Prioritizing Enabling Factors of IoT Adoption for Sustainability in Supply Chain Management

Several studies have reported on enabling factors of IoT adoption, emphasizing the importance of key factors for successful IoT adoption. However, only a few studies have investigated enabling factors with consideration of a sustainability perspective and no similar study has focused on manufacturing from an emerging economy perspective. The main purpose is to investigate enabling factors of IoT adoption from a sustainability perspective. This study aims to (i) identify and select key enabling factors from a comprehensive literature review, and (ii) prioritize them using a multiple criteria decision-making approach, validated through industry experts’ opinions. The results showed that system integration and IoT infrastructure are the top enabling factors in increasing the overall success of IoT adoption. Furthermore, enabling factors of IoT adoption are directly connected with organizational resources/technological capabilities that support the resource-based view theory. Supply chain managers can use the findings of this study to guide and prioritize IoT adoption, and develop strategies for going forward with IoT settings, using the relative importance of enabling factors and interdependencies among them from the technological and organizational perspectives. To generalize these findings through benchmarking of enabling factors in manufacturing, a broader range of industries within the manufacturing sector should be considered in future studies.

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Integration of Supply Chain in IBS Construction

Asian Journal of Quality of Life ◽

10.21834/ajqol.v1i3.30 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ani Saifuza Abd Shukor ◽

Faridah Muhammad Halil ◽

Mohammad Fadhil Mohammad ◽

Rohana Mahbub

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

System Integration ◽

Publishing House ◽

Chain Structure ◽

Working Environment ◽

Chain Process ◽

Exchange Flow ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Enabling Factors

To ensure the success of IBS construction, the research will look at the integration means and factors that helped to integrate the IBS supply chains. Findings from semi-structured interviews with key IBS supply chain players revealed, human and behavioural factors, supply chain process and exchange flow, supply chain structure and collaboration and the working environment should be developed amongst the IBS supply chains. The findings contribute enabling factors to improve integration within IBS supply chains in the construction environment in Malaysia.2398-4279 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Construction environment; Industralised Building System; integration and supply chain

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A Multicriteria Decision Model for the Evaluation and Selection of Technologies in a R&D Centre

International Journal of Production Management and Engineering ◽

10.4995/ijpme.2019.11458 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 101

Author(s):

R. Lizarralde ◽

J. Ganzarain

Keyword(s):

Development Process ◽

New Technologies ◽

Technology Development ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽

Key Factors ◽

Competitive Strategies ◽

Transfer Of Technology ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Selection Of

<p>R&D Centres play a key role in the technology development process of industries, and therefore in their competitive strategies. They have responsibility in the identification, selection, acquisition, development and transfer of technology. Among these activities, the successful selection of new technologies is becoming a highly critical and complex challenge in the Technology Management Process. The problem of succeeding in the selection of new technologies is, from the methodological side, linked to heterogeneous key factors (technological, economic, human, and organisational). Many approaches deal with it by means of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques and tools. Nevertheless, most of the works are related to the selection of technologies in industrial cases and very few works have been found in the bibliography related to R&D Institutions and, in particular, Technological Centres. A model for the evaluation and decision about one or several technologies based on the MIVES (Modelo Integrado de Valor para Evaluaciones de Sostenibilidad) method is proposed. Introducing the motivations for using this method, after a review of the most used MCDM methods, and describing the structure of the model and the preliminary key parameters and relations among them. The proposed model is oriented to it’s application in the manufacturing sector, observing the particularities of the sector in the selection of the critical factors related to technology, R&D Centre and Industry.</p>

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Integration of Supply Chain in IBS Construction

Asian Journal of Quality of Life ◽

10.21834/ajqol.v1i3.20 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 18

Author(s):

Ani Saifuza Abd Shukor ◽

Faridah Muhammad Halil ◽

Mohammad Fadhil Mohammad ◽

Rohana Mahbub

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

System Integration ◽

Publishing House ◽

Chain Structure ◽

Working Environment ◽

Chain Process ◽

Exchange Flow ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Enabling Factors

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Resilient manufacturing: case studies in Thai automotive industries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Engineering Management in Production and Services ◽

10.2478/emj-2021-0024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 99-113

