Examination of Vocational Schools as Sustainable Human Resources in Supply Chain Management

2022 ◽  
pp. 962-986
Author(s):  
Bülent Özgür Olgun ◽  
Güner Koç Aytekin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Vocational Schools ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Technological Developments

In today's business world, having talented, educated, and qualified employees who can use technological developments has become an important advantage. Maintaining this superiority can be done with employees who are technically business-oriented. Economic uncertainty in the global markets enables countries to attach importance to vocational education, which will make their youth a part of the current economic process. The aim of this study is to reveal the necessity of vocational education in vocational high schools and vocational schools of higher education in our country to sustainably meet the global workforce needs of supply chain management. In this context, South Korea has been selected on global scale, which is thought to play an important role in the vocational education policies implemented in her development, and the general and vocational education system examined has been compared with the situation in Turkey.

Examination of Vocational Schools as Sustainable Human Resources in Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-163
Author(s):  
Bülent Özgür Olgun ◽  
Güner Koç Aytekin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Vocational Schools ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Technological Developments

In today's business world, having talented, educated, and qualified employees who can use technological developments has become an important advantage. Maintaining this superiority can be done with employees who are technically business-oriented. Economic uncertainty in the global markets enables countries to attach importance to vocational education, which will make their youth a part of the current economic process. The aim of this study is to reveal the necessity of vocational education in vocational high schools and vocational schools of higher education in our country to sustainably meet the global workforce needs of supply chain management. In this context, South Korea has been selected on global scale, which is thought to play an important role in the vocational education policies implemented in her development, and the general and vocational education system examined has been compared with the situation in Turkey.

scholarly journals Blockchains for Supply Chain Management: Architectural Elements and Challenges Towards a Global Scale Deployment

Logistics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Litke ◽  
Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos ◽  
Theodora Varvarigou
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Digital Assets

Blockchains are attracting the attention of stakeholders in many industrial domains, including the logistics and supply chain industries. Blockchain technology can effectively contribute in recording every single asset throughout its flow on the supply chain, contribute in tracking orders, receipts, and payments, while track digital assets such as warranties and licenses in a unified and transparent way. The paper provides, through its methodology, a detailed analysis of the blockchain fit in the supply chain industry. It defines the specific elements of blockchain that affect supply chain such as scalability, performance, consensus mechanism, privacy considerations, location proof and cost, and details on the impact that blockchains will have in disrupting the supply chain industry. Discussing the tradeoff between consensus cost, throughput and validation time it proceeds with a suggested high-level architectural approach, and concludes as a result with a discussion on changes needed and challenges faced for an in-vivo deployment of blockchains in the supply chain industry. While the technological features of modern blockchains can effectively facilitate supply chain uses cases, the various challenges that still remain, bring in front of us a wide set of needed changes and further research efforts for achieving a global, production level blockchain for the supply chain industry.

A Flexible Supply Chain Management Game

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patra Shovityakool ◽  
Piyachat Jittam ◽  
Namkang Sriwattanarothai ◽  
Parames Laosinchai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Management Game ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Real World Situation

Background. Educational games are widely used in business classes in general, and supply chain management (SCM) classes in particular. These games are designed to familiarize students with the real business world. Most SCM games are ready-made, with pre-set learning objectives focusing on a certain module in a supply chain. Intervention. This article presents the new spreadsheet-based Flexible Supply Chain Management Game (FSCMG) and the findings of its pilot study. FSCMG’s features are transparent to instructors and students alike. It is easily modifiable to suit an instructor’s learning objectives. Method. Six groups of undergraduate students took turns playing three modules, namely a wholesaler, manufacturer, and supplier. There were two groups per module to represent two supply chains. The students’ spreadsheets are analyzed and presented. Results. Students’ spreadsheets revealed that they were able to employ SCM conceptual understanding in FSCMG, particularly pricing strategy, inventory management, forecasting, and the relationships within a supply chain. Conclusion. FSCGM helped the students apply their in-class knowledge in a real-world situation and be well prepared for their future careers where an extensive understanding is required.

scholarly journals Benchmarking supply chain management practices in a South African confectionery manufacturing organisation

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orestes Peristeris ◽  
Peter J. Kilbourn ◽  
Jacobus Walters
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
South African ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
High Level ◽  
Practice Framework

