Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the research development in supply chain field, which has shown an increasing global attention in recent years. Literature survey is used to fulfill the research task which has undertaken a thorough search of articles from the web of sciences database. This shows trends of rising publications over the past 10 years.

In addition and in order to evaluate the supply chain features and their effect on the environment, we have made a survey based on setting the general criteria and the interaction between them. The survey has been shared world-wide via professionals’ websites and emailing.
 
The survey aims to analyze the environment impact in supply chain researches and daily transportation operations.