Dissertations / Theses: 'Supply chain. eng'

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Julioti, Plínio Silvio. "Proposta de reestruturação do fluxo logístico reverso de embalagens hortifrutícolas /." Bauru : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93064.

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Orientador: Rosani de Castro
Banca: Fernando César Almada Santos
Banca: José Alcides Gobbo Junior
Resumo: Um produto hortifrutícola tem o ápice de sua qualidade no momento da colheita. Todos os esforços de modernização do pós-colheita visam à manutenção da qualidade do produto colhido. A função primordial da embalagem é conter e proteger o produto. Atualmente a necessidade de redução de custos e a conscientização ambiental tornaram a especificação de uma embalagem, uma atividade mais apurada, exigindo a implantação de políticas públicas e privadas, visando uma melhor articulação dos agentes envolvidos. Em geral, o sistema de abastecimento das diversas CEASAs no Brasil carece de equipamento e embalagens que minimizem as perdas físicas e econômicas dos produtos comercializados. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar o modelo de logística reversa de embalagens de produtos hortifrutícolas existente na CEASA-Campinas, localizada no cidade de Campinas (SP), e na CEASA - São Pualo, localizada na cidade de São Paulo (SP), propondo uma reestruturação da cadeia de embalagens de madeira, papelão e plásticas, de modo a fechar o fluxo logístico reverso, evitando perdas de embalagens, geração de lixo e condições sanitárias indesejáveis. Entretanto esta é uma proposta que ainda não se estende à maioria das CEASAs brasileiras e carece de uma análise que propiciará ajustes ao respectivo modelo, para que ele atenda às características próprias de cada unidade, objetivando melhorias na cadeia produtiva. O sucesso do modelo reverso, relaciona-se à adoção de caixas plásticas em substituição às de madeira
Abstract: A fresh product reaches its maximum quality at the moment of the haverst. All the efforts to modernize the post-harvest aim at the maintenance of the harvested product quality. The primordial function of the package is to contain and protect the product. Nowadays the necessity for cost reduction and the environmental awareness have made the specification of a package a more accurate activity, requiring the implementation of public and private policies for a better articulation of the involved agents. In general, the supply system in the different CEASAs in Brazil lacks equipments and package that minimize the physcal and economic losses of the commercialized products. This work has as main objective study the model of reverse logistic of fresh products package in the CEASA-Campinas, located in the city of Campinas (SP), and in the CEASA-São Paulo, located in the city of São Paulo (SP), proposing a restructuring of the chain of wooden, cardboard and plastic package, in order to close the reverse logistics flow, avoiding package losses, waste production and undesirable sanitary conditions. However this is a proposal still not being used in most Brazilian CEASAs, lacking an analysis which will allow adjustments to the model, in order to reach rhe characteristics of each unit, aiming at the improvement of the supply chain. The sucess of the of the reverse model is related to the plastic boxes replacing the wood boxes
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Torres, Marco Antonio. "Análise de linguagens de modelagem de processos de um modelo de referência na cadeia de suprimentos /." Bauru : [s.n.], 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93041.

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Orientador: Renato de Campos
Banca: Wilson Massashiro Yonezawa
Banca: José Alcides Gobbo Junior
Resumo: O entendimento dos processos de Modelo de Referência de Operações da Cadeia de Suprimentos (ou Supply Chain Reference - SCOR model) pode ser facilitado pelo uso de uma metodologia de modelagem de processos. O emprego de uma notação com semântica adequada para representar esses modelos de processos, associadas a ferramentas de modelagem e gestão, podem contribuir para a melhor compreensão e o gerenciamento de uma cadeia de suprimentos. Existem várias notações propostas na literatura, como por exemplo, a Notação para Modelagem de Processos de Negócios (ou Bussiness Process Modeling Notation - BPMN), a Cadeia de Processos Dirigida por Eventos (ou Event-Driven Process Chain - EPC) e a Linguagem de Modelagem Unificada (ou Unified Modeling Language - UML). Também podem ser identificadas algumas ferramentas de suporte computacional para a modelagem dos processos, como por exemplo, o Bonita Studio, o ARIS Express e o Intalio Designer. Este trabalho analisou e comparou algumas notações e ferramentas de suporte computacional para melhor representar os modelos de processos SCOR. Definidos as notações, ferramentas e critérios de comparação, as análises indicaram a notação BPMN e a ferramenta Intalio como sendo as mais adequadas. Como resultado final, a notação e a ferramenta foram utilizadas para a geração de uma biblioteca de modelos a partir de processos padrão de terceiro nível do modelo SCOR. Exemplos de desenvolvimento de modelos são apresentados, visando demonstrar a adequação da notação e ferramenta, e exemplificar como a biblioteca de modelos pode ser usada visando o desenvolvimento de modelos de quarto nível, a partir da biblioteca de modelos, por possível usuários. Como trabalho futuro, propõe-se a geração de modelos de referência de software com base nos modelos SCOR
Abstract: The understanding of the process of Supply Chain Operation Reference - SCOR model can be facilitated by use of a methodology for process modeling. The use of a notation with semantics appropriate for representing these types of processes associated with the modeling and management tools, can contribute to better understanding and management of a supply chain. There are several notations proposed in the literature, for exemple, the notation for Business Modeling Notation - BPMN, the Event-Driven Process Chain - EPC and Unified Modeling Language - UML). Can also be identified some tools for computational modeling of processes, such as the Bonita Studio, ARIS Express and Intalio Designer. This study analyzed and compared some notations and support tools to best represent the computational process models SCOR. Defined notations, tools and benchmarks, the analysis indicated the Intalio BPMN notation and the most appropriate. As a final result, the notation and the tool was used to generate a library of models from standard processes of the third level of the SCOR model. Examples of model development are presented to demonstrate the adequacy of the notation and tool, ans illustrate how the model library can be used for the develpment of models of the fourth level, from the library of models for potential users. As future work, we propose the generation of role models for developing software systems based on the SCOR model
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Ljung, Marcus, and Christian Capadrutt. "Internet of Things and the next generation of supply chains : Creating visibility through connectivity in an end-to-end automotive supply chain." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Produktionsutveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49395.

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With the fourth industrial revolution, new technologies and business opportunities arise, enabling previously unknown performance improvement possibilities within the manufacturing industry and its supply chains. The main actor within Industry 4.0; Internet of things (IoT) promises benefits across the entire logistics value chain by increasing supply chain connectivity and visibility. However, IoT is still in its initial stages in the manufacturing industry and respective supply chain environment, leaving uncertainty about possible application areas and impacts. The purpose of this study is therefore to investigate the role IoT-technologies have in enabling supply chain visibility and connectivity, and the impact on supply chain performance. To answer the proposed research questions, the study followed an abductive, cross-sectional research design. Empirical, qualitative data was collected through a combination of document studies and interviews with an automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and several third-party visibility vendors. The analysis of the collected data resulted in an outline describing ten information fields representing the information demands within a connected end-to-end supply chain, how IoT-technologies can be used to satisfy these demands and the general impact of increased visibility on the supply chain performance. To further ease the implementation decisions of IoT solutions for manufacturing OEM’s, additional research regarding the implementation process of an IoT system is needed.

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Chilmon, Barbara. "Modelling an end-to-end supply chain system using simulation." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34542/.

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Supply chains (SCs) are an important part of today’s world. Many businesses operate in the global marketplace where individual companies are no longer treated as separate entities, but as a vital part of an end-to-end supply chain (E2E-SC) system. Key challenges and issues in managing E2E-SCs are duly attributed to their extended, complex and systemic nature. In the era of uncertainty, risks and market volatility, decision makers are searching for modelling techniques to be able to understand, to control, design or evaluate their E2E-SC. This research aims to support academics and decision makers by defining a generic simulation modelling approach that can be used for any E2E-SC. This study considers the challenges and issues associated with modelling complex E2E-SC systems using simulation and underlines the key requirements for modelling an E2E-SC. The systematic literature review approach is applied to provide a twofold theoretical contribution [a] an insightful review of various contributions to knowledge surrounding simulation methods within the literature on end-to-end supply chains and [b] to propose a conceptual framework that suggests generic elements required for modelling such systems using simulation. The research adopts a simulation methodology and develops a generic guide to an E2E-SC simulation model creation process. It is a mindful inquiry into the implications relative to a simulation model development process in presence of generic elements from the proposed conceptual framework. The conceptual framework is validated with industry experts and insightful remarks are drawn. In conclusion, it is acknowledged that modelling an E2E-SC system using simulation is a challenge, and this area is not fully exploited by the business. A guide to an E2E-SC simulation model development is a theoretical and practical contribution of this research, immensely sought by businesses, which are continuously tackling day to day issues and challenges, hence often lacking resources and time to focus on modelling. The conceptual framework captures generic elements of the E2E-SC system; however, it also highlights multiple challenges around simulation model development process such as technical constraints and almost impracticability of a true reflection of an E2E-SC system simulation model. The significant contribution of this thesis is the evaluation of the proposed generic guide to E2E-SC simulate model development, which provides the architecture for better strategic supply and demand balancing as new products, price fluctuations, and options for physical network changes can be dynamically incorporated into the model. The research provides an insightful journey through key challenges and issues when modelling E2E-SC systems and contributes with key recommendations for mindful inquiries into E2E-SC simulation models.

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Lee, Don J. (Don Joon). "End-of-life supply chain strategy for high-performance servers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84356.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50).
by Don J. Lee.
S.M.
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Graham, Stephen. "Evaluation of the Northern Ireland egg supply chain and the development of an alternative framework for optimum sustainable supply chain management." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.593885.

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The commercial poultry egg production industry is one of the most important sectors of the NT Agri-Food industry. However, many egg producers are struggling to survive as they continue to face new welfare, management and economic challenges. This study seeks to address some of these issues through the examination and critique of the NI poultry egg supply chain and investigate any areas therein with the potential for improvement. The research detailed in this thesis was divided into three main areas: firstly an overview of the supply chain within the NI egg industry was established and potential areas for improvement identified. Stage II was based upon the findings of Stage I and investigated collaboration, innovation, co-innovation as possible means of developing these potential weaknesses. Finally, the findings of Stages I and II culminated in the development of a conceptual supply chain model for improving existing supply chains within the NI egg industry. The study utilised a qualitative data collection methodology comprising a two-stage in-depth interview and observation process with eight commercial egg producer/packing companies. The study made a nwnber of contributions to knowledge and practice. An overall picture of the main egg supply chains existing within NI was provided and insights were gained into the material and infonnation flow processes. A further contribution was the identification of areas within the supply chain with potential for significant improvement and included; improved communication between producer and end conswner; purchasing strategies for feed and packaging; developments within production operations. All study participants were in agreement with the findings and discussed collaboration and innovation/co-innovation to improve these specific areas of weakness within their chains. Consequently, eleven recommendations were proposed and incorporated into a fmal conceptual supply chain model that NI AgriFood Egg SME's could consult and implement for developing their supply chain strucntre and functions.

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Butar, Butar Maulida. "Measuring performance in reverse supply chain." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2016. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/measuring-performance-in-reverse-supply-chain(4e121951-ffc3-4e92-8dd0-d42e969f9ed4).html.

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Increasing attention has been given to reverse supply chains because of the increasing value of technology and products at the end of direct supply chains and the impact of new green legislation. Design strategies for reverse supply chains have remained relatively unexplored and underdeveloped. Meanwhile measuring performance has become important. The research described in this Dissertation investigated several industries with reverse supply chains: manufacture of aircraft, computers and carpets, and telecommunications, and retail. From that investigation, a new model was created that combined forward and reverse chains and then a general mathematical model was created to describe it. Specific models (including mathematical models) could then be created for specific companies. The new models allowed performance of both forward and reverse supply chains to be measured at the same time so that different modes of operation could be compared by testing with different data sets. From an initial investigation of two case studies about an aeroplane company dealing with returned machines and a telecommunications company dealing with end of life products, a first initial model to describe their forward and reverse supply chains was created. This was the first time that an attempt had been made to create a general model that could be used in more than one industry and general models that included both the forward and reverse supply chains did not exist. A general mathematical model was created to represent the new general model and from that two specific mathematical models were created to represent the computer manufacture and general retail companies. The model was modified to include new aspects found in the two new companies and then verified against another (fifth) industry, carpet manufacture. The models were tested with sets of data including a high number of returned products and a low number of returned products, and companies were categorised according to the results. Six types of company were identified and are presented.

