The role of digital transformation in achieving sustainable supply chain management in Industry 4.0: an editorial review perspective

ABSTRACT

Before and aftermath of COVID-19 has created multiple waves of digital transformation adoption in supply chain management. The power of potential benefits is realised as a multitude however the transformation phases are not sustainable. This editorial special issue has edited papers of scholarly research contributions to the theory and practice of digital transformation aspects in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Based on the summary of each contribution and an extended literature review on the theme, this editorial paper proposes a novel framework that could facilitate the logistics industry at times of disruptive technologies when firms are struggling to cope with the challenges created due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery.

KEYWORDS:

• Digital transformation
• sustainable supply chain
• post-COVID-19 recovery
• disruptive technologies
• industry 4.0
• supply chain digital twin

Acknowledgements

The editors would like to thank all reviewers who have supported the peer review process with the fullest ethical involvement and Dr. Rohit Sharma for his in-kind support in the process.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).