Akhilesh Barve

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal | MANIT

Higher education prompting skill-based activities has been crucial to any country’s emergence in the global knowledge economy. However, with context to India’s higher education framework, it is well below the standard of the countries with which it is competing globally. India has no universities anywhere near the top 150 in QS international univer...

Purpose This study aims to determine the barriers hindering the incorporation of blockchain technology (BCT) in two key service industries – hotel and health care – as well as to assess their readiness for implementing BCT after overcoming the barriers. Design/methodology/approach The barriers of this study are determined through two phases: a rev...

The majority of the food grain supply chain (FGSC) is run in a linear fashion, requiring substantial inputs that produce mostly inedible by-products, environmental damage and wastage. Moreover, population increase, declining food resources, shifting weather patterns, and dwindling supplies pose serious problems to the FGSC. Effective usage and cons...

The food grain supply chain (FGSC) is comprised of several links, stretching from the point of production to the point of consumption. A broken connection might produce a food catastrophe. The structural imbalance of India's FGSC is an obstacle to achieving sustainability; this has to be addressed if the country is to preserve national food securit...

The COVID-19 pandemic has left scars on the Indian public transportation system. In order to regain its original momentum, policymakers will need to assess the barriers hindering the effectiveness of the public transportation sector. In this regard, this article analyzes the various factors affecting the public transportation sector in India and de...

Food security is a critical concern for emerging nations, where agriculture is a vital source of livelihood for a significant proportion of the population. However, ineffective food grain storage management (FGSM) poses a substantial threat to food security, resulting in significant post‐harvest loss (PHL). This research aims to identify and analys...

Purpose In recent times, reverse logistics (RL) is gaining significant traction in various automobile industries to recapture returned vehicles’ value. A good RL program can lower manufacturing costs, establish a green supply chain, enhance customer satisfaction and provide a competitive advantage. However, reducing disruptions and increasing opera...

Although mobile brands from various countries have taken to the global market, some brands are left to be GLOCALised (local to global). The nonGLOCALisation of these brands are due to some unseen hindrances. This paper is unique in its aim to analyze the challenges faced by local mobile phone supply chains (MPSC) from entering the global market in...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted a substantial shrinkage in various businesses worldwide, the perishable food sector being one of the worst hits. Henceforth, this manuscript intends to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on perishable food supply chains (PFSC) of developed and developing countries. For this, the study presents the analysis in two s...

Nowadays, freight logistics industries are seeking to adopt green freight practices in their transport systems to reduce environmental concerns; efficient green freight practices lead to reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while using less energy and material. The freight logistics industry, despite its’ significant contribution to a count...

While in Order to ensure the flawless closed loop supply chain activities for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management by the usage of IoT and Blockchain technology (BCT) is proved as an effective and sustainable solution among developed countries. Although implementation challenges including data integrity, accessibility and rel...

After the sudden advent of COVID-19, the amount of medical waste has escalated to a great extent. The incremented medical waste amidst the pandemic exposes the improper waste management system of various developing countries. India, being one of the prominent developing countries, produces the largest waste in the world. Nonetheless, the Indian was...

Recent disasters, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have sparked an interest in new applications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in humanitarian aid. Nevertheless, there are still many divisive changes that need to be made in order to implement UAVs into a country’s humanitarian sector successfully. Hence, this paper aims to analyze the va...

At the present time, Indian restaurant supply chains are acquiring rapid economic growth in their business sector, with a higher productivity and expanded market. This dramatic rise in the Indian restaurant business has been encountered due to the outsourcing logistics to the third-party logistics (3PL) service provider. 3PL help the restaurant fir...

Purpose The main intention of this paper is to analyze various factors hindering the growth of the agricultural supply chain and several industry 4.0 technologies to eliminate the same. In addition to a detailed assessment on the implementation of these technologies in agriculture, this manuscript also presents a priority list providing a rank to t...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors affecting the implementation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Indian humanitarian logistics. The factors listed are significant as they are hindering the incorporation of this new technology into the humanitarian supply chain, thus creating inefficiencies in the humanitarian logistics...

Purpose The hotel and tourism industry forms a crucial economic sector for all the economies around the world. However, it suffered the worst hit during the COVID-19 outbreak. Considering the hotel and tourism sector's critical situation, this manuscript aims to emphasise the importance of resilience in the hotel and tourism supply chain (HTSC) and...

