scholarly journals Managing the pork supply chain through a cooperative: the case of Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd.

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Ji ◽  
Fu Jia ◽  
Jacques Trienekens
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Pork Industry ◽  
Supply Chain Governance

Food security and supply continuity have become main concerns of food companies and societies nowadays. To address these concerns, Jinzhong Food Co. Ltd. (hereafter abbreviated to Jinzhong) was one of the first Chinese meat companies to establish and integrate a pig production cooperative in 2005. Over the last decade or so, Jinzhong has successfully developed the cooperative to stabilize and improve the quality of pig supply, by building relationships with pig producers (farmers) and achieving an exceptional financial performance in the process. The company-led cooperative represents an innovative supply chain governance mechanism in a Chinese context. However, the pork industry has evolved significantly and the time has come for the senior management team at Jinzhong to decide whether or not to keep the cooperative. This case study is aimed at senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students specializing in agricultural economics/agribusiness and can also be used for executive training for the management of food companies.

scholarly journals Vegetable supply chain integration: the case of a trinity cooperative in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 767-780
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Jianli Luo
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Cooperation Mechanism ◽  
Financial Credit

China’s vegetable supply chain faces challenges, such as the shortage of technologies for vegetable production, storage and preservation, imperfect rural finance services, and uncertainty in terms of vegetable production and sales. Companies and the Chinese government focus on food safety and security, as well as supply stability. The Meiyu Cooperative is a National Top 100 farmers’ cooperative in China that addresses these concerns successfully. It has established ‘a trinity cooperation mechanism’ to coordinate and integrate vegetable production, supply and sale, and financial credit. The cooperative has successfully built close relationships with farmers and companies, thus achieving financial, social, and environment benefits. This cooperation mechanism represents an innovative model for integrating the vegetable supply chain and providing necessary services based on farmers’ demands. This case study is addressed to senior undergraduate students and postgraduate students specialising in agricultural economics and can also be used for training administrators in food companies.

On Translating Prepositions from English into Indonesian: A Case Study of Indonesian EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Sependi Napitupulu
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Correct Translation

This study attempts to investigate errors in translating prepositions from English into Indonesian language by Undergraduate students at the Methodist University Indonesia, Medan. A total of 20 students in the Department of English Literature, Faculty of English Letters were involved in this study. Forty sentences containing English prepositions were translated by the students. The translations were then compared with the Indonesian equivalence in order to find out the quality of their translation. In order to measure the quality of preposition translation, three categories were referred to, namely: correct translation, correct with revision translation, and incorrect translation. Having analyzed the data, it revealed that most of the students failed to translate complex prepositions such as phrasal verbs. However, most students successfully translated simple prepositions such as noun prepositions and adjective prepositions. From 100% correct translation expected of students, only 44.37% of the total correct translation of prepositions committed by students. While correct with revision, from 100% correct translation with revision expected of students, only 41.75% of the total correct translation that need revision is produced by students. In the meantime, 13.75% of the total incorrect translation is produced by students. It was concluded that students tend to face problems in translating prepositional verbs as they are rarely used by and unfamiliar to students.   

Information Systems Management in the Supply Chain in an Official Pharmaceutical Laboratory

2017 ◽  
pp. 350-373
Author(s):  
Jorge Lima de Magalhães ◽  
Arlene Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Information Systems Management ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
System Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Entity ◽  
Pharmaceutical Laboratories

The official pharmaceutical laboratories are strategic to the government in actions such as production of specific medicines (neglected medicines), research and development in new neglected molecules, public policies, price regulators etc.; especially to the health public in Brazilian population. In this sense, it is important that the information's system of the supply chain in this laboratory must have effectiveness of the activities and processes in the in order to cooperate efficiently and effectively with strategic planning. This work aim to analyze the quality of information's in the catalog of materials as a potential instrument to improvement the process purchase flows standardization, economy in purchases and essential information to the decision-makers. A methodology is proposal to the management in the information's system in purchase department with a standard in the quality catalogue in order to subsidize buyers regarding the detailed description of the purchase item and your specifications. The work conceptualizes and highlights the quality of information and its relevance by adding values to the services and products in supply chain of the official pharmaceutical lab. In this case study was shown details of problems from initial quality description to the final acquisition. In conclusion, to promote the management in the quality of the system information of the catalog of materials is necessary. Therefore, it's possible a better supply chain in public entity, even in an official pharmaceutical laboratory.

