Revolutionizing Supply Chain Management: Real-time Data Processing and Concurrency
In the contemporary business landscape, effective supply chain management (SCM) is paramount for organizations seeking to thrive amidst evolving market dynamics and heightened customer expectations.
Suwarna Shukla, Prabhneet Singh
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Investigating stock-outs in Johannesburg’s warehouse retail liquor sector
Purpose: The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate how management practices and processes contribute to stock-outs in the warehouse retail liquor sector in Johannesburg.
Amit Govind, Rose Luke, Noleen Pisa
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Background: Despite growing calls for public–private partnerships (PPPs) to supplement diminishing investment in South Africa’s transport sector, the uptake of transport PPPs in the country was low over the past 15 years compared with Brazil, Russia ...
Ofentse K. Sebitlo+2 more
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Towards Security Enhancement of Blockchain-based Supply Chain Management [PDF]
The cybersecurity of modern systems has dramatically increased attention from both industrial and academia perspectives. In the recent era, the popularity of the blockchain-based system has traditionally been emergent among various industrials sectors especially in supply chain management due to its streamlined nature.
arxiv
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]
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
doaj
DeTRM: Decentralised Trust and Reputation Management for Blockchain-based Supply Chains [PDF]
Blockchain has the potential to enhance supply chain management systems by providing stronger assurance in transparency and traceability of traded commodities. However, blockchain does not overcome the inherent issues of data trust in IoT enabled supply chains.
arxiv
Modern-day agriculture supply chains have evolved from sovereign and autonomous local stakeholders to a worldwide interconnected system of multiple participants linked by complicated interactions, impacting the production, processing, transportation, and
S. Bhat+3 more
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Forecast accuracy in demand planning: A fast-moving consumer goods case study
Background: An established South African fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturer, Company A, sought to address an underperforming supply chain through an attempt to improve demand planning accuracy.
Lisa M. Basson+2 more
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Human Factors Influencing the Implementation of Cobots in High Volume Distribution Centres
Order picking is a logistics component of warehouse operations where substantial productivity gains are possible. In this study, we investigate implementation processes of collaborative order picking robots (cobots) and focus on the influence of human ...
Wim Lambrechts+3 more
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Towards A Sustainable and Ethical Supply Chain Management: The Potential of IoT Solutions [PDF]
Globalization has introduced many new challenges making Supply chain management (SCM) complex and huge, for which improvement is needed in many industries. The Internet of Things (IoT) has solved many problems by