As cited by Anilkumar & Sridharan, 2019 (Christopher, 1992) defines supply chain management as “a network of organizations that are involved, through upstream and downstream linkages, in the different processes and activities that produce value in the form of products and services in the hands of the ultimate customer”.
As cited by Kumar & Anbanandam, 2019 (Baker, 2000) the main objective of doing any literature review is to identify the central theme of a topic or subject, with the aim of identifying the previous research and progress of research, as well as the related gaps that remain less discussed in the literature.