scholarly journals Strategies to Improve Skills to Write Stories: A Case Study in Universities in Tulungagung City

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Dwi Astuti Nurhayati ◽  
Djatmika Djatmika
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Narrative Format ◽  
Discourse Units ◽  
The City

The article discusses the quality of language exploitation performed by the students of the English Language Study Program in the City of Tulungagung in writing English text stories. The data was collected for 4 months, starting May up to August 2020 in IAIN Tulungagung campus in the sense of data collection, through the observation. This study used case study design and involves 43 Indonesian undergraduate students and who were majoring in English. Narrative texts produced by the students were collected to be analyzed using a qualitative approach. Two aspects becoming the focus of discussion are the text structure and the text texture. The former represents how discourse units are selected and arranged in accordance to the narrative format, while the latter is related to how grammar is exploited and how words are selected for the stories. The results show that most of the students are very good in selecting and arranging discourse unit to build the stories. Meanwhile, they still show weaknesses in constructing grammar and selecting words for the stories. In these areas, inferences from Indonesian and Javanese languages happen.

scholarly journals The Impact of Lean Thinking on the Management of Supply Chain Processes (Case Study: Building Projects Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution in Iran, Golestan Province)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad afsharniya
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Golestan Province ◽  
The Impact

Present objective of the study the effects of pure thinking on the management of the supply chain housing construction projects Foundation in Gulistan province. Research methodology used in this study, descriptive and of solidarity. All statistical community managers and experts active construction projects in the time of the study can be - that their number is estimated at 370 people. The number of 189 people. For the sample was selected. In this study sampling method is random. Gathering information tool that it was standard questionnaires to confirm the validity of experts and professors expert. For reliability questionnaire Cronbach's and other related indicators used their results confirm that represents the reliability of the questionnaire. The questionnaire using factor analysis was confirmed by LISREL software. Research hypotheses were examined using multivariate regression. Research results showed that pure thinking on the management of the supply chain construction projects in the Gulistan province. It also intended to determine the value, making the uninterrupted pursuit of perfection and impact. Pure and fairly new management to reducing time, cost and waste and raising the quality of the pure of construction, and its interaction with supply chain management in order to achieve their objectives and principles.

Process mining and lean six sigma: a novel approach to analyze the supply chain quality of a hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Ramires ◽  
Paulo Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Process Mining ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Novel Approach

PurposeThis paper aims to depict the practical execution of the problem-solving structure provided by the define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) framework in combination with the analytical power provided by process mining capabilities, to improve the supply chain quality of a health-care provider. Design/methodology/approachPrior to the study, a literature review was conducted to identify existing frameworks combining six sigma with process mining. The authors use a descriptive case study approach to explain how the two methodologies blend across the different phases of DMAIC in a health-care setting. FindingsThis case study describes how analyzing data extracted from core information systems has significant value to improvement initiatives when complemented by traditional quality methods. By intersecting process mining techniques with lean six sigma tools, the researchers found 65% of orders not complying with the target ordering time and 200 redundant purchases with high operational costs. Research limitations/implicationsBy depicting how the two methodologies can be intertwined, this paper complements existing research by presenting it as a viable quality improvement approach. Practical implicationsThis paper provides insights for six sigma and process mining practitioners on the benefits of combining both methodologies within the DMAIC structure. Implementing this blended approach can bring visibility to operations and accelerate process improvement initiatives. Originality/valueThe prime value of this paper lies in the integration of traditional six sigma methods with process mining as a technological approach in a health-care context, going beyond existing research, which, to the best of the knowledge, lacks descriptive case studies.

scholarly journals Fish Supply Chain Model in Traditional Market: Case Study of Beringharjo Market Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Ensi Saraswati ◽  
Suadi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Fresh Fish ◽  
Salted Fish ◽  
Supply Chain Model ◽  
Traditional Market

