Optimizing Resource Utilization in Biomass Supply Chains by Creating Integrated Biomass Logistics Centers

Bio-based supply chains are by nature complex to optimize. The new logistic concept of integrated biomass logistical center (IBLC) provides us the opportunity to make full use of the idle capacity for a food/feed plant to produce biobased products so that the entire chain efficiency can be improved. Although research has been conducted to analyze the IBLC concept, is yet to be an optimization model that can optimally arrange the activities in the supply chain where an IBLC stands in the middle. To fill the knowledge gap in the literature, this paper makes the first step to develop a MILP model that enables biobased supply chain optimization with the IBLC concept, which supports logistic and processing decisions in the chain. The model is applied in a case study for a feed and fodder plant in Spain where managerial insights have been derived for transferring the plant to a profitable IBLC.

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Developing a sustainable supply chain optimization model for switchgrass-based bioenergy production: A case study

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.226 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 200 ◽

pp. 827-843 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Masoud Rabbani ◽

Niloufar Akbarian Saravi ◽

Hamed Farrokhi-Asl ◽

Stanley Frederick W.T. Lim ◽

Zahra Tahaei

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Optimization Model ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Optimization ◽

Bioenergy Production

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The idea of transport independence in the Russian Arctic

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/ijpdlm-05-2017-0200 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (9) ◽

pp. 913-930 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Antonina Tsvetkova ◽

Britta Gammelgaard

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Management Practices ◽

Core Competencies ◽

Strategy Implementation ◽

Institutional Factors ◽

Russian Arctic ◽

Content Type ◽

Supply Chain Strategy

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how supply chain strategies emerge and evolve in response to contextual influence.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative single-case study presents the journey of a supply chain strategy, conceptualised as the idea of transport independence in the Russian Arctic context. Data from 18 semi-structured interviews, personal observations and archival materials are interpreted through the institutional concepts of translation and editing effects.FindingsThe study reveals how supply chain strategies evolve over time and can affect institutional factors. The case study further reveals how contextual conditions make a company reconsider its core competencies as well as the role of supply chain management practices. The findings show that strategy implementation through purposeful actions can represent a powerful resistance to contextual pressures and constraints, as well as being a facilitator of change in actual supply chains and their context. During the translation of the idea of transport independence into actions, the supply chain strategy transformed itself into a form of strategic collaboration and thereby made supply chains in the Russian Arctic more integrated than before.Research limitations/implicationsMore empirical studies on strategy implementation in interaction with contextual and institutional factors are suggested. An institutional process perspective is applied in this study but the authors suggest that future research should include a human dimension by an exploration of day-to-day routines and challenges that employees face when strategising and the actions they take.Originality/valueThe study provides an understanding of how a new supply chain strategy emerges and how it changes during implementation. In this process-oriented study – merging context, process and strategy content – it is further shown that a supply chain strategy may affect the context by responding to contextual and institutional challenges.

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Mathematical Analysis of Supply Chain Optimization focusing on Artificial Neural Network: A case study in Apparel Manufacturing Organization

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1173130/v1 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Shibbir Ahmad ◽

Mohammad Kamruzzaman

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supplier Selection ◽

Selection Criteria ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Supply Chain Optimization ◽

Apparel Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Organizations ◽

Manufacturing Organization ◽

The Right

Abstract In this study, implemented artificial nueral network (Ann) in apparel manufacturing organizations to optimize the supply chain converging on right supplier selection by analyzing their performance criteria.Moreover, data collected from three diffrents factory to analyze the efficiney and profit -loss status of that units. Furthermore, analyze the supplier selection criteria of three suppliers in order to select the right supplier at the real time in apparel manufacturing industry . This study shows that it can be saved 20 % of the total cost.

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Supply chain, geographical indicator and blockchain: provenance model for commodity

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management ◽

10.1108/ijppm-05-2021-0288 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mohita Gangwar Sharma

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Institutional Theory ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Value Chain ◽

Value Distribution ◽

Content Type ◽

Blockchain Technology ◽

The Right ◽

Theory Framework

PurposeMany commodity supply chains suffer from an unfair value distribution across the supply chain like “Coffee Paradox.” This study explores the coffee supply chain to determine how the country of origin–geographical indicator can be used as a method of fair distribution of value and provenance across the supply chain effectuated by the blockchain technology. By looking at an exemplar case study for India, this study provides insights into diverse research streams and practice.Design/methodology/approachBased on the case method, analyzing the implementation of blockchain in the coffee industry by a leading Indian software implementation of the logic, dynamics and forces for a provenance model has been devised. It further adopts a stakeholder cum institutional theory framework to understand the logical implementation of a blockchain project embedded in a territorial logic for a commodity supply chain.FindingsThis study specifically looks at coffee which is representative of a commodity supply chain. It also explores how the malaise of unfair value distribution gets addressed by bringing farmers and the consumers on a common platform facilitated by blockchain technology. This study contributes to the literature on blockchain, territory, commodity and supply chain. Using stakeholder cum institutional theory, this study helps to explore how the implementation is successful by different actors in the supply chain through collaboration.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides a new stream of multi-disciplinary study at the interface of supply chain, technology, international trade and geography.Practical implicationsBlockchains are embedded in the supply chain, and supply chains are embedded in territories. This linkage is paramount and the ability to make these blockchain projects successful requires the deep study of the interaction of territory, technology and actors from the provenance angle. De-commodification of coffee can be actualized through blockchain.Social implicationsThe coffee paradox and skewed value distribution is also a social problem wherein the farmers do not get the right price of their produce and are exploited. This case also highlights how this social malaise can be addressed and rightful and equitable distribution of value happens across the value chain.Originality/valueThis linkage between territory, blockchain, commodity supply chain and institutions has not been discussed in the literature. Adopting the territorial design approach, this study is an attempt to stimulate inter-disciplinary conversations and thereby create a provenance framework for commodity and research questions for scholars from different disciplines and divergent disciplinary perspectives.

