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Purpose – The purpose of this article is to propose a common framework for the empirical analysis of supply chain performance measurement systems used in different supply chain contexts. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper, which includes an extensive literature review...
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influence of government, improving relationships through Guanxi and developing overall logistics capacity are identified as …
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Purpose – One way of overcoming logistics barriers (poor transportation, handling and storage properties) towards …‐to‐energy supply chain. Torrefaction offers a range of potentially beneficial logistics properties but the actual benefits depend upon … as unrefined forest fuel, pellets and coal logistics with prescriptions for configuration derived from the subject area …
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Purpose – Extant research on supply chain integration defines integration in different ways, and mainly discusses a limited number of integration elements. The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual integration model which consists of comprehensive elements that are important to...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for a sustainability model to be used by industrial … companies for establishing a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach Literature is replete with sustainability models … a novel approach for comparing/normalizing data from all three components of the Triple Bottom Line (3BL) sustainability …
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-termism are summarized. Next, sustainability is offered as an important starting point to explore the concept of temporality … summarizes how time has been incorporated in operations management, as well as the challenges of short-termism. Sustainability …
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sustainability by the “bottom of the pyramid” view, as it looks for new ways to make business models and operations beneficial for …
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Purpose This study aims to explore how the flow of moral responsibility in supply chains can be understood through an analysis of material, monetary and information flows. Design/methodology/approach Social responsibility, foliated networks and morality are used to present a conceptual framework...
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Purpose Over the past few decades, lean manufacturing has focussed on being customer-centred and now Lean 4.0 technologies have made it possible for manufacturers to have a deeper view of waste reduction. Technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, three-dimensional...
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Namit and Chen recently created two algorithms to solve the <Q,r> inventory model for gamma lead‐time demand without using tabulated values. However, other less complicated solutions that do not require the use of tabulated values are currently available. This note demonstrated the relative...</q,r>
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