During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain mapping appeared as one of the critical supply chain capabilities that could make a striking difference in organizations' supply chain performance and improve sustainable operations. Despite its crucial role in responding to supply chain disruptions, there is a void in the literature on this topic. This book aims to address this gap demonstrating the importance of supply chain mapping, sustainability in the industry 4.0 era.
The book explores how supply chain mapping contributes to sustainability from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, the role of SC mapping in upstream, midstream, and downstream SC sustainability, as well as the role of technology advancement and impact of blockchain and industry 4.0 in SC mapping. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this edited collection features international contributors from a diverse range of disciplines including SC management, operations management, decision making, technology and innovation management, international business, and sustainability.
The book will be a valuable resource for global scholars, researchers and upper-level students across operations, supply chain management and logistics, as well as engineering and technology management.
About the Author: Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik is a Professor and Dean College of Business Management (CBM), Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi.
Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan is an Assistant Professor in Industrial System Engineering at University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada since January, 2022.
Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK.
Steve Brown, DPhil, is currently an Honorary Professor at Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, UK and was previously Professor of Operations Management at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK.
Syed Imran Zaman, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Jinnah University for Women, one of Pakistan's leading women's university.
