The Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted the attention of researchers and practitioners in supply chains and logistics (LSCs). IoT improves the monitoring, controlling, optimizing, and planning of LSCs. Several researchers have reviewed the IoT-based LSCs publications indexed by academic...

Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are the core components of data-driven technologies of Industry 4.0, attracting much attention in digital supply chains and leading to a growing tide of academic publications. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of data-driven...

This research develops a humanitarian cold supply chain model with equity consideration for COVID-19 vaccine distribution during a pandemic, considering deprivation cost and an important social concept named equity. The proposed comprehensive plan minimizes all incurred costs, including...

Purpose: This paper aims to study the impact of existence and lack of discount on the relationships between one manufacturer and one retailer under the cooperative and the non-cooperative games and the members’ profits are compared. Design/methodology/approach: In the first approach, the...

Purpose: This paper aims to optimize the interactions of businesses located within industrial clusters (ICs) by using a supply-demand hub in ICs (SDHIC) as a conjoint provider of logistics and depository facilities for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as producers, where all of these...