.... Social implications The DTs in manufacturing have profound social implications, emphasizing that companies should consider economic, social and environmental sustainability during digitalization. Originality/value This study introduces a novel concept of GDTC and provides important theoretical...

...Amna Farrukh; Sanjay Mathrani; Aymen Sajjad Purpose This paper attempts to explore the green-lean-six sigma (GLSS) practices in the continuous process industry particularly in the flexible packaging (FP) industry in an emerging economy for addressing environmental sustainability issues. Design...

...Alison Ashby Purpose Forward and reverse supply chains form a “closed loop” when managed in a coordinated way and this “cradle to cradle” responsibility has strong relevance to addressing environmental sustainability in global supply chains. The extensive outsourcing of manufacturing has created...

...Gino Marchet; Marco Melacini; Sara Perotti Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to categorise the research on environmental sustainability in logistics and transportation on the basis of the main themes and study methods and proposes directions for future research. Design/methodology...