International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 53 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Digital transformation in supply chains: challenges, strategies and implementations

Yangyan Shi, V.G. Venkatesh, Mani Venkatesh, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Bill Wang

Artificial intelligence for supplier scouting: an information processing theory approach

Michela Guida, Federico Caniato, Antonella Moretto, Stefano Ronchi

The objective of this paper is to study the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in supporting the supplier scouting process, considering the information and the capabilities…

Dynamic capabilities for digital procurement transformation: a systematic literature review

Silke Herold, Jonas Heller, Frank Rozemeijer, Dominik Mahr

The purpose of this paper is to achieve a collective understanding of the capabilities required for digital procurement transformation (DPT).

Toward SME digital transformation in the supply chain context: the role of structural social and human capital

Le Dang Lang, Abhishek Behl, Nguyen Ngoc Duy Phuong, Jighyasu Gaur, Nguyen Tien Dzung

Digital transformation (DT) and supply chain resilience have received increasing attention. Structural social capital (SSC) and human capital (HC) have recently been identified as…

Digitalization and third-party logistics performance: exploring the roles of customer collaboration and government support

Haidi Zhou, Qiang Wang, Liang Wang, Xiande Zhao, Gengzhong Feng

The authors investigate how logistics digitalization affects two types of third-party logistics (3PL) performance: financial performance and service performance. In particular…

Is digital transformation equally attractive to all manufacturers? Contextualizing the operational and customer benefits of smart manufacturing

Marco Opazo-Basáez, Ferran Vendrell-Herrero, Oscar F. Bustinza, Yancy Vaillant, Josip Marić

The implementation of Smart Manufacturing (SM) is deemed a key enabler in the enhancement of manufacturing competitiveness and performance. Nevertheless, SM's repercussion on…

Hedging the bet on digital transformation in strategic supply chain management: a theoretical integration and an empirical test

Mingjie Fang, Feng Liu, Shufeng (Simon) Xiao, Kwangtae Park

This study conceptualizes the digital transformation (DT) strategy in a supply chain context, identifies its drivers from intra- and inter-organizational perspectives and examines…

Adoption of additive manufacturing technology: drivers, barriers and impacts on upstream supply chain design

Alessio Ronchini, Antonella Maria Moretto, Federico Caniato

This paper investigates how the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) impacts upstream supply chain (SC) design and considers the influence of drivers and barriers towards the…