International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 53 Issue 5/6

Guest editorial: (Un)physicalization (digitalization) of supply chain management

Veronica Scuotto, Manlio Del Giudice, Vijay Pereira, Arvind Malhotra

What is next? The effect of reverse logistics adoption on digitalization and inter-organizational collaboration

Faisal Rasool, Marco Greco, Gustavo Morales-Alonso, Ruth Carrasco-Gallego

This study aims to examine and understand the impact of reverse logistics adoption on firms' digitalization and collaboration activities. Specifically, leveraging the…

The role of digital knowledge servitization in supply chain management

Lucia Pizzichini, Valerio Temperini, Federica Caboni, Armando Papa

This paper aims to contribute to overcoming the gap existing in the supply chain literature related to digital servitization by bridging digital servitization with knowledge…

The impact of knowledge management on the digital supply chain – a bibliometric literature review

Anna Roberta Gagliardi, Giuseppe Festa, Antonio Usai, Davide Dell'Anno, Matteo Rossi

Using an abductive perspective, this study aims to review the scientific literature about the governance and management of the digital supply chain (DSC) in the context of the…

Embracing supply chain digitalization and unphysicalization to enhance supply chain performance: a conceptual framework

Mirko Perano, Antonello Cammarano, Vincenzo Varriale, Claudio Del Regno, Francesca Michelino, Mauro Caputo

The paper presents a research methodology that could be used to carry out a systematic literature review on the current state of the art of the technological development in the…

Agility and digitalization: why strategic agility is a success factor for mastering digitalization – evidence from Industry 4.0 implementations across a supply chain

Yuko Melanie Pfaff

This paper addresses the emergence of strategic agility as adaptive capability to face the need to adapt to a constantly changing environment. Special emphasis is paid to…

Digital transformation of the purchasing and supply management process

Elina Karttunen, Katrina Lintukangas, Jukka Hallikas

The aim of this study was to identify interventions for and mechanisms of the digital transformation of purchasing and supply management (PSM) processes. The digital…