...Antonio Piepoli; Roberta Pellegrino; Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo; Andrea Genovese Purpose This study aims to investigate how organisations involved in critical raw materials (CRMs) recovery from urban waste respond to external uncertainties, and how such uncertainties generate multi-level dependencies...

...Christopher M. Durugbo; Zainab Al-Balushi; Abdellatef Anouze; Omar Amoudi Purpose The dynamic nature of uncertainty sources in regional operations represents supply chain management (SCM) imperatives to review uncertainty management frameworks on an ongoing basis with a view to identifying...

...Chengyong Xiao; Boyana Petkova; Eric Molleman; Taco van der Vaart Purpose Technology uncertainty poses significant challenges to manufacturers, as rapid changes in product and/or process standards and specifications can disrupt the smooth flow of materials in extended supply chains. Practitioners...

... are related to changes in the economic environment independently from firms’ economic behaviour. Such new forms of uncertainties can have significant economic consequences on the supply chain organisation. The coexistence of different kinds of risks opens new questions regarding the strategic management...

..., uncertainty and emergency cost in two‐echelon logistics service supply chain. On the other side, the purpose of this paper is to help managers understand how to deal with the problem of order allocation in the two‐echelon logistics service supply chain better in the case of emergency. Design/methodology...

.... The health check procedure is activated via a quick scan methodology (QSM) requiring execution by a multi‐disciplinary team working on‐site. The degree of integration within the value chain is estimated by the QS team, using the uncertainty circle concept which apportions observed uncertainties...