Table 3.
Supply chain sustainability drivers from experts’ opinions.
| Code | Drivers | Descriptions | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| D12 | Enable employees’ safety by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) | Organizations must ensure a social distance enabled working environment and provide PPE to the workers for retaining supply chain sustainability. | Contributed driver |
| D13 | Build resilient transportation and logistics facility | Enhance the global positioning system (GPS) accuracy and radio-frequency identification (RFID) enable better tracking of transportation systems, and sharing of physical internet (PI) improves the logistics capabilities. | Contributed driver |
| D14 | Development of health protocols for stakeholders across the supply chain | Organizations have to develop effective health protocols throughout the entire supply chain according to World Health Organizations’ (WHO's) guidelines to influence the supply chain sustainability. | Contributed driver |
| D15 | Policy development to recover the impact of COVID-19 | Organizations must rethink supply chain policy development to be prepared for any future pandemic situation like COVID-19. | Contributed driver |
| D16 | Financial support from supply chain partners | Collaborative financing among different tiers of the supply chain to achieve sustainability | Contributed driver |
| D17 | Expanding the application of internet of things (IoT) | IoT and automation technologies will get priority to prevent the transmission of future pandemic and enhance efficiency within the supply chain. | Contributed driver |
| D18 | Application of automation and robotics in manufacturing and logistics service | Use of robots in manufacturing makes the supply chain more autonomous, ensures safety, and improves productivity. | Contributed driver |
| D19 | Use of 3D printing for rapid manufacturing | 3D printing will help organizations to be more responsive to the changes in supply and demand after COVID-19. | Contributed driver |
| D20 | Financial support from the government through offering incentives, tax cuts, loans etc. | Various incentive plans and financial packages of government will help the organization recover financial losses due to COVID-19. | Contributed driver |