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Information technology barriers in Indian sugar supply chain: an AHP and fuzzy AHP approach
Rupesh Kumar, Surendra KansaraThe purpose of this paper is to find out possible barriers of information technology (IT) applications in the supply chain system of sugar industry in India. All these barriers…
Developing a causal model to evaluate the critical issues in reverse supply chain implementation
Kaustov Chakraborty, Sandeep Mondal, Kampan MukherjeeApproximately, 800m tons of e-waste is generated per year in India. Reverse supply chain (RSC) is the probable strategy to cope up with the issue. Setting up a RSC process is not…
Efficiency and internal benchmark on an armament company
Ibere Guarani de Souza, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Luis Felipe Riehs Camargo, Aline Dresch, Fabio Antonio Sartori PiranThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the productive efficiency and the best operational practices in an armaments manufacturer.
Investigating the impact of hard total quality management practices on operational performance in manufacturing organizations: Evidence from Jordan
Rawan Ali Saleh, Rateb J. Sweis, Firas Izzat Mahmoud SalehThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of hard total quality management (TQM) practices on operational performance dimensions in manufacturing organizations.
SMED for quick changeover in manufacturing industry – a case study
Jagdeep Singh, Harwinder Singh, Inderdeep SinghThe purpose of this paper is to uncover the significance of SMED in manufacturing environments.
Linking loneliness to depression: a dynamic perspective
Sushanta K. Mishra, Amitabh Deo Kodwani, Kunal Kamal Kumar, Kamal K. JainThe purpose of this paper is to understand the influence of change in loneliness on the experience of depression among the students in a business school in India. Building on the…
Non-performing assets and technical efficiency of Indian banks: a meta-frontier analysis
Nitin Arora, Nidhi Grover Arora, Kritika KanwarThe issue of mounting non-performing assets (NPAs) in Indian banking industry is serious and attracting attention of academia and policy planners. Thus, the purpose of this paper…
Operational efficiency of plastic producing firms in Iran: a DEA approach
Nassim Ghondaghsaz, Asadollah Kordnaeij, Jalil DelkhahFirms are working in a complex environment in which the updated information increase the pace of precise decision making and reduce the risk of wrong decisions. Therefore…
Analysing the barriers of lean in Indian coal mining industry using integrated ISM-MICMAC and SEM
Sorokhaibam Khaba, Chandan BharThe purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a model for key barriers to lean implementation in the Indian coal mining industry.
Key barriers in the growth of rural health care: an ISM-MICMAC approach
Santosh Kumar, Roopali SharmaThe health care industry has experienced vibrant growth since the last few decades. Total health care business has reached more than US$160bn in the country and is still growing…
The mediating role of customer related performance outcomes on the relationship between customer integration and firm performance: An empirical investigation in Indian context
Nikhat Afshan, Jaideep MotwaniEven though supply chain integration (SCI) has been considered as a vital contributor to business performance, the research shows inconsistency in its finding. Accounting for…
Does outsourcing always work? A critical evaluation for project business success
Maqsood Ahmad Sandhu, Ahm Shamsuzzoha, Petri HeloThe purpose of this paper is to deal with the importance and obstacles of outsourcing strategy in project business in terms of product development perspectives. This strategy is…
Development of a three-tier assessment model: a case study
Henry C. Lau, Andrew Ip, CKM Lee, GTS HoThe purpose of this paper is to propose a three-tier assessment model (TAM), aiming to identify and evaluate the competitiveness level of companies. The existing problem is that…
Impacts of computerized maintenance management system and relevant supportive organizational factors on total productive maintenance
Hadi Balouei Jamkhaneh, Javad Khazaei Pool, Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar, S. Mohammad Arabzad, Reza Verij KazemiThe application of automated systems is rapidly increasing in different industries and organizations. In this regard, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) using…
Performance modeling and benchmarking of green supply chain management: An integrated fuzzy approach
Atul Kumar Sahu, Harendra Kumar Narang, Mridul Singh Rajput, Nitin Kumar Sahu, Anoop Kumar SahuBased on the existing literature in the field of green supply chain management (GSCM), the purpose of this paper is to find essential to conceptualize and develop an efficient…
Structural model of perishable food supply chain quality (PFSCQ) to improve sustainable organizational performance
Man Mohan Siddh, Gunjan Soni, Rakesh Jain, Milind Kumar SharmaThe purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of perishable food supply chain quality (PFSCQ) and to suggest a structural model that counts the influence of PFSCQ practices…
Evaluation of industry cluster competitiveness: a quantitative approach
Pragya Bhawsar, Utpal ChattopadhyayThe purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative approach to measure industry clusters competitiveness.
