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This research intends to introduce SCM Logistics Scorecard (LSC) as a simplified benchmarking tool based on self-evaluations of SCM operational performances. By utilizing LSC, SCM operational performances in different East Asian countries, namely, Japan, China and South Korea were investigated. The scores of assessment items in LSC were compared among countries. Subsequently, a factor analysis was...
To achieve competitive advantage, companies have been driven to improve their supply chain by outsourcing their non-core business. However, this increases the external risks, such as the demand and supply risks. Companies face challenges in defining effective supply chain topology to mitigate supply chain risks. In this research, we design supply chain network topologies to mitigate the demand and...
This present paper focuses on the mitigation of uncertainty-driven cost increases specific to the sourcing of transportation services, impacted by spot price volatility, uncertainty of demand and unreliability of carriers. We investigate the value of a specific mitigation strategy, namely the possibility to contract an alternative carrier (AC), which would take care of extra/emergency shipments, at...
The negative impacts of the oil and gas (O&G) industry on the environment and society wellbeing necessitate research on the integration of sustainability in its supply chain management practices. However, the research on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) in the O&G industry context are still lacking in terms of understanding the factors that facilitates or hinders its implementation...
Supply Chain Performance (SCP) depends on several factors additionally its length and the yield of its members. However, manage a Supply Chain (SC) means well managing knowledge as sharing them between actors involved in this process. Knowledge Management (KM) has, of appearance, a direct impact on SCP, but its formalization remains always ambiguous. In this context, this paper aims to determining...
Biofuel has become a kind of promising energy to substitute fossil fuels for its huge potential on reducing carbon dioxide emission as well as solving energy shortage. However, non-technology problems, especially the supply chain management has become the important bottlenecks. This paper focused on subsidy contract of a three-level biofuel supply chain and formulated a model to maximize the profits...
Today, food safety is very important to be applied in food industry. Agricultural sector is one of sector that requires the implementation food safety regulation. Fresh fruit and vegetable products can be tracked from upstream to downstream. Several countries in Europe have implemented traceability system on agricultural products. In Indonesia it is also set in the ministerial regulations and laws,...
We present results from a simulation study, which was designed for investigating the potential positive impacts, i.e., The invoicing and processing time, and financial savings, when using an electronic waybill instead of paper waybills for road-based freight transportation. The simulation model is implemented in an experiment for three different scenarios, where the processing time for waybills at...
Many countries like the US, Brazil, Australia, Canada and some European countries have proposed policies to encourage the use of biofuels by the implementation of regulations to encourage their use in the different sectors of the economy. Among them we find the public transport sector. It is still difficult to assess the potential environmental and social benefits of the use of biofuels because they...
In today's increasingly risky and uncertain business and industrial environments, supply chains need to be more flexible and more robust to improve their performance. During the last decade supply chain risk management has emerged as a challenge on the strategic and operational supply chain issues. A deeply analysis of a case study has revealed that modern retail industry needs decision support tools...
“Supply chain versus supply chain” is the new mantra for contemporary competitive businesses. To reach the desired competitive advantage and sustainability, companies are acknowledging the importance of supply chain management (SCM) and the benefits of improving it by a performance management system (PMS). Since one cannot manage without measure, a performance measurement system (PMeS) is a basic...
Various drivers push companies to implement Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices. However, implementing GSCM practices is always subject to a number of interacting factors (attributes, characteristics and practices) that characterize the companys organization and its relationships with other supply chain partners. This study contributes to understanding how such factors taken together interact...
With a constantly changing environment, organizations today are more than never required to optimize their supply chains while reducing costs and offering high levels of performance. Pharmaceutical firms in particular perform in a market that is characterized by highly fluctuating demands and are often asked to expand their capacity to meet their requirements. Having the choice of either investing...
The work presented in this article constitutes a contribution to modeling, evaluation and analysis the performance of inventory management systems, and more generally stochastic discrete event systems with a batch behavior, by using the Batch Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets. To do this, we applied this tool on a typical model of inventory management systems in order to show how this tool can...
Increasing supply chain players seek to run business in a responsible way. This work stands from a supplier's point of view by considering a two-stage supply chain structure in which a responsible supplier produces a responsible component (or raw material, ingredient) through an entrepreneurial process and exploits the business opportunity (e.g., market expansion) to sell it to downstream buyers....
The purchasing function is the strongest link in the hospital supply chain. The stakes which are related to it are often complex and difficult to define. Public institutions and hospitals are all invited to master these link operations, with a particular focus on the hospital-supplier relationship. One of the most crucial is the selection of the right supplier, which is based on both qualitative and...
In today's uncertain and complex business environment, where an high variability of production is requested, supply chain strategy is playing an important role in the success of a firm's product and market growth strategy. Once considered the meanings of supply chain adaptability, it is easy to understand how much is important to provide a supply-chain that is able to let the company survive to the...
This paper presents a new tactical optimization problem for non-hazardous waste and end-life product supply chain. Waste transport and recycling become crucial in our modern society, with a huge environmental and economic impact for industrials and communities. Operations on products during transport such as grinding or sorting allows companies to densify transports and reduce the overall supply cost...
In the recent years, supply chain has been recognized as a key factor of companies' success and particularly one of the best means by which companies can achieve a goal of paramount importance: enhance customer satisfaction. That is why performance measurement and management systems of supply chain (SC PMMS) became a crucial topic for enterprises and particularly for multinational corporations. This...
With the growth of competition between organizations, the need for efficient processes has become critical. Thus, the performance of supply chains has a direct impact on the profitability of organizations. The picture is no different for the retail industry. Among the activities of the supply chain, the role of supplier selection stands out. During selection, the need could arise for stakeholders...
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