Purpose This paper aims to identify, analyze and evaluate the major enablers for the sustainable public distribution system (PDS) supply chain in India in lessening food insecurity by distributing essentials food grains at a subsidized rate. Design/methodology/approach The major enablers for the sustainable PDS supply chain were explored by conduc...

Green freight transportation (GFT) came into existence as an important thrust and effort to control the increasing environmental impacts resulting from global carbon-dioxide emissions. However, the successful implementation of GFT is rarely reported in India. Therefore, we have tried to look at the hindrances affecting the smooth performance of GFT...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse various risks associated with third-party logistics (3PL) in the coffee supply chain and to present a framework that computes the influence of these risks on the critical success factors of the coffee supply chain. Design/methodology/approach The risks have been identified through a comprehensive lit...

Globally, countries are struggling to fulfil customer demands due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perishable food supply chains (PFSCs). This study aims to analyse the factors influencing PFSCs during the pandemic and improve their resiliency. This is essential as some factors discourage the productive execution of PFSCs and decrease org...

Purpose The restaurant network is reforming rapidly due to the advancements encountered so far in the restaurant–third party logistics (3PL) collaborations. These collaborations resulting from a strategical partnership between the restaurant and the 3PLs play a significant role in getting a good handle on the web, logistics activities, online busin...

Sustainable supply chain management has become one of the significant areas of concern for modern industries. Enterprises are now adopting management that implements viable practices involving environmental protection and financial savings in a combined form. In this aspect, this study focuses on detecting various concerns associated with sustainab...

This study focuses on the identification of disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities which are carried out during pre and post-disasters to save the lives of the population under risk of disasters. Odisha, one of the disaster-prone states in India has been taken as a case study to identify the relevant DRR activities for cyclone and later the effor...

Several factors like returns, undelivered and damaged goods, exchange, and environmental concern make reverse logistics (RL) inevitable in an E-commerce supply chain. In spite of understanding the importance of RL in current business scenario, most of the companies concentrate on forward logistics, while reverse flow from customer to upstream busin...

Goods and Service Tax (GST), a destination-based unified taxation system, was implemented on 1st July 2017 in India replacing 17 different indirect taxes with the vision to create a seamless common market. A country like India, with the population of over 1.3 billion and heterogeneous distribution of wealth having a federal structure, opted for six...

During recent years, the importance of preparedness has increased with increasing frequency of disasters and the cost associated with relief and response activities. Therefore, this study is designed to present the identification and evaluation process of cyclone disaster’s preparedness activities also termed as measures. In this study, 27 cyclone...

Purpose This study is intended to explore and analyse the critical success factors (CSFs) of humanitarian supply chains in mitigating the impact of cyclones in Indian context using the Fuzzy DEMATEL approach. Design/methodology/approach Selection of critical success factors of humanitarian supply chains have been done through several secondary s...

This research is based on the assessment of vulnerability for six of the most cyclone prone coastal blocks in the state of Odisha, India. The necessary primary data was collected from 450 sample households through a structured questionnaire survey. The secondary data related to the demographic profile of blocks was taken from the published census r...

Green supply chain management (GSCM) focuses on reduction of the adverse impacts of supply chain activities as well as a minimisation of energy and material usage. A successful implementation of GSCM is important for industries to increase economic-environmental performances. However, the GSCM adoption rate in Indian companies, particularly in the...

Concern related to risk reduction and sustainability in disaster relief aid is increasing from past few years and will be continued due to increasing frequency of disasters and the people coming in their ways. The approach of any disaster relief activities must not be limited only to saving lives and providing relief but also to making the communit...

Rapid industrial development that leads to economic growth and massive employment generation needs intense support from mining industries which act as a downstream supply chain partner for an industry. The counter side of intensive and unregulated mining activities is the massive waste generation and environmental degradation. Waste produced by min...

Growing public awareness regarding mining environmental issues has put mining industries under a lot of pressure lately from everyone including government and their investors. In response to these pressures, mining industries worldwide have taken various green initiatives [for example, green supply chain management (GSCM)] to minimise their wastes...

