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    Adopting Industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2022) Deepak Kumar Srivastava; Vikas Kumar; Banu Yetkin Ekren; Arvind Upadhyay; Mrinal Tyagi; Archana Kumari; Upadhyay, Arvind; Srivastava, Deepak Kumar; Kumari, Archana; Tyagi, Mrinal; Kumar, Vikas; Ekren, Banu Yetkin
    The manufacturing sector needs to focus on social environmental and technological factors to integrate Industry 4.0 in production planning logistics and supply chains. Technical Education Institutes (TEIs) can play a key role in achieving this ambition as they are responsible for the workforce of the digital future. To this end a learning factory is often referred to as a realistic manufacturing environment. However the existing research regarding the successful adoption of a learning factory based on Industry 4.0 is scant in the literature. We therefore aim to address this research gap by examining key factors that affect the decision to adopt Industry 4.0 in technical education institutes. We have adopted the theoretical lens of the Technology-Organisation-Environment (T-O-E) framework to study industry 4.0 adoption in TEIs. The findings based on 134 valid responses from TEIs in India indicate that the organisational dimension is critical in determining whether or not to adopt Industry 4.0. Our study shows that top management support internal resources and the capabilities of the teaching staff are vital for the adoption of Industry 4.0. Additionally our findings indicate that significant differences exist between public and private TEIs concerning the adoption of Industry 4.0.
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    Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility
    (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2021) Arvind Upadhyay; Sumona Mukhuty; Vikas Kumar; Yigit Kazancoglu; Upadhyay, Arvind; Mukhuty, Sumona; Kumar, Vikas; Kazancoglu, Yigit
    Blockchain technology is a revolutionary new protocol for sharing and updating information by linking ledgers or databases in a decentralised peer-to-peer open-access network. Blockchain is designed to ensure the data is stored and updated in a secure tamper-proof and irreversible way. Despite being in its nascent stages the blockchain research is developing rapidly in different fields making it imperative to capture the ethical and sustainability implications of blockchain development and implementation. The circular economy also focuses on enhancing sustainability and social responsibility alongside economic growth. In this article we critically review blockchain technology?s current and potential contribution to the circular economy through the lens of sustainability and social responsibility. This paper contributes to the Industry 4.0 literature by identifying collating and organising the disparate research on blockchain with a critical focus on its positive impact and potential repercussions for the ethics agenda. Within this narrative review we argue and highlight the extant and potential alignment of blockchain with circular economy. Our findings show that blockchain technology can contribute to the circular economy by helping to reduce transaction costs enhance performance and communication along the supply chain ensure human rights protection enhance healthcare patient confidentiality and welfare and reduce carbon footprint. We also evaluate the challenges to blockchain implementation for circular economy in terms of trust illegal activities potential for hacking and the need to address these through suitable legislation and policy development. Furthermore we acknowledge the potential upfront costs involved in implementing blockchain technology although we observe that the benefits are likely to exceed the challenges. We conclude this article with recommendations for future research in this field. ? 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    The effect of green supply chain management practices on carbon-neutral supply chain performance: the mediating role of logistics eco-centricity
    (EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, 2024) Farheen Naz; Ashutosh Samadhiya; Anil Kumar; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Yigit Kazancoglu; Vikas Kumar; Arvind Upadhyay; Upadhyay, Arvind; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo; Naz, Farheen; Samadhiya, Ashutosh; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Kumar, Anil; Kumar, Vikas
    PurposeUsing the lens of the natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory this study investigates the effect of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices such as green manufacturing (GM) eco-design (ED) green purchasing (GP) and investment recovery (IR) on the carbon-neutral supply chain (CNSC) performance of firms through the mediating influence of logistics eco-centricity (LE).Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework that hypothesizes the relationship between GSCM practices LE and the CNSC performance of firms is developed. Key GSCM practices are then identified using experts' opinions. Furthermore we collected responses from logistics companies to validate the conceptual framework using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method.FindingsThrough this study we found that GSCM practices significantly improve a firm's CNSC performance and the relationships between GSCM practices and CNSC performance are positively mediated by LE.Practical implicationsThe implications of the study suggest that logistics managers can benefit from the findings of this study to comprehend the impact of various GSCM techniques on LE and CNSC from the viewpoint of the NRBV paradigm.Originality/valueThis research provides valuable perspectives for managers and supply chain (SC) practitioners in their quest for sustainable and environmentally responsible SC operations through an extensive and novel analysis of the connection between GSCM practices LE and CNSC performance.
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    The effects of globalization on supply chain resilience: outsourcing techniques as interventionism protectionism and regionalization strategies
    (Springer, 2024) Yigit Kazancoglu; Çisem Lafci; Yalcin Berberoglu; Arvind Upadhyay; Luis Rocha-Lona; Vikas Kumar; Upadhyay, Arvind; Rocha-Lona, Luis; Lafci, Cisem; Berberoglu, Yalcin; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Kumar, Vikas
    Globalization may cause companies to broaden their customer bases operate internationally and serve more customers. However it also entails dangers including shifting circumstances disruptions and elevated prices. To address these issues outsourcing has evolved lowering outputs and service costs. To mitigate these risks businesses employ strategies such as interventionism protectionism and regionalization. By investigating and simulating the interplay of outsourcing approaches to equip businesses with supply chain resilience (SCRES) this study aims to close the knowledge gap between the existing knowledge and global supply chain (GSC) risk management practices. To choose the best alternative for our case study company we analyzed four distinct outsourcing techniques namely offshoring reshoring nearshoring and farshoring, furthermore we investigated the outsourcing elements typically taken into account to achieve resilience. The results indicated that the reshoring method would be the most promising one for this company under specific circumstances in terms of attaining resilience in the manufacturing industry. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.