Background: In an increasingly competitive business world, businesses need to be able to measure the effectiveness of their supply chain management process practices against proven best practice frameworks. A number of these frameworks exist internationally but have to be used within the context of knowing the relative strengths and weaknesses of potential benchmarking frameworks. Two such frameworks were identified in the research and a case was made to use one such framework, the Global Supply Chain Forum (GSCF) framework, to measure the effectiveness of the supply chain practices of a leading confectionery manufacturing company in South Africa.Objective of the research: The purpose of the research was to identify an international best practice framework, which could be used by South African manufacturing organisations to benchmark their supply chain management (SCM) practices.Methodology: The methodology followed was a literature review of the existing SCM frameworks to identify a framework, which would be the most suited to the objective of the study, followed by a case study of a leading manufacturing organisation’s SCM practices benchmarked against those found in the framework.Results and conclusions: The main finding of the case study was that there is a high degree of adherence between the case study organisation’s SCM practices and those found in the SCM framework. There was also generally a high level of importance ascribed by respondents to the best practices contained by the GSCF framework. It was therefore concluded that the GSCF framework proved to be a useful instrument for a comprehensive analysis of supply chain management processes and practices for a manufacturer in the fast moving consumer goods industry, with potential for applications by organisations in the supply chains of other industries.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Strategic Management on Supply Chain Management and Logistics - A Path Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Azzam A. Abou-Moghli
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms

An efficient supply chain management is essential for the survival of organizations in the present competitive business world. Without effectual supply chain management strategies, the performance of organizations deteriorates. To examine different strategies such as customer orientation, innovating strategy and technological innovation in the financial and non-financial performance of pharmaceutical firms. A path analysis study was conducted in which a questionnaire with regard to strategic management on supply chain and logistics was distributed amongst 10 pharmaceutical companies in Jordan. The results have revealed a positive and significant influence of customer-oriented strategies on the financial performance of companies. In contrast, the results show no significant impact of technological innovation on financial and non-financial performance of the pharmaceutical firms. However, there has been a significant correlation found between innovating strategies and the performance of the organizations. The study has asserted companies to focus and attempt more efforts to enhance their supply chain management strategies to upgrade their performance.

The impact of information technology and communication systems on the agility of supply chain management systems

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 2217-2236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Dehgani ◽  
Nima Jafari Navimipour
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe impact of information technology (IT) on the agility of supply chain management (SCM) systems is very noticeable in the business world nowadays. Competition and constant changes, including product/technological innovations, decreasing product lifestyles and product proliferation, create pressure that affects the business environment. Organizations are required for answering the changes in the market to gain a competitive advantage and business success. The organizations are able to answer to unexpected market changes through supply chain market, and these changes are converted to business opportunities. Using IT to achieve the agility of SCM is one of the important factors to help the organizations. Therefore, the adoption of IT and its efficient implementation can improve the cooperation between supply chain agility through the rapid transfer, the distribution of accurate information and the use of information. This paper aims to investigate the impact of IT on the agility of SCM.Design/methodology/approachA total of 120 employees of the Golasal firm are involved in collecting data using a questionnaire. Measurements were performed in all questionnaires using a five-point Likert scale. The causal model is evaluated by structural equationmodeling technique, which is used to examine the reliability and validity of the model.FindingsThe results have shown that IT has positive influences on the agility of SCM systems. In addition, the obtained results have shown that four variables, namely, IT skills and knowledge, IT-based systems integration, IT infrastructure and design of global position system and geographic information systems, affect the agility of SCM systems.Originality/valueIn this paper, the agility of SCM systems is pointed out and the approach to resolve the problem is applied into a practical example. The presented model provides a complete framework to examine the impact of IT on the agility of SCM systems.

scholarly journals E-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PADA TOKO ROTI MENGGUNAKAN ODOO 11.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-194
Author(s):  
Dwi Putra Githa ◽  
I Made Sunia Raharja
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
System Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Data Analysis System ◽  
A Company

The rapid development of technology has an impact on the competition in the business world. A company needs technology to be able to make efficiency and make innovations in order to maintain market share or to gain new market share. A company must make efficiency in all fields in order to increase competitiveness. A bakery is a manufacturing company that runs its business by making and selling bread. Electronic Supply Chain Management can be a solution for managing business processes related to bakery activities. Electronic Supply Chain Management (e-SCM) is the efficient and effective coordination of all supply activities of an organization from its suppliers and partners to its customers using technology support. E-SCM Bakery has been successfully built through the stages of data collection, data analysis, system business process design and system development using Odoo 11.0. Based on black box testing, all functionality of the system has been running as expected.  

