Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
Abstract
Protocol of a systematic review of quantitative models (optimisation, simulation, agent-based, system dynamics, digital-twin, game-theoretic, input-output/CGE) in which a digital technology (IoT, blockchain, digital twins, AI, big-data analytics, platforms) is part of the modelled supply chain and at least one environmental or social sustainability metric is included. The review maps which technologies and mechanisms are modelled, how sustainability-resilience trade-offs under disruption are represented, whether models cover cross-border rather than domestic chains, and whether results are scaled to the sectoral or national-economy level. Searches: Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection, 2015-2026; reporting follows PRISMA 2020.
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