Measuring interdependencies of preferred supplier enablers
Sunil Kumar C.V., Srikanta RoutroyThe purpose of this paper is to analyze preferred supplier enablers (PSEs) and measure the interdependencies among themselves for enhancing preferred supplier relationship.
On evaluation of supply chain’s ecosilient (g-resilient) performance index: A fuzzy embedded decision support framework
Dilip Kumar Sen, Saurav Datta, S.S. MahapatraRecently, in turbulent and highly competitive marketplace, organizational sustainability in the long run necessitates the adaptation of appropriate supply chain (SC) strategies…
A framework for assessing quantity surveyors’ competence
Joshua Oluwasuji Dada, Godwin Onajite JagboroThe purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for assessing quantity surveyors’ competence level.
Food safety benchmarking between retail outlets in Greece
Andreas Souliotis, Katerina Giazitzi, George BoskouThe purpose of this paper is to develop and implement methods for benchmarking the food safety and hygiene between retail outlets at the same time or at the same retail outlets at…
Mimicking behaviour in bulk and block trading of institutional investors in the stock market
Ganesh R., Naresh G., Thiyagarajan S.The purpose of this paper is to examine the mimicking behaviour of institutional investors in the stock market.
Assessing congestion in emergency obstetric care in public hospitals in Tamil Nadu
Subramania Raju Rajasulochana, Domenica MatrangaThe purpose of this paper is to assess congestion as the simultaneous occurrence of desirable health output (e.g. maternal admissions) along with undesirable output (e.g. still…
Implementation of sustainable manufacturing practices in Indian manufacturing companies
Sumit Gupta, G.S. Dangayach, A.K. Singh, M.L. Meena, P.N. RaoIn the current global manufacturing scenario, all most all major players are now in a position to commit themselves to sustainability in all their operational initiatives and each…
How customer orientation enhances salespeople’s performance? A case study from an international market
Amjad Abu ELSamen, Mamoun N. AkroushThe purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of salespeople’s customer orientation on the relationship between sales manager personal characteristics, fellow…
Food safety assessment in India: modelling enablers
Seema Shukla, Surya Prakash Singh, Ravi ShankarThe ever-widening competitive global markets demand food business to demonstrate safe food supplies across the world. The causes of food borne illness are complex to determine and…
Impact of information technology and relational aspect on supply chain collaboration leading to financial performance: A study in Indian context
Nikhat Afshan, Srabasti Chatterjee, Prerna ChhetriThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of use of information technology (IT) and relational aspect on supply chain collaboration (SCC) in the context of developing…
Spillover between commodity and equity benchmarking indices
Kirithiga S., Naresh G., Thiyagarajan S.The commodity and equity derivatives have a close resemblance between them in trade practices and mechanisms, which makes it easy for the investors to combine these two assets…
Modelling resilience of truckload transportation industry
Satyendra Kumar Sharma, Sajeev Abraham GeorgeThe purpose of this paper is to study the supply chain resilience of Indian truckload transportation industry, in the event of potential disasters that affect the normalcy of…
An integrated neutrosophic AHP and SWOT method for strategic planning methodology selection
Mohamed Abdel Basset, Mai Mohamed, Arun Kumar Sangaiah, Vipul JainStrategic planning is an organization’s process of describing its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to track this strategy. SWOT analysis is…
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