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A Virtual Supply Chain Architecture to Grant Product Transparency in Agribusiness

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Driving Agribusiness With Technology Innovations ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2107-5.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 20-38

Author(s):

Giulia Bruno

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Information Services ◽

Food Sector ◽

Chain Architecture ◽

Electronic Product ◽

Nosql Database ◽

Available Information

Especially in the food sector, fraud and counterfeiting are affecting the trust of consumers, who are more and more oriented to chose products basing on quality and traceability attributes rather than the price. Recently, the Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) standard was introduced to provide specifications for the representation of product traceability information. The collection and analysis of such information allows supply chains to be monitored and controlled through virtualization. Several applications of EPCIS were presented in literature, even if most of them are mainly focused on enabling technologies, with less emphasis on assessing how the available information can be used for a control at a higher level. This chapter review the relevant literature available on this topic, and present an architecture allowing the traceability of information about products throughout the entire supply chain by exploiting both the EPCIS standard and a NoSQL database. An application showing the potentiality of the proposed system in a case study is also reported.

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Managing Biomass Supply Chains

Leadership Strategies for Global Supply Chain Management in Emerging Markets - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2867-9.ch001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-27

Author(s):

Victoria Muerza ◽

Luca Urciuoli ◽

E. (Bert) Annevelink ◽

J.C.M.A (Joost) Snels ◽

Jan E. G. van Dam

Keyword(s):

Supply Chains ◽

Economies Of Scale ◽

Agricultural Crops ◽

Leadership Roles ◽

Strategic Objectives ◽

Biomass Logistics ◽

Fodder Production ◽

Management Leadership ◽

Operational Activities

This chapter explores the feasibility and advantages of integrated biomass logistics centres (IBLCs). These are centres aiming to collect residues from farming activities and transform these into new intermediate bio-products. Operations in these IBLCs aim to achieve economies of scale through integration of resources and business lines, while creating technical and environmental advantages for firms and societies. The experience from one agro-industry case study in Spain (fodder production) highlights the importance of leadership roles to manage the newly created supply chains, through the identification of strategic objectives and the coordination of operational activities. Hence, the scope of this chapter is to review the concept of IBLCs under the lens of supply chain management leadership. Thereafter, it will discuss the potential to transfer the IBLC concept to emerging markets, with examples for African agricultural crops.

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Transparency for Multi-Tier Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of a Multi-tier Transparency Approach for SSCM in the Automotive Industry

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12051814 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1814 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Iain J. Fraser ◽

Martin Müller ◽

Julia Schwarzkopf

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Raw Material ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Chain Management ◽

Before And After ◽

Sustainability Problems

Sustainability in supply chain management (SSCM) has become established in both academia and increasingly in practice. As stakeholders continue to require focal companies (FCs) to take more responsibility for their entire supply chains (SCs), this has led to the development of multi-tier SSCM (MT-SSCM). Much extant research has focused on simple supply chains from certain industries. Recently, a comprehensive traceability for sustainability (TfS) framework has been proposed, which outlines how companies could achieve MT-SSCM through traceability. Our research builds on this and responds to calls for cases from the automotive industry by abductively analysing a multi-tier supply chain (MT-SC) transparency case study. This research analyses a raw material SC that is particularly renowned for sustainability problems—the cobalt supply chain for electric vehicles—and finds that the extant literature has oversimplified the operationalisation of transparency in MT-SSCM. We compare the supply chain maps of the MT-SC before and after an auditing and mapping project to demonstrate the transparency achieved. Our findings identify challenges to the operationalisation of SC transparency and we outline how FCs might set to increase MT-SC transparency for sustainability.

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On data and connectivity in complete supply chains

Business Process Management Journal ◽

10.1108/bpmj-09-2017-0251 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (5) ◽

pp. 1145-1163 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Per Engelseth ◽

Judith Molka-Danielsen ◽

Brian E. White

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Process Development ◽

Chain Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Management Discourse ◽

End To End ◽

Chain Organization

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to question the applicability of recent industry-derived terms such as “Big Data” (BD) and the “Internet of things” (IoT) in a supply chain managerial context. Is this labeling useful in managing the operations found in supply chains? Design/methodology/approach BD and IoT are critically discussed in the context of a complete supply chain organization. A case study of banana supply from Costa Rica to Norway is provided to empirically ground this research. Thompson’s contingency theory, Alderson’s functionalistic end-to-end “marketing channels” model, Penrose’s view of supply purpose associated with service provision, and particularities of banana supply reveal how end-to-end supply chains are complex systems, even though the product distributed is fairly simple. Findings Results indicate that the usefulness of BD in supply chain management discourse is limited. Instead its connectivity is facilitated by what is now becoming commonly labeled as IoT, people, devices and documents that are useful when taking an end-to-end supply chain perspective. Connectivity is critical to efficient contemporary supply chain management. Originality/value BD and IoT have emerged as a part of contemporary supply chain management discourse. This study directs attention to the importance of scrutinizing emergent and actual discourse in managing supply chains, that it is not irrelevant which words are applied, e.g., in research on information-enabled supply process development. Often the old words of professional terminology may be sufficient or even better to help manage supply.

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