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Steeneck, Daniel Waymouth. "Strategic Planning for the Reverse Supply Chain: Optimal End-of-Life Option, Product Design, and Pricing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51208.

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A company's decisions on how to manage its reverse supply chain (RSC) are important for both economic and environmental reasons. From a strategic standpoint, the key decision a manufacturer makes is whether or not to collect products at their end-of-life (EOL) (i.e., when their useful lives are over), and if so, how to recover value from the recovered products. We call this decision as the EOL option of a product, and it determines how the RSC is designed and managed overall. Many EOL options exist for a product such as resale, refurbishment, remanufacturing and part salvage. However, many factors influence the optimal EOL option. These factors include the product's: (i) characteristics, (ii) design, and (iii) pricing. A product's characteristics are its properties that impact the various costs incurred during its production, residual part values, and customer demand. In this work, the product design is viewed as the choice of quality for each of its parts. A part's quality-level determines, among other things, its cost, salvage value, and the likelihood of obtaining it in good condition from a disassembled used product. Finally, the manufacturer must determine how to price its new and used products. This decision depends on many considerations such as whether new and used products compete and whether competition exists from other manufacturers. The choice of appropriate EOL options for products constitutes a foundation of RSC design. In this work, we study how to optimally determine a product's optimal EOL option and consider the impact of product design and product pricing on this decision. We present a full description of the system that details the relationships among all entities. The system description reveals the use of a production planning type of modeling strategy. Additionally, a comprehensive and general mathematical model is presented that takes into consideration multi-period planning and product inventory. A unique aspect of our model over previous production planning models for RSC is that we consider the product returns as being endogenous variables rather than them being exogenous. This model forms the basis of our research, and we use its special cases in our analysis. To begin our analysis of the problem, we study the case in which the product design and price are fixed. Both non-mandated and mandated collection are considered. Our analysis focuses on a special case of the problem involving two stages: in the first stage, new products are produced, and in the second stage, the EOL products are collected for value recovery. For fixed product design and price, our analysis reveals a fundamental mapping of product characteristics onto optimal EOL options. It is germane to our understanding of the problem in general since a multi-period problem is separable into multiple two-stage problems. Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are also presented for each possible solution of this two-stage problem. For the two-part problem, a graphical mapping of product characteristics onto optimal EOL options is also presented, which reveals how EOL options vary with product characteristics. Additionally, we study the case of product design under mandated collection, as encountered in product leasing. We assume new production cost, part replacement cost, and part salvage value to be functions of the quality-level of a part along with the likelihood of recovering a good-part from a returned product. These are reasonable assumptions for leased products since the customer is paying for the usage of the product over a fixed contract period. In this case, the two-stage model can still be used to gain insights. For the two-part problem, a method for mapping part yields onto optimal EOL options is presented. Closed-form optimality conditions for joint determination of part yields and EOL options are not generally attainable for the two-stage case; however, computationally efficient methods for this problem are developed for some relatively non-restrictive special cases. It is found that, typically, a part may belong to one of three major categories: (i) it is of low quality and will need to be replaced to perform remanufacturing, (ii) it is of high quality and its surplus will be salvaged, or (iii) it is of moderate quality and just enough of its amount is collected to meet remanufactured product demand. Finally, we consider the problem of determining optimal prices for new and remanufactured products under non-mandated manufacturer's choice of collection. New and remanufactured products may or may not compete, depending on market conditions. Additionally, we assume the manufacturer to have a monopoly on the product. Again, the two-stage problem is used and efficient solution methods are developed. Efficient solution methods and key insights are presented.
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Pimenta, de Almeida Mariana. "Automation of Supply Processes : A Study at Ericsson AB." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264414.

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In the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, the pressure to accelerate the deployment of 5G technology has created a new competitive environment for businesses. This technology not only enables lower latency, but also higher number of connected devices, higher amounts of shared data, and faster. The growing demand from customers is pressuring every stage of the supply chain to become more efficient. In this industry, achieving a short time-tomarket is vital to stay ahead of competitors and position the company as a trend-setter in the eyes of customers. Therefore, it has become necessary to overall shorten lead times and deliver products in a faster way. This study was performed in collaboration with Ericsson AB, more specifically in the Ericsson Outbound Supply EMEA. Recent escalations from customers have shown that Ericsson’s ways of working to handle customer purchase orders are not being efficient. In many cases, it is taking longer to process the order than the lead times agreed on the contract with the customer. As a result, this study investigates how automation technologies can improve end-to-end order flows, how these can affect Ericsson as an organisation and its workforce, as well as which factors must be taken into consideration when implementing automation. In order to support the investigation, an analysis of the issues most frequently affecting hardware deliveries to customers was also conducted through the Spiderweb program. The latter is an internal improvement initiative of Ericsson Supply, focused on improving Ericsson’s order handling flows for the Market Area Europe and Latin America. The study was based on the following research questions: How can automation technologies help to improve Supply’s performance? How does automation impact the company as an organisation, its culture and workforce? How can the improvement methodology followed in the Spiderweb drive automation discoveries? Qualitative data was primarily collected through meetings with Spiderweb program drivers and 11 interviews held with different stakeholders at Ericsson Supply. Conclusively, this study indicates that the four critical factors that will require further developments for automation in Supply to become a reality are: its culture; the establishment of a data-driven organisation; the coordination of different processes and communication between dependent stakeholders; and the technical implementation of automation technology and other tools used locally. It is also concluded that the full potential of automation will only be realised if accompanied by a corresponding development of the workforce, and a clear communication of the strategy from top management. Lastly, the main recommendation to Supply regards the need to standardise order handling processes and simplify order flows, prior to any automation implementation in Supply.
Inom informations- och kommunikationsteknologinäringen (IKT) har trycket för att påskynda implementeringen av 5G-teknik skapat en ny konkurrensmiljö för företagen. Denna teknik möjliggör inte bara lägre latens, utan också större antal anslutna enheter, större mängder delad data och snabbare. Den växande efterfrågan från kunderna pressar varje steg i leveranskedjan att bli effektivare. I denna bransch är det viktigt att uppnå en kort tid till marknaden för att ligga före konkurrenterna och positionera företaget som trendmässigt i kunders ögon. Därför har det blivit nödvändigt att övergripande förkorta ledtiderna och leverera produkter på ett snabbare sätt. Denna studie utfördes i samarbete med Ericsson AB, mer specifikt i Ericsson Outbound Supply EMEA. Nya upptrappningar från kunder har visat att Ericssons sätt att arbeta för att hantera kundköporder inte är effektiva. I många fall tar det längre tid att behandla beställningen än de ledtider som avtalats med kunden. I denna studie undersöks hur automatiseringstekniker kan förbättra ordningsflödena från början till slut, hur dessa kan påverka Ericsson som organisation och dess arbetskraft, samt vilka faktorer som måste beaktas vid implementering av automatisering. För att stödja utredningen genomfördes också en analys av de problem som oftast påverkar hårdvaruleveranser till kunder genom Spiderweb-programmet. Det senare är ett internt förbättringsinitiativ från Ericsson Supply, fokuserat på att förbättra Ericssons orderhanteringsflöden för marknadsområdet Europa och Latinamerika. Studien baserades på följande forskningsfrågor: Hur kan automatiseringsteknologier bidra till att förbättra Supply’s prestanda? Hur påverkar automatisering företaget som organisation, dess kultur och arbetskraft? Hur kan förbättringsmetodiken följas i Spiderweb-enhetens automatiseringsupptäckter? Kvalitativ data samlades främst genom möten med Spiderwebprogramdrivare och 11 intervjuer med olika intressenter på Ericsson Supply. Sammanfattningsvis indikerar denna studie att de fyra kritiska faktorerna som kommer att kräva ytterligare utveckling för att automatisering i Supply ska bli verklighet är: dess kultur; inrättande av en datadriven organisation; samordning av olika processer och kommunikation mellan beroende intressenter; och teknisk implementering av automatiseringsteknologi och andra verktyg som används lokalt. Det dras också slutsatsen att automatiseringspotentialen fullt ut kommer att realiseras om den åtföljs av en motsvarande utveckling av arbetskraften och en tydlig kommunikation av strategin från toppledningen. Slutligen beaktar huvudrekommendationen till Supply behovet av att standardisera orderhanteringsprocesser och förenkla orderflöden innan automatiseringsimplementering i Supply startar.

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Malone, Mitchell Abbott 1969. "Analysis of a high-end memory supply chain : dram vendors to final assembly." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34704.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000.
Also available online at the MIT Theses Online homepage .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89).
Compaq Computer Corporation's High Performance Systems Division (HPSD) manufactures servers for mid-range and high-end server markets. It has a complex supply chain that includes the use of supplier hubs, outsourced memory module manufacturers, and stacked memory devices (chips). For this memory module supply chain, Compaq faces two major planning challenges. First, it is very difficult to get an accurate forecast of memory requirements. Second, the cost of memory continues to decline, on the order of 1-4% per month, which results in a high inventory holding cost. A set of standard software tools is developed to assist analysts with determining the supply plan for memory from multiple suppliers. The purpose of these tools is to determine the minimum cost supply plan with an acceptable level of forecast risk. Two separate tools individually address cost and forecast challenges. The Cost Tool can consider up to nine cost categories across the supply chain network upstream from the factory. The tool is flexible, transparent, easily disseminated and easy to use. The Forecast Tool can track current supply activity and can forecast the next week's and next quarter's supply plan. The tool consists of a main menu worksheet and another worksheet for each quarter of the year in Microsoft Excel. It can be used for any commodity. It is flexible, easy to use and easily disseminated. Use of these tools should lead to more expeditious analyses of supply plans and forecasts while yielding estimates of the supply chain costs for a particular supply plan. A conceptual model for decreasing costs by combining supply chain costs with a standard purchasing price-parity point is presented. The purpose of this model is to provide purchasers another point of view based on total supply chain costs, including inventory write-offs due to decreasing memory prices and transportation costs.
by Mitchell Abbott Malone.
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Hassani, Mehraban Farhad. "Supply chain knowledge creation : applications of organizational knowledge creation theory." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/supply-chain-knowledge-creation(02eaeb75-2fad-494b-ac4d-20e82dddfc60).html.

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Scholars argue that knowledge is a fundamental source for retaining competitive advantage, as value creation depends fundamentally on the competence of a firm to create new knowledge (Nonaka and Toyama, 2002). Knowledge creation is based on conversion of two types of knowledge: tacit knowledge, which is constituent to the comprehensiveness of an individual’s consciousness, and explicit knowledge, which can be readily communicated. Based on the framework by Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995), one of the most significant and cited models, the motivation of this research is to expand knowledge creation model from intra- to inter-organizational relationships theoretically and explore supply chain knowledge creation process in practice to examine the sequences of this extension. Studying three firms in the fashion industry, this thesis contributes to research on knowledge creation by taking a socio-technological perspective through a qualitative study of supply chain management. The research findings provide support for the proposed theoretical model in which social relationships and technology interact in the knowledge creation process to diminish supply chain complexities. While many supply chain relationships I observed appear to be influential in creating knowledge, one similarity among the cases here is that the effectiveness of the knowledge creation process has been limited due to the lack of harmony in employing knowledge resources. Knowledge creation process may be superficial due to the fact that they require a large revolution in work routines regarding the use of technology. Even where there is some degree of socialization, the process is partial because of incongruities between individuals understanding and corporate supply chain strategies.

