Adoption of Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain Operations for Cost Reduction and Enhancement of Shareholder Wealth: A Case Study of UAE Organization

In the today’s technological world, it is almost obvious that electronic procurement systems play a vital role in the management of the supply chain. This paper examined how adoption and use of electronic procurement systems in Homa Bay County Government contribute to value creation, reduction of overhead costs incurred during procurement processes as well as its contribution to the performance of their supply chain network. Primary data were gathered using questionnaires from all the 14 procurement personnel in the County Government and a sample of 81 supplies from their supply base. Regression results indicated that adoption and use of electronic procurement systems greatly improves performance of the supply chain partners (R2 = .835, p < .05) while resulting into procurement cost reduction, increased effectiveness among other benefits. From the findings, the study recommends full adoption and use of electronic procurement systems by the devolved governments to improve on procurement and supply chain performance.

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Supply chain cost reduction by implementing integrated activity based costing and data envelopment analysis: A case study

2014 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE) ◽

10.1109/ice.2014.6871596 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Patcharaporn Yanpirat ◽

Akrapong Choatheitmanut

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Data Envelopment Analysis ◽

Cost Reduction ◽

Data Envelopment ◽

Activity Based Costing

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The Importance of Systems for Controlling Logistics Costs in the Supply Chain: A Case Study from the Slovenian Automotive Industry

PROMET - Traffic&Transportation ◽

10.7307/ptt.v28i3.1881 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 299-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sebastjan Škerlič ◽

Robert Muha

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Cost Reduction ◽

Business Processes ◽

The Other ◽

Other Hand ◽

Reducing Costs ◽

The Cost ◽

Customer Demands

Participating in the automotive industry brings new responsibilities for suppliers who, in order to meet customer demands, must strive towards improving business processes, while at the same time reducing costs. These demands can disrupt the operations of companies that do not have a system for controlling logistics costs. On the other hand, customer demands can be the cause of other types of disruptions in companies that have such a system in place, stemming from an excessive focus on cost reduction. To tackle this problem, a survey was conducted on a sample of 30 Slovenian companies that operate as suppliers in the automotive industry. Its objective was to determine how different customer demands along the supply chain can affect the business processes of suppliers and the level of logistics costs. The survey revealed that companies that use a system for controlling logistics costs experience fewer disruptions in their business processes in their efforts to satisfy customer demands. These companies also display a higher level of integration of business processes and use a different approach when dealing with the various participants of the supply chain. The survey also sets clear participation guidelines for suppliers in the supply chain of the automotive industry and points out how companies can benefit from using a system for controlling logistics costs in other ways, aside from the cost controlling aspect.

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DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURER-RETAILER RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management ◽

10.1142/s0219877004000210 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 01 (03) ◽

pp. 307-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

MU-CHEN CHEN ◽

HSU-HWA CHANG ◽

SHUEN-CHIEH CHANG ◽

SHIH-MING CHEN

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Cost Reduction ◽

Collaborative Management ◽

Inventory Cost ◽

Chain Management ◽

Integrated Supply Chain ◽

Real Time Information ◽

Time Information

Nowadays enterprises are facing many challenges such as global competition and thin profits. Consequently, enterprises have changed their focus from cost reduction and quality improvement to quick customer response and innovative services. In recent decades, enterprises have developed advanced industry initiatives to improve efficiency by supply chain management. Effective supply chain management is not achievable by any single enterprise, but instead requires a virtual entity of integrated supply chain partners. They have the insightful commitment of real-time information sharing and collaborative management. Under such a circumstance, an initiative of collaborative management, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR), has recently been developed and implemented in the industry. In this paper, a case study of CPFR implementation in Rexon, Taiwan is conducted to provide a reference to other enterprises. Rexon's primary purpose of implementing CPFR is to strengthen its retail partnership, improve the accuracy of demand forecasts, and reduce inventory cost and other related operational costs.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: Case Study of Lottemart Ciputat

ACMIT Proceedings ◽

10.33555/acmit.v5i1.73 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 38-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

B. K. Handoyo ◽

M. R. Mashudi ◽

H. P. Ipung

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Information Asymmetry ◽

New Technology ◽

Business Case ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Chain Management ◽

Production Processes

Current supply chain methods are having difficulties in resolving problems arising from the lack of trust in supply chains. The root reason lies in two challenges brought to the traditional mechanism: self-interests of supply chain members and information asymmetry in production processes. Blockchain is a promising technology to address these problems. The key objective of this paper is to present qualitative analysis for blockchain in supply chain as the decision-making framework to implement this new technology. The analysis method used Val IT business case framework, validated by the expert judgements. The further study needs to be elaborated by either the existing organization that use blockchain or assessment by the organization that will use blockchain to improve their supply chain management.

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