Rajesh Kumar Singh

• PhD (Operations Management)
• Professor at Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India

A compact and reconfigurable microstrip triangular patch antenna with polarization switching capability between left-hand circular polarization (LHCP), right-hand circular polarization (RHCP), and linear polarization (LP) is proposed in this paper. The antenna consists of a triangular patch, spur lines are etched along two opposite radiating edges...

This work aims to model the near-field ultra�high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) scenario and evaluate the system's performance. The received power by tag or tagged object is calculated with the help of an electromagnetic simulator and measured through a commercial RFID reader. Later, the read range is compared by evalua...

A traditional manufacturing system leads to rapid exploitation of natural resources, global warming, and a decline in biodiversity. Sustainable practices are essential for the conservation of natural resources and environmental protection. A reluctant attitude of manufacturing organizations towards sustainable practices has been observed due to the...

Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have considerable potential to achieve sustainability in logistics and supply chain management. However, the integration of blockchain-IoT has not been explored extensively in past research. This research provides a complete analysis of the enablers for using blockchain-IoT to manage logistics an...

The study aims to identify, assess, and prioritise barriers to adopting industry 4.0 technology for decarbonisation in the steel industry. It also develops a barrier intensity index of industry 4.0 technologies for decarbonisation. The barriers to industry 4.0 technologies are identified through literature review and semi-structured interviews, and...

Additive manufacturing (AM), an Industry 4.0 technology, is revolutionizing healthcare continuously for the welfare of society. This study aims to perform a systematic review of AM literature in the healthcare sector to analyse the current state of the art and provide future research directions. The study provides a detailed analysis of AM applicat...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the economies of developing countries. The circular economy (CE) is considered a long‐term initiative for protecting the environment by reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions, recycling and ending planned obsolescence. This research aims to explore antecedents for the CE cap...

Recent years have witnessed increased pressure across the global healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic shattered existing healthcare operations and taught us the importance of a resilient and sustainable healthcare system. Digitisation, specifically adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has positively contributed...

Owing to its unparalleled transparency and disintermediation characteristics, blockchain technology has a huge potential to transform the tourism and hospitality industry. Airlines and hotel companies are now turning to blockchain for its multifaceted applications, yet its holistic value realization in the sector is far from reality. The existing l...

Supply chain decarbonisation has become a strategic requirement in the era of a net-zero economy. Despite the significant role of Big Data Analytics (BDA) in decarbonising the supply chain (SC), no prior study has evaluated it systematically. The present study aims to provide a systematic literature review on the applications and outcomes of big da...

Digitalization of the supply chain represents using several advanced digital technologies to support and synchronize organizational interactions by making services more valuable, accessible, and affordable for customer satisfaction. Given the growing significance of supply chain digitalization, developing a valid and reliable instrument to assess t...

The healthcare supply chain involves the manufacturing and delivery of medicines at the right time, at the right place, and in the correct quantity. In the world of uncertainties, especially deadly pandemics, the digitalization of the healthcare supply chain has emerged as one of the urgent phenomena to implement, for which organizations are focuss...

With the rise in the global environmental issues, there is need of transformation of internal combustion engines into electric ones in the transportation industry. Therefore, this article aims to identify and categorize the barriers in adoption of battery-operated electric vehicles (BOEVs) in context to India. The article is conducted into three ph...

Purpose The study aims to identify the central paradoxical tensions existing in developing resilience in organisations. The main thrust of this study is to develop a thorough understanding of diverse conflicting tensions in building resilience and develop the possible strategies to surmount these tensions. Design/methodology/approach Using the cas...

Firms are using blockchain technology to prevent fraudulent activities through consensus mechanisms and help identify data tampering through its underlying characteristics, such as immutability, encryption transparency, and operational resilience. However, a holistic review of blockchain application in building a cyber-secure supply chain remains e...

Knowledge is an intangible asset that can increase employees' and organisation's effectiveness. Limited research has been done to upgrade existing knowledge management systems in the Industry 4.0 environment. Hence, this study identifies thirteen critical factors for developing a knowledge management system in Industry 4.0 environment. Interpretive...

Purpose The study aims to review state-of-art literature on supply chain resilience in SMEs in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and provides a comprehensive view of insights gained, gaps identified and suggests potential areas of future research. Design/methodology/approach Using a thorough search strategy, 46 articles were found...

In the current era of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy, green logistics have become necessary for being sustainable. Adopting green logistics practices is a challenging task for the manufacturing industry, specifically in developing countries like India. In this study, we identified 16 barriers to implementing green logistics in the Indian manufac...

