Empowering Farmers of Madhya Pradesh: An Initiative of Madhya Bharat Consortium of Farmers Producer Company Limited

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-158
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
Ashutosh Verma
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Learning Objective ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
New Form

Madhya Bharat Consortium of Farmers Producer Company Limited is a federation of producer companies that aims to empower the farmers to overcome various challenges from farm to market. It has made multiple interventions that have benefitted the farmers. The company plans to expand its outreach to one million farmers but is facing a few dilemmas related to its operations. It has incurred significant losses in its vegetable business and has to decide whether to continue it or not. The company markets quality seeds but due to emerging competitive scenario needs to relook at its value chain. The main bottleneck in its supply chain is lack of infrastructure. It has to decide whether to outsource or build its own facilities. The present case is aimed for discussion in the operations management or supply chain management courses. The learning objective of this case is to understand the value chain of agricultural products operationalized through farmer producer companies which are a new form of business organization in India. It further highlights the challenges faced by the farmers and validates the fact that the change in the value chain of agricultural products empowers the farmers.

Mapping and Assessing Green Entrepreneurial Performance: Evidence from a Vertically Integrated Organic Beverages Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-98
Author(s):  
Heba Mohamed Adel
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Green Production ◽  
Strategy Map

The purpose of this article is to use strategy mapping (SM) and balanced scorecard (BSC) in portraying and assessing green entrepreneurial supply chain management (GESCM) performance of a vertically integrated entrepreneurial supply chain in an Egyptian emerging market of organic beverages industry. Based on thematic literature review and qualitative research (in-depth interviews with experts, focus groups, observations, and reports’ analysis), multi-item measurement quantitative BSC scale and strategy map were proposed to measure and communicate the GESCM performance of a hierarchical chain with multiple nodes and cross-functional green practices. This article conceptually contributes to the active debate on contemporary GESCM performance measurement. It integrates the literature of green production and operations management, strategic management and entrepreneurial supply chain management (ESCM) to investigate the unexplored context of GESCM research. It empirically assesses GESCM performance of an attractive network using BSC and maps its strategy with its multidisciplinary environment-friendly practices. The GESCM performance was measured in terms of four integrated perspectives (innovative and proactive processes, learning and growth, financial gains and supply chain stakeholders’ delight). Results showed that BSC and SM are effective and efficient tools in managing the performance of a successful GESC in an emerging market. Royal Herbs’ BSC key performance indicators (KPIs), which were used in assessing a GESCM strategy, indicate improvements along the BSC’s four perspectives. Results give green entrepreneurs/manufacturers in an emerging market as Egypt a comprehensive view on how they can effectively assess/improve their GESCM performance. It draws attention to the importance of investing in GESCM practices for maintaining sustainable development in a clean business environment. It helps practitioners, academics and policymakers in Egypt to bridge the gap between theory and practice regarding GESCM performance. From an interdisciplinary perspective, it provides insights on improving the ESCM performance of the industry without harming its natural environment.

scholarly journals BENEFITS ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudemir L. Tramarico ◽  
Fernando A. S. Marins ◽  
Ligia M. S. Urbina ◽  
Valerio A. P. Salomon
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Chemical Company

<p>Supply chain management (SCM) is a critical factor in the current global scenario. This organizational capability has a recent knowledge base, which is being accumulated, validated, and certified by groups like the Association for Operations Management (APICS). Therefore, training in SCM has been growing as one of the most convenient ways of becoming “Certified in Production and Inventory Management” (CPIM) from APICS. Companies all over the world have invested in SCM training; however, some companies have conditioned the continuity of their training programs to the benefits assessment. This paper contributes by proposing an evaluation model for specific program training on SCM. This model was applied in a global chemical company, which allowed capturing its impact on organizational and individual competencies, as well as on the core competencies. The proposed model includes the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and concepts in the SCM literature. The main result revealed by this research is that an SCM training based on APICS CPIM is really perceived as beneficial, in individual or organizational terms, for a real-world company. Therefore, this company should be confident that its SCM training program is improving and strengthening its core competencies.</p>

Multiple temporal perspectives extend sustainable competitiveness

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 1600-1624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Klassen ◽  
Sara Hajmohammad
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Short Termism

Purpose In operations and supply chain management, time is largely one-dimensional – less is better – with much effort devoted to compressing, efficiently using, and competitively exploiting clock-time. However, by drawing on other literatures, the purpose of this paper is to understand implications for the field of operations management if we also emphasize how humans and organizations experience time, termed process-time, which is chronicled by events and stages of change. Design/methodology/approach After a brief review, the limitations of the recurrent time-oriented themes in operations management and the resulting short-termism are summarized. Next, sustainability is offered as an important starting point to explore the concept of temporality, including both clock- and process-time, as well as the implications of temporal orientation and temporal conflict in supply chains. Findings A framework that includes both management and stakeholder behavior is offered to illustrate how multiple temporal perspectives might be leveraged as a basis for an expanded and enriched understanding of more sustainable competitiveness in operations. Social implications Research by others emphasizes the importance of stakeholders to competitiveness. By recognizing that different stakeholder groups have varying temporal orientations and temporality, managers can establish objectives and systems that better reflect time-based diversity and diffuse temporal conflict. Originality/value This paper summarizes how time has been incorporated in operations management, as well as the challenges of short-termism. Sustainability forms the basis for exploring multiple perspectives of time and three key constructs: temporal orientation, temporality, and temporal conflict. A framework is proposed to better incorporate temporal perspectives as a basis for competitiveness in operations and supply chain management.

