Prasanta Kumar Dey

• PhD Engineering
• Professor (Full) at Aston University

The Circular Economy (CE) has evolved as a philosophy to transform industrial supply chains to become greener to combat climate change issues. Countries’ target of achieving Net Zero will never be fulfilled unless, along with larger organizations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are decarbonized, as more than 90% of the world’s businesses...

Circular Economy (CE) has evolved as a philosophy to transform industrial supply chains to become greener to combat climate change issues. Countries target of achieving Net Zero will never be fulfilled unless along with larger organisations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are decarbonized as more than 90% of World’s businesses are SMEs....

As a major consumer of water, the dairy industry generates substantial effluent, making it one of the most polluting industrial sectors. Despite regulatory measures, many Dairy Effluent Treatment Plants (DETPs) fail to achieve optimal outcomes, resulting in excessive sludge generation, missed resource recovery opportunities, and adverse environment...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a significant impact on the economy, but their negative effects on the environment and society pose challenges for sustainability. Achieving sustainability is difficult for SMEs, as environmental and social performances do not always lead to cost reduction, and they struggle to balance their performanc...

In response to the triple‐bottom‐line sustainability challenges facing today's world, organizations are increasingly incorporating sustainability principles into their strategies; however, this is challenging for small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) with limited resources. While sustainable human resource management (HRM) has recently gained s...

Due to increasing supply chain disruptions and stakeholder demands for more environmentally friendly business models, managers are searching for ways to ensure sustainability and supply chain performance. We propose supply chain well-being (SCWB) as a new concept that offers a more comprehensive way of managing supply networks. Similarly, the oppor...

Abstract Purpose – This study investigates the role of leadership and cultural transformation in facilitating Lean Six Sigma (LSS) practices in clinical pharmacy settings to reduce medicine waste within the UK National Health Services (NHS). Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review on Lean Six Sigma in health care was conducted...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role as innovation intermediaries (IIs) in supply chains (SCs) by adopting emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), which drives smart data-driven decision making. However, there is a paucity of empirical evidence on the role of intangible organisational capabilities to...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often lag behind major corporations in implementing sustainability management practices, limiting their capacity to mitigate negative social and environmental impacts. A notable challenge is the lower percentage of SMEs with sustainability objectives. This research aims to examine the links among sustainabi...

Minimizing a company’s operational risk by optimizing the performance of the manufacturing and distribution supply chain is a complex task that involves multiple elements, each with their own supply line constraints. Traditional approaches to optimization often assume determinism as the underlying principle. However, this paper, adopting an entropy...

ChatGPT and its variants that use generative artificial intelligence (AI) models have rapidly become a focal point in academic and media discussions about their potential benefits and drawbacks across various sectors of the economy, democracy, society, and environment. It remains unclear whether these technologies result in job displacement or crea...

Blockchain technology (BCT) has emerged as an enabling technology that can provide traceability, provenance, and transparency in business operations across complex global supply chain ecosystems, where leanness, agility, and speed are crucial, in addition to achieving social sustainability. It is considered one of the most disruptive technologies r...

When managing crises and disasters, decision-makers face high uncertainty levels, disrupted supply chains, and damaged infrastructure. This complicates delivering resources that are essential for the survival of the victims. Flexible and adaptable supply networks are needed to ensure a consistent flow of relief to the areas affected by disasters. I...

Previous studied shown a less focus on assumptions underlying established theories. However, this claim found as a gaps in the extant literature. We argue that through gap spotting reinforces rather than challenges the assumptions and, actually reduces the chance of producing a good theories, thus, first, we use critical review analysis of resource...

Despite the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) research in operations, supply chain, and productions management literature, empirical insights on how organisational behavioural mechanisms at the human–technology interface will facilitate AI adoption in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and subsequent impact of the adoption...

The advancement of sustainability trajectories is a critical challenge for most of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs require specific considerations with regard to business methodologies for achieving and enhancing sustainability, since their business case is far from similar to larger counterparts. As a consequence, tools for impleme...

Purpose Globally, the oil and gas (OG) industries are under pressure from numerous stakeholders for their sustainable operations against the backdrop of climate change, ecological damage and social challenges. Drawing on the twin theoretical frameworks of the institutional theory and dynamic capability perspective, this study aims to examine the im...