Collaboration in a supply chain becomes a significant competitive weapon for member firms in an uncertain business environment. The present study develops a model of supply chain collaboration named as House of Collaborative Partnership (HCP) and includes the enablers and impeders of a successful Collaborative Partnership (CP). Model development fo...

Purpose: This paper prioritizes the factors for the successful implementation of Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM). Design/Methodology/Approach: The technique used for prioritization is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Findings: The commitment and involvement of the top management, i.e., the leadership team, is the most critical success f...

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a slew of new business practices that have put the society and environment under strain. This has drawn the attention of supply chain researchers working to address the COVID-19 pandemic's looming social sustainability issues. Prior literature has indicated that collaborative relationships improve organizationa...

Purpose This study aims to provide a rich learning opportunity from COVID-19 crisis for making resilient supply chain by adopting new strategies for the procurement system. Design/methodology/approach The systematic literature review has been conducted from the year 2012 to 2022 with the objective of developing procurement system for resilient sup...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to systematically review the state-of-art literature on the net-zero economy in the field of supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review of 79 articles published from 2009 to 2021 has been conducted to minimise the researchers' bias and maximise the reliability and replic...

The study aims to propose a decision-making framework for prioritising solutions to overcome barriers to omnichannel adoption in logistics. An empirical case study has been carried out to assess the practicality and validity of this framework in the actual environment. The decision-making framework embraces an integrated approach comprising of fuzz...

The introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and others has revolutionised the traditional warehousing and logistics industry, resulting in significant changes to various operations and decision-making. Despite the undeniable importance of this topic, the primary...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a revolutionary technological advancement that has the potential to contribute to sustainability in operations. The environmental benefits offered by AM have motivated firms to the adoption of this technology. However, the real-world examples of successful applications of AM are limited. This study aims to explore and...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the technology which is gaining popularity in the recent years. The application of AI can be seen in all industries. This article is focusing particularly on the application of AI in the supply chain. Looking at the numerous benefits of AI, many industries, researchers and practitioners across the world had started e...

In the last three decades, lean and quality management practices have been employed by the manufacturing organizations but limited studies have analyzed impact of lean and quality practices on green supply chain performance. This study aims to understand the impact of lean and quality management practices on green supply chain (GSC) performance thr...

Purpose This study aims to identify service quality dimensions for logistics service providers (LSPs) and to examine their relationships with customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Design/methodology/approach Service quality dimensions are identified from vast literature review. Customers who take services from LSPs were surveyed to collect d...

A wideband, low-profile, 3D automotive antenna for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G applications is presented in this paper. Different from other cellular antennas typically placed under the shark-fin cover or inside a car’s plastic spoiler, the proposed antenna is designed to be integrated inside the vehicle’s dashboard. The 35.5 × 40 × 45 mm³ ant...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been experienced as the most significant global disaster after the Spanish flue in 1918. Millions of people lost their life due to a lack of preparedness and ineffective strategies for managing humanitarian supply chains (HSC). Based on the learnings from this pandemic outbreak, different strategies for managing the effect...

With an increase in supply chain disruptions, managing supply chain vulnerability has become a key factor to build resilient supply chains. Although supply chain vulnerability and associated factors are mostly studied individually or with selected groups, the supply chain literature lacks comprehensive and systematic studies. The current study aims...

Purpose Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are facing major difficulties with working capital, need of digitalisation and lack of skilled workforce during this crisis situation. Managing resilience post pandemic is again a huge challenge for MSMEs. Therefore, the main objective of the study is to identify the critical barriers for recovery...

Purpose Reverse supply chain (RSC) is one of the ways to handle product returns efficiently. Recovery of residual value from product returns also helps in achieving sustainability. Its successful implementation requires coordination among all the channel members involved in the activities, from the acquisition to collection to the disposition of re...

The organic food market has emerged as a growing trend among consumers. The present study examines the relationship between Health Consciousness (HC), Organic Food Knowledge (OFK), Subjective Norms (SN), Price Perception (PP), Environmental Concern (EC), Attitude (ATT), Willingness to Purchase (WP), and Actual Buying Behaviour (ABB) towards organic...

In the era of circular economy (CE), sustainability in the supply chain provides a competitive edge over other organizations in a globally competitive environment. There have been an increasing number of studies in sustainable supply chain practices in the recent past. Limited studies have been done to identify the key strategic factors for sustain...

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has come across as an exogenous shock to the firms and their supply chains. It has led firms to rethink and rework their existing robust and resilient supply chains. The purpose of this study is to move beyond robustness and resilience and shift to an antifragile supply chain that sees disorder as an opportunit...

