scholarly journals Examining The Influence Of The Cultural Aspect Of Uncertainty Avoidance On Supply Chain Coordination

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nour Albuloushi ◽  
Eiman Algharaballi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Far East ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Cultural Aspect ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of national culture on supply chain coordination. It investigates whether uncertainty avoidance (UA) influences information sharing (IS) trust and personal interest (PI), which are the main elements that influence supply chain coordination (SCC). This research adopts a survey methodology, followed by expert interviews used as a justification method for survey results. Survey data was collected from 138 international supply chain members, mainly from Middle East and Far East. A total of 11 people were selected as potential interviewees. These people worked in various departments in different companies and were of various nationalities. The findings revealed that the cultural aspect of uncertainty avoidance influences information sharing and trust. This study adds a new contribution to the literature on supply chain management (SCM), as noted in Burgees et al.s (2006) review of supply chain literature, studies that examine the social aspect of supply chains, including culture, have been neglected.

scholarly journals Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Supply Chain and Logistics: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13617
Author(s):  
Chamari Pamoshika Jayarathna ◽  
Duzgun Agdas ◽  
Les Dawes ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Optimization Technique ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Solution Methods

There are several methods available for modeling sustainable supply chain and logistics (SSCL) issues. Multi-objective optimization (MOO) has been a widely used method in SSCL modeling (SSCLM), nonetheless selecting a suitable optimization technique and solution method is still of interest as model performance is highly dependent on decision-making variables of the model development process. This study provides insights from the analysis of 95 scholarly articles to identify research gaps in the MOO for SSCLM and to assist decision-makers in selecting suitable MOO techniques and solution methods. The results of the analysis indicate that economic and environmental aspects of sustainability are the main context of SSCLM, where the social aspect is still limited. More SSCLMs for sourcing, distribution, and transportation phases of the supply chain are required. Additionally, more sophisticated techniques and solution methods, including hybrid metaheuristics approaches, are needed in SSCLM.

scholarly journals Managerial Views of Supply Chain Collaboration: An Empirical Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramaswami Sridharan ◽  
Togar M Simatupang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Practice ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Incentive Alignment ◽  
Managerial Perceptions ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Relationship

  This paper is carried out to empirically examine managerial perceptions on the relationship between supply chain collaboration practice and operational performance. The framework suggests that collaborative practice is characterised by three distinct factors: (1) decision synchronisation, (2) information sharing, and (3) incentive alignment, which enable the chain members to effectively match supply with customer demand. An important question is whether or not collaborative practice leads to better operational performance. A survey research was employed to assess the relationship between collaborative practice and operational performance of New Zealand companies. The survey results show significant positive impacts of key factors of collaborative practice on operational performance. The findings suggest that information sharing, decision synchronisation, and incentive alignment are important determinants of operational performance. This study demonstrates that the chain members need to understand the role of different key factors of collaborative practice that can be redesigned to leverage operational performance.

scholarly journals SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF MTS-MTO PRODUCTION SYSTEM TYPOLOGY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Rizki Anissa
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Liquid Waste ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
Customer Order ◽  
The Social

Batik has been acknowledged as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity of Indonesia based on UNESCO in 2009 and this asset is considerably becoming the prospect to overcome global market in Asia. In the other side, the global competition can only be encountered by sustainably developing the internal industry. Therefore, this research elaborates sustainable supply chain performance assessment and also the improvement framework applied in Batik industry with MTO-MTS typology. For fulfilling the provisions of sustainability, the economic, environmental, and social is strictly important to be involved in. Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) is a reference model of assessment considering five attributes to be measured and implemented as the perspective of economic assessment. Employee’s welfare and liquid waste assessment are then becoming the method to measure the social and environmental aspect. This resulted score as: Reliability is 89.24%, Responsiveness for MTS is 96% for MTO is 62%, Cost is 83.32%, Agility is 100%, and the Assets Management is 79.63%. For the social aspect, the score of parameter Health Insurance is 100%, Safety Tools is 100%, Basic Allowance is 70%, Annual Allowance is 100%, Appropriate Work Hours is 67%, and the Reward is 70%. For the environmental aspect, the temperature is 100%, pH 62.0%, BOD 100%, COD 64.7%, and TSS 7.4%. The improvement framework is also proposed by using Customer Order Decoupling Point (CODP) that results the increased performance in the Responsiveness attribute in the MTO process as much as 8.25%.

A Review of the IoT-Based Pervasive Computing Architecture for Microservices in Manufacturing Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Kamalendu Pal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Loosely Coupled ◽  
Iot Devices

Supply chain coordination needs resource and information sharing between business partners. Recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) enables the evolution of the supply chain industry to meet the new requirements of information sharing architectures due to globalization of supply chain operations. The advent of the internet of things (IoT) technology has since seen a growing interest in architectural design and adaptive frameworks to promote the connection between heterogenous IoT devices and IoT-based information systems. The most widely preferred software architecture in IoT is the semantic web-based service-oriented architecture (SOA), which aims to provide a loosely coupled systems to leverage the use of IoT services at the middle-ware layer to minimise system integration problems. This chapter reviews existing architectural frameworks for integrating IoT devices and identifies the key areas that require further research for industrial information service improvements. Finally, several future research directions in microservice systems are discussed.

Harnessing Supply Chain Efficiency Through Information Linkages

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arpita Khare ◽  
Anshuman Khare
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Supply Chain Efficiency ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
Information Linkages

The Indian retail industry majorly constitutes of small retailers, comprising of approximately 12 million small shopkeepers and increased competition has made companies understand the significance of this unorganized small retail sector. Most companies feel that coordinating their downstream supply chains is critical for long term growth and sustainability. The paper examines the supply chain coordination amongst retailers, distributors, logistics providers, customers, and major Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) multi-national companies in India. The findings confirm that supply chain integration, information sharing, and supply chain design are being given proper attention by FMCG companies. They appreciate the strategic value of information sharing for establishing collaborations with the small retailers for effective performance of supply chains. Even in the fragmented, ill-defined, unorganized, and disjointed small retail sector in India, information sharing between supply chain partners is given precedence. Lack of technological infrastructure does not deter MNCs from establishing information linkages with small retailers and harnessing it for supply chain efficiency.

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