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Table 2

Summary of research articles accepted for publication in this special issue

Authors (Year)	Title	Keywords	Research objective	Method	Contribution
Chen and Lu (2021)	Shipment sizing for autonomous trucks of road freight	Logistics strategy, Logistics industry, Logistics cost	To provide relevant information on autonomous truck technology and to help logistics managers gain insight into assessing optimal shipment sizes for autonomous trucks	Review and numerical experiments	Examined AT cost estimates and theoretically revised the conceptual models to illustrate the implications of ATs on shipment sizing problems
Del Giudice et al. (2021)	Supply chain management in the era of circular economy: the moderating effect of big data	Supply chain processes, Sustainability	To explore the moderating role of big data-driven supply chain on the relationship between circular economy practices and firm performance for a circular supply chain	Online survey and multiple regression	Inferred that three categories of circular economy practices (design, relationship management, and HR management) play a crucial role in enhancing firm performance and clarified the moderating role of big data in those relationships
Dong et al. (2021)	The impact of emerging and disruptive technologies on freight transportation in the digital era: current state and future trends	Emerging technologies, Disruptive technologies, Logistics, Freight transportation Systematic literature review, Digital era, Decision-making	To provide a systematic literature review of the current state of affairs as well as future trends and aims to support stakeholders' decision-making in logistics management in the era of disruptive technologies	Systematic literature review of published research on the topic in the past twelve years	Identified 3D printing, artificial intelligence, automated robots, autonomous vehicles, big data analytics, blockchain, drones, electric vehicles, and the internet of Things as the emerging technologies
El-Kassar et al. (2021)	An Economic Production Model with Imperfect Quality Components and Probabilistic Lead times	Economic production quantity, Probabilistic lead time, Imperfect quality components, Reorder point	To investigate a production process that requires N kinds of components for the production of a finished product, where the components are received from different suppliers at varying lead times and are of perfect and imperfect quality	Mathematical modelling	Developed the model to determine optimal production/ordering policy by considering the probabilistic nature of lead times and quality of components
Hecker (2021)	Implementation of 3D printing and the effect on decision-making in logistics management	Logistics services, Management research, Decision-making, Logistics competences	To present a conceptual service development methodology showing the impact of 3D printing as a disruptive technology to the service portfolio	Expert surveys and case study	Designed a methodology for logistics managers to identify the potential of 3D printing and to implement its potential by modifying the current service portfolio
Ozdemir et al. (2021)	The Role of Blockchain in Reducing the Impact of Barriers to Humanitarian Supply Chain Management	Blockchain, Humanitarian supply chain management, Barriers to humanitarian supply chain management, Intuitionistic fuzzy multi-criteria decision making	To investigate the role of blockchain in reducing the impact of barriers to humanitarian supply chain management using a list of blockchain benefits	Intuitionistic fuzzy decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (IF-DEMATEL) and intuitionistic fuzzy analytic network process (IF-ANP)	Proposed a multi-criteria decision framework to explain the role of blockchain in decreasing the impact of barriers in humanitarian supply chain management
Sundarakani et al. (2021)	Robust Facility Location Decisions for Resilient Sustainable Supply Chain Performance in the Face of Disruptions	Robust optimisation, Facility relocation, Global supply chain network, COVID-19 disruptions, Digital twin, Disruptive technologies	To investigate establishing or moving distribution facilities in the global supply chain by considering costs, fulfilment, trade uncertainties, risks under environmental trade-offs and disruptive technologies	Robust optimisation and mixed Integer linear programming (ROMILP) method with a case study application	Examined sustainable dimensions along the global logistics corridor and investigated the global container traffic perspective

Authors (Year)	Title	Keywords	Research objective	Method	Contribution
Chen and Lu (2021)	Shipment sizing for autonomous trucks of road freight	Logistics strategy, Logistics industry, Logistics cost	To provide relevant information on autonomous truck technology and to help logistics managers gain insight into assessing optimal shipment sizes for autonomous trucks	Review and numerical experiments	Examined AT cost estimates and theoretically revised the conceptual models to illustrate the implications of ATs on shipment sizing problems
Del Giudice et al. (2021)	Supply chain management in the era of circular economy: the moderating effect of big data	Supply chain processes, Sustainability	To explore the moderating role of big data-driven supply chain on the relationship between circular economy practices and firm performance for a circular supply chain	Online survey and multiple regression	Inferred that three categories of circular economy practices (design, relationship management, and HR management) play a crucial role in enhancing firm performance and clarified the moderating role of big data in those relationships
Dong et al. (2021)	The impact of emerging and disruptive technologies on freight transportation in the digital era: current state and future trends	Emerging technologies, Disruptive technologies, Logistics, Freight transportationSystematic literature review, Digital era, Decision-making	To provide a systematic literature review of the current state of affairs as well as future trends and aims to support stakeholders' decision-making in logistics management in the era of disruptive technologies	Systematic literature review of published research on the topic in the past twelve years	Identified 3D printing, artificial intelligence, automated robots, autonomous vehicles, big data analytics, blockchain, drones, electric vehicles, and the internet of Things as the emerging technologies
El-Kassar et al. (2021)	An Economic Production Model with Imperfect Quality Components and Probabilistic Lead times	Economic production quantity, Probabilistic lead time, Imperfect quality components, Reorder point	To investigate a production process that requires N kinds of components for the production of a finished product, where the components are received from different suppliers at varying lead times and are of perfect and imperfect quality	Mathematical modelling	Developed the model to determine optimal production/ordering policy by considering the probabilistic nature of lead times and quality of components
Hecker (2021)	Implementation of 3D printing and the effect on decision-making in logistics management	Logistics services, Management research, Decision-making, Logistics competences	To present a conceptual service development methodology showing the impact of 3D printing as a disruptive technology to the service portfolio	Expert surveys and case study	Designed a methodology for logistics managers to identify the potential of 3D printing and to implement its potential by modifying the current service portfolio
Ozdemir et al. (2021)	The Role of Blockchain in Reducing the Impact of Barriers to Humanitarian Supply Chain Management	Blockchain, Humanitarian supply chain management, Barriers to humanitarian supply chain management, Intuitionistic fuzzy multi-criteria decisionmaking	To investigate the role of blockchain in reducing the impact of barriers to humanitarian supply chain management using a list of blockchain benefits	Intuitionistic fuzzy decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (IF-DEMATEL) and intuitionistic fuzzy analytic network process (IF-ANP)	Proposed a multi-criteria decision framework to explain the role of blockchain in decreasing the impact of barriers in humanitarian supply chain management
Sundarakani et al. (2021)	Robust Facility Location Decisions for Resilient Sustainable Supply Chain Performance in the Face of Disruptions	Robust optimisation, Facility relocation, Global supply chain network, COVID-19 disruptions, Digital twin, Disruptive technologies	To investigate establishing or moving distribution facilities in the global supply chain by considering costs, fulfilment, trade uncertainties, risks under environmental trade-offs and disruptive technologies	Robust optimisation and mixed Integer linear programming (ROMILP) method with a case study application	Examined sustainable dimensions along the global logistics corridor and investigated the global container traffic perspective