Table 5.
Systematic literature review - coding results
| Year | Author | Title | Journal | Methodology | Coding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply chain scope | Research intensity | |||||
| 1993 | Towill, D. R. | System dynamics— background, methodology, and applications: Part 1: Background and methodology | Computing and Control Engineering Journal | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 1 |
| 1993 | Towill, D. R. | System dynamics— background, methodology, and applications: Part 2: Applications | Computing and Control Engineering Journal | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| 1996 | Naim, M. M. | Methodology before technology | Manufacturing Engineer | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 1 |
| 1997 | Maloni and Benton | Supply chain partnerships: Opportunities for operations research | European Journal of Operational Research | Operations Research | Level 3 | Level 1 |
| 2001 | Sodhi and Mohan | Applications and opportunities for operations research in Internet-enabled supply chains and electronic marketplaces | Interfaces | Operations Research | Level 3 | Level 1 |
| 2003 | Spengler and Schroter | Strategic Management of Spare Parts in Closed-Loop Supply Chains-A System Dynamics Approach | Interfaces | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 3 |
| 2003 | Rubiano et al. | The effectiveness of using e-collaboration tools in the supply chain: an assessment study with system dynamics | Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2004 | Zhang and Dilts | System dynamics of supply chain network organisation structure | Information Systems and eBusiness Management | System Dynamics | Level 5 | Level 2 |
| 2004 | Y. Ge et al. | System dynamics modelling for supply-chain management: A case study on a supermarket chain in the UK: [1] | International Transactions in Operational Research | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2005 | Amit et al. | Developing Indian grain supply chain cost model: a system dynamics approach | International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| 2005 | Akkermans and Dellaert | The rediscovery of industrial dynamics: the contribution of system dynamics to supply chain management in a dynamic and fragmented world | System Dynamics Review | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2005 | Moon and Kim | Systems thinking ability for supply chain management | Supply Chain Management | Systems Thinking | Level 4 | Level 4 |
| 2005 | Georgiadis et al. | A system dynamics modeling framework for the strategic supply chain management of food chains | Journal of Food Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| 2006 | Ashayeri, and Lemmes. | Economic value added of supply chain demand planning: A system dynamics simulation | Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 3 |
| 2006 | Wu et al. | Using System Dynamics Approach to Construct a Performance Measurement Model for Pharmacy Supply Chain Management | Journal of International Technology and Information Management | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2006 | Schwaninger and Vrhovec | Supply System Dynamics: Distributed Control in Supply Chains and Networks | Cybernetics and Systems | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Caddy et al.. | Supply chains and their management: Application of general systems theory | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | General Systems Theory | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Vlachos et al. | A system dynamics model for dynamic capacity planning of remanufacturing in closed-loop supply chains | Computers and Operations Research | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Sameer and Teruyuki | System dynamics study of the Japanese automotive industry closed loop supply chain | Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Özbayrak et al. | Systems dynamics modelling of a manufacturing supply chain system | Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Min et al. | Simulation study using system dynamics for a CONWIP-controlled lamp supply chain | International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2007 | Kamath et al. | Capacity augmentation of a supply chain for a short lifecycle product: A system dynamics framework | European Journal of Operational Research | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2008 | Georgiadis and Besiou | Sustainability in electrical and electronic equipment closed-loop supply chains: A System Dynamics approach | Journal of Cleaner Production | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2008 | Everingham et al. | Operations Research Enhances Supply Chain Management at the US Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Center | Interfaces | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2008 | Rabelo et al. | Using system dynamics, neural nets, and eigenvalues to analyse supply chain behaviour. A case study | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2009 | Bonett et al. | Using Confidence Intervals in Supply Chain and Operations Research | Journal of Supply Chain Management | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 4 |
| 2010 | Campuzano et al. | Fuzzy estimations and system dynamics for improving supply chains | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2010 | Georgiadis and Besiou | Environmental and economical sustainability of WEEE closed-loop supply chains with recycling: a system dynamics analysis | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2011 | Towill and Childerhouse. | A systems engineering approach to supply chain auditing | Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management | Systems Engineering | Level 1 | Level 4 |
| 2011 | Rabelo et al. | Stability of the Supply Chain Using System Dynamics Simulation and the Accumulated Deviations from Equilibrium | Modelling and Simulation in Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2011 | Kumar and Nigmatullin | A system dynamics analysis of food supply chains – Case study with non-perishable products | Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory | System Dynamics | Level 5 | Level 2 |
| 2011 | Janamanchi | Optimising Two-player Supply Chain Performance: A System Dynamics Simulation Study | Competition Forum | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2011 | Ivanov et al. | Integrated supply chain planning based on a combined application of operations research and optimal control | Central European Journal of Operations Research | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2012 | Vimmerstedt et al. | Ethanol Distribution, Dispensing, and Use: Analysis of a Portion of the Biomass-to-Biofuels Supply Chain Using System Dynamics | PLoS One | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 1 |