Author(s):

Najavadh Kaeo-Tad ◽

Chawalit Jeenanunta ◽

Kwanchanok Chumnumporn ◽

Thanapatra Nitisahakul ◽

Vararat Sanprasert

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Case Studies ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Success Factors ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Business Continuity ◽

Key Factors ◽

Human Skills

Abstract The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis that disrupts the global supply chain and slows down the world economy. A significant challenge for the companies in the manufacturing sector is to mitigate risks related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Grounded in the resilience theory, resilience (i.e., prepare, prevent, protect, respond, and recover processes) aims to manage risks and ensure business continuity. This research aims to identify the key factors for the resilient manufacturing management of Thai automotive industries during the COVID-19 outbreak. Three outstanding companies of tier 1 automotive suppliers have been selected as case studies in this work. This qualitative research was completed by using a semi-structured interview. The target interviewers were CEOs or general managers. The data analysis was divided into two phases. Phase one summarised the interview data of each company. Phase two used thematic analysis and cross-case analysis to identify resilience practices’ patterns, themes, and multi-factors. The findings indicate three key factors to enhance resilience: leadership, technology, and the firm’s experience in handling emerging events. Together, these factors help enterprises to prepare for Business Continuity Planning (BCP), improve supply chain management, and increase the firm’s ability to recover from disruption situations. This paper contributes to the literature on the supply chain resilience in the automotive industry by providing a guideline for firms to implement resilience practices, improve business operations, and increase firm’s capabilities, both as human skills and technologies, to deal with a novel crisis. Resilience practices response to the COVID-19 outbreak not only helps the companies minimise business disruption in the short-term but also includes the long-term response strategies for unknown events. For this purpose, the case study research was conducted to investigate the resilience strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the critical success factors of resilience implementation in the Thai automotive industry.

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Influence of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) Practices on GSCM Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Sri Lanka

10.31357/fmscmst.2016.00307 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

B.T. Jayasuriya

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Chain Management

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Supply Chain Integration: Establish the Appropriate Challenges in Improving Integrated SC in an Innovative Approach of IBS

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.294 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ani Saifuza Abd Shukor ◽

Muhammad Fadhil Muhammad ◽

Shamsida Saidan Khaderi ◽

Faridah Muhammad Halil

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

System Integration ◽

Publishing House ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Supply Chain Integration ◽

Project Environment ◽

The Poor ◽

International Publishing

The shift to an integrated IBS construction approach requires enhanced supply chain integration to improve the productivity as well as the poor quality of human behavioual aspect in IBS project. This paper is to identify the challenges at each tier between players to facilitate supply chain integration among the IBS players. Findings adopted from semi-structured interview revealed the critical attitude issues of human factors, lack of interaction and sharing knowledge between interdisciplinary people. The findings of this study is useful to improve integration of supply chain and enhance innovation and sharing interaction between players in the IBS Malaysian construction project environment.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Construction Environment; Industrialised Building System; Integration and Supply Chain

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Impact of Gender and Expatriation Choice on Career Paths in Supply Chain Management: Evidence from Master of Science Graduates

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126907 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6907

Author(s):

Salomée Ruel ◽

Anicia Jaegler

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Career Paths ◽

Gender Diversity ◽

Career Progression ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Chain Management ◽

Master Of Science ◽

International Graduates ◽

The Impact

Zinn et al. (2018) and Esper et al. (2020) call for more research on gender diversity in Supply Chain Management, and our study responds to that call. We analyze the career path of 1081 international graduates from a higher degree program in Supply Chain Management from 2000 to 2017 to assess the impact of gender and expatriation choice on hierarchical progression. We explore two variables that may affect graduates’ career paths, namely, their gender and their expatriation choices, and compare their relative importance. Our analysis shows that there were, on average, 33.5% women recruited in the MSc and that this has not significantly changed over the years. It also shows that gender significantly influences the number of years spent at each level in the career hierarchy and the level reached. Regarding expatriation choice, this variable has some significant impacts on career progression. Finally, statistics indicate that gender has a far greater influence on career progression than expatriation choice. Overall, this study proves the difficulties for women in enjoying the same career progression as men in the field of Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain Management Open Innovation: Virtual Integration in the Network Logistics System

Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity ◽

10.3390/joitmc7010054 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Vladimir Shcherbakov ◽

Galina Silkina

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

System Integration ◽

Business Models ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Linear Models ◽

Logistics System ◽

Chain Management ◽

Economic Relations

The customer-oriented approach is actively developing within the global trend of the modern industrial revolution that is Industry 4.0. The focus on customer interests has led to cooperation and integration in supply chains, improving their efficiency and increasing transparency, awareness, and trust. However, an issue emerging in this scenario is that conventional supply chain management (SCM) procedures are unable to identify the potential proposal for a particular user. Modern businesses need to build integrated supply chains, which require well-developed infrastructure and easily available complementary services, relying on logistics as a networking technology. Supply chains of this generation grow from traditional individual desynchronized economic relations (linear models with some feedback and the simplest network configurations) to scalable, adaptable, harmonized partner networks. The logistics potential allows additional income by reducing the total costs of participants in the network, thus increasing the competitiveness of companies; this can be implemented based on new models of interaction in the current digital environment through, firstly, system integration. Our goal consists of identifying the essential characteristics of system integration and substantiating the methods for its implementation in the digital economy. The study is based on the analysis of global best practices, considering the reports from leading consulting companies and competent analytical agencies. We have confirmed that the role of a virtual system integrator of supply chains belongs to logistics platforms; the effects of a transition to platform business models are discussed in detail.

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The relationship between the logistics complexity of manufacturing companies and their supply chain management

Production ◽

10.1590/s0103-65132013005000052 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 233-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Fernandes Wanke ◽

Henrique Luiz Corrêa

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Chain Management ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Comprehensive Literature Review ◽

The Relationship ◽

Different Levels ◽

Contingency Approach

This study aims to investigate whether, and the means by which, supply chain managers of large manufacturing companies adopt a context-dependent approach (also called contingency approach) in their supply chain decisions; it empirically explores the correlation between logistics complexity-related contextual conditions and supply chain management (SCM) objectives and decision areas. The study involves a comprehensive literature review, followed by an analysis of survey data (based on a sample of 108 large manufacturing companies in Brazil), using cluster analysis, factor analysis and binary logistic regression. In this study, we not only investigate the major effects of supply chain objectives and decision areas as predictors of the logistics complexity of manufacturing but also investigate their second order interactions. Statistically significant relationships were found between logistics complexity-related contextual conditions and objectives and decision areas involving the supply chain. The managers of large companies who were surveyed considered different objectives and decision areas to be critical to the achievement of supply chain excellence when their companies had different levels of logistics complexity.

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Using a Novel Grey DANP Model to Identify Interactions between Manufacturing and Logistics Industries in China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103456 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3456 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Peng Jiang ◽

Yi-Chung Hu ◽

Ghi-Feng Yen ◽

Hang Jiang ◽

Yu-Jing Chiu

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽

Value Added ◽

Manufacturing Industries ◽

Direct Influence ◽

Key Factors ◽

Logistics Industry ◽

Influence Matrix ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Two Factors

As a crucial part of producer services, the logistics industry is highly dependent on the manufacturing industry. In general, the interactive development of the logistics and manufacturing industries is essential. Due to the existence of a certain degree of interdependence between any two factors, interaction between the two industries has produced a basis for measurement; identifying the key factors affecting the interaction between the manufacturing and logistics industries is a kind of decision problem in the field of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). A hybrid MCDM method, DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP) is appropriate to solve this problem. However, DANP uses a direct influence matrix, which involves pairwise comparisons that may be more or less influenced by the respondents. Therefore, we propose a decision model, Grey DANP, which can automatically generate the direct influence matrix. Statistical data for the logistics and manufacturing industries in the China Statistical Yearbook (2006–2015) were used to identify the key factors for interaction between these two industries. The results showed that the key logistics criteria for interaction development are the total number of employees in the transport business, the volume of goods, and the total length of routes. The key manufacturing criteria for interaction development are the gross domestic product and the value added. Therefore, stakeholders should increase the number of employees in the transport industry and freight volumes. Also, the investment in infrastructure should be increased.

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