The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting non-pharmaceutical interventions aspiring to reduce the spread of the virus, e.g., full or partial lockdowns, as well as social distancing measures, lead to increasing at-home consumption and panic buying. The resulting demand peaks for non-cooled perishable...

Purpose: The world is going through unprecedented times since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of people will be vaccinated in the next few years. This mass vaccination effort requires setting up complex cold chain organizations and meticulous coordination of distribution...

Purpose: The Suez Canal blockage in March 2021 delayed around USD 9.6bn of trade each day. The delay affected more than 400 vessels and likely disrupted further Supply Chain and transport operations even after clearing the blockage. Methodology: The model of this paper has two goals: first,...

Purpose: Supply chain management has a clear focus on risk management, but recent developments have shown that it is also important to pay attention to resilience. This paper introduces a systematic approach to simultaneously treat the two correlated quantities and can incorporate various...

Purpose: Conventional supplier audits are outdated as traditional instruments in supplier management. At least since travel and contact restrictions were imposed due to Covid-19, digital instruments must be used for remote supplier audits. Augmented Reality (AR) technology supports international...

Purpose: The field of risk assessment contains many methods for evaluating risks. For companies who face the need of dealing with risks, the large number of methods might be confusing and overwhelming. This paper helps to introduce companies to the existing methods and its different requirements...

Purpose: COVID-19 caused a highly uncertain environment and introduced a radical change in the airline industry. In that time, idle capacity due to drastic decline in passenger traffic, change in travel rules, and increases in air cargo demand have emerged as the main challenges. Effective...

Purpose: The goal of this paper is to provide initial insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on inland navigation on both freight and passenger transport. It creates a starting point for further research and supports practitioners to prepare for future crisis situations. Methodology:...