This research aimed to understand the flow of fish commodity, information, and financial in the fish supply chain at the traditional market, through case study in the Beringharjo market Yogyakarta. Data was collected through systematic interview with 18 fish businesspersons and observation on the study site. The study showed fish commodities in the market consisted of marine, freshwater and processed fish (salted/dried fish and soft bone milkfish/bandeng presto). The fish majorly supplied by suppliers from outside Yogyakarta, that reached 86-90% for fresh fish (marine and freshwater) and 100% for salted fish and raw material of bandeng presto. Suppliers and traders in Beringharjo market used flexible methods of payment, such as manual receipt and trust-based relation (for instance pay on other day). The suppliers and traders had been work together for more than five years. The emerging problems were the lack of fresh fish supply and the low quality of processed fish. The supply chain model for fresh fish involved three stages (supplier-seller-ultimate customer/household) and the supply chain model for processed fish in four stages (supplier-wholesaler-trader/seller-ultimate consumer). The supply chain model for the milkfish also consisted of four stages (supplier-fish processor-seller-ultimate consumer). The study indicates the importance of improving local fish production systems to fullfill growing fish consumption in DIY.

Creating a Knowledge Supply Chain for e-Tourism Curriculum Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Jing ◽  
Nopasit Chakpitak ◽  
Paul Goldsmith ◽  
Pradorn Sureephong ◽  
Taksina Kunarucks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Scor Model ◽  
Industry Needs

Higher education, as one of the most important knowledge providers and service suppliers to the society, is obliged to produce qualified intellectual products through the process of knowledge transfer and creation, which depends largely on the quality of knowledge and the way it is delivered within a curriculum. This research takes e-tourism, a relatively new discipline, as a case study, highlighting a knowledge supply chain is the potential solution to leverage the understanding of tourism industry needs and tourism curriculum provision. The paper begins with a competency gap analysis between knowledge demand and supply. It then applies the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to analyze the “as-is” situation of the present knowledge flow in curriculum design, and finally proposes a “to-be” conceptual framework by integrating tools and methods of knowledge management and supply chain management in a knowledge supply chain (KSC). This demonstrates that a KSC can help in achieving e-tourism requirements of higher education stakeholders at both industrial and academic levels.

Case Study: Supply Chain View of Plant Location Decision Making with the Use of AHP Methodology

2011 ◽  
Vol 271-273 ◽  
pp. 719-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Bing Weng ◽  
Guang Jun Yang ◽  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Jian Wu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Decision Model ◽  
Plant Location ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Location Decision ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Different Levels

As a node of a supply chain, plant plays a key role in the network, which has been a strategic topic in the study of supply chain management model. Plant location decision is one of the crucial problems in the optimization and design of supply chain. The converte of competitions between single companies to competitions between different supply chains urges the extension of plant location decision from the view of single plant to the entire supply chain. This paper presents the application of AHP methodology in decision making of plant location considering the roles of plant in an entire supply chain. The different levels of criteria such as cost, cycle time of supply chain, and quality of plant locations, are proposed to be considered in the decision model. The case presented in this paper concerns plant location decision of a British group, who selected an optimal plant location from six alternative industrial parks in China.

scholarly journals The impact of private label foods on supply chain governance

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (7) ◽  
pp. 1106-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilias P. Vlachos
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Private Label ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Governance ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the introduction of private label (PL) foods upon the governance of the food supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a multi-case study research examining the launch and development of PL cheeses in four large national-wide retail chains. The paper focused on the category of Products of Designated Origin (PDO) cheeses, including the popular feta cheese. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews and secondary sources of information. Data analysis involved single-case and within-case analyses. Findings – There is a strong motive to launch and develop PL cheeses due to increasing consumer demand. Retailers choose suppliers based on criteria such as: compliance to quality assurance standards, modernisation of processing facilities, implementation of legislation, credibility, experience, and reputation. Retailers use contracts and prefer small suppliers than medium-sized companies. Supply chain governance turns from market to hierarchy status, which performs better in terms of supply chain cost, food quality, and consumer satisfaction. The structure of food industry is also affected by pressure put on medium-sized food companies. Research limitations/implications – The paper is based on a multiple case study design that does not provide static generalisations, yet it offers a stepping stone to building new theory about supply chain governance, how it evolves and its effects on supply chain performance. Practical implications – The introduction of PL cheeses favours small and dynamic cheese processing units willing to adopt retailer standards and prices over larger units, which poses a real threat to the survival of regional-wide food companies. Originality/value – Few studies have examined how supply chain governance evolves and what triggers a change in governance structures.

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