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Matthews, Lee. "How environmentally sustainable are Sustainable Supply Chain Management strategies? : a critical evaluation of the theory and practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/how-environmentally-sustainable-are-sustainable-supply-chain-management-strategies-a-critical-evaluation-of-the-theory-and-practice-of-sustainable-supply-chain-management(448f91c2-82f5-4cd5-8192-1ea6c35da81b).html.

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This thesis is a critical evaluation of the theory and practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). It seeks to understand why SSCM theory has so little to say about environmental sustainability and to explore how SSCM practice is contributing towards the transition towards sustainable development. I conjecture that SSCM scholars have not engaged sufficiently with the broader sustainability literature and other constructions of sustainability, which has led to a lack of theory development within SSCM. The sustainability paradigms framework that forms the core of the thesis was developed in order to broaden the discussion around sustainability within SSCM. Specifically, it embraces the contested nature of the concept of sustainability and uses multiple sustainability paradigms to construct future directions for theory development. In order to put the concept of environmental sustainability at the centre of SSCM theory, the concept of ‘environmental effectiveness’ was developed which seeks to differentiate between environmentally sustainable strategies and those that merely seek to achieve reductions in unsustainability. In order to evaluate the practice of SSCM, a case study was conducted. The concept of ‘environmental effectiveness’ is operationalized through the use of non-perceptual measures related to carbon emissions and evaluates the extent to which SSCM practices contribute towards climate stabilization, a key sustainability objective. It is found that those SSCM practices that have been shown to improve ‘environmental performance’ within the extant SSCM literature did not deliver ‘environmentally effective performance’ within the case study. This raises the possibility that the literature has mistaken reductions in unsustainability for sustainability proper and that we may need to go back to basics. The findings are discussed with reference to the sustainability paradigms framework and multiple opportunities for theory development within SSCM are explored.

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Mohammed, Ahmed Maher. "Modelling and optimization of an RFID-based supply chain network." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2018. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/modelling-and-optimization-of-an-rfidbased-supply-chain-network(42f39865-1895-4304-83bd-e3ae67071df1).html.

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Food supply chains (FSCs) are one of the major sectors in the global economy. Developing efficient and cost-effective food supply chains, provide an opportunity for supply chain and logistics companies to survive in the increasingly competitive market of today. In order to achieve this, one of the methods is to enhance the traceability of food during production, transportation and storage throughout the entire supply chain network in order to improve and maintain the quality and safety of the food provided to customers. Other methods include design and optimization of a supply chain network towards objectives such as the minimization of costs, transportation time and environmental pollution, and the maximization of service level and profits and so on. This study proposes a radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled monitoring system for a meat production and supply chains network that ensures the integrity and quality of its meat products. The study also includes the development of three multi-objective optimization models as an aid to solving the facility location and allocation problem and the quantity flow of products travelling throughout the meat supply chain network with respect to trade-off solutions among a number of objectives. To deal with the uncertainty of the input data (e.g., costs, capacity and demands), stochastic programming and fuzzy programming models were also developed. Furthermore, by applying suitable solution approaches, Pareto solutions can be obtained based on the developed multi-objective models. For this a decision-making algorithm was used to select the best Pareto solution. In order to examine feasibility and applicability of the developed approaches, a proposed RFID-enabled automated warehousing system and a proposed RFID-enabled passport tracking system were also used as case studies by applying the developed approaches for the design and optimization of these two systems, respectively. Research findings demonstrate that the proposed RFID-enabled monitoring system for the meat supply chain is economically feasible as a relatively higher profit can be achieved. The study concludes that the developed mathematical models and optimization approaches can be a useful decision-maker for tackling a number of design and optimization problems for RFID-based supply chains and logistics systems and tracking systems.

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Longomo, Eric Enkele. "Flexibility analysis on a supply chain contract : deterministic and stochastic settings." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2017. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/flexibility-analysis-on-a-supply-chain-contract(150656e6-31d2-40e1-8a5e-9b59639e8b5f).html.

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This thesis is based on the application of flexibility analysis on a supply chain contract. The work was implemented using a practical case exploring a relationship between a car manufacturer (buyer) and a parts supplying company (supplier). Commonly, such contracts are ratified for a fixed duration - typically three years. A nominal order quantity (or initial capacity reservation) and a variation rate controlling the potential adjustments with respect to the nominal quantity for each period are imposed on the supplier when signing the contract. The supplier guarantees to meet the firm order should it fall within the range agreed upon, and charges a unit price of the product linear in the variation rate in order to protect himself from risks. The buyer in return is required to order the minimum quantity in each period defined by the nominal quantity and variation rate in the contract. The overall goal throughout the course of this PhD was to analyse this Quantity Flexibility (QF) contract at the strategic (or contracting) level. The prime focus - from the buyer’s perspective - was to develop a policy that determines the optimal nominal order quantity (Q) and variation rate (β) underpinning the contract that ensures the actual order quantity satisfies the actual demand as much as possible in each period and the total cost, including purchasing cost, inventory holding and backlogging costs, is minimised over the contract length. The approach taken in this study is aimed at solving the problem in two different settings. One is called the deterministic setting, where the demands are considered as deterministic and the other is called stochastic setting, where the demands are stochastic and stationary. For the deterministic setting, a parametric Linear Programming (pLP) model is developed from the buyer/retailer’s perspective to help analyse the optimal combination of values of β and Q. In the pLP model, the decision variables are the actual order quantity in each period, represented by vector x and β and Q are treated as the parameters. For each combination of values of β and Q, the optimal value of the vector x can be found by solving the corresponding Linear Programming (LP) model to optimality. However, the number of the combinations of the values of β and Q could be unlimited. To explore the optimal combination of values of β and Q, the convexity of the optimal value of the pLP model has been examined. Due to the fact that the optimal combination of values of β and Q cannot be analytically found due to mathematical intractability, this thesis numerically evaluates the best combination of β and Q to draw some managerial insights based on the findings. For the stochastic setting, this thesis analyses the long-run behaviour of the system when the signed contract is executed and calculates the mathematical expectation of per-period total purchasing, inventory holding and backlogging costs, as a function of the contracting parameters β and Q. The optimal values of these parameters are calculated through simulation of various demand patterns. For this purpose, we consider the basic case with zero lead time and a very simple order policy during the execution of the contract. These assumptions are nevertheless reasonable in the context of a car manufacturer and a supplier delivering Just-In-Time (JIT) parts using a QF contract. The evolution of the inventory position can be modelled with a Markov chain and the long-run behaviour of the system can then be analysed by considering the steady-state. Due to mathematical intractability, the steady-state is estimated through simulation. Our models differ from the previous similar works found in the literature where the QF mechanism is implemented in a way that in the models used in these works the nominal quantity (Q) and the flexibility parameter (β) are: analysed separately, coupled with other forms of coordinative drives, or computed using approximate methods and heuristics that are unable to firmly guarantee global optimum solutions.

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Tang, Dawei. "Container Line Supply Chain security analysis under complex and uncertain environment." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/container-line-supply-chain-security-analysis-under-complex-and-uncertain-environment(2b058744-e0fc-4b4f-9222-6a4b41cf7348).html.

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Container Line Supply Chain (CLSC), which transports cargo in containers and accounts for approximately 95 percent of world trade, is a dominant way for world cargo transportation due to its high efficiency. However, the operation of a typical CLSC, which may involve as many as 25 different organizations spreading all over the world, is very complex, and at the same time, it is estimated that only 2 percent of imported containers are physically inspected in most countries. The complexity together with insufficient prevention measures makes CLSC vulnerable to many threats, such as cargo theft, smuggling, stowaway, terrorist activity, piracy, etc. Furthermore, as disruptions caused by a security incident in a certain point along a CLSC may also cause disruptions to other organizations involved in the same CLSC, the consequences of security incidents to a CLSC may be severe. Therefore, security analysis becomes essential to ensure smooth operation of CLSC, and more generally, to ensure smooth development of world economy. The literature review shows that research on CLSC security only began recently, especially after the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001, and most of the research either focuses on developing policies, standards, regulations, etc. to improve CLSC security from a general view or focuses on discussing specific security issues in CLSC in a descriptive and subjective way. There is a lack of research on analytical security analysis to provide specific, feasible and practical assistance for people in governments, organizations and industries to improve CLSC security. Facing the situation mentioned above, this thesis intends to develop a set of analytical models for security analysis in CLSC to provide practical assistance to people in maintaining and improving CLSC security. In addition, through the development of the models, the thesis also intends to provide some methodologies for general risk/security analysis problems under complex and uncertain environment, and for some general complex decision problems under uncertainty. Specifically, the research conducted in the thesis is mainly aimed to answer the following two questions: how to assess security level of a CLSC in an analytical and rational way, and according to the security assessment result, how to develop balanced countermeasures to improve security level of a CLSC under the constraints of limited resources. For security assessment, factors influencing CLSC security as a whole are identified first and then organized into a general hierarchical model according to the relations among the factors. The general model is then refined for security assessment of a port storage area along a CLSC against cargo theft. Further, according to the characteristics of CLSC security analysis, the belief Rule base Inference Methodology using the Evidential Reasoning approach (RIMER) is selected as the tool to assess CLSC security due to its capabilities in accommodating and handling different forms of information with different kinds of uncertainty involved in both the measurement of factors identified and the measurement of relations among the factors. To build a basis of the application of RIMER, a new process is introduced to generate belief degrees in Belief Rule Bases (BRBs), with the aim of reducing bias and inconsistency in the process of the generation. Based on the results of CLSC security assessment, a novel resource allocation model for security improvement is also proposed within the framework of RIMER to optimally improve CLSC security under the constraints of available resources. In addition, it is reflected from the security assessment process that RIMER has its limitations in dealing with different information aggregation patterns identified in the proposed security assessment model, and in dealing with different kinds of incompleteness in CLSC security assessment. Correspondently, under the framework of RIMER, novel methods are proposed to accommodate and handle different information aggregation patterns, as well as different kinds of incompleteness. To validate the models proposed in the thesis, several case studies are conducted using data collected from different ports in both the UK and China. From a methodological point of view, the ideas, process and models proposed in the thesis regarding BRB generation, optimal resource allocation based on security assessment results, information aggregation pattern identification and handling, incomplete information handling can be applied not only for CLSC security analysis, but also for dealing with other risk and security analysis problems and more generally, some complex decision problems. From a practical point of view, the models proposed in the thesis can help people in governments, organizations, and industries related to CLSC develop best practices to ensure secure operation, assess security levels of organizations involved in a CLSC and security level of the whole CLSC, and allocate limited resources to improve security of organizations in CLSC. The potential beneficiaries of the research may include: governmental organizations, international/regional organizations, industrial organizations, classification societies, consulting companies, companies involved in a CLSC, companies with cargo to be shipped, individual researchers in relevant areas etc.

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Radanliev, Petar. "A conceptual framework for supply : supply chain systems architecture and integration design based on practice and theory in the North Wales slate mining industry." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2014. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/a-conceptual-framework-for-supply(1f84ee4b-b348-426b-94ed-2259bc1c716c).html.

