Sustainability Initiatives Driving Supply Chain: Climate Governance on Beef Production System

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has witnessed remarkable attention in academic studies as well as being widely conducted in different industries globally. This specific case was chosen as one of the biggest dairy companies that may be represented for Vietnam dairy supply chain management. This research aims to integrate CSR initiatives into food supply chain management to clarify the optimal replenishment policy, paying close attention to the relationship between midstream manufacturers and final customers. The classical economic production quantity model has been employed, relying on the two-stage assembly production system. The three parameters that contribute to the total profit formulation that have been considered consist of the social charity amount for per unit selling, the unit wholesale price of the manufacturer, and the return rate of used goods from the customer. The study has stressed that there is a significant impact from implementing CSR initiatives on the enterprise’s inventory policy that leads to enhance the firm’s financial performance.

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System dynamics modelling of fixed and dynamic Kanban controlled production systems: a supply chain perspective

Journal of Modelling in Management ◽

10.1108/jm2-06-2020-0168 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Jagan Mohan Reddy K. ◽

Neelakanteswara Rao A. ◽

Krishnanand Lanka ◽

PRC Gopal

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

System Dynamics ◽

Cycle Time ◽

Production System ◽

Demand Uncertainty ◽

Production Systems ◽

Decision Variable ◽

Content Type ◽

Pull Production ◽

Kanban System

Purpose Pull production systems have received much attention in the supply chain management environment. The number of Kanbans is a key decision variable in the pull production system as it affects the finished goods inventory (FGI) and backorders of the system. The purpose of this study is to compare the performance of the fixed and dynamic Kanban systems in terms of operational metrics (FGI and backorders) under the demand uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the system dynamics (SD) approach was used to model the performance of fixed and dynamic Kanban based production systems. SD approach has enabled the feedback mechanism and is an appropriate tool to incorporate the dynamic control during the simulation. Initially, a simple Kanban based production system was developed and then compared the performance of production systems with fixed and dynamic controlled Kanbans at the various demand scenarios. Findings From the present study, it is observed that the dynamic Kanban system has advantages over the fixed Kanban system and also observed that the variation in the backorders with respect to the demand uncertainty under the dynamic Kanban system is negligible. Research limitations/implications In a just-in-time production system, the number of Kanbans is a key decision variable. The number of Kanbans is mainly depended on the demand, cycle time, safety stock factor (SSF) and container size. However, this study considered only demand uncertainty to compare the fixed and dynamic Kanban systems. This paper further recommends researchers to consider other control variables which may influence the number of Kanbans such as cycle time, SSF and container size. Originality/value This study will be useful to decision-makers and production managers in the selection of the Kanban systems in uncertain demand applications.

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Bioethanol Production System in Northern Italy: Supply Chain Design and Cost Optimisation

Design for Energy and the Environment ◽

10.1201/9781439809136-12 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 151-166

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Production System ◽

Northern Italy ◽

Supply Chain Design ◽

Bioethanol Production

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A supply chain model for imperfect production system with stochastic lead time demand

Journal of Management Analytics ◽

10.1080/23270012.2018.1530619 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 309-333 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Rabin Kumar Mallick ◽

Amalesh Kumar Manna ◽

Shyamal Kumar Mondal

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Production System ◽

Lead Time ◽

Chain Model ◽

Imperfect Production ◽

Stochastic Lead Time ◽

Supply Chain Model

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Supply Chain Coordination in 2-Stage-Ordering-Production System with Update of Demand Information

Industrial Engineering & Management Systems ◽

10.7232/iems.2014.13.3.304 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 304-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Etsuko Kusukawa

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Production System ◽

Supply Chain Coordination ◽

Demand Information

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FoodSQRBlock: Digitizing food production & supply chain with blockchain & QR code in the cloud

10.36227/techrxiv.12652895.v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Somdip Dey ◽

Suman Saha ◽

Amit Singh ◽

Klaus D. Mcdonald-Maier

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Food Safety ◽

Production System ◽

Food Production ◽

Large Scale ◽

Production Data ◽

Blockchain Technology ◽

Large Scale Integration ◽

Scale Integration ◽

Food Production System

<div><div><div><p>Food safety is an important issue in today’s world. Traditional agri-food production system doesn’t offer easy traceability of the produce at any point of the supply chain, and hence, during a food-borne outbreak, it is very difficult to sift through food production data to track produce and origin of the outbreak. In recent years, blockchain based food production system has resolved this challenge, however, none of the proposed methodologies makes the food production data easily accessible, traceable and verifiable by consumers or producers using mobile/edge devices. In this paper, we propose FoodSQRBlock (Food Safety Quick Response Block), a blockchain technology based framework, which digitizes the food production information, and makes it easily accessible, traceable and verifiable by the consumers and producers by using QR codes. We also propose a large scale integration of FoodSQRBlock in the cloud to show the feasibility and scalability of the framework, and experimental evaluation to prove that.</p></div></div></div>

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The bases of coordination development as the emergent quality of investment goods supply chain

Galic'kij ekonomičnij visnik ◽

10.33108/galicianvisnyk_tntu2021.02.146 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 69 (2) ◽

pp. 146-152

Author(s):

V. Falovych ◽

N. Falovych ◽

S. Semeniuk

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Production System ◽

Current Time ◽

Common Information ◽

Working Together ◽

The Difference ◽

Reducing Costs ◽

The Moment ◽

Internal Stakeholders

In this paper article the authors point out the importance of actions aimed at reducing waste, increasing productivity and reducing costs in the supply chain, which will ensure the development of coordination as an emergent function of the supply chain and contribute to the formation of responsibility to internal stakeholders; they also note the difference between logistics and supply chain management (SCM), which, primarily, is that logistics usually refers to the activities taking place within one organization, and supply chains belong to the network of companies working together and coordinate their actions to product supply to the market. The authors point out that the development of partnership in supply chains makes it possible to perform collaborative planning on a common information base, collective management of stocks, risks and all this provides reasons to coordinate activities in the supply chain, i.e. the dependence of «exit» on «entry» becomes homogeneous. Particular attention is paid to the ways of improvement the supply chain functioning, which is proposed to carry out at three levels. The highest level includes the processes taking place throughout the supply chain, and concerns the relationship between all participants [10]. At the operational level (the second level), the constraint theory recommends to use the LPS (Logical Product Structure) method. At the current actions level (the third level) TOC proposes to use the concept of management of the production system DBR (English: Drum – Buffer – Rope), the application of which enables to increase the capacity of the production system. In order to identify the area of necessary changes, the authors propose to build a detailed flowchart of processes, actions and functions from receiving the order from the customer (either external or internal) up to the moment of order fulfilment and delivery to the customer, which makes it possible to analyze sequentially the system operation in the current time and identify the areas of necessary changes, as well as to increase the level of meeting the customer needs, ensuring the efficiency of material and information flows, strengthening the manufacturer status in the market.

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Blinded by the light? Analyzing sustainability authenticity, customer service perceptions, and halo effects

The International Journal of Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/ijlm-12-2017-0344 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 117-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Clinton Amos ◽

Sebastian Brockhaus ◽

Amydee M. Fawcett ◽

Stanley E. Fawcett ◽

A. Michael Knemeyer

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Customer Service ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Corporate Sustainability ◽

A Priori ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Behavioral Experiments ◽

Content Type ◽

Sustainability Initiatives ◽

Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate how service perceptions influence customer views of the authenticity of corporate sustainability claims. The goal of this paper is to help supply chain decision-makers better understand boundary conditions in order to design more enduring and impactful sustainability programs.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ behavioral experiments, subjecting two theoretically derived hypotheses to verification across five diverse industries and two distinct sustainability vignettes.FindingsCustomer service perceptions emerge as a significant boundary condition to the perceived authenticity of sustainability efforts. Subjects attributed significantly higher authenticity toward sustainability efforts in above average vs below average service quality contexts. Further, respondents attributed deceptive motivations to sustainability efforts at companies with below average service.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors confirm the underlying tenet of social judgment theory, which suggests thata prioriperceptions create a zone of acceptability or rejection. Ultimately, investing in sustainability can lead to counterproductive cynicism.Practical implicationsThe authors infer that customers’ willingness to give companies credit for sustainability initiatives extends beyond service issues to any practice that influencesa prioriperceptions. Supply chain managers must rethink their role in designing both customer service and sustainability systems to achieve positive returns from sustainability investments.Originality/valueThe authors challenge the assumption that customers universally positively view sustainability efforts. If customers holda priorinegative service perceptions, otherwise well-designed sustainability programs may invoke cynical reactions. Thus, sustainability programs may not inoculate firm reputations from adverse incidents. Given they touch both service and sustainability systems, supply chain managers are positioned to holistically influence their design for competitive advantage.

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