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Background: It is observed, in the studies on the factors affecting productivity and performance of the firms, that foreign firms are more successful than domestic firms thanks to their advantages of technological know-how, easy access to capital and modern management practices. Based on these findings, this study aims to measure the efficiency and performance of the companies in transportation and...
Background: Supply chain sustainability is a central concern of most organizations. The main objective of sustainable supply chains is to create and maintain long term economic, social, and environmental value for all stakeholders involved in delivering products and services to markets. As sustainability constitutes one of the critical drivers of innovation, the recent emergence of blockchain technology...
Background: In this article, we introduce some approaches for decision making in the neutrosophic set. The purpose of this study is to develop a neutrosophic multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) model based on hybrid score-accuracy functions for approving a tender for construction under a simplified neutrosophic environment. Five criteria have been selected from experts’ opinions to be considered...
Background: In Japan, nearly 30% of trucks run empty despite the recent difficulties in recruiting truck drivers, especially in the intercity freight transport market. If we consider the inevitable imbalance in intercity freight demand, the efficient transport of empty trucks becomes necessary to a certain extent. One such promising technology is truck platooning, which enables trucks to automatically...
Background: Leveraging the relational embeddedness perspective, we empirically investigate whether hybrid governance (perceived as a combination of market and hierarchy), and the alternate modes of governance (non-market and non-hierarchal) are capable of providing the social layer to governance within the three-tier supply chain framework. Methods: The study covers two research stages. In the first...
Background: Nowadays mining companies, as non-profit organizations like other organizations, face a complex and turbulent environment. The proper guidance of the organizations depends on understanding the internal and external environment and making smart strategic decisions. Therefore, to deal effectively with all the factors that affect the ability of the company in its profitable growth, because...
Background: The presented research problem concerns the operational (executive) level and does not include tactical or strategic solutions. The described algorithm concerns the determination of the priority number of objects that are the equipment of any considered production system. The algorithm takes into account the states of work in the external and internal areas of the evaluated system. The...
Background: Estonian logistics market survey has been completed three times (during years 2007, 2012 and 2018), and this research reports development from the most recent survey concerning operating conditions and logistics costs as well as performance. Survey concerns manufacturing, trading and logistics service companies. Methods: Research data was gathered through an online survey executed during...
Background: Under conditions of digital transformation, the effective decision-making process should involve the usage of different mathematical models and methods, one of which is the transportation problem. The transportation problem, as the problem of resource allocation, is applicable in such domains as manufacturing, information technologies, etc. To get more precise solutions, the multi-index...
Background: Present studies recognize that commercial organizations and public organizations have work together to set up national logistic policies for the national development requirements. In order to support this aim, leadership of public sector has planned and implemented training programs to expose latest logistic management strategies and operations to employees. Latest findings from logistic...
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