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The aim of this thesis is to contribute to knowledge in the form of a new theory for supply chain strategy formulation. The objective is to design evaluation criteria, specific to the context of greenfield project architecture and integration design. This study addressed the aim and objective by synthesising existing methods and techniques which are outlined into a research framework of supply chain strategy problems. The study applied the case study and action research methods to pursue conceptual validity from the process of investigating the supply chain strategy formulation in a specific situation and presented the data collection and analysis process. The thesis derived a conceptual framework for investigating and identifying the relationship between multiple elements, dimensions, forces and factors that influence and affect supply chain strategy formulation in a greenfield project context, specific to the mining industry. The contribution to knowledge emerged from building upon the architecture of the conceptual framework, through synthesising existing techniques and adapting these techniques, to extend and redefine the existing knowledge on the practice of supply chain strategy formulation. Through critical analysis, a number of critical problems emerged and the process of addressing these problems, resulted with a new framework for evaluating the relationship between business and supply chain strategy, specific to greenfield project and integration context. The contribution to knowledge also derived from addressing the emerging obstacles in the process of identifying, defining and formulating, the visions and goals of individual supply chain participants from implicit into an explicit form. The process synthesised the knowledge for conceptualising the idea, through developing and evaluating information and issues, to derive insights into the complex and abstract concept, of greenfield project business and supply chain strategy formulation. The conceptual framework and evaluation framework advanced into designing greenfield project supply chain integration strategy. The process involved categorising individual supply chain strategic interests, decisions and problems into formulation areas, and was aimed at defining the process of greenfield project integration strategy as a system of concepts containing formulation areas, formulation principles, segregated into subcategories of formulation imperatives and formulation concepts. The thesis contributed to knowledge with advancement of the design engineering method, which enables visualisation of the supply chain strategy evaluation process. The design is not personalised for individual company business strategy or supply chain strategy formulation. The method was personalised to evaluate the integration of individual goals, and concepts in a supply chain strategy formulation. The novelty that emerged from the thesis was a conceptual framework for greenfield project architecture and integration design. The greenfield project architecture and design derived in the thesis a proposed conceptual system for applying the conceptual framework and the evaluation criteria.

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Stenberg, Marcus, and Jesper Larsson. "Optimizing the Supply Chain Performance at Ericsson AB : A Study of Lead Time Reduction and Service Level Improvement." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik- och kvalitetsutveckling, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-133357.

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Ericsson has recently experienced difficulties to meet the customer demand, which has led to lost market shares. This is mainly due to the long and unpredictable lead times within their supply chains. Therefore, Ericsson seeks to increase their ability to meet the customer demand by reducing the customer order lead time. A shorter lead time would imply a greater responsiveness and improved service level towards the customers. A directive from the company was to base the study on the supply chain for the customer Algeria Telecom Mobile. The purpose of the study is to give recommendations for improvements that reduce the total lead time in a supply chain perspective in order to improve the customer service level. To be able to fulfill the purpose, four objectives were distinguished and supported with existing frameworks for analyzing supply chains. The first step was to create a current state map, which was achieved by conducting 24 interviews with people working within the supply chain. The second step was to identify potentials for lead time reduction. This was done by categorizing the supply chain parts and the problems that were gathered during the current state mapping into meaningful groups, and thereafter prioritize the categories with the greatest potential. The third step was to generate alternative solutions by conducting a second literature review based on the potentials that was identified during the prior step. The general solutions were later modified in order to fit the current supply chain. It resulted in eight Ericsson specific solutions. The fourth step was to evaluate these solutions in combination, which led to a recommended combination of solutions that provided the greatest lead time reduction. Also the requirements for implementing these solutions were presented in this step. The recommendation for Ericsson is to rearrange their current supply chain for the studied customer and use two different supply chains; the Regional supply chain and the Alternative supply chain. The two arrangements will both be based on the implementation of a supply hub, which implies a movement of the customer order decoupling point closer to the customer. The Regional supply chain will cover the main flow and be used when the customer orders products from a product portfolio that has been agreed within the region. The Alternative supply chain will act as a complement and cover the flow of products outside the regional product portfolio. The estimated customer order lead time for the Regional supply chain is 17 days, which is a reduction of 80 % in the normal case for the studied supply chain. The lead time for the Alternative supply chain is more difficult to estimate precisely, but it will be reduced in comparison with the current situation. Moreover, the service level towards the customer will be increased for both the Regional and the Alternative supply chain. To summarize the recommendations that are forwarded to Ericsson, they are listed below:

Implement a regional supply hub

Agree on a regional product portfolio

Implement time slots for inbound flows

Use BPO as a payment method instead of Letter of Credit

Use a CIP, DAP or DAT Incoterm

Implement a product configurator and let the customer place orders on commercial descriptions or a solution id.

Integrate processes and activities throughout the supply chain and establish a greater information exchange.

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Queiroz, Evodio Kaltenecker Retto de. "O papel da interação com usuários finais no upgrading em GVC digitais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-12032018-113022/.

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Este trabalho busca avançar o conhecimento sobre Global Value Chains (GVC) e inovação com usuários ao estudar a influência da colaboração dos usuários finais no upgrading de desenvolvedores em cadeias digitais. A pesquisa sugere que esforços de inovação entre uma empresa fornecedora em cadeias digitais e seus usuários finais levam a tipos preferenciais de upgrading, que variam em função de características específicas da indústria de jogos e da governança da cadeia na qual o desenvolvedor está inserido. Os referenciais teóricos das Cadeias Globais de Valor (GVC), inovação com usuários finais e método de regressão logística são utilizados para estabelecer as estruturas analíticas para este trabalho. Os resultados do trabalho são: (i) validação do modelo MOA+ID (Motivação, Oportunidade, Habilidade, e Infraestrutura Digital) para estudar a colaboração entre fornecedores e usuário final; (ii) identificação que o impacto da interação com usuários finais no upgrading de desenvolvedores em cadeias jogos digitais depende de características específicas de tal indústria, e (iii) identificação que o impacto da interação com usuários no upgrading de desenvolvedores em cadeias jogos digitais depende da governança da cadeia na qual o desenvolvedor está inserido. Desenvolvedores de jogos pertencentes a cadeias cujas governança são dos tipos Mercado e Relacional apresentam upgrading devido a colaboração com usuário final por que possuem liberdade e competências para se beneficiarem da relação com usuários final. Desenvolvedores de jogos pertencentes a cadeias cujas governança são dos tipos Modular e Cativa não apresentam upgrading devido à interação com usuário devido ao baixo nível de dependência do governante da cadeia.
This work seeks to advance knowledge about Global Value Chains (GVC) and innovation with end-users through the study of the influence of collaboration with end-user on the upgrading of developers in digital chains. The research suggests that innovation efforts between a supplier in digital chains and end-users lead to preferential types of upgrading, which will vary depending on the specific characteristics of the digital gaming industry and the governance of the chain in which the developer is embedded. The theoretical frameworks of Global Value Chains (GVC), innovation with end-users and method of logistic regression are used to establish the analytical structures for this work. The results of the work are: (i) validation of the MOA + DI model (Motivation, Opportunity Ability, Digital Infrastructure) to study collaboration between suppliers and end-user; (ii) recognition that the impact of innovation with end-users on the upgrading of developers in digital game chains depends on specific characteristics of such industry, and (iii) recognition that the impact of innovation with end users on the upgrading of developers in digital game chains depends on the chain governance in which the developer is embedded. Game developers under the Market and Relational types of governance present upgrading due to collaboration with endusers because such developers have freedom and competencies to benefit from the end-user interface. Game developers under the Modular and Captive types of governance chains do not experienced upgrading due to the interface with end-user because such firms do not have opportunities and competencies to benefit from the end-user interface.

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Hamontree, Chaowalit. "Coordination buyer-supplier in supply chain models from net present value perspective." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2014. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/coordination-buyersupplier-in-supply-chain-models-from-net-present-value-perspective(bd0f0c81-c783-429c-b2c0-b0fa12344697).html.

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This thesis examines four parts of production and inventory models for buyer-supplier in the supply chain under deterministic conditions. The main objective is to find optimal lot-sizing decisions and inventory policies which derive from the classical inventory and Net Present Value (NPV) framework. Firstly, we study the production and inventory models from the classical framework to identify how to value the holding cost for buyer and supplier in the average profit or cost functions. Secondly, we propose the inventory model derived from the NPV framework to identify the incorrect model from the classical framework. It makes a clear distinction between physical inventory and opportunity costs and the supplier’s reward is identified as a lost term in the supplier’s profit function which it has been proved that the corrected supplier’s profit function does lead to a channel. Thirdly, we developed the quantity discount model derived from the NPV framework to help the supplier increase profits under constant demand. It is found that price discounts often lead to a solution very close to the joint optimal policy for buyer and supplier. Fourthly, four different VMI models are developed which derive from the NPV framework for single-supplier and single buyer under deterministic conditions. The experimental results show that the VMI+ Policy can guarantee to achieve the perfect channel coordination and gives the highest supply chain profit more than other VMI approaches and the classical framework.

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Davies, Jonathan. "Migrant labour exploitation and harm in UK food supply chains." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/migrant-labour-exploitation-and-harm-in-uk-food-supply-chains(0ce99b33-f794-4136-9673-0d197700cc50).html.

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The research conducted for this thesis is an exploratory study of migrant workers' experiences in UK food supply chains. This thesis provides an original contribution to criminology by discussing how some food supply chain dynamics result in various exploitative and harmful labour practices against migrant workers. Data consisted of semi-structured interviews conducted with migrant workers in the UK, as well as individual and group interviews with food supply chain stakeholders, including representatives from industry, regulation, and labour movements. This research conceptualises labour exploitation as a continuum, with severe practices including modern slavery on one extreme and 'decent work' on the other. There are a range of practices in-between these two extremes that risk being overlooked, whereby 'routine', banal exploitation is embedded and normalised within legitimate supply chain processes. The argument developed in this thesis is that a stronger emphasis is needed on the harmful consequences of routine, mundane, everyday labour exploitation in order to understand how they can result from legitimate supply chain dynamics. The key contributions of this thesis can be summarised under four themes: developing a more rigorous analysis of 'routine' labour exploitation and harm against migrant workers; understanding how legitimate food supply chain dynamics can facilitate exploitation and harm; explaining how the regulatory framework may unwittingly result in further exploitation and harm to migrant workers; and recognising the complexity of the relationship between migration and labour exploitation. The thesis findings contribute to predominant discussions of labour exploitation that typically focus on severe exploitation such as modern slavery and emphasise rogue individuals or criminal networks as the main perpetrators. The research findings demonstrate that a significant amount of routine labour exploitation and harm remains 'under the radar' in the context of legitimate supply chain practices. Police action and supply chain regulation typically focuses on the most severe labour exploitation, which results in routine exploitation being largely unaddressed. Therefore, labour exploitation has implications for the nature, organisation, and control of harms facilitated by businesses and supply chains. It is important for criminology and society to not disregard routine labour exploitation, as these practices can result in numerous harmful consequences for workers. Since the public profile of labour exploitation continues to grow, a stronger focus is needed on the routine and banal aspects, not just the most severe practices.

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Doan, Xuan Tien. "Multivariate data analysis for embedded sensor networks within the perishable goods supply chain." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/multivariate-data-analysis-for-embedded-sensor-networks-within-the-perishable-goods-supply-chain(0b555420-442b-4787-b730-8acf95878996).html.

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This study was aimed at exploring data analysis techniques for generating accurate estimates of the loss in quality of fresh fruits, vegetables and cut flowers in chilled supply chains based on data from advanced sensors. It was motivated by the recent interest in the application of advanced sensors, by emerging concepts in quality controlled logistics, and by the desire to minimise quality losses during transport and storage of the produce. Cut roses were used in this work although the findings will also be applicable to other produce. The literature has reported that whilst temperature was considered to be the most critical post-harvest factor, others such as growing conditions could also be important in the senescence of cut roses. Kinetic modelling was the most commonly used modelling approach for shelf life predictions of foods and perishable produce, but not for estimating vase life (VL) of cut flowers, and so this was explored in this work along with multiple linear regression (MLR) and partial least squares (PLS). As the senescence of cut roses is not fully understood, kinetic modelling could not be implemented directly. Consequently, a novel technique, called Kinetic Linear System (KLS), was developed based on kinetic modelling principles. Simulation studies of shelf life predictions for tomatoes, mushrooms, seasoned soybean sprouts, cooked shrimps and other seafood products showed that the KLS models could effectively replace the kinetic ones. With respect to VL predictions KLS, PLS and MLR were investigated for data analysis from an in-house experiment with cut roses from Cookes Rose Farm (Jersey). The analysis concluded that when the initial and final VLs were available for model calibration, effective estimates of the post-harvest loss in VL of cut roses could be obtained using the post-harvest temperature. Otherwise, when the initial VLs were not available, such effective estimates could not be obtained. Moreover, pre-harvest conditions were shown to correlate with the VL loss but the correlation was too weak to produce or improve an effective estimate of the loss. The results showed that KLS performance was the best while PLS one could be acceptable; but MLR performance was not adequate. In another experiment, boxes of cut roses were transported from a Kenyan farm to a UK distribution centre. Using KLS and PLS techniques, the analysis showed that the growing temperature could be used to obtain effective estimates of the VLs at the farm, at the distribution centre and also the in-transit loss. Further, using post-harvest temperature would lead to a smaller error for the VL at the distribution centre and the VL loss. Nevertheless, the estimates of the VL loss may not be useful practically due to the excessive relative prediction error. Overall, although PLS had a slightly smaller prediction error, KLS worked effectively in many cases where PLS failed, it could handle constraints while PLS could not.In conclusion, KLS and PLS can be used to generate effective estimates of the post-harvest VL loss of cut roses based on post-harvest temperature stresses recorded by advanced sensors. However, the estimates may not be useful practically due to significant relative errors. Alternatively, pre-harvest temperature could be used although it may lead to slightly higher errors. Although PLS had slightly smaller errors KLS was more robust and flexible. Further work is recommended in the objective evaluations of product quality, alternative non-linear techniques and dynamic decision support system.