Internal organisational factors have been identified as barriers to adopt circular economy (CE) practices in prior research. However, empirical evidence is limited to support this claim. Additionally, their impact on sustainable business performance, especially for the emerging economies and within the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have...

The aim of this research is to facilitate small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to achieve superior performance through the adoption of circular economy (CE) principles. It analyses the current state of sustainability practices and performance across key CE areas of action (design, procurement, production, distribution, consumption and recover)...

This study develops a plastic cycle toward circular economy practice in Vietnam. First, we analyze inter-relationships between economic sectors and environmental issues concerning plastic waste in 2018. The research method integrates interdisciplinary balance with life cycle inventory, in which input–output (IO) table is both an econometric tool an...

The extant literature has outlined the significance of collaborative intelligence stemming from effective partnership between artificial intelligence (AI) systems and human workers to achieve organisationally valued outcomes. However, there is paucity of research insights on the factors influencing AI-human partnership and its impact on business pe...

Employee turnover (ET) is a major issue faced by firms in all business sectors. Artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning (ML) prediction models can help to classify the likelihood of employees voluntarily departing from employment using historical employee datasets. However, output responses generated by these AI-based ML models lack transpare...

Circular Economy (CE) practices have the potential to enhance sustainability performance of organisations and thus help respond to United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. The aim of this research is to examine the adoption of CE in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and its impact on sustainability performance. We analyze the curren...

The UN's sustainable development goals underscore engaging supply-chain stakeholders with environmentally friendly practices. Small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) are key participants in several supply chains, but their operations often produce a significant environmental impact. Their transition to sustainable practices is challenging because...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly adopted within Human Resource management (HRM) due to its potential to create value for consumers, employees, and organisations. However, recent studies have found that organisations are yet to experience the anticipated benefits from AI adoption, despite investing time, effort, and resources. The existi...

The Industry 4.0 (I4.0) revolution has led to rapid digital transformation, automation of manufacturing processes and efficient decision-making in business operations. Despite the potential benefits of I4.0 technologies in operations management reported in the extant literature, there has been a paucity of empirical research examining the intention...

Purpose There is a critical gap in assessing how institutional voids affect SMEs' growth, investment commitment and reputation. The purpose of this paper is to explain how institutional void affects these three dimensions of SME performance; and to develop an institutional void-SME performance framework that can be applied for strategising, resourc...

The impact of blockchain technology (BCT) implementation on the accuracy, reliability, visibility, incorruptibility, and timeliness of supply-chain processes and transactions, makes it attractive to improve the robustness, transparency, accountability and decision-making in risk management. Therefore, the emerging BCT can present an invaluable oppo...

Although the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to economic growth is beyond doubt, they collectively affect the environment and society negatively. As SMEs have to perform in a very competitive environment, they often find it difficult to achieve their environmental and social targets. Therefore, making SMEs sustainable is o...

The impact of stakeholders' pressure and business uncertainties on the correlation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational performance within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is under researched. This study aims to derive the correlation of CSR antecedents, CSR practices, stakeholders' pressures, business uncertain...

This research reveals the current state of the circular economy, challenges and opportunities of implementing CE, and interventions that could facilitate effective implementation of circular economy in the TC industry. The study, using a multi-country survey method, reveals the correlation of CE fields of action (take, make, distribute, use and rec...

This research reveals the current state of the circular economy, challenges and opportunities of implementing CE, and interventions that could facilitate effective implementation of circular economy in the TC industry. The study, using a multi-country survey method, reveals the correlation of CE fields of action (take, make, distribute, use and rec...

Decarbonisation is the major challenge of today's energy sector. Adopting renewable energy is one of the means for achieving lower carbon footprint. Renewables made up 17.1% of electricity generation in 2018, with hydro, wind and biomass making up the majority. That is expected to rise to 24% by 2030. Additionally, most appropriate balance among en...

Purpose The aim of this research study is to develop a queue assessment model to evaluate the inflow of walk-in outpatients in a busy public hospital of an emerging economy, in the absence of appointment systems, and construct a dynamic framework dedicated towards the practical implementation of the proposed model, for continuous monitoring of the...

The main aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of patent applications, development level, employment level and degree of technological diversity on innovation efficiency. Innovation efficiency is derived by relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. Expenditures in Research and Development and Human Capital stand for innovation inp...

Sustainability of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is significant as SMEs contribute to GDP substantially in every economy. This research develops an innovative sustainable supply chain performance measurement model for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Prior researches predominantly use balanced score card (BSC) approach that pre...