Strong evidence exists in literature regarding improved organisational performance in economical and environmental front due to adoption of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. Motivated by this, few bigger Indian mining industries have started adopting GSCM practices with a view not only to improve their performance but also to maintain...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the preparedness measures adopted by the governmentof Odishathat results in record evacuation prior to the landfall of cyclone Phailin on October 12, 2013.The preparedness for this calamity results into the minimum causalities and evacuate nearly one million people. Design/methodology/approach:A deta...

Humanitarian supply chain is the flow of relief aid and the related information between the beneficiaries affected by disaster and the donors so as to minimize human suffering and death. Humanitarian supply chain mostly undergoes due to poor strategic planning that leads its inability to deliver the goods and relief aid during disasters. Several re...

Purpose – Green supply chain management (GSCM) has received growing attention in the last few years. Almost all industries including mining industries are hit by green fever. In this context, this study aims to identify various challenges faced by the Indian mining industries during GSCM implementation and practices and to represent in a hierarchic...

Green Supply Chain Management(GSCM) focuses on integration of ecological concepts with the supply chain strategies of the organizations that will enable them to reduce their environmental burden by minimizing the utilization of energy and material. There is a growing confidence among the researchers that GSCM performance can be enhanced through eff...

Green supply chain management (GSCM) integrates ecological concepts with those of supply chain management in order to minimize energy and material usage and to reduce adverse impacts of supply chain activities on the environment. GSCM implementation in mining industries depends largely upon certain factors which are influenced by human behaviours....

Growing awareness of environmental protection has triggered development of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM). In order to maintain a competitive edge different industrial sectors including mining are showing their inclination to adopt GSCM as an integral part of their business strategy. Various criteria and sub-criteria of effective GSCM impleme...

Growing awareness of environmental protection has triggered development of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM). In order to maintain a competitive edge different industrial sectors including mining are showing their inclination to adopt GSCM as an integral part of their business strategy. Various criteria and sub-criteria of effective GSCM impleme...

Mining industries of India which bear a poor public image are trying to improve their environmental performance through green supply chain management (GSCM) adoption to comply with government regulations, avoid public outcry and attract financial institutions. Human resource of any organisation is a critical success factor of green supply chain man...

Green supply chain management (GSCM) improves environmental performance of the organisation which leads to their increased social image while enabling them to improve economical performance through cost reduction and cost saving principles. In fact GSCM success can lead to increased contribution of the organisations towards sustainable development...

Public interest on environment and ecology has grown manifolds due to rapid climate changes, environmental health hazards and energy crisis. This has drawn the attention of mass media, societies and governments to intensify pressure on organisations for transforming their process into eco-friendly process. Subsequently, organisations have been look...

a b s t r a c t A country's mining industry, despite its significant contributions to the country's economic growth, generally has a very poor public image because it is considered as a major environmental polluter. To acquire an improved social image, as well as to comply with government regulations, mining industries are increasingly implementing...

The management of health care waste is of great importance due to its infectious and hazardous nature that can cause undesirable effects on humans and the environment. Government regulations and growing public awareness regarding health care waste issues have forced health care units to adopt suitable strategies for managing this waste. In fact man...

Mining has been and continues to be a major contributor to the economic growth of most of the developed and developing countries. India ranks among top five global players in terms of production of several important minerals. A high environmental cost which has been associated with years of unregulated mining and mineral-processing activity made it...

It is becoming impossible to remove or ignore sources of turbulence and volatility in markets. Hence, supply chain managers must accept uncertainty, but they still need to develop a strategy that enables them to match supply and demand at an acceptable cost. The ability to achieve this has been termed 'supply chain agility'. The aim of this paper i...

Customer responsiveness is a key to success in today's markets. With the emergence of a business era that embraces change as one of its major characteristics, manufacturing success and survival are becoming more and more difficult to ensure. The emphasis is on adaptability to change in the business environment and on addressing market and customer...

Changes in the business environment due to the varying needs of the customers lead to uncertainty in the decision parameters. A supply chain satisfied the needs of customers if it is agile in nature. The importance of the Third Party Logistics (3PL) has increased dramatically at many firms as comparative priorities have shifted from production qual...

In a bid to cope with market instability, companies now look beyond cost advantage. Speed, quality and flexibility are being emphasized as means of responding to the unique needs of customers and markets. A supply chain adapts the changes if it is agile in nature. Agility is all about creating that responsiveness and mastering the uncertainty. The...