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Liu, Zhitao. "Know-how signalling and transfer systems to support integrated supply chains." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/knowhow-signalling-and-transfer-systems-to-support-integrated-supply-chains(9d7f0a27-7cd9-457a-b3a2-d4bf6c228b65).html.

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The construction industry is the largest industry in the world and operates in knowledge-based project organisations. The success of projects relies on the management of both tacit and explicit knowledge. This situation calls for a method for disseminating tacit knowledge from individuals to achieve higher performance and success value in construction projects. For the purpose, this study first articulates the problems of knowledge management in the construction industry. Then, by reviewing some knowledge engineering and management literatures, this research sets a theoretical foundation of knowledge management in the construction industry. A questionnaire survey was used to investigate and examine the current situation of knowledge management in UK and China construction industry. The result of frequency analysis and nonparametric test analysis provides the perceptions on the importance of knowledge transfer, the implementation of knowledge transfer, the resources of knowledge, and barriers for tacit knowledge transfer. From the literature review, this study proposes a tacit knowledge transfer process framework (3I) and identifies a series of factors correlated with effectiveness of knowledge transfer. This thesis also identifies four main independent variables - organsiational culture, organizational structure, IT technology and No-IT technology, and investigates the relationship between organisational elements with these factors and the performance of knowledge transfer. The findings are based on three case studies and responses of questionnaire survey and interviews. The results reveal that there are significant relationships between some of the variables and either the creation of knowledge assets or performance of knowledge transfer. Therefore, it is necessary for construction organsiations to consider these elements in developing and implementing a knowledge management strategy/system in a construction organisation. This study proposes a practical methodology to transfer knowledge by using an integrated system (TKTMS). The TKTMS can be an effective tool for all project members to transfer tacit knowledge across firms' boundaries and accelerate the speed of knowledge creation, share and transfer in the construction industry. The integration of the function model (IDEF0) with the information model (IDEF1) is applied to understand the necessary function/information for consideration in the 3I model and implement TKTMS.

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Homfeldt, Felix [Verfasser], and Daniel [Akademischer Betreuer] Baier. "Integrating supply chain partners into the front end of the innovation process : Empirical evidence from the German automotive industry / Felix Homfeldt ; Betreuer: Daniel Baier." Bayreuth : Universität Bayreuth, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1211670716/34.

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Nabernik, Lena, and Mustafa Ahmed Khan. "From harvest to end consumer: Consequence of the behaviour of "Generation Y " regarding food waste on the supply chain of fresh fruits and vegetables." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48604.

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Food waste is a major issue from various perspectives. During the process from harvest to the end consumer, almost one-third of food produced is wasted. It is not just the wasted food during the process that is concerning, there are issues in sustainability related to food waste that need to be considered. Moreover, there has been little attention to the issue of food waste in the downstream part of the supply chain and how specific behaviours affect the issue of wasting food.This thesis explores the food waste of fresh fruits and vegetables from a consumer´s perspective. To specify, the purpose of the study is to investigate the drivers of the disposal pattern of fresh fruit and vegetables, with an emphasis on the behaviour of "Generation Y" (born 1980 – 1995). Therefore, a revised model of the Theory of Planned Behaviour is applied. Also, to understand the behaviour of "Generation Y" regarding disposal, it is expected to identify impacts on the supply chain.A deductive approach is applied to this thesis. The qualitative study was conducted with open-ended survey questions to supplement the results with the answers of the respondents. The empirical data is collected from consumers within the “Generation Y” who usually purchase their fresh fruits and vegetables for their respective households. The data was analysed using the coding analysis which involves summarization and categorization of data.The results of the research reveal that external attitudinal factors such as price and marketing perception, storage habits, and quality consciousness and internal attitudinal factors such as sustainable environmental awareness, health consciousness, and subjective norms influence the respondents’ disposal behaviour. Moreover, the sustainable attitude of “Generation Y’’ leads to most of the consumers’ waste reduction, and highly influences the supply chain.

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Alnuwairan, Mohammed. "Reverse logistics : an investigation into policies and practices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/reverse-logistics-an-investigation-into-policies-and-practices-in-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia(827d9a99-4d1f-421b-a765-0f30c3034b4c).html.

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Reverse logistics has become a part of many governmental agendas in developed countries. It offers enormous opportunities in reducing the negative impact on the environment from industrialization and the enormous quantities of waste produced by industry and households, as well as saving material resources. The recovery of used products and materials is receiving growing attention as a result of limited landfill and incineration capacity. However, the evolution of reverse logistics initiatives in developing countries is relatively slow, indicating that there are still huge obstacles and concerns that need to be explored. The main aim of this study is to investigate the reverse logistics practices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The key forces of reverse logistics in more developed countries are compared with those in the KSA context. In particular, the current legislative framework and reverse logistics operations are evaluated against best practices in order to identify opportunities for KSA industries to improve their reverse logistics operations. For this purpose, qualitative research using a case study approach has been designed to collect data from different government agencies and thirteen organizations in KSA. These organizations were drawn from the oil, petrochemical and metal processing industries, all of which provide potential for the closed loop supply chain applications which are widely practiced outside KSA. Secondary data collection, direct observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted in order to facilitate comparison with the literature. A conceptual framework was developed from the literature. A template analysis approach was employed to analyze the gathered data. The framework was then applied to the research context to establish an overall view of the reverse logistics process as well as the key forces that influence the implementation of reverse logistics in KSA. The results revealed that the implementation of reverse logistics in KSA is at an early stage, with the exception of the oil processing industry. Applications of reverse logistics appear to be driven mainly by economic factors and are highly dependent on the capability provided by third-party logistics service providers. Supply chains tend to operate as open loops with recycled/reusable products being supplied to secondary markets and/or locations outside KSA. Furthermore, the adoption of best practice is hindered by the country's logistics infrastructure and by local legislation that does not appear to encourage waste recovery or promote the awareness or control of the reverse logistics process. Both government and industry need to collaborate to implement best practice in reverse logistics in KSA. Economic and environmental benefits can be achieved, especially through improved infrastructure provision, legislation and reverse logistics design. This study makes several contributions to knowledge. First, the framework and strategies will make an important contribution to the literature of reverse logistics by identifying the key forces, represented in a force field analysis diagram; and to general reverse logistics operations in developing countries in general and in Saudi Arabia in particular. Secondly, the findings identify further studies for reverse logistics in KSA and, possibly, for other emerging countries with a similar context. Thirdly, this study is distinguished from existing empirical work on reverse logistics in developed countries as it examines the framework in the context of KSA, and may be applicable to other developing countries. Fourthly, the study motivates changes in practice as it provides recommendations and guidance for practitioners and leaders on how to apply the best practices of reverse logistics in different sectors.

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Milovan, Tomašević. "Adaptivni model za upravljanje lancima snabdevanja u malim i srednjim preduzećima." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2018. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=106850&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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Osnovni istraživački problem ove disertacije predstavlja razvoj modelaza upravljanje lancima snabdevanja u cilju podizanje kvaliteta usluge.Stoga je razvijen adaptivni model za upravljanje lancima snabdevanjakoji se sastoji od modela za: upravljanje lancima snabdevanja,upravljanje korisničkim zahtevima i ocenu kvaliteta pružene usluge. Usvrhu primene adaptivni model je predstavljen algoritmom sa preciznodefinisanim koracima koje korisnik treba da sprovede da bi podigaonivo kvaliteta usluge i održao stabilnost lanca snabdevanja. Verifikacijamodela je urađena na primeru 17 lanaca snabdevanja na teritorijiRepublike Srbije, što je rezultiralo odgovorima na koji način se možepodići kvalitet usluge.Doprinos istraživanja ogleda u mogućnosti direktne primenerazvijenog modela i pružanja novih informacija za naučnu i stručnujavnost koje mogu predstavljati kvalitetnu podlogu daljem razvojumodela za upravljanje lancima snabdevanja.
The basic research problem of this dissertation is the development ofsupply chain management model in order to improve the quality ofservice. Therefore, an adaptive supply chain management model hasbeen developed that consists of a model for: supply chain management,management of user requirements and assessment of the quality ofservice provided. For the purpose of application the adaptive model, itis presented an algorithm with precisely defined steps that the userneeds to implement in order to raise the level of service quality andmaintain the stability of supply. The model verification was done onthe example of 17 supply chains in the territory of the Republic ofSerbia, which resulted in answers on how to improve the quality of theservice. The contribution of the research is reflected in the possibilityof direct application of the developed model and providing newinformation for the scientific and professional public, which canrepresent a quality basis for the further development of the supplychain management model.

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Cross, Paul. "Determinants of health in horticultural workers : a comparison of national and international supply chains." Thesis, Bangor University, 2008. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/determinants-of-health-in-horticultural-workers-a-comparison-of-national-and-international-supply-chains(2fd6a825-04fc-42ba-85b8-a4dd217ef813).html.

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Food miles are often the sole criteria by which agricultural sustainability is assessed. Social justice is an alternative measure. Social justice is comprised of a number of component parts of which health is but one. Little appears to be known of the health status of farm workers. This study describes the selfreported health status of farm workers in four countries employed in producing fresh vegetables for UK supermarkets. The study had five objectives: i. To assess the health and well being of farm workers in UK vegetable production. ii. To compare the health of UK farm workers with farm workers from other countries supplying similar products to the UK market. iii. To explore the potential impact of pesticides on farm worker health, both at the policy and farm level. iv. To identify major causes of poor health (where it occurs) and identify its determinants. v. Consider the ethical implications of supplying to the UK horticulture market from production in developing countries. Over 2500 completed questionnaires were collected from farmers and farm workers in the UK, Spain, Kenya, and Uggnda between 2006 and 2007. Pesticide data was collected from a number of farms in the UK, Kenya and Uganda but not from Spain. Workers employed on Kenyan export farms scored significantly higher than both the population norm and workers from the three other participating countries. There was no relationship between the self-reported health of a worker and the environmental impact rating of pesticides used on a given farm. The farm worker health scores have important implications for policy makers as ethical purchasing decisions will need to offset the food miles of a given vegetable by the social benefits such as health that devolve from purchasing vegetables from developing countries. Ethical purchasing decisions might be shaped in the future by the concept of buying from wherever improves the health status of producers rather than wherever is nearest.

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Franco, Emilio. "Information Technology (IT) Projects – A Psychological Contract Perspective." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24276.

