Does COVID-19 pandemic disrupt sustainable supply chain process? Covering some new global facts

Abstract

The adverse effects of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are widely visible in the economic structure, while the principal causal factor is the disruption of the supply chain process that leads to the economies into a global depression. The purpose of the study is to identify the critical factors that affect the global sustainable supply chain process in the cross-sectional panel of 38 European countries, 14 North American countries, 40 Asian countries, and a heterogeneous panel of 111 countries. The results show that an increase in susceptible coronavirus cases and death tolls limits the supply chain process because of nationwide closures of industries and business activities. In contrast, an increase in the number of recovered cases supports economic activities and improved logistic performance index across countries. The innovation accounting matrix shows that since August 2020, the global coronavirus cases will decline and start resuming economic activities to increase the supply chain process. The result is further supported by the estimates of reduction in the proportion of death to recovered cases (case fatality ratio 1) to increase sustainable logistics activities. However, the supply chain process could affect an increasing death toll and case fatality ratio 2 (i.e., the proportion of death to registered cases) over time. The global economies should ensure a free flow of sustainable logistics supply, especially the supply of healthcare medical equipment that would help control the coronavirus pandemic, which escapes from the nations from a global depression.

Two years of COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the role of knowledge-based supply chains towards resilience through bibliometric and network analyses

“…The study also identified the remedial measures to deal with disruption in SC from COVID-19. Anser et al ( 2021 ) analysed the critical factors that affect the sustainable SC in COVID-19. Karuppiah et al ( 2021 ) analysed the challenges of COVID-19 in the humanitarian SC using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP).…”

Logistics Trends and Innovations in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis Using Text Mining

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has also affected, both positively and negatively, the adoption of innovation in the logistics sector. On the one hand, authors have argued that the COVID-19 pandemic sped up the transformation and innovation in the logistics sector, e.g., [8][9][10][11]. Online businesses blossom since the start of the pandemic and lead to increased need for innovations in logistics to deliver goods to consumers [8].…”

“…Online businesses blossom since the start of the pandemic and lead to increased need for innovations in logistics to deliver goods to consumers [8]. Companies have also recognized the need to adopt robust and resilient supply chains and logistics by making them smart, digitalized, and sustainable during the COVID-19 pandemic [9,10]. For example, in airline industries, COVID-19 led to innovations such as the utilization of touchless technologies at airports, the use of ultraviolet light (UV) for disinfecting aircrafts, and the use of biometrics to accelerate check-in processes [11].…”

Reliable container supply chain under disruption

“…1 supports these statistics to show that the weekly Shanghai containerized freight index in main service routes reached the maximum level during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to past years. This fact implies that supply chain disruption caused a significant increase in freight rates and led to an adverse impact on a sustainable supply chain across the globe (Anser et al, 2021 ).

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