Decrypting the Belt and Road Initiative: Barriers and Development Paths for Global Logistics Networks

Nitsche, Benjamin

doi:10.3390/su12219110

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“…Thanks to the increasing awareness concerning ecological and social matters, companies are on the verge of finding effective and urgent alternative solutions, not only inside their specific organizations, but also across their entire logistic networks. At the same time, firms require a comprehensive analysis of the logistic networks that are composed of transport, geopolitical, regulatory, internal, and informational barriers [14]. Considering the guidelines elaborated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, it has become clear that in order to implement a CSC, firms should focus on three main targets.…”

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The Impact of Digital Technologies and Sustainable Practices on Circular Supply Chain Management

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Background: This study investigates how firms can enhance the functionality of their circular supply chains (CSCs) by adopting a portfolio of sustainable practices as well as digital technologies to increase performance. It analyzes the benefits that firms can obtain when investing in specific technologies to boost the impact of technologies and sustainable practices on CSCs, and further increase performance. Methods: We test several hypotheses by using structural equation modeling as well as multi-group analysis to verify whether CSCs can be achieved through sustainable practices and technologies and improve the firms’ performance. Results: The empirical results partially support the research hypotheses. While the main research hypotheses are fully supported, the analysis of single digital technologies reveals that only a few solutions can contribute to both the management and the improvement of the CSC. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that the identification of green suppliers and ad hoc environmental regulations, combined with attention to the origin and provenance of raw materials, can promote a CSC. Moreover, transportation management systems (TMS) and the internet of things (IoT) are efficient technologies for managing transportation and product flow in the CSC. Furthermore, machine learning (ML) is effective in making positive green decisions, and 3D printing can extend product life.

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Section: Sustainable Practicesmentioning

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The Impact of Digital Technologies and Sustainable Practices on Circular Supply Chain Management

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“…Additionally, analyzing the barriers and development paths for global logistics networks, Ref. [84] highlights that logistics networks face several challenges that hinder the development of efficient operations, and that professionals involved with logistics and supply chain management must align their networks with the market of the future's need.…”

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Analysis of the Activities That Make Up the Reverse Logistics Processes and Their Importance for the Future of Logistics Networks: An Exploratory Study Using the TOPSIS Technique

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Background: The wide variety of terms that converge in reverse logistics have been more evident and discussed in the current context of the literature, such as reverse channels, reverse supply chain, closed-loop supply chain, and circular supply chain. Regarding this, this paper aimed to investigate the level of uncertainty about the activities that make up the Reverse Logistics process in the opinion of professionals working in this area in Brazil, to develop a discussion relating to the sustainable development goals proposed by the UN and their importance for the future of logistics networks. Methods: Initially, through a detailed systematic review of the literature, the activities that make up the RL processes were identified. Then, a questionnaire was elaborated on regarding such activities, and a survey was developed with professionals in the area. The data obtained were analyzed through a descriptive analysis of means, calculation of Cronbach’s Alpha, and using the multicriteria decision technique TOPSIS. Results: It is possible to see that professionals involved with RL processes in Brazil still have many doubts regarding which activities belong to the RL process. In the opinion of Brazilian professionals, 10 of these activities have generated high levels of uncertainties about their belonging or not to the RL process. On the other hand, with a low level of uncertainty, 3 activities were not considered and 3 were considered to make up the RL process. Conclusions: It is believed that this study can contribute to the generation of knowledge by comparing basic information in the scientific literature with the practical knowledge of professionals belonging to the reverse logistics sector working in the Brazilian context.

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“…Supply Chain risk and Belt and Road initiative models help to build a theory of risk management in supply chains [16]. An interesting approach is presented by B. Nitsche [17]. Describing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) case, the author refers to the barrier and development paths for the entire logistics network from a global perspective.…”

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Challenges and Threats Faced in 2020 by International Logistics Companies Operating on the Polish Market

Brdulak

2021

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The main aim of the article is to present an analysis of the current challenges and threats to the Transport-Forwarding-Logistics (TFL) sector in Poland based on internet surveys. The aim of the article is, therefore, to investigate whether the challenges and threats described by managers in a two-year perspective are related to sustainable development. This area primarily concerns external conditions. On the other hand, in the surveys that were the subjects of the analyses, a section related to sustainable development in economic, environmental, and social terms was identified, in which the focus was primarily on the internal activities of the company. The article has a practical dimension. The article analyzes comments from managers posted in an internet survey. They constitute a separate part of the questionnaire, which mainly concerns financial indicators and other factors that determine the company’s competitiveness. Half of the respondents are companies with foreign capital, and half-Polish companies. Based on the comments over a three-year period with over sixty managers from logistics companies in Poland, an analysis of the most important challenges that companies in the logistics industry have to face in the near future was presented. The survey is a part of a broader research project that has been conducted in the form of a quantitative survey among approximately sixty TFL companies for twenty-five years on an annual basis. The results of the survey are supplemented with an attempt to analyze the current situation in 2020 related to the impending economic recession as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat. The surveyed companies constitute a significant part of the TFL market in Poland. Thus, they are the benchmark for the entire industry. Therefore, an important value of the presented analysis is the up-to-date research, as well as the ability to relate the results and developed scenarios to the entire TFL sector.

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Decrypting the Belt and Road Initiative: Barriers and Development Paths for Global Logistics Networks

Cited by 6 publications

References 50 publications

The Impact of Digital Technologies and Sustainable Practices on Circular Supply Chain Management

The Impact of Digital Technologies and Sustainable Practices on Circular Supply Chain Management

Analysis of the Activities That Make Up the Reverse Logistics Processes and Their Importance for the Future of Logistics Networks: An Exploratory Study Using the TOPSIS Technique

Challenges and Threats Faced in 2020 by International Logistics Companies Operating on the Polish Market

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