This study aims to develop the Global Resilience In Transport-and-Logistics (GRIT) framework designed to reinforce the resilience of global supply chains against a variety of disruptions, from pandemics to geopolitical tensions and environmental challenges. It facilitates devising robust, adaptable logistics and transportation strategies that help mitigate the challenges of supply chain disruptions. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining a literature review with the conceptual foundation of the Stress and Strain model and the Theory of Graceful Extensibility. It adapts these concepts to the global transportation and logistics sector to develop the GRIT framework. The findings reveal the GRIT's potential in identifying critical areas for strategic intervention and thus enabling logistics managers to adeptly navigate disruptions. Through its application in a real-world scenario, the framework demonstrates its applicability and effectiveness in mitigating the impact of supply chain disruptions.
This study aims to determine the readiness and adoption scenario in Pharmaceutical Component Manufacturing (PCM) industry, particularly the SMEs based in Europe. A quantitative survey of 434 PCM SMEs from around Europe was conducted. At the same time, organizations' preparedness was assessed using key performance indicators (KPIs), and their adoption status was determined by the challenges they encountered while adopting lean and their perceived advantages. The principal component analysis and multivariate analysis of the hypotheses revealed gaps in KPIs in these businesses and significant barriers to achieving desired goals. Based on the findings, a framework that shows these companies how to be efficient was proposed. This framework includes using tools and practices to find and eliminate waste, optimize work, and enhance employee productivity. It also emphasized the permanency of continuous improvement, applying relevant tools, and employee empowerment.
This paper investigates the economic relationship between logistics performance (LP) and export competitiveness (EC) based on the iceberg transport costs theory and conducts further empirical analysis according to China's logistics performance index (LPI). It finds that the higher the efficiency of logistics and transport, the lower the transportation costs coefficient per unit distance; when logistics and transportation costs decrease, domestic goods demand of foreigners increases, and so does the export value expressed in domestic prices. Additionally, Spearman's rank correlation method is used to analyze the relationship between LPI and export level (EXP), indicating that LPI has a positive rank correlation with the EXP at a significant level of 1%. This research confirms the positive correlation between LP and EC and proposes specific solutions to enhancing the logistics capability in other developing countries.
This article takes the relevant construction supply chain (CSC) literature of the Web of Science Core Collection Database in the past 20 years and its construction supply chain - blockchain as the object, and then aims to identify and analyze the articles related to the application of blockchain technology in the CSC, and analyze the related problems and potential of the CSC in the application of blockchain technology. An analysis and exploration of a total of 395 articles was conducted. Through VOS viewer software, the author in collaboration network, key term co-occurrence network, and theme classification visualization network of the research field are extracted. The research status of blockchain technology in the CSC is analyzed, and the two key issues of the CSC are focused on through literature reading, so as to explore the application prospects of blockchain technology, and make relevant discussions and some application prospects for the application of blockchain technology in the future.
