Browsing by Author "Kumar, Aalok"

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COVID-19 impact on sustainable production and operations management
(KeAi Communications Co., 2020) Aalok Kumar; Sunil Luthra; Sachin Kumar Kumar Mangla; Yigit Kazancoglu; Kumar, Aalok; Luthra, Sunil; Mangla, Sachin Kumar; Kazançoğlu, Yiğit
The global production and supply chain system is mostly disrupted due to widespread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Most of the industrial managers and policymakers are searching for adequate strategies and policies for revamping production patterns and meet consumer demand. Form global supply chain perspectives the majority of raw materials are imported from China and other Asian developing nations. The COVID-19 pandemic has broken the most of transportation links and distribution mechanisms between suppliers production facilities and customers. Therefore it is imperative to discuss sustainable production and consumption pattern in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. Most of the prominent economies around the world enforced a total lockdown and the focus has since shifted to surge in demand for essential products and services. This has led to a decline in demand for some nonessential products and services. The production and operations management challenges of the pandemic situations are discussed and adequately proposes policy strategies for improving the resilience and sustainability of the system. This paper also discusses the different operations and supply chain perspectives for handling such disruptions in the future. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Green and sustainable freight logistics for improving supply chain sustainability: A bibliometric analysis
(De Gruyter, 2020) Aalok Kumar; Ramesh Anbanandam; Golam Kabir; Yigit Kazancoglu; Kabir, Golam; Kumar, Aalok; Anbanandam, Ramesh; Kazançoğlu, Yiğit
The concept of green and sustainable freight transport practices is evolving rapidly and attracted the attention of academic researchers and transport practitioners. This chapter provides a review of green and sustainable freight transport practices measure for providing a better understanding of evolving research fields. The literature review considered 20 years of research data for analyzing the research pattern. This chapter uses bibliometric and network analysis for analyzing the scientific mapping of green and sustainable freight transport practices. The chapter also analyzes the most influencing research articles of the field top contributing authors organizations and key research areas related to the field. The most explored research clusters are presented along with future research directions. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.