A hybrid multi-criteria decision approach to analyze key factors affecting sustainability in supply chain networks of manufacturing organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1871-1889
Author(s):  
Rachit Kumar Sharma ◽  
Prashant Kumar Singh ◽  
Prabir Sarkar ◽  
Harpreet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations

A New Approach to Supply Chain Performance Measurement

2016 ◽  
pp. 111-128
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Marwah ◽  
Girish Thakar ◽  
R. C. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Overall Reliability

Existing research work has established that many of today's manufacturing organizations have failed to develop a comprehensive supply chain performance measures. In this chapter, the authors intend to empirically assess the effects of supplier buyer relations and human metrics on supply chain performance in the context of Indian manufacturing organizations. After rigorous literature review, total 18 variables have been identified which are later on reduced in number by factor analysis. As a pilot study, primary data is collected from 100 manufacturing organizations by means of a questionnaire and a scale is developed. On a sample size of 100, the proposed hypotheses are tested by applying two-tailed tests. t-test and factor analysis resulted in 5 factors, 2 related to supplier-buyer relations and 3 related to human metrics. The overall reliability of the scale comes out to be 0.697. The research work provides a new approach to the manufacturing organizations to understand the factors affecting supply chain performance. The present study is limited to Indian manufacturing organizations.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Organizations’ Resistance to the Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Supply Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daeheon Choi ◽  
Chune Young Chung ◽  
Thou Seyha ◽  
Jason Young
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Technological Barriers

From a supply chain perspective, new technologies such as blockchain can improve the efficiency and competitiveness of logistics and increase customer satisfaction. Although blockchain technology has been lauded as a way for firms to build sustainable supply chain networks, the rate of acceptance of this technology remains low. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the factors that discourage firms from merging blockchain with the supply chain. Instead of providing further reasons for adopting blockchain technology, we try to understand what deters firms from adding blockchain to their operations. Following the deductive approach, a confirmatory factor analysis is conducted on pre-test questionnaires to test, improve, and verify the constructs (questions) to measure the hypothesized factors. A theoretical model is proposed based on the hypotheses, and structural equation modeling is applied. The results are estimated using the partial least squares approach and a sample of 83 respondents. Our findings based on our empirical data support most of our hypotheses. We find that various factors impede the adoption of blockchain technologies, including technological barriers, constraints rooted in organizations and the environment, and system-related governmental barriers. In addition, various factors are critical determinants of resistance to blockchain in the technological, organizational, and environmental dimensions.

scholarly journals A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM IRAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Doostzadeh ◽  
Hussein Shabaninejad ◽  
Hesamoddin Madani ◽  
Zahra Ahani Amineh
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Drug Development ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Foreign Companies

ABSTRACTObjectives: The pharmaceutical market is a complex market due to its complicated supply chain and the extent of government regulations in allaspects of the trade lifecycle of drug development. Considering the importance of pharmaceuticals for society and the relevant trend of globalization,managing pharmaceutical industry effectively and efficiently is vital, particularly in developing countries. The present study determines the factorsaffecting the development of the Iranian pharmaceutical industry based on pharmaceutical mangers’ point of view.Methods: In this study, we assessed managers’ perspective about the internal and external key factors affecting the development of pharmaceuticalindustry. Finally, their perspective about the solutions for the development of pharmaceutical industry was assessed. Accordingly, a self-designedquestionnaire was sent to 65 managers at Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company, of which, 51 questionnaires were answered by the managers. Result: Most managers believed generic scheme reflect negatively on the development of the pharmaceutical industry and that external factors havea great impact on its improvement. They believe that branded generic transition along with supporting regulations, investment in Research andDevelopment, and joint venture with foreign companies will improve the pharmaceutical industry.Conclusion: To sum up, for improving the pharmaceutical industry in the shortest time possible, improvement of technological capabilities andinvestment in R&D should be considered.Keywords: Pharmaceutical industry, Key factors, Generic scheme.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON LOGISTICS AND THE ASSOCIATED DISRUPTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 6254-6260
Author(s):  
Mohit Mohanan T, Dr.Vandana Sonwaney
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
Current State ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
First Case ◽  
Freight Forwarding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Essential Food

This research study was conducted with the purpose of understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the logistics segment and the associated disruptions in the food supply chain. In the current times, the entire world is challenged by a disease called coronavirus or popularly known as Covid-19. In December 2019, Wuhan in China reported the first case ever. COVID-19 has heavily affected the supply chain networks, logistics in particular. Markets and firms are connected by Logistics companies through the provision of different services, including multimodal transportation, freight forwarding, warehouse management, and inventory management. A diverse pool of logistics players across the world have been impacted owing to the current state of the pandemic. This paper analyzes the disruptions in the movement and delivery of essential food items and how resilient a supply chain should be during such periods of crisis. An experiment was carried out to understand the factors affecting the food essentials delivery to the local kirana stores. For this, a survey of 200 respondents (kirana shop owners) was conducted with the help of a 14-item questionnaire. Factor analysis was the tool used to analyze the results and the software used was SPSS. The outcome of the analysis showed that 5 factors were extracted which tried to explain the 14 variables used in the survey which were afflicted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

scholarly journals Supply Chain Networks for Perishable and Essential Commodities: Design and Vulnerabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aruna Apte
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
E Coli ◽  
The Us ◽  
Research Questions

