In recent years, supply chains have moved from the background of business operations to the forefront of strategic decision-making. Once viewed primarily as cost centers to be optimized, they are now recognized as complex, dynamic systems that can determine an organization’s resilience—or its...

Achieving manufacturing excellence requires continuous improvement in operational efficiency, quality, and process performance. Although Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is widely recognized for process optimization, its application in complex manufacturing environments remains constrained by the lack of...

Background:Women remain underrepresented in leadership and decision-making roles within the logistics sector, particularly in developing countries where gendered caregiving expectations remain deeply entrenched. This study examines how gender roles and responsibilities...

This study proposes an integrated fuzzy multi-objective decision-support framework for the simultaneous optimization of procurement allocation and logistics network design in multi-echelon supply chains. The framework explicitly captures the interdependence between sourcing and transportation...