The convergence between sustainability and reliability in the design of supply chain: a systematic literature review

The convergence between sustainability and reliability as one of the emerging opportunities in the design and management of supply chains was investigated in this research study. In the form of a research agenda, this review classifies 65 articles on the intersection of sustainability, reliability, and supply chain network design published in Web of Science and Scopus databases from 2011 to August 2022. Eventually, the selected articles helped to identify four emerging sustainability phenomena with the combination of reliability (i.e., profitable and reliable, responsible and reliable, green and reliable, and sustainable and reliable). While reviewing the literature, it was realized that the sustainability and reliability research streams had been developed separately despite the publication of many articles and scientific contributions. From a sustainability perspective, minimizing costs and greenhouse gas emissions are the main objectives, while social aspects are hardly considered.