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Incorporating a psychological contract perspective into information technology projects, this study intends to explore the elements of the software publisher-reseller-end user psychological contract in the context of IT projects and contribute to existing literature in the field of IT psychological contracts. The data for this study was collected via 10 interviews conducted across 5 different cases. Interviewees were asked to describe IT projects they were recently involved in and outline what they perceived to be their obligations towards the other stakeholders and likewise, the obligations of the other stakeholders upon them. Interviews were transcribed and coded in accordance with existing IT project psychological contract elements derived from literature. The results of this study provided support to all psychological contract elements of the existing model and suggest refinements to better capture the perceived obligations of stakeholders in IT Projects. Furthermore, we observe that while the resellers’ and software publishers’ psychological contracts with end users conformed to the obligations expected under the model of supplier-customer relationships, the software reseller-software publisher psychological contracts reciprocally contained elements of both supplier and customer obligations. Finally, the findings of this study revealed that critical to the success of IT projects are the elements of transparency, accuracy, dedication, knowledge and responsibility.

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Syed, Mohammad Kashif Jalal. "Factors affecting adoption of cloud computing technology by organizations of Saudi petro-chemical supply chains." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2017. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/factors-affecting-adoption-of-cloud-computing-technology-by-organizations-of-saudi-petrochemical-supply-chains(eab19d03-b319-49b6-8d82-718f4caef5d3).html.

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Supply chains are faced with the daunting tasks of keeping their operational costs to a minimum low while providing the best customer services. To achieve this objective organizations as part of the supply chains adopt different technologies. Adopting technologies is an expensive venture, especially its maintenance. A major chunk of IT investments goes into maintenance of current IT. Cloud computing technology emerges as a saviour to organizations of all sizes in any supply chain as it allows organizations to use required IT without actually owning it. The purpose of this project is to determine the factors affecting adoption of cloud computing technology by organizations of the Saudi petrochemical supply chains. However, there is no technology adoption model that may be applied to organizations as part of supply chains within the context of Saudi Arabia. Hence, a new technology adoption model “Technology-Supply Chain-Environment” (TSE) is developed that not only takes the technological, supply chain, and environmental variables into consideration but also considers the moderating impact of cultural and other variables on the adoption of cloud computing technology. A sequential explanatory mixed methodology was employed to achieve the objective of this study. In quantitative phase, data were collected through a self-administered online questionnaire based survey that generated 303 valid responses from mid-to-senior level decision-making supply chain practitioners from a range of organisations belonging to Saudi petrochemical supply chain. The derived research questions were tested using various data analysis techniques including principal component analysis and structural equation modelling. During the qualitative phase, 48 semi-structured interviews were conducted to have deeper understanding of the results from the earlier phase. Further to the semi-structured interviews, a focus group discussion session with nine experts from industry and academics was also conducted to understand the impact of cultural variables on the adoption of cloud technology in the same context. The relationships of independent and dependent variables were simultaneously tested on both behavioural intention and direct adoption. The results indicated that some variables were strongly related to intention to adopt while some others were strongly related to direct adoption. Security concerns, facilitating conditions, trading partner power, and complexity significantly and positively affected intentions to adopt cloud technology. Relative advantage, compatibility, and behavioural intentions significantly and positively affected adoption of cloud technology. Top management support and trading partner readiness were not found significant predictors of either behavioural intention or direct adoption of cloud technology. Trading partner power was the most significant factor for the intention to adopt and also to direct adoption of cloud technology. The proposed model explained 67% of the variance in the intentions and 57% in the direct adoption of cloud technology. This research focused only one industry, Saudi petrochemical industry. Further research would be required to apply similar models on different industries. The findings reveal the important role of cloud computing service providers to enable end-users to better evaluate the use of cloud computing. It also reveals that top management support is no longer a driver as organisations are starting to adopt cloud computing services on the basis of flexible and more agile IT resources in order to support business growth and hence the whole supply chain. The TSE model is the first of its kind in which supply chain variables are integrated and it is hoped that this model will open up the way for future research in constructing new models for technology adoption within supply chains.

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Sanja, Grabež. "Model primene lin sistema u maloprodaji trajnih potrošnih dobara." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2016. http://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=101659&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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Problem koji obrađuje ova disertacija je definisanje modela primenelin sistema u maloprodaji trajnih potrošnih dobara sa naglaskom naoptimizaciji primarnih aktivnosti tj. toka proizvoda od dobavljača dokrajnjeg potrošača. Osnovna ideja je definisanje modela primene lin-a u poslovnim procesima kod proizvoda čija je tražnja stabilna ipredvidiva i često se prodaju sa lagera u maloprodaji, pa sve doproizvoda sa dijametralnom logikom koji se prodaju putem porudžbine,bez zaliha u maloprodaji tj. onih proizvoda gde je tražnja dalekoneizvesnija, a asortiman širok. Veoma važan faktor koji je deo ovogmodela jeste uticaj povećanja znanja zaposlenih o lin alatima ikulturi u samoj organizaciji.
The subject of this disertation is how to define model of lean systemapplication in durable goods retail with the focus on optimisation of primaryactivities i.e. product flow from suppliers till customers. The basic idea is todefine model of lean application in the processes of the products with stableand predictable demand that are offered from shop stock, till the productswith the oposite logic that are sold from samples and catalogues, withoutstock in retail, and where demand is highly unpredictable and assortmentwide and variable. Very important factor which is part of this model is how toincrease knowledge and acceptance of lean tools and culture within theorganisation.

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Željko, Stević. "Integrisani model vrednovanja dobavljača u lancima snabdevanja." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2018. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=107051&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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U ovom radu predložen je model za vrednovanje i izbor dobavljača koji je razmatran u više od deset različitih proizvodnih oblasti. Model se sastoji od dvadeset kvantitavnih i kvalitativnih kriterijuma koji su primenom fuzzy AHP (Analitičko Hijerarhijski Proces) metode, a na osnovu ocenjivanja menadžera proizvodnih kompanija smanjeni na ukupno devet. Verifikacija datog modela predstavljena je kroz vrednovanje i izbor dobavljača u tri kompanije koje se bave različitom delatnošću. Pored doprinosa koji se ogleda u primenjivosti razvijenog modela u različitim lancima snabdevanja, veliki doprinos ovog rada je razvoj novih pristupa u oblasti višekriterijumskog odlučivanja koji može biti primenjen u svim lancima snabdevanja, naročito u procesima u kojima vladaju neizvesnosti i nejasnoće što je detaljno objašnjeno kroz rad.
In this paper, a model for evaluation and supplier selection has beenproposed, which has been considered in more than ten different productionareas. The model consists of twenty quantitative and qualitative criteria whichare reduced to a total of nine by the application of the fuzzy AHP (AnalyticHierarchy Process) method and the assessment of managers in productioncompanies. The verification of the given model is presented through theevaluation and supplier selection in three companies that deal with differentactivities. In addition to the contribution reflected in the applicability of thedeveloped model in various supply chains, the great contribution of thispaper is the development of new approaches in the field of multi-criteriadecision making that can be applied in all supply chains, especially inprocesses that are subject to uncertainty and vagueness, which is explainedin detail through the work.

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Yu, Tiecheng. "Transfer and integration of human resources management knowledge within dynamic supply chains : cases from the automotive aftermarket distribution system in China." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/transfer-and-integration-of-human-resources-management-knowledge-within-dynamic-supply-chains-cases-from-the-automotive-aftermarket-distribution-system-in-china(ddc4b5b2-25a8-47e3-aba8-d96d7a9e256f).html.

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This thesis explores the scope for the transfer and integration of human resources management (HRM) knowledge to provide the basis for the development of more productive and efficient supply chains, in the specific case of the aftermarket distribution channels of multinational companies in the automotive industry in China. Most studies of human resources management, supply chain management, and knowledge transfer have focused on internal transfer within multinational companies and there has been more limited research on the transfer of such knowledge across organisations in the supply chain, particularly in relation to distribution channels. Thus the starting point for the research was to understand the preconditions, mechanisms and effects on the distribution supply chain of the transfer and integration of HRM knowledge. To explore these issues the thesis compares and contrasts a poorly performing supply chain (that is Company J's supply chain) with two more successful supply chains in the automotive aftersales market (that is those of Company M and Company S). The aim was to identify whether the poorly performing supply chain could learn from the other two cases through a detailed exploration of the motivators and mediators that facilitate or hinder processes of HRM transfer and integration, and the outcomes of these processes on the performance of the supply chains and the manufacturers and distributors within the supply chains. A qualitative research approach was utilised. Data was gathered through one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with senior-level management, mid-level management, and frontline staff from the manufacturers and wholesale distributors in the three automotive aftermarket distribution channels and analysed using computer-assisted coding software, NVivo. In line with the extant literature, the thesis findings support the proposition that a relational supply chain network based on trust facilitates HRM knowledge transfer and integration, and provides a basis for competitive advantage in the supply chain. At the same time the findings suggest some important extensions to current knowledge and understanding of the processes and impact of HRM knowledge transfer. Firstly the research found that consideration should be given to recategorising the classic division between tacit and explicit knowledge with respect to HRM into fundamental and differential categories, in order to more clearly differentiate the type of strategic HRM knowledge transfer that could provide the basis for competitive advantage. Likewise the study found that it is not the mechanism of transfer- whether through systems or by inter-person channels- that should be the criteria to categorise knowledge, as a blended approach involving both types of transfer mechanisms was associated with better transfer effectiveness. Third the type of HRM to be transferred needs to fit the specific needs of distributors within the supply chain; in practice the best fit for this part of the supply chain can be considered a mix of paternalistic and transaction HRM, rather than the so-called 'best' practice HRM. Finally although there was potential in principle for the underperforming supply chain to learn from the experiences and practices of the higher performing supply chains, the extent to which Company J was likely to be able to emulate the more successful chains was constrained by significant internal barriers to learning (for example the pressure for short-term gains and the time needed to build trust, the lack of internal HRM expertise and the lack of local decision-making authority). However, an even more major constraint on the learning process came from the dynamic changes in the aftermarket distribution system that had the potential even to disrupt the trust-based partnerships in the exemplar supply chains. Thus the scope for applying the lessons from past practice, which has been the major focus of the comparative investigation of the three supply chains, may be limited by both the variations in internal conditions and by the fact that the key challenges for future development may be different from those faced in the automotive aftersales market in the past.

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Bonaldi, Elisa. "Strategy and Method for the Elaboration, Development and Optimization of an Innovative Recycling Process." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LORR0167/document.

