International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 41 Issue 9

Guest editorialEmerging technologies in emergency situations

Samuel Fosso Wamba, Maciel M. Queiroz, Samuel Roscoe, Wendy Phillips, Dharm Kapletia, Arash Azadegan

Supply chain resilience in mindful humanitarian aid organizations: the role of big data analytics

Denis Dennehy, John Oredo, Konstantina Spanaki, Stella Despoudi, Mike Fitzgibbon

The purpose of this paper is to understand the nomological network of associations between collective mindfulness and big data analytics in fostering resilient humanitarian relief…

Managing emergency situations with lean and advanced manufacturing technologies: an empirical study on the Rumbia typhoon disaster

Xiaodie Pu, Meng Chen, Zhao Cai, Alain Yee-Loong Chong, Kim Hua Tan

This study aims to examine the impact of lean manufacturing (LM) on the financial performance of companies affected by emergency situations. It additionally explores the role of…

How to empower analytics capability to tackle emergency situations?

Shahriar Akter, Ruwan J. Bandara, Shahriar Sajib

Analytics thrives in navigating emergency situations. Emergency operations management needs to develop analytics empowerment capability (ANEC) to prepare for uncertainty, support…

The mitigating role of blockchain-enabled supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yangchun Xiong, Hugo K.S. Lam, Ajay Kumar, Eric W.T. Ngai, Chunyu Xiu, Xinyue Wang

Although there have been considerable discussions on the business value of adopting blockchain in supply chains, it is unclear whether such blockchain-enabled supply chains…

Exploring the application of blockchain to humanitarian supply chains: insights from Humanitarian Supply Blockchain pilot project

Hossein Baharmand, Amin Maghsoudi, Giulio Coppi

Some studies and reports have recently suggested using blockchain technology to improve transparency and trust in humanitarian supply chains (HSCs). However, evidence-based…

Improving emergency response operations in maritime accidents using social media with big data analytics: a case study of the MV Wakashio disaster

Carine Dominguez-Péry, Rana Tassabehji, Lakshmi Narasimha Raju Vuddaraju, Vikhram Kofi Duffour

This paper aims to explore how big data analytics (BDA) emerging technologies crossed with social media (SM). Twitter can be used to improve decision-making before and during…