| 2012 | Trappey et al. | System dynamics modelling of product carbon footprint life cycles for collaborative green supply chains | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2012 | Tavella et al. | Enhancing the Design and Management of a Local Organic Food Supply Chain with Soft Systems Methodology | International Food and Agribusiness Management Review | Soft Systems Methodology | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2012 | Tako et al. | The application of discrete event simulation and system dynamics in the logistics and supply chain context | Decision Support Systems | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2012 | Lin and Shayo | Systems Dynamics Modeling for Collaboration and Information Sharing on Supply Chain Performance and Value Creation | Journal of International Technology and Information Management | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2012 | Kumar and Chandra | U.S., Japan and EU auto industries’ closed loop supply chains: A system dynamics study | VINE Information and Knowledge Systems Management | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2012 | Gu and Gao | Joint decisions for R/M integrated supply chain using system dynamics methodology | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 5 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Das and Dutta | A system dynamics framework for integrated reverse supply chain with three way recovery and product exchange policy | Computers and Industrial Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Campuzano-Bolarín et al. | An extension to fuzzy estimations and system dynamics for improving supply chains | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Zhang and Zhang | The System Dynamics Analyses of Bullwhip Effect in China Processed Oil Supply Chain | Applied Mechanics and Materials | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Teimoury et al. | A multi-objective analysis for import quota policy making in a perishable fruit and vegetable supply chain: A system dynamics approach | Computers and Electronics in Agriculture | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Mula et al. | A system dynamics model for the supply chain procurement transport problem: comparing spreadsheets, fuzzy programming and simulation approaches | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Lehr et al. | From waste to value - a system dynamics model for strategic decision-making in closed-loop supply chains | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Janamanchi and Burns. | Control Theory Concepts Applied to Retail Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Modeling Environment Study | Modelling and Simulation in Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2013 | Guo and Wang, | System Dynamics Model for VMI and TPL Integrated Supply Chains | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2014 | Böhme et al. | Systems engineering effective supply chain innovations | International Journal of Production Research | Systems Engineering | Level 1 | Level 4 |
| 2014 | Tian et al. | A system dynamics model based on evolutionary game theory for green supply chain management diffusion among Chinese manufacturers | Journal of Cleaner Production | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2014 | Rodríguez et al. | New opportunities in operations research to improve pork supply chain efficiency | Annals of Operations Research | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2014 | Piewthongngam et al. | System dynamics modelling of an integrated pig production supply chain | Biosystems Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 4 |
| 2014 | Peng, Min:Peng, Yi:Chen, Hong | Post-seismic supply chain risk management: A system dynamics disruption analysis approach for inventory and logistics planning | Computers and Operations Research | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| 2014 | Mendoza et al. | Using systems dynamics to evaluate the tradeoff among supply chain aggregate production planning policies | International Journal of Operations and Production Management | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2014 | Hildbrand and Bodhanya | Application of the viable system model in a complex sugarcane supply chain | British Food Journal | Viable System Model | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2014 | Belbo and Talbot | Systems Analysis of Ten Supply Chains for Whole Tree Chips | Forests | Systems Analysis | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2014 | Afshar et al. | System Dynamics Analysis of a Blood Supply Chain System | Applied Mechanics and Materials | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2015 | Blackburn et al. | Operations research in BASF’s supply chain operations | International Transactions in Operational Research | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2015 | Yuan and Zhang, Xiao | Recycler Reaction for the Government Behavior in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Distribution Network: Based on the System Dynamics | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2015 | Waller et al. | The Luxury Paradox: How Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Collaboration Can Bring Sustainability Into Mainstream Practice | Journal of Business Logistics | Systems Thinking | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2015 | Golroudbary et al. | System dynamics model for optimising the recycling and collection of waste material in a closed-loop supply chain | Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2015 | Behera and Prakash | Understanding Construction Supply Chain Management | Production Planning and Control | Soft Systems Methodology | Level 2 | Level 1 |