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Les réglementations sur le recyclage des produits, mais aussi le développement de l‘écoconception, obligent les industriels à rechercher des solutions de recyclage pour leurs produits en fin de vie. Les préoccupations environnementales croissantes dans l’industrie créent de nouvelles opportunités d’affaires et nécessitent des changements d’organisation pour accompagner la transition vers des activités industrielles plus durables. Une activité industrielle de recyclage de matières issues de la fin de vie d’un produit, se déroule idéalement avec la participation de différents partenaires industriels dans le cadre d’un projet collaboratif. Cela permet de développer une nouvelle supply chain de recyclage et de concevoir un nouveau produit, fabriqué grâce à cette supply chain. Les projets collaboratifs de R&D permettent de rassembler des compétences complémentaires dans le but de proposer des solutions pour accroitre le taux de recyclage d’une matière dans le domaine considéré. Aujourd’hui, les expériences de projets collaboratifs existent créant de nouvelles opportunités de marché dans l’industrie du recyclage. Cependant, nous observons qu’il n’existe pas de méthode opérationnelle permettant de guider les industriels dans la définition d’un projet collaboratif de recyclage. De plus, la sélection des partenaires pour de tels projets est une réelle difficulté pour les industriels. En effet, les valeurs apportées par les partenaires créent l’intérêt du projet et favorise le succès de la collaboration. Cependant, nous constatons qu’il n’existe pas de méthode dans le cadre du recyclage industriel pour faire un choix efficace de partenaires de R&D sur un projet collaboratif. Une revue de la littérature est présentée, pour connaitre l’état de l’art industriel et scientifique, avec un éclairage sur les meilleures pratiques existantes de façon à les prendre en compte et les intégrer, afin de proposer une contribution originale. A partir de cette revue de l’état de l’art, nous mettons en évidence un manque de méthode associant les organisations de projets collaboratifs R&D et le développement de supply chain de recyclage ; cela contribue à donner une posture originale à notre recherche. Notre contribution est de proposer une combinaison de méthodes pour accompagner les industriels dans la définition d’un projet collaboratif pour la mise en place d’une activité de recyclage. • La première méthode facilite la compréhension des mécanismes d’une industrie émergeante du recyclage, agissant simultanément sur l’impact environnemental, en recyclant les produits en fin de vie, et sur la compétitivité d’une entreprise, par sa différenciation vers de nouvelles activités industrielles. • La deuxième méthode développée est une aide pour le chef de projet R&D lors de la définition d’un « projet collaboratif de recyclage », avec la spécification du marché, du produit recyclé et de la structure projetée de la filière de recyclage. • Nous développons également la question de la sélection des partenaires d’un projet collaboratif de R&D dans le domaine du recyclage, en proposant une méthode d’évaluation ainsi que la définition de critères adaptés à ce nouveau contexte. Sur ce point, nous utilisons les techniques d’aide à la décision multicritères que nous combinons, afin d’aider les industriels dans ce processus de sélection. Une étude de cas est développée concernant l’industrie française du recyclage textile, ainsi qu’un projet de R&D collaboratif impliquant l’utilisation de matières premières recyclables provenant des véhicules hors d’usage et de vêtements fin de vie, pour l’éco-conception d’un produit nouveau. L’application de la combinaison des méthodes proposées, conduites dans le cadre d’un projet de recyclage spécifique, permet de discuter les premiers résultats et d’ouvrir ce sujet sur des perspectives de recherche à venir
Regulations on product recycling rates, but also growing consciousness on the importance of eco-design, enforce industrials to seek for solutions to recycle their products at their end of life. Growing environmental concerns in the industry allow new business opportunities and require organizational changes to support transition toward more sustainable industrial activities. Building a recycling industrial activity for materials coming from end of life products is a great challenge that requires an analysis of the opportunities and threats and the added value of industrial partners, in the scope of a collaborative project (or a collaborative network). This kind of projects aims at designing a new recycling supply chain and to design a new product that will be manufactured by this supply chain. R&D collaborative projects enable to gather complementary competencies in order to propose solutions to increase the recycling rate on the territory. Nowadays, experiences such as collaborative projects are witnessed, giving various new business possibilities in the recycling industry. However, a literature review we have performed points out that there is no existing method permitting to analyze the opportunity of a recycling value chain and to guide industrials in the definition of a “recycling collaborative project”. Moreover, for such projects, the selection of the partners is of great issue for the industrials. Indeed, the values brought by the partners make the interest of the project and favor the success of the collaboration. However, there is no existing method to choose R&D collaborative project partners efficiently in the scope of the recycling industry. A literature review presents the industrial and scientific state of the art and highlights the existing best practices in order to take them into account for the proposal of an original contribution. From the state of the art we can highlight a lack of methods that would associate R&D collaborative project organizations with the development of recycling supply chains; this positioning contributes to the originality of the work realized. Our contribution is to propose three methods to help industrials to define a collaborative project for the design and building of a new recycling supply chain: • The first method we propose facilitates the understanding of a recycling emerging industry mechanisms, act simultaneously on the environmental impact by recycling end of life products and on the business competitiveness by differentiation in new industrial activities. • The second method we developed must helps recycling R&D project managers to define a “recycling collaborative project”, the target market, the recycled product that will be manufactured and the potential structure of the future supply chain. • The third method is related to the question of partner selection with the proposal of a ranking method and the definitions of adapted criteria for such selections. In this respect we used Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques to help industrials in this selection process. A case study is developed on the French textile recycling industry and a R&D collaborative project that introduces recyclable raw material from end of life vehicles and garments, for the development of a new product. An application of our research is conducted on a specific recycling collaborative project in order to discuss the initial results, and perspectives are highlighted for further research investigations

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Dejan, Mirčetić. "Унапређење top down методологије за хијерархијско прогнозирање логистичких захтева у ланцима снабдевања." Phd thesis, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, 2018. https://www.cris.uns.ac.rs/record.jsf?recordId=107263&source=NDLTD&language=en.

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У докторату је предложен је нови модел за утврђивање деагрегационихпропорција у top down методологији за хијерархијско прогнозирање.Како би се утврдили показатељи рада новог приступа, извршена сутеоријска (симулациона студија) и емпиријска истраживања (студијаслучаја) више ешалонског дистрибутивног ланца. Резултати показују данови приступ значајно превазилази стандардне моделе top downметодологије. Такође, у докторату је тестиран и утицај хијерархијскихпрогноза на логистичке показатеље (просечне залихе и недостатакзалиха). Резултати показују да је нови модел остварио најмањинедостатак залиха приликом примене у стратегијама управљањазалихама. Поред наведеног, у докторату је тестирано и комбиновањеразличитих прогноза и истраживање утицаја особина временских серијана прецизност прогнозирања модела за хијерархијско прогнозирање.
U doktoratu je predložen je novi model za utvrđivanje deagregacionihproporcija u top down metodologiji za hijerarhijsko prognoziranje.Kako bi se utvrdili pokazatelji rada novog pristupa, izvršena suteorijska (simulaciona studija) i empirijska istraživanja (studijaslučaja) više ešalonskog distributivnog lanca. Rezultati pokazuju danovi pristup značajno prevazilazi standardne modele top downmetodologije. Takođe, u doktoratu je testiran i uticaj hijerarhijskihprognoza na logističke pokazatelje (prosečne zalihe i nedostatakzaliha). Rezultati pokazuju da je novi model ostvario najmanjinedostatak zaliha prilikom primene u strategijama upravljanjazalihama. Pored navedenog, u doktoratu je testirano i kombinovanjerazličitih prognoza i istraživanje uticaja osobina vremenskih serijana preciznost prognoziranja modela za hijerarhijsko prognoziranje.
In this thesis, a new approach for determining disaggregating proportions inthe top down hierarchical forecasting methodology is proposed. In order toestimate the accuracy of the proposed approach, the simulation and casestudy are performed. Results demonstrate that the approach significantlyoutperforms standard top down approaches. Also, in this reserach the impactof hierarchical forecasts on logistics indicators (average stock and lack ofinventory) is researched. The results show that the new model achieved thesmallest lack of inventory in inventory management strategies. Likewise, inthis research, the ideas of combining the hierarchical forecasting models andquantifying the influence of time series characteristics on the accuracy ofhierarchical forecasting models, are tested. The results are encouraging andfurther researches are needed in order to reveal all possible benefits ofproposed ideas.

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Habibi, Muhammad Khoirul Khakim. "Optimisation d'une chaîne logistique inverse avec la prise en compte des processus de désassemblage." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEM005.

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Il est connu que l'intégration des décisions dans les chaînes logistiques directes permet de proposer de meilleurs décisions. Dans cette thèse, une approche similaire est proposée pour une chaîne logistique inverse. Nous supposons que l'intégration de décisions concernant la collecte des produits en fin de vie avec celles de leur désassemblage permet d`optimiser la chaîne logistique inverse.D'abord, un problème déterministe, appelé le problème de collecte et désassemblage, intégrant les décisions de collecte de produits en fin de vie et la planification de leur désassemblage a été proposé et étudié. Etant donné qu'il n'y a pas d'instance de ce problème dans la littérature, les instances sont générées pour pouvoir effectuer les tests des modèles développés. Une comparaison de la formulation intégrée avec celle non-intégrée est effectuée. Selon les résultats obtenus, il s'avère que l'intégration permet d'optimiser les coûts totaux. Des méthodes approchées sont également proposées car le solveur CPLEX n'est pas capable de fournir les solutions optimales des instances de grand taille avec les temps de calcul acceptables. Ensuite, le problème est étendu en considérant l'incertitude sur les paramètres associés à la qualité et la quantité des produits en fin de vie et les demandes en composants. En considérant également la possibilité d'avoir plusieurs véhicules pour la collecte de produits en fin de vie, le problème stochastique de collecte et désassemblage dans sa version multi-véhicule est introduit. Sa formulation est développée sous forme d'une programmation stochastique en bi-niveau. Nous supposons qu'au moment de la planification, les paramètres incertains sont considérés comme des variables aléatoires avec des lois de distribution connues. Les réalisations de ces variables ne sont connues qu'au moment d'exécution du plan. Deux méthodes de résolution en utilisant une procédure d'approximation par échantillonnage sont implémentées afin de fournir les solutions.Finalement, un autre problème est également posé et étudié ou les décisions concernant la collecte de produits en fin de vie sont associées au problème de l'équilibrage de ligne de désassemblage
This dissertation supports and proposes better management in the implementation of the cir-cular economy by integrating activities of reverse supply chains. The hypothesis states thatintegrating decisions of at least two activities in reverse supply chain leads to better decisionsnotably the collection of End-of-Life products and their disassembly.A deterministic problem, called Collection-Disassembly Problem, integrating both collectionand disassembly processes as well as its formulation are introduced and developed. Due to lackof available instances in the literature, some instances are generated. Another non-integratedformulation is developed and solved using the commercial solver CPLEX. The obtained resultsshow that the integrated model proposes better decisions in terms of total cost. Some ap-proximate methods are developed because the commercial solver CPLEX is unable to provideoptimal solutions under acceptable CPU times notably for large size instances.An extended version of the problem is introduced due to the fact that reverse supply chainsfrequently deal with the uncertainty of certain parameters such as the quality and the quantityof End-of-Life products as well as the demands of components. Also, there is often more thanone vehicle available to collect the products. Thus, this second problem suggested which is calledStochastic Multi-Vehicle Collection-Disassembly Problem and its formulation is developed. Theproblem is formalised as two-stage stochastic programming by assuming that the parametersunder uncertainty follow some known probability distributions and their realisation comes afterthe planning stage. To provide the solutions, two methods combined with an algorithmicframework of Sample Average Approximation are developed.Another problem called Integrated Procurement-Disassembly Problem is also studied. Alongwith the decisions on collection process, this problem emphasises on the decisions of disassemblyline balancing problem

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Le, Blanc Henricus Maria. "Closing loops in supply chain management: Designing reverse supply chains for end-of-life vehicles /." 2006. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/511000634.pdf.

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Freire, Marcela Alves. "Supply chain business intelligence: model proposal and implementation to support the online sales supply chain end to end operation of a portuguese electronics retail company." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/106388.

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Project Work presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
In today’s highly competitive business environment, the adoption of Supply Chain Management is seen as an advantage. It provides not only effective integration, but also cooperation within the supply chain. However, in order to achieve further integration, other practices are needed. With growing volumes of data, businesses are required to ensure its appropriate flow, integration and analysis. This project, named “Supply Chain Business Intelligence ‐ Model proposal and implementation to support the online sales supply chain end to end operation of a Portuguese electronics retail company” had as its main goal the development of a conceptual model of a Business Intelligence system to address the needs of an online sales supply chain end to end operation. The proposed model should not focus on a specific company. Instead, it should provide a solution for other similar problems. The project starts with the definition of the problem, objectives and methodology. It is then followed by the literature review, which consists of a thorough research to identify best practices and previous works in the literature that dealt with similar problems. The research focuses on three main topics: Supply Chain Management, Internet Retail Industry and Business Intelligence. A conceptual model is then developed, which consists of four main steps: definition of the overall requirements, metrics, data mart model and dashboards. For the data mart model, it is important to identify the business process, the appropriate granularity and respective dimensions and fact tables. It is then followed by a case study, which consists in the implementation of the model to solve Company X’s problem. As outputs of the project, both data mart and dashboards are considered, since they are part of the artifact needed to achieve the business requirements. Finally, a discussion and evaluation of the results is conducted. Even though the implementation part of the project presented some challenges, the final solution still showed improvements for Company X and proved to be appropriate for the provided business requirements. Limitations and possible aspects of improvements are presented in the last chapter of the project.