scholarly journals The contribution of green logistics and sustainable purchasing for green supply chain management

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassia Regina Bianchini Teixeira ◽  
Andre Luis Assumpção ◽  
Andre Luiz Correa ◽  
Antonio Francisco Savi ◽  
Glaucia Aparecida Prates
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Green Logistics ◽  
Business World ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Negative Impacts

The search for new technologies that can mitigate the negative impacts caused by the processes of production and the excessive consumption of raw material, has gained more and more relevance in the business world. In this scenario, the present research aims to identify the contributions that green logistics and green procurement bring to the management of the green supply chain. The present research is justified by the increase in the adoption of ecological practices by the companies, which implies in the continuous search for improvement of the techniques that involve all the practices within the Chain of Green Supply, aiming at greater efficiency of the whole chain. ISO 20400 was implemented, which came into force in 2017, which aims to increase the efficiency of green purchasing practices. The method used was the qualitative exploratory bibliographic research carried out in the secondary databases ACM, EBSCO, Emerald, Academic OneFile (GALE), Scielo, Sciense Direct, Springer, Web of Science and Wiley. A bibliometric analysis of the information obtained was performed. The research concluded that Green Supply Chain Management aims to reduce waste, negative impacts on the environment and maximize profitability. It increases competitiveness through innovative strategies aligned with the organization's strategic objectives, green logistics and green procurement in particular. contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by replacing fossil fuels with alternative fuels, reducing operating costs, adapting transport modes, improving internal communication technologies, investing in personnel training to achieve sustainability. 

scholarly journals Towards Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM): A Case of Leather Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hedaitul Islam ◽  
Md Rayhan Sarker ◽  
Md Israil Hossain ◽  
Kauser Ali ◽  
K. M. Asadun Noor
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Leather Industry ◽  
Business World ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain Management ◽  
The Relationship

At present, sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has gained a great momentum in this competitive business world for any kind of industry. Leather industry (leather, leather products, and footwear) is the second export earning sector of Bangladesh which is scrambling to implement SSCM in its working cycle. There are lot of challenges that are creating barriers for this industry owners in establishing sustainability practices in their supply chain management. There is lack of enough research in identifying the challenges of SSCM for leather industry of Bangladesh. That’s why, it is very imperative to identify the challenges of SSCM for leather industry in Bangladesh which will guide the industry owners to combat these challenges. In this research, we have not only identified the challenges of SSCM for leather industry but also evaluated the relationship among them. Besides, a priority list of identified challenges is depicted through which the industry owners can easily find out the major and minor challenges. Five industrial experts were selected from export-oriented leather and footwear factories in order to sort out the appropriate challenges. Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was applied to assess the relationship among identified 18 challenges and divided them into two groups such as cause and effect. The casual challenges are lack of knowledge and experience, lack of technical expertise, corruption, social unawareness, lack of acceptance of new technology, lack of training on SSCM, poor organizational culture, market competition and uncertainty, lack of commitment from top management and lack of integration of IT system. On the other hand, lack of eco-literacy among supply chain stakeholders, financial constraints, lack of government rules and regulations, cost of sustainability, limitations of capacity, lack of management initiatives for reverse logistics, demand for lower price and lack of energy and waste management policy were identified as effect group challenges. This study will help the decision-makers of leather industry in formulating strategic policies to address these challenges for in implementing SSCM in leather industry that will drive these sectors toward sustainable development.

EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SUPPLIER SELECTION PRACTICES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

2005 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 391-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAN WANG ◽  
YEZHUANG TIAN ◽  
YUNQUAN HU
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Major Significance ◽  
Competitive Priority

Supply chain management has seen a wide application since the 1990s in satisfying diversified customer demands. To remain competitive on a global scale, manufacturing companies greatly increased the scope of their outsourcing activities. Consequently, supplier selection has become a highly prioritized activity with major significance to companies. Previous studies of supplier selection show that there are commonly accepted supplier selection criteria. However, there are insufficient studies on the association between the manufacturer's criteria of supplier selection and why it wins orders from its customers. Studies on the differences of supplier selection criteria among manufacturers from different countries are insufficient either. Through empirical study this paper tries to find out the association between manufacturer's criteria in supplier selection and how it wins orders. Considerations of supplier selection criteria in different national background are compared and the consistency of supplier selection criteria and competitive priority is analyzed.

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