| 2016 | Ba et al. | Models for optimisation and performance evaluation of biomass supply chains: An Operations Research perspective | Renewable Energy: An International Journal | Operations Research | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2016 | Azadeh and Hamed | Biodiesel supply chain optimisation via a hybrid system dynamics-mathematical programming approach | Renewable Energy: An International Journal | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Zhang and Yuan | The System Dynamics Model in Electronic Products Closed-Loop Supply Chain Distribution Network with Three-Way Recovery and the Old-for-New Policy | Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Stindt et al. | How Transdisciplinarity Can Help to Improve Operations Research on Sustainable Supply Chains--A Transdisciplinary Modeling Framework | Journal of Business Logistics | Operations Research | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| 2016 | Puche et al. | Systemic approach to supply chain management through the viable system model and the theory of constraints | Production Planning and Control | Viable System Model | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Mehrjoo and Pasek | Risk assessment for the supply chain of fast fashion apparel industry: a system dynamics framework | International Journal of Production Research | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Li et al. | A system dynamics simulation model of chemical supply chain transportation risk management systems | Computers and Chemical Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Langroodi et al. | A system dynamics modeling approach for a multi-level, multi-product, multi-region supply chain under demand uncertainty | Expert Systems with Applications | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2016 | Janamanchi and Burns | Performance metric optimisation advocates CPFR in supply chains: A system dynamics model based study | Cogent Business and Management | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2017 | Demczuk and Padula | Using system dynamics modeling to evaluate the feasibility of ethanol supply chain in Brazil: The role of sugarcane yield, gasoline prices and sales tax rates | Biomass and Bioenergy | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2017 | Bhushan | System dynamics modelling-based analysis of combating counterfeit drugs supply chain in India | International Journal of Emergency Management | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 3 |
| 2017 | Rao et al. | On the analysis of complex biological supply chains: From process systems engineering to quantitative systems pharmacology | Computers and Chemical Engineering | Systems Engineering | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2017 | Pan et al. | A system dynamic analysis of China’s oil supply chain: Over-capacity and energy security issues | Applied Energy | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| 2017 | Miao et al. | System dynamics research of remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain dominated by the third party | Waste Management and Research | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| 2017 | Mello et al. | Improving coordination in an engineer-to-order supply chain using a soft systems approach | Production Planning and Control | Soft Systems Methodology | Level 4 | Level 4 |
| 2017 | Hildbrand and Bodhanya | Exploring the complexity of sugarcane supply chains via systemic approaches | Kybernetes | Soft Systems Methodology | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| 2017 | Heidarzadeh et al. | Development of supply chain strategy in the Iranian automotive industry based on system dynamics and game theory | Scientia Iranica. Transaction E, Industrial Engineering | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2017 | Ghisolfi et al. | System dynamics applied to closed loop supply chains of desktops and laptops in Brazil: A perspective for social inclusion of waste pickers | Waste Management | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2018 | Elmasry and Größler | Supply chain modularity in system dynamics | System Dynamics Review | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2018 | Barbosa-Póvoa et al. | Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective | European Journal of Operational Research | Operations Research | Level 2 | Level 2 |
| 2018 | Zhao et al. | Enhancing Eco-Efficiency of Agro-Products’ Closed-Loop Supply Chain under the Belt and Road Initiatives: A System Dynamics Approach | Sustainability | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 3 |
| 2018 | Yan and Lifeng | A new trans-shipment policy in cluster supply chains based on system dynamics | RAIRO Recherche Operationnelle | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 1 |
| 2018 | Sandor et al. | System Dynamics of Polysilicon for Solar Photovoltaics: A Framework for Investigating the Energy Security of Renewable Energy Supply Chains | Sustainability | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2018 | Saavedra et al. | Sustainable and renewable energy supply chain: A system dynamics overview | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| 2018 | Gonul et al. | Impact of cloud-based information sharing on hospital supply chain performance: A system dynamics framework | International Journal of Production Economics | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2019 | Cao et al. | System dynamics simulation for CO2 emission mitigation in green electric-coal supply chain | Journal of Cleaner Production | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Alglawe et al. | Analysing the cost of quality within a supply chain using system dynamics approach | Total Quality Management and Business Excellence | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2019 | Zhao et al. | System dynamics simulation-based model for coordination of a three-level spare parts supply chain | International Transactions in Operational Research | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Susanty et al. | The performance of dairy supply chain in Indonesia: a system dynamics approach | International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management | System Dynamics | Level 4 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Song et al. | Simulation of land green supply chain based on system dynamics and policy optimisation | International Journal of Production Economics | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Singh et al. | Assessment of Supply Chain Flexibility Using System Dynamics Modeling | Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 3 |
| 2019 | Rebs et al. | Impacts of stakeholder influences and dynamic capabilities on the sustainability performance of supply chains: a system dynamics model | Journal of Business Economics | System Dynamics | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Rebs et al. | System dynamics modeling for sustainable supply chain management: A literature review and systems thinking approach | Journal of Cleaner Production | Systems Thinking | Level 1 | Level 1 |
| 2019 | Poornikooabd Muhammad Azeem | System dynamics modeling with fuzzy logic application to mitigate the bullwhip effect in supply chains | Journal of Modelling in Management | System Dynamics | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| 2020 | Alamerew and Brissaud | Modelling reverse supply chain through system dynamics for realising the transition towards the circular economy: A case study on electric vehicle batteries | Journal of Cleaner Production | System Dynamics | Level 2 | Level 2 |