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Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2018 Background: Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (manufacturing SMEs) can facilitate economic growth and development by creating employment and spurring economic activities at low levels of the economy.
Joash Mageto, Gerrie Prinsloo, Rose Luke
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background There is an observable, growing trend toward tailoring support programs – in addition to medical treatment – more closely to individuals to help improve patients’ health status.
Sjaak Bloem +5 more
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Sustainable freight transport in South Africa:Domestic intermodal solutions
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011 Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed.
Jan H. Havenga +3 more
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An agent-based dynamic information network for supply chain management [PDF]
, 2004 One of the main research issues in supply chain management is to improve the global efficiency of supply chains. However, the improvement efforts often fail because supply chains are complex, are subject to frequent changes, and collaboration and ...
Ahn, H, Lee, H
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Peran Supply Chain Management dalam Peningkatan Customer Value [PDF]
, 2003 Supply Chain Management (SCM) concept is an innovation of scientific development process. It comes to light because of drastic changes that occur in global industrial environment, such as more fierce competition, more demanding consumers and stockholders,
Christin, C. (Christin)
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Acta Commercii, 2017 Objective: The objective was to analyse the integration of and collaboration between strategic sourcing and supplier development at Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, and to determine how strategic sourcing can be a catalyst for supplier
Mzoxolo E. Mbiko +2 more
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Supply Chain and Quality Management Practice: Its Impact on Competitive Advantage and Firm Performance (Study on Small and Medium Enterprises at West Java) [PDF]
, 2017 . Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in encouraging economic growth of West Java. However, the contribution of SMEs is still small due to the lack of competitiveness of SME products. Competitiveness and weak SME performance can be
Putro, B. E. (Bramantiyo) +1 more
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Reflecting on theory development in sustainable supply chain management
Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 2022 Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) emerged as a niche topic around 20 years ago but moved into the mainstream. This paper revisits some of the conceptual developments of the field-building on Seuring and Müller (2008). We draw upon this framework
Stefan Seuring +5 more
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The Influence of Gender Ideology in Consumer Behaviour and Gratification amongst Women Magazines in South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020 Acknowledging the need for gender equity and female empowerment, effect-based research have led to the investigation of publish media content and the influence it has on gender beliefs and women’s self-views. When it comes to the Africa media landscape
Thérèse Roux +2 more
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Corporate social responsibility in buyer-supplier relationships : is it beneficial for top-tier suppliers to market their capability to ensure a responsible supply chain? [PDF]
The Retail and Marketing Review, 2014 This study assesses how top-tier suppliers market their capabilities to ensure a responsible upstream sup- ply chain to their downstream buyers, and how the marketing of corporate social responsibility (CSR)- related supply management practices affects ...
T Leppelt, K Foerstl, E Hartmann
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