We are inviting quality research papers for special issue of International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness on "Competitiveness of SMEs in the Era of Circular and Digital Economy". If you are working on relevant topic and have any query, feel free to contact guest editors. Dr. Rajesh Kr Singh ,Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran Prof. Jose Art...

The social structures in organisations constitute essential enablers for the betterment of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) performance. Our paper explores such enablers in the context of SMEs’ contribution to the Circular Economy (CE), through the lens of institutional and dynamic capability view theories. We focus on the relationships between...

The cost constraints are higher comparatively for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India. In view of recurring competitive developments in product demand, design, values, life cycle and increasing environment & government guidelines, SMEs are required to plan the manufacturing on sustainable basis as to remain in business for long run. In thi...

Manufacturers, especially SMEs, are increasingly adopting digitalization to improve their agility to respond to the fluctuating market dynamics and to be transparent. To achieve sustained competitiveness, SMEs are shedding their reluctance to invest in technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics. Further, Manufacturing Execution S...

Data-driven technologies can have a broad impact on innovation management. In the present digital era, it has become a complex and debatable topic that requires refinement from a research perspective. Along this line, this study aims to understand how digital orientation facilitates the adoption of digital technologies to improve innovation perform...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is heralded as a new manufacturing paradigm with significant environmental, economic, and social sustainability consequences. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the sustainable enablers of AM. The research has identified 19 sustainable enablers of AM belonging to three areas: social, economic, and envi...

Abstract In this work, a wide‐angle forward to backward scanning wideband leaky‐wave antenna (LWA) based on the microstrip spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) transmission line (TL) is proposed. The proposed microstrip SSPP TL has tapered corrugations on both sides of the metallic strip conductor. After designing an efficient transition with a...

In Industry 4.0 environment, supply chains have become prone to various risks due to rapid globalization and process digitalization. The uncertainties and unplanned and unnatural events that are internal to supply chain networks and external to the environment of a firm pertaining to global supply chains are regarded as supply chain risks. The obje...

The evolution of digital platforms has transformed the way businesses operate. Digital platforms have become popular and common in Business-to-Business (B2B) markets, thereby leading to increased interest of researchers. Even with the increasing interest, the field suffers from the lack of a comprehensive approach towards plugging the gaps left beh...

Due to global warming and fast depletion of fossil fuels, the option of battery-operated electric vehicles (EVs) has emerged as one of the most popular alternatives for sustainable transport. In the present study, India is considered as a case country to explore the challenges in sustainable supply chain of electric vehicle batteries. India, being...

Purpose Nowadays, many firms are finding ways to enhance the survivability of sustainable supply chains (SUSSCs). The present study aims to develop a model for the SUSSCs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach With the help of exhaustive literature review, constructs and items are identifie...

During COVID-19 pandemic, the logistics sector has witnessed supply chain disruptions all across the globe. Digitalisation and sustainable solutions have become the priority for the logistics companies to deal with this crisis situation. Managing logistic operations for sustainability has become a major challenge. Therefore, the main objective of t...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a paramount role in economic and social growth of every country. FDI acts as a source of external capital and helps in economic growth of the host country. Making decision for FDI during uncertain business environment is a challenge for all stakeholders. Therefore, in this study, we are proposing a decision mak...

Purpose The study presents various barriers to adopt big data analytics (BDA) for sustainable manufacturing operations (SMOs) post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemics. In this study, 17 barriers are identified through extensive literature review and experts’ opinions for investing in BDA implementation. A questionnaire-based survey is conducte...

Purpose-This study has analyzed strategic issues in implementing advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) in manufacturing organizations in India and their relative importance. Design/methodology/approach-A survey of manufacturing organizations was conducted, and the data were analyzed using statistical tools (one-sample t-tests, correlation and...

The integrated implementation of lean and green systems can assist managers in achieving environmental and economic performance. The benefits of this integration include improved quality of the environment, superior interactions with channel partners and consumers, reduction in lead times and overall costs, and so forth. This research seeks to eval...

On 2 January 2018, V. K. Benugopal reviewed the company’s performance for the previous quarter. He thought about the challenges he had faced during the quarter and was convinced that time was running out to make things right. Benugopal took charge as chief executive officer (CEO) of Panth Transfreight Limited (PTL) in July 2017 and was entrusted wi...

Purpose The present study aims to assess the role of supply chain resilience as an operational excellence approach to deal with disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic in the food supply chain of an agri-food supply firm. Design/methodology/approach The case study method was used to analyse the disruptions faced by the agricultural food supply...