scholarly journals Big Data Driven Agricultural Products Supply Chain Management: A Trustworthy Scheduling Optimization Approach

IEEE Access ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 49990-50002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Tao ◽  
Chunqin Gu ◽  
Zhenyu Wang ◽  
Joseph Rocchio ◽  
Weiwen Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Scheduling Optimization ◽  
Chain Management

Lean resilience: AURA (Active Usage of Resilience Assets) framework for post-COVID-19 supply chain management

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Resilience Capabilities

PurposeSupply chain resilience capabilities are usually considered in light of some anticipated events and are as passive assets, which are “waiting” for use in case of an emergency. This, however, can be inefficient. Moreover, the current COVID-19 pandemic has revealed difficulties in the timely deployments of resilience assets and their utilization for value creation. We present a framework that consolidates different angles of efficient resilience and renders utilization of resilience capabilities for creation of value.Design/methodology/approachWe conceptualise the design of the AURA (Active Usage of Resilience Assets) framework for post-COVID-19 supply chain management through collating the extant literature on value creation-oriented resilience and practical examples and complementing our analysis with a discussion of practical implementations.FindingsBuilding upon and integrating the existing frameworks of VSC (Viable Supply Chain), RSC (Reconfigurable Supply Chain) and LCNSC (Low-Certainty-Need Supply Chain), we elaborate on a new idea in the AURA approach – to consider resilience as an inherent, active and value-creating component of operations management decisions, rather than as a passive “shield” to protect against rare, severe events. We identify 10 future research areas for lean resilience integrating management and digital platforms and technology.Practical implicationsThe outcomes of our study can be used by supply chain and operations managers to improve the efficiency and effectiveness by turning resilience from passive, cost-driving assets into a value-creating, inclusive decision-making paradigm.Originality/valueWe propose a novel approach to bring more dynamics to the notion of supply chain resilience. We name our approach AURA and articulate its two major advantages as follows: (1) reduction of disruption prediction efforts and (2) value creation from resilience assets. We offer a discussion on ten future research directions towards a lean resilience.

Analytic Research and Quantitative Models

2008 ◽  
pp. 55-81
Author(s):  
Toru Higuchi ◽  
Marvin Troutt
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Reference Guide ◽  
Management Forecast

This chapter provides two kinds of background information that we consider important to the subject area. First, we surveyed the supply chain management, operations management, and management science literatures for those works contacting life-cycle issues and at the same time that use quantitative or modeling approaches. We then developed synoptic summaries of these publications and provide some analysis of their central topics, trends, and themes. Hopefully the results will be a helpful reference guide to the related literature to date for both practicing managers and researchers. In the second part of the chapter, we introduce the standard quantitative methods and models used for mathematical life-cycle models. These have been developed under the label of diffusion models and most of the work has been carried out by marketing scientists. This topic should be useful to practitioners in making forecasts, constructing estimates related to capacity, and other supply chain management forecast and planning issues. We also note that some research needs in this area.

scholarly journals Mapping the operations and supply chain management field: a journal governance perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 898-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Burgess ◽  
Paul Grimshaw ◽  
Luisa Huaccho Huatuco ◽  
Nicola E. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advisory Boards

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the following research question: how do the interlocking editorial advisory boards (EABs) of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) journals map out the field’s diverse academic communities and how demographically diverse is the field and its communities? Design/methodology/approach The study applies social network analysis (SNA) to web-based EAB data for 38 journals listed under operations management (OM) in the 2010 ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide. Findings The members of EABs of the 38 journals are divided into seven distinct communities which are mapped to the field’s knowledge structures and further aggregated into a core and periphery of the network. A burgeoning community of supply chain management academics forms the core along with those with more traditional interests. Male academics affiliated to the US institutions and to business schools predominate in the sample. Research limitations/implications A new strand of research is opened up connecting journal governance networks to knowledge structures in the OSCM field. OM is studied separately from its reference and associated disciplines. The use of the ABS list might attract comments that the study has an implicit European perspective – however the authors do not believe this to be the case. Practical implications The study addresses the implications of the lack of diversity for the practice of OM as an academic discipline. Social implications The confirmation of the dominance of particular characteristics such as male and US-based academics has implications for social diversity of the field. Originality/value As the first study of its kind, i.e. SNA of EAB members of OSCM journals, this study marks out a new perspective and acts as a benchmark for the future.

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