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Chang, Yuan-Chih, and 張淵智. "Study on end-to-end process architecture of Service supply chain for Telecommunications industry." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83984496029363010414.

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碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
工業管理系
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The Supply Chain Management has become a focal point of the operation management in the business circle since 1997. It is especially the case for the fast-growing service segments. That how the activities are tackled throughout the process, from a demand identified to the ensued services provided efficiently to the customer’s satisfaction, is often high on the agenda of the service industry. This study will focus on the telecommunication services providers and explore the correlation between the scale of telecommunication service organizations and the service supply chain end-to-end process. It is hypothesized that when the operations reach its optimal performance, the end-to-end supply chain process will dynamically adapt itself to internal or external changes such as expansion of the service organization through mergers and acquisition, and an increase in customers demand, etc. Based on the study on the service supply chain end-to-end process, this report finds that the optimal performance in a business operation shall involve the following five elements: 1. Research/Planning 2. Services management 3. Operation/Production 4. Customer 5. Finance Changes in any of the five given elements will have an impact on the end-to-end process, which then will become a turning point for achieving the optimal performance and further influence company competitiveness.

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Kuo, Chung-Huang, and 郭鐘熿. "Case Study on Supply Chain Innovation of High-end Printing Equipment." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17652258766527554267.

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碩士
東吳大學
企業管理學系
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Abstract As the trends of globalization, information technology and scientific progress continue to spread, the diversity of products in different industries are decreasing and business management is heading into the micro-profits era, where lowering costs and insuring profit gains are the key strategy. Subsequently, the evaluation of supply chain outsourcing has become a priority business review and implementation issue. The demand for outsourcing document management services has been growing; and so, in keeping with current trends, the number of document management service providers is growing. The company in our case study manufactures and supplies office automatic equipment. The production products this company distributes are monopolistic at the highest level in this field, such that the other manufacturers cannot beat them in either product quality or functional speed. Nevertheless, sales for the past years have not been favorable. Our analysis points to the following causes: first, this company not only sells products to Outsourcing companies-document management service, but also offers it’s own document management service; therefore, it competes with its product-using customers when it offers document management services to the same service customer. Second, the top-tier products of this company are so expensive that Outsourcing companies-document management service companies often have insufficient funds or loan credit to purchase the products. This affects the operational effectiveness of its top-tier products and the customer service level of our case study company. Therefore a new strategy for the whole supply chain was implemented. The company in our case study first acted to solve the problem regarding the products strategy competition, its marketing strategy, supply chain strategy and finances strategy originating from “internal factors” in the supply chain. It then dealt with the fund and loan credit issues, which belong to the “outside factors” of the outsourcing companies-document management service companies, introducing its large-scale business customer group to the Outsourcing companies-document management service companies. Meanwhile, it also met the demands of its large-scale business customer group for safe and speedy outsourcing document management, and helped its supply chain members to create new value quickly and accurately. During the implementation of its new supply chain strategy, which took three years, the customer satisfaction of Outsourcing companies-Document management service companies was raised, revenue also increased, and demand for purchasing equipment rose steadily. The large-scale customers that had outsourcing demands on the company in our case study were satisfied with its service level. Therefore, top-tier product sales, sales revenue, sales profit, after-sale service revenue and profit of this company increased markedly. Key words：Supply Chain、Innovation、Innovalue、Logistics Innovation Model.

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Ciou, Jian-An, and 邱健安. "The Exploration of Green Supply Chain Value in Kaohsiung Screw Industry: A Means-End Chain Application." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68bmna.

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碩士
國立高雄大學
國際企業管理碩士學位學程
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This study aims to use Means-Ends Chain approach to find out potential value chain and factors influencing green supply chain management (GSCM) applied in screw industry. Screw and fastener are one of the important exporting products in Taiwan. Recently, Taiwan government and screw industry announced NICE upgrade project and screw 4.0 to respond to the incoming intensely competition from China and other overseas countries. One of the project targets is the Eco-friendly production process; to achieve this goal, a few companies’ effort won’t be enough to sustain this upgrade. Therefore, building up a stable and strong GSCM could be one of critical steps to success. This research used soft laddering method to interview 32 senior screw companies’ managers in Kaohsiung. This research extracts 6 critical linkages which can be separated into two types of value path. First type of linkage shows GSCM have positive influence and provide two terminal values- Stable Business and Reputation. By fitting the customer’s requirement and applying GSCM beforehand, screw companies can gain their business reputation and become long-term business partners. Second type of value path represents that GSCM is still considered as a risky investment. Screw companies’ capital limitation is the biggest obstruction. To construct a GSCM system or follow the environmental regulation, plenty of money and resource have to be invested in advance; the maintenance fee will be another issue for system’s long-term sustainability. According to the result found, some managerial implications are provided, which may contain some valuable information for government, managers and relative stakeholders.

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Pai, Fan-Yun, and 白芸. "WIP Management Model for Back-end Factories in the Semiconductor Supply Chain." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45257134185108451671.

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碩士
國立交通大學
工業工程與管理系
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The agreement of due dates is the need for customer satisfaction, which is a critical factor to survive in today’s highly competitive market for Semiconductor inductry. However, undesirable and inevitable production variations make it difficult to maintain and improve factory’s performance on due dates, especially for those back-end factories closer to customers. We, therefore, propose a WIP management model to help production managers effectively manage WIP levels to compensate the impact of unexpected production variations and to achieve better due-date performance. The WIP management model can be divided into three parts: (1) an AWDL (Available WIP Deviation Level) determination model is designed to gather proper AWDLs for monitored workstations, (2) a WIP correction action is proposed to make abnormal WIP levels back to normal levels as soon as possible, and (3) an exception management system is constructed to detect WIP exceptions and notify pertinent recipients. Simulation experiments are conducted to evaluate the proposed WIP management model. Results show that WIP management model provides back-end factories better performances on average on time delivery percentage (AOTDP). The model does help back-end factories to manage WIP levels effectively and reduce the occurrences of production variations.

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Teixeira, Inês Catarina Ferreira. "Event-Driven Real-Time Streaming Approach for Big Data, applied to an End-to-End Supply Chain." Dissertação, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/122830.

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Ferreira, João Pedro Graça Moura Lopes. "Development of an End-to-End Supply Chain Monitoring and Visualization Tool in an E-Commerce Business." Dissertação, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/122659.

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Teixeira, Inês Catarina Ferreira. "Event-Driven Real-Time Streaming Approach for Big Data, applied to an End-to-End Supply Chain." Master's thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/122830.

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Ferreira, João Pedro Graça Moura Lopes. "Development of an End-to-End Supply Chain Monitoring and Visualization Tool in an E-Commerce Business." Master's thesis, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/122659.

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Huang, Chien-Jung, and 黃健榮. "The Impact of Strategic Alliances on Supply Chain Behaviors in Semiconductor Back-End Industry." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95375785503113885262.

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碩士
國立高雄第一科技大學
運輸倉儲營運所
90
The study focuses on the strategic alliance behaviors in semiconductor industry. The emphasis is placed on the relationship between upstream members (i.e., foundry factories and IC design house) and backend factories (i.e., assembly and testing houses). Main topics discussed includ the motivation, alliance types, and performance of these relationships. Because of different operating characteristics between in-house and public assembly/testing houses, the discussions will be conducted with respect to these two dimensions in backend streams. At upstream level, the analysis will be organized according to fab of IDM and fabless of professional IC design-house. Desk research and in-depth interview methods are utilized to conduct the research. The results show that the major reason for the back-end industry teaming with upstream industry is to acquire complementary resources, boost productivity and gain competitive advantage in the long run. We define strategy alliance as a temporary cooperative relationship between partnerships, which may not perfectly conform to prevailing definition but do reflect the real situation of the industry.

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Wu, Pei-Jung, and 吳佩容. "An Exception Management Mechanism to Monitor Outputs in the Semiconductor Back-end Supply Chain." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28411646070528706658.

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碩士
國立交通大學
工業工程與管理系
90
To advance in service quality for IC design house, many foundries are confederate to provide a package service, called “Turn Key Service”. There are many definitions of Turn Key Service. One kind of them is that foundries provide an integrated service including wafer fabrication, wafer probing, IC packaging, and IC final testing. In such a system, the higher flexibility semiconductor back-end provides, the more competitiveness the corresponding foundry Fab has. However, planners of foundries may not have a good management mechanism to monitor and control production progress of semiconductor back-end. They normally used their experience to identify whether products could be delivered on time or not. As a result, this research is purposed to develop an exception management mechanism to monitor outputs in the semiconductor back-end supply chain. This mechanism consists of output prediction module, capacity evaluation module, exception detection rules, and feedback system. We intend to help planners of foundries make the right response once a possible exceptional event will occur so that a higher value for the entire semiconductor supply chain can be obtained. We integrate another two management systems, Global Lot Tracking and Vigilance, to show the exception management mechanism that can provide on-time information for planners of foundries to prevent products from being delayed.

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Safa, Mahdi. "An Advanced Construction Supply Nexus Model." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7426.

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The complex and challenging process of construction supply chain management can involve tens of thousands of engineered components, systems, and subsystems, all of which must be designed in a multi-party and collaborative environment, the complexity of which is vastly increased in the case of megaprojects. A comprehensive Advanced Construction Supply Nexus Model (ACSNM) was developed as a computational and process-oriented environment to help project managers deal efficiently and effectively with supply chain issues: fragmentation, resource shortages, design delays, and planning and scheduling deficiencies, all of which result in decreased productivity, cost and time overruns, conflicts, and time-consuming legal disputes. To mitigate the effects of these difficulties, four new prototype systems are created: a front-end planning tool (FEPT), a construction value packaging system (CVPS), an integrated construction materials management (ICMM) system, and an ACSNM database. Because these components are closely interdependent elements of construction supply nexus management, the successfully developed model incorporates cross-functional integration. This research therefore effectively addresses process management, process integration, and document management, features not included in previous implementations of similar models for construction-related applications. This study also introduces new concepts and definitions, such as construction value packages comprised of value units that form the scope of value-added work defined by type, stage in the value chain, and other elements such as drawings and specifications. The application of the new technologies and methods reveals that the ACSNM has the potential to improve the performance and management of the enterprise-wide supply chain. Through opportunities provided by our industry partners, Coreworx Inc. and Aecon Group Inc., the elements of the developed model have been validated with respect to implementation using data from several construction megaprojects. The model is intended to govern current supply nexus processes associated with such megaprojects but may be general enough for eventual application in other construction sectors, such as multi-unit housing and infrastructure.

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Linh, Doan Thi Truc, and 段氏竹玲. "OPTIMIZING END-OF-LIFE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS RECYCLING FLOW FOR REVERSE SUPPLY CHAINS." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36523450916065488819.

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國立臺灣科技大學
工業管理系
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Environmental concerns, global warming, the lack of landfill and rapid development of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) have become a matter of great urgency in many countries. In order to avoid returning losses and reduce environmental pollution, there is a need for electronic companies to find proper ways to reduce WEEE and recover the value from used products for further utilities. Based on the analysis of the WEEE reverse logistic network and the characteristics of its planning, this thesis presents a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model, which has a cost minimization model for multi-products reverse logistics system. The recycling system consists of four stages of process such as collection sites, disassembly sites, treatment sites (for recycling, repair facility), and final sites (disposal, primary market, secondary market). The factors considered in the model include the cost of operation, treatment, sales income as well as transportation cost with different fractions of returned products. The model is solved by an algebraic modeling package AMPL (A Mathematical Programming Language). The proposed optimization model can help determine the optimal facilities and the material flows in the network. Besides, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is suggested to manage returned products at collection points and send the data to the managers that can help them determine the quantity and quality of returned products in order to increase efficiency of logistic operations.

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"Integrative management of transfer pricing and global supply chain in a multinational firm." 2015. http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-1291762.

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Zhang, Xiaopeng.
Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-115).
Abstracts also in Chinese.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on 10, November, 2016).

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