This paper presents the results of our case-based research into the causes and remedies of fresh produce supply chain disruptions resulting from contamination. The research was motivated by the incident of E-coli outbreak in packaged spinach in the US. We base our analysis on information gathered from published literature and data collection in the region from personnel involved in Agriculture. Our research is aimed at addressing the following research questions: What key factors contribute to the vulnerability to disruption from contamination and what are the interrelationships between these contributing factors? What managerial actions may be taken to minimize the fresh produce supply chain's vulnerability to disruption? In this research we develop a conceptual framework consisting of the contributing factors: product type, topological structure, exposure to contamination, product traceability, and communication. The practice related contributions of this research are managerial insight and recommended actions derived from the proposed conceptual framework.

scholarly journals Evolutionary Game on Government Regulation and Green Supply Chain Decision-Making

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayang Xu ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
Yunfei Wang ◽  
Xiangrong Shi ◽  
Jiayun Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Green Production ◽  
Green Behavior ◽  
The Government ◽  
Green Suppliers

Sustainability issues have gained growing awareness in recent years. Governments play an important role in environment and resources problems since they can affect enterprises’ production activities by enacting policies and regulations. To promote green production in the long term associated with the consideration of financial intervention of governments, we establish a three-population model of suppliers, manufacturers and governments based on evolutionary game theory, and analyze the evolutionary stable strategies (ESS) of their unilateral and joint behaviors. Further, system dynamics (SD) is applied to empirical analysis for exploring the dynamic interaction of the populations’ strategy, and the key factors affecting ESS are also discussed in detail. The results show that: (1) the proportion of green suppliers and manufacturers in their groups determines whether the government implements regulation; (2) any party of the supplier and manufacturer that adopts green strategy could promote green behavior of the other; (3) the government is advised to supervise and implement reward and punishment mechanism under the low proportion of green supply chain; (4) government regulation could promote the corporations to adopt green behavior and should preferentially implements the mechanism on manufacturers. The results provide insights into the policy-making of governments and enterprises management on sustainable development.

A New Approach to Supply Chain Performance Measurement

2017 ◽  
pp. 2222-2239
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Marwah ◽  
Girish Thakar ◽  
R. C. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Overall Reliability

Existing research work has established that many of today's manufacturing organizations have failed to develop a comprehensive supply chain performance measures. In this chapter, the authors intend to empirically assess the effects of supplier buyer relations and human metrics on supply chain performance in the context of Indian manufacturing organizations. After rigorous literature review, total 18 variables have been identified which are later on reduced in number by factor analysis. As a pilot study, primary data is collected from 100 manufacturing organizations by means of a questionnaire and a scale is developed. On a sample size of 100, the proposed hypotheses are tested by applying two-tailed tests. t-test and factor analysis resulted in 5 factors, 2 related to supplier-buyer relations and 3 related to human metrics. The overall reliability of the scale comes out to be 0.697. The research work provides a new approach to the manufacturing organizations to understand the factors affecting supply chain performance. The present study is limited to Indian manufacturing organizations.

scholarly journals Analyzing the key factors affecting the green supply chain management: A case study of steel industry

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamideh Shekari ◽  
Skandar Shirazi ◽  
Mohamad Ali Afshari ◽  
Said Mehdi Veyseh
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Factors Affecting

A dynamic supply chain resilience model for medical equipment’s industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 816-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jafarnejad ◽  
Mansoor Momeni ◽  
Seyed Hossein Razavi Hajiagha ◽  
Maryam Faridi Khorshidi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
System Dynamic ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
Dynamic Relations ◽  
Fuzzy Linguistic

Purpose Medical equipment’s supply chains play a vital role in performance of national 1healthcare systems. This supply chain is confronted with different internal and external risks. The purpose of this study is to investigate and find the key factors affecting the resilience of the supply chain of medical equipment and to examine the dynamic relations among these factors. Design/methodology/approach A hybrid methodology is used for meeting the purpose of this study. First, the Delphi method is extended by using hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets to identify the key factors of supply chain resilience. At the second phase, using the system dynamic methodology, the dynamic relations among identified resilience factors are analyzed. Findings Using the Delphi method, agility, collaboration among actors, sharing of information, trust among actors, explicitness of supply chain, risk management culture, adaptability, structure, funding and environment conditions are identified as ten major factors affecting medical equipment’s supply chain resilience. Also, four scenarios are simulated along with their impacts on the system. Originality/value The main contribution of this study is extending a hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets-based Delphi and applying it along a system dynamic analysis to identify the key factors affecting resilience of medical equipment’s supply chain for the first time.

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