Halal logistics and supply chain management research

Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges and paralysed many industries worldwide. COVID-19 has created critical stress on local and global economies, as well as creating supply chain disruption to almost every sector. Among the sectors affected are food producers, pharmaceuticals, transportation industry, logistics organization, travel and tourism, hotel providers, automotive, oil and gas, and many more. The Halal industry is also identified as an industry affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter aims to explore key effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Halal economy, specifically focusing on the impact of the pandemic to the Halal industry in general, and to Halal logistics and supply chain as a main discussion. This study aims to explore how the Halal industry was affected from logistics and supply chain perspectives. This study is important to gain rich understanding on how this COVID-19 pandemic affected the Halal industry worldwide and locally. This study is among the pioneers that seeks ways to improve on the Halal supply chain and logistics context due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study is based on generic review and content analysis on the published documents in the area of Halal supply chain and COVID-19 impacts. A number of research suggestions for future scholars are also provided.