Rethinking Halal Logistics and Supply Chain Management: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Governance, Coordination, and Sustainable Development

Background: Research on the halal industry has expanded across food, logistics, tourism, finance, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, digital technologies, and sustainability. Despite this growth, fragmented theoretical and operational perspectives limit an integrated understanding of sustainable halal industry development. Methods: This article employs a structured synthesis of 105 scholarly publications from 2005 to 2024 identified through Scopus and Web of Science. The literature was critically synthesized across certification and governance, market development, logistics and supply-chain integration, digital transformation, and sustainability. Four theoretical perspectives were applied to integrate the identified constructs and relationships. Results: The synthesis identifies persistent fragmentation in certification systems, institutional arrangements, cross-border logistics, technological interoperability, and stakeholder coordination. An integrated conceptual framework links infrastructure and institutional development, stakeholder collaboration and standardization, stakeholder concern and responsibility, halal economic advancement, stakeholder role fulfilment, and sustainable functioning. Eleven propositions define relationships for future empirical testing. Conclusions: Sustainable halal industry development depends on institutional coordination, integrated logistics and supply chains, stakeholder alignment, standardization, and interoperable governance. The proposed ecosystem perspective integrates fragmented research streams and provides a theory-grounded frame-work for explaining sustainable halal industry functioning and guiding future empirical research.