Digitalization is an opportunity for manufacturing SMEs to transform, not only for the flexibility and agility, but also for improved responsiveness in meeting customer requirements. Quality, being an integral part of customer-orientation, needs to be at the forefront of transformation under digitalization. Also, the digitalization is the need of t...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between destination brand equity and tourist's revisit intention towards health tourism destinations. The study also examines the mediating effect of destination brand association between destination-based brand equity and travellers' revisit intention for health tourism destinations. Design/...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify factors that are important for logistics organizations from the perspective of manpower readiness for digitization of logistics operations. The study also prioritizes the identified factors and also evaluates the readiness index of manpower for the digitalization of logistics processes. Design/metho...

Novel Yagi-like antenna structures were investigated here to design a UHF-RFID wearable antenna. The textile antennas were designed to be integrated into a smart glove, together with a compact UHF-RFID reader. Parasitic elements, acting as either a reflector or directors, were included to focus the field out of the operator's hand, thereby limiting...

The evolution of supply chain management like green supply chain management and sustainable supply chain implementation has been done with a great speed in previous two decades. Because of it researchers have examined it and defined it many times .The purpose of this paper is to review those definitions over the period of last 20 years .For this ,p...

Purpose The proposed article is aimed at exploring the opportunities, challenges and possible outcomes of incorporating big data analytics (BDA) into health-care sector. The purpose of this study is to find the research gaps in the literature and to investigate the scope of incorporating new strategies in the health-care sector for increasing the e...

Demand of energy has been increasing day by day; to meet the energy demand, it is time to shift toward renewable sources. Renewable energy is easily available on earth; hence, it attracts the interest of researchers. At the large scale of renewable energy generation, the controlling of power quality with the grid is a challenging tasks for research...

This paper represents the review of hybrid solar power system for remote area application. The designed hybrid system may consist of solar source and battery as storing devices connected with gird. Our focused in this paper is single-phase AC distribution with solar for remote area. The hybrid system also improves the dynamics behavior during fluct...

The Agri-food Supply Chains (AFSC) dealing with perishable items have suffered a lot due to the COVID 19 pandemic. During this uncertain time, developing resiliency has become a priority for management. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on AFSC and the possible strategies for improving the resilience of t...

Purpose – Logistics companies are compelled to improve their efficiency and the environmental performance by introducing the green concept in their operations. The main purpose of the paper is to have continuous monitoring and tracking of logistics operations to enhance the green performance. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses a case...

The main purpose of the paper is to find the sustainable solutions for crop residues burning in the northwestern states of India. Pre- and post-monsoon burning of the crop residues in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and western Uttar Pradesh increases the particulate matter significantly in the environment. During this period, the wind remains stagnant...

In the present era of the circular economy, sustainable service quality has become an order winning criteria for all logistics provider across the world. The selection of appropriate logistics service providers (LSPs) greatly influences the performance of supply chains in terms of sustainability indicators. Most of the previous studies have not con...

The growing demand in the manufacturing sector has yielded serious negative impact on 3Ps (people, planet, and profit), and it requires the most change among the businesses with sustainability goals. Therefore, it becomes very crucial to identify and diminish the outcomes of critical barriers of sustainable manufacturing (SM). This paper analyzes e...

The objective of this paper is to enumerate a study of the transformation of a brownfield manufacturing facility producing Electro-Mechanical Devices (EMD). Essentially this study can be termed as a testimonial for “Digitalize and Transform” initiative. A Production Digital Twin was developed leveraging the IIoT ready shop floor and adopting approp...

Blockchain technology, is conceptualised as a type of disruptive technology and is regarded as one of the prime tools of Industry 4.0 today. The varied features of Blockchain like smart contract, decentralisation, transparency, traceability, data immutability and data privacy along with a consensus mechanism make it suitable to be utilized in the c...

The coordination in post-disaster functions is a major challenge for the humanitarian supply chains. Due to uncertainty and temporary nature of the disasters, it becomes very difficult to ensure coordination among the aid organizations engaged in the humanitarian supply chain. The increasing incidents of the natural, technological and man-made disa...

This paper deals with modeling and analysis of complex mechanical systems that deteriorate with age. As systems age, the questions on their availability and reliability start to surface. The system is believed to suffer from internal stochastic degradation mechanism that is described as a gradual and continuous process of performance deterioration....

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. The main aim of this study is to analyze these barriers to improve the sustainability of a supply chain. Our study identifies the major criteria for sustainable op...

Scheduling is the heart of any successful cloud. A wrong scheduling decision affects its performance and reliability. The traditional scheduling algorithms, i.e., shortest job first, round-robin, etc., do not give appropriate results in the cloud and also not fulfill the quality of service constraints imposed by the user. Cloud implements virtualiz...