possible to develop a novel maturity framework that combines the dimensions of “Logistics 4.0 technological maturity” and level of adoption of technologies to ultimately lead to the identifications of potential services to be offered by 3PL providers. © 2021, AIDI - Italian Association of Industrial Operations Professors. All rights reserved.