Abstract
The concept of sustainability has been highly valued by all aspects of life, while the supply chain plays a critical role in production and logistics. Supply chain management (SCM) is continuously transformed by information technology (IT). The purpose of this study is to review and discuss the effect of information technology-based SCM on sustainability. This paper conducted a systematic literature review by collecting author-anchored keywords from peer-reviewed articles on IT-based supply chain management. A total of 1264 articles and 2575 keywords from eleven supply chain-related journals were analysed with social network analysis. A knowledge map with ten research hot topics was identified. Additionally, a sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) model is developed not only to guide researchers to further understand IT-based SCM topical and structural meanings but also to contribute to enlightening a coherent and rigorous body of theories relevant to academics and supply chain and logistics managers interested in SSCM.
Highlights
The present study aims to fill this void and answer the following research question: How is information technology (IT) positioned with respect to other factors of relationships in the sustainable Supply chain management (SCM) and logistics domains? this study plans to understand (1) what are the main IT applications in current SCM, (2) what are the key successful factors that influence IT-enabled SCM implementation, and (3) what is the role of IT in a sustainable supply chain?
According to the search criteria and the target journals, 1264 articles were identified from eleven journals, which contained 2575 unique keywords and 12,611 connections
Author-anchored keywords in journal articles represent the distillation of academic knowledge
Summary
How to balance “the triple bottom line” (e.g., economic, environmental, and social values) has become one of the greatest challenges that a supply chain manager is facing [1,2,3]. To cope with these challenges, IT, with the capability to connect and integrate people, processes and devices among focal organizations, has long been recognized as an effective and efficient instrument to actualize organizational strategies [4]. Scholars use bibliographic information such as authors, research institutions, author-anchored keywords, or references to quantify the scientific impact of a particular field.
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