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in any economy as they contribute to GDP and employment. However, sustainability (right combination of economic, environmental and social) of SMEs is a major concern as they prioritise economic performance over environmental and social to remain competitive. Majority of prior research...

Sustainability is the major issue of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) all across the globe. Although SMEs contribute to GDP of any country their negative contribution to environment is also significant. Prior studies on SMEs’ sustainability mainly classified into three categories—the correlation between environmental and social practices w...

Introduction Hospital supply chains are complex systems ensuring flow of products/services to satisfy patients. The aim of this exploratory study is to improve the Maltese health care system’s efficiency using supply chain management principles in three hospital settings. The theoretical basis underlying the study is the supply chain decision-makin...

This chapter focuses on a selected Indian case study of an oil and gas project and presents a method to analyse the project management maturity of any organization using a triangulation approach. It presents the relationship management across the supply chain. The chapter provides the advantages of keeping the project plan flexible and suggests how...

The circular economy (CE) represents a major paradigm shift of moving from the concepts of linear to circular supply chains across multiple industries. Although some aspects of CE adoption within industrial supply chains have been researched extensively (particularly addressing challenges of design, implementation and operations), the research that...

There is a growing realisation in the international community that economic development and environmental conservation must achieve a balance to enable future generations to survive and prosper as we exist on a planet of finite resources. Circular Economy (CE) has emerged as a paradigm shift to assist in attaining this balance. It has been argued t...

In comparison to large companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a tendency to be less engaged with sustainability management practices, resulting in limited potential in reducing their environmental and social impact. SMEs are much less likely to have sustainability goals. The aim of this paper is to examine the causal relationship...

While lean management practices (LMP) helps small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to be efficient, sustainability oriented innovation (SOI) facilitates to adopt environmental and social practices. Although prior research looks into the effect of LMP on economic performance of SMEs, less is known about the effect of LMP on sustainability (econom...

The success parameters for any business project are on time completion, within specific budget and with requisite performance. Risks are part and parcel of any project that hinders achieving project goals. Managing risk is the systematic process of identifying, analyzing and developing responses for possible risks. Although enterprises appreciate t...

• Risk analysis should be carried out by identifying risk factors in project management • Detailed project planning covering scope, schedule, budget, quality, human resources, procurement, communication, and risk should be done before implementation. • Relationship management across the supply chain (upstream suppliers and downstream customers) cou...

Cost effectiveness of the UK NHS Error reporting system in a selected hospital

Electric distribution companies have a significant role for both households and industries. Benchmarking of the electric distribution companies in the energy sector has become a subject that is studied widely nowadays due to the effect of privatization policies for developing countries. Since there are multiple production stages regarding the gener...

Small and medium sized enterprises adopt lean practices (LP) to reduce waste across their organisational value chain, which helps achieve sustainability. Process innovation (PI) has also been applied through cleaner production, environmental management system, eco-design etc. to address both customers" needs and legislations by policymakers. Althou...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly to Indian GDP and Public Procurement. The supply and demand side of SMEs are challenging; hence they struggle with their sustainability. In demand side public procurement are very demanding, and competitive. In public procurement, there is an economic pressure of bidding at the lowe...

Incineration plants produce heat and power from waste, reduce waste disposal to landfills, and discharge harmful emissions and bottom ash. The objective of the incineration plant is to maximize desirable outputs (heat and power) and minimize undesirable outputs (emissions and bottom ash). Therefore, studying the overall impact of incineration plant...

Lean and Sustainability Oriented Innovation both enhance competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a sustainable way. Lean is efficiency focused, whereas Sustainability Oriented Innovation emphasizes on responsiveness. Although lean and sustainability oriented innovation have been separately researched, there is a gap in knowledge o...

Purpose Length of stay (LOS) in hospital after surgery varies for each patient depending on surgeon’s decision that considers criticality of the surgery, patient’s conditions before and after surgery, expected time to recovery and experience of the surgeon involved. Decision on patients’ LOS at hospital post-surgery affects overall healthcare perf...

Context The main aim of this study is to demonstrate the application of supply chain management (SCM) principles to the Maltese health care system. According to Lambert and Cooper (2000), SCM is the integration of key business processes from end user through original suppliers that provides products, services and information that add value for cust...

While risk management in supply chains is continuing to receive significant attention in the extant literature, research on risk aspects relating to strategic sourcing across various industry sectors from a multi-national perspective is scant. Based on 20 case companies in the construction and electronics sectors in Germany and the United Kingdom (...

The main aim of this paper is to facilitate small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt environmental management (EM) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. The study reveals SMEs‟ motivation, pressure, targets and methods for EM and CSR practices. Additionally, the paper investigates how these variables relate to employee numb...

The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between social, environmental and operational practices and performance with financial performance, focusing on small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We seek to establish a relationship between the sustainability and the financial performance of SMEs in terms of economic development, as e...

The business performance of manufacturing organizations depends on the reliability and productivity of equipment, machineries and entire manufacturing system. Therefore, the main role of maintenance and production managers is to keep manufacturing system always up by adopting most appropriate maintenance methods. There are alternative maintenance t...

Purpose The objective of the research paper is to assess efficacy of e-Governance implementation, influenced under the Indian-EU strategic dialogue. For the same purpose, study aims to analyze and measure penetration level of ICT Applications across ten select gross domestic product (GDP) dependent sectors in Indian economy. Design/methodology/ap...

Evaluating higher education teaching performance is complex as it involves consideration of both objective and subjective criteria. The student evaluation of teaching (SET) is used to improve higher education quality. However, the traditional approaches to considering students’ responses to SET questionnaires for improving teaching quality have sev...

Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to assess e-Governance efficacy in various sectors of India. The paper develops on GST methodology and enlightens grey portions of e-Governance in select sectors. Research study identifies few grey criteria which affect implementation of ICT applications to support sustainable e-Governance. Such criter...

Aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of various variables like patent applications, development level, employment level and degree of technological diversity on innovative efficiency. Innovative efficiency has been estimated by relating innovative inputs and innovative outputs. Expenditures in Research and Development and Human Capital st...

Supply chain operations directly affect service levels. Decision on amendment of facilities is generally decided based on overall cost, leaving out the efficiency of each unit. Decomposing the supply chain superstructure, efficiency analysis of the facilities (warehouses or distribution centers) that serve customers can be easily implemented. With...

This study aims at investigating the factors which influence positively or negatively electronic waste (e-waste) rejection rates. E-waste quantities have been calculated based on historical sales data worldwide and lifespan distribution. The methodology, which is adopted in this paper in order to estimate the effect that economic, cultural, and dem...

Incineration plants in UK carry out two important tasks: reduction of waste disposed to landfills, and power/heat production from waste incineration distributed to the grid. However, incinerating waste produces, except for desirable outputs like exported power, harmful emissions, too. In this work, a DEA/Goal Programming model is presented to asses...

In our day-to-day living, a simple underlying principle is to consume resources in one form or another. This consumption generates waste, which needs to be dealt with in a responsible, efficient and effective manner. Waste is mostly collected and disposed by municipalities. This presents a challenge for these municipalities in dealing with ever inc...

Structured Abstract: Purpose: This paper aims to develop an integrated patient focused analytical framework to improve quality of care in Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit of a Maltese hospital. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopts a case study approach. Firstly, a thorough literature review has been undertaken to study the various approac...

A landfill represents a complex and dynamically evolving structure that can be stochastically perturbed by exogenous factors. Both thermodynamic (equilibrium) and time varying (non-steady state) properties of a landfill are affected by spatially heterogenous and nonlinear sub-processes that combine with constraining initial and boundary conditions...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the application of logical framework analysis (LFA) for implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) across multiple settings in a tertiary care hospital. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a multiple case study approach. LFA is implemented within three diverse settings, namely, inten...

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the incident reporting process (IR1s), to calculate the costs of reporting incidents in this context and to gain an indication of how economic the process was and whether it could be improved to yield better outcomes. Methods A retrospective analysis of a sample, 10.47% (n=150) selected from 1432...

Over the years, several scholars and policy makers have attempted to provide solutions to minimize risk in health care, and consequently improve patient safety. Possible solutions are to have parts of the health services better integrated, as well as to optimize resources safely through risk management principles. Twenty years ago, Braithwaite and...

Manufacturing operations utilises manpower, machine, materials, machine and money (i.e. capital). These ‘5M’s are key inputs for finished products delivered to the markets for consumption. Modern day manufacturing processes strive to focus on less energy consumption, flexibility of operations, near defect-free production and waste minimisation. Lit...