scholarly journals Assessment of Orange (Citrus Sinensis) Supply Chain Activities in Kano State

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Lawan ◽  
Aliyu I Muhammad ◽  
Nura A Sale ◽  
Rabi K Ahmad ◽  
Zahraddeen Usman
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Citrus Sinensis ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Agricultural Equipment ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Manual Handling

The study focused on the handling system of orange in Yanlemo Market of Kano State. A field study was conducted with structural questionnaires that targeted the orange supplies, traders and agricultural equipment suppliers/fabricators. Result obtained reveals that the orange handling activity is dominated by male traders. Average of 2 to 5 bags of oranges are usually handled by about 53.3% of the respondents, while 8.3% handle more than 10 bags of the oranges daily. Dan Tivi was found to be the commonest orange variety in the study area. Some other varieties established in the study area are; Dan Nassarawa, Dan Ondo and Dan Delta representing about 8.3, 1.7 and 1.7% of the varieties handled in the study area respectively. The mode of transportation, sorting, and washing was found to be manual with a lot of challenges. The predominant manual handling of the orange established in the study area could be amongst the major reasons for the high losses usually recorded by the traders on a daily basis. Thus, useful suggestions that could be employed by researchers and policymakers to provide improvements in the supply chain activities to prevent such losses are presented.  Keywords— Orange, Assessment, Supply Chain, Handling

scholarly journals Traceable Air Baggage Handling System Based on RFID Tags in the Airport

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Yuanxin Ouyang ◽  
Yang He
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Object Identification ◽  
Rfid Tags ◽  
Handling System ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Management Efficiency ◽  
Baggage Handling

The RFID is not only a feasible, novel, and cost-effective candidate for daily object identification but it is also considered as a significant tool to provide traceable visibility along different stages of the aviation supply chain. In the air baggage handing application, the RFID tags are used to enhance the ability for baggage tracking, dispatching and conveyance so as to improve the management efficiency and the users’ satisfaction. We surveyed current related work and introduce the IATA RP1740c protocol used for the standard to recognize the baggage tags. One distributed aviation baggage traceable application is designed based on the RFID networks. We describe the RFID-based baggage tracking experiment in the BCIA (Beijing Capital International Airport). In this experiment the tags are sealed in the printed baggage label and the RFID readers are fixed in the certain interested positions of the BHS in the Terminal 2. We measure the accurate recognition rate and monitor the baggage’s real-time situation on the monitor’s screen. Through the analysis of the measured results within two months we emphasize the advantage of the adoption of RFID tags in this high noisy BHS environment. The economical benefits achieved by the extensive deployment of RFID in the baggage handing system are also outlined.

Humanitarian Operations and Supply Chain Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan M. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
Recent Developments

The need for humanitarian assistance is documented in the news on a daily basis. Functioning supply chains are a critical factor in providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid to people in need. Therefore, the humanitarian sector has developed organizations, processes, procedures, and tools that support the specific situation facing this sector, which is in several ways different from a commercial setting. This chapter discusses some challenges of humanitarian operations and supply chain management (HumOSCM) for humanitarian assistance, provides an overview, and lays out some good practices and recent developments of HumOSCM. Better scholarship and practice of HumOSCM will contribute to solving grand challenges as conveyed in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Benchmarking supply chain sustainability: insights from a field study

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Colicchia ◽  
Marco Melacini ◽  
Sara Perotti
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Field Study

Toward a secure supply chain: A system's perspective

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Xiangyang Li ◽  
Charu Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Probabilistic Analysis ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Security Management ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Supply Systems

Security management has become a critical topic that supply systems have to handle on a daily basis. An integrated view is not in place yet, despite that related studies have existed in disparate pieces and keep on emerging. This paper seeks an essential paradigm shift to design/management for security (DMfSec) within the context of supply chain management. The first part is devoted to defining a new discipline of security centric supply chain management (SecSCM). We identify its fundamental tasks and requirements aided by a metaphor borrowed from information security. The second part is a discussion of a potential technical roadmap. Vital and integral to this initiative, we firstly propose the referential taxonomy that systematically accounts for security constraints, requirements, instruments and management, and investigate its relationship to underlying supply chain constructs. Secondly, with the taxonomy in hand, we present modeling issues based on dependency representation and probabilistic analysis, which are suitable for security management. Lastly we consider key tasks in DMfSec and SecSCM. With an emphasis on elaboration of challenges and requirements and employing a process and system oriented perspective, this paper intends to start rather than conclude an adventure into this vast interdisciplinary field.

scholarly journals Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoufeng Cao ◽  
Kim Bryceson ◽  
Damian Hine
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Supply Chain Risk Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food Supply Chains

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore the value of collaborative risk management in a decentralised multi-tier global fresh produce supply chain.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilised a mixed methods approach. A qualitative field study was conducted to examine the need for collaborative risk management. The simulation experiments with industry datasets were conducted to assess whether risk-sharing contracts work in mitigating joint risks in parts of and across the supply chain.FindingsThe qualitative field study revealed risk propagation and the inefficiency of company-specific risk management strategies in value delivery. The simulation results indicated that risk-sharing contracts can incentivise various actors to absorb interrelated risks for value creation.Research limitations/implicationsThe research is limited to risks relevant to supply chain processes in the Australia–China table grrape supply chain and does not consider product-related risks and the risk-taking behaviours of supply chain actors.Practical implicationsCollaborative risk management can be deployed to mitigate systematic risks that disrupt global fresh produce supply chains. The results offer evidence-based knowledge to supply chain professionals in understanding the value of collaborative risk assessment and management and provide insights on how to conduct collaborative risk management for effective risk management.Originality/valueThe results contribute to the supply chain risk management literature by new collaborative forms for effective risk management and strategic competition of “supply chain to supply chain” in multi-tier food supply chains.

JTRF Volume 56 No. 3, Fall 2017Bringing in the Sheaves: Changes in Canada’s Grain Supply Chain Through the Post Canadian Wheat Board Era

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek G. Brewin ◽  
James F. Nolan ◽  
Richard S. Gray ◽  
Troy G. Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Relative Stability ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Grain Handling ◽  
Canadian Wheat Board

Vast distances in the Canadian grain handling system means that the supply chain is highly reliant on rail transportation. After years of relative stability, the grain supply chain has recently undergone many signifi cant changes, including deregulation in grain handling. However, the consequences emerging from some of these changes were unexpected. In this paper, we explore the evolving behavior of participants in the increasingly liberalized Canadian grain handling supply chain. The changes seem to be creating new winners and losers in the system. To this end, we fi nd that while current railroad regulations in Canada have led to effi ciencies, deregulation of grain handling seems to have generated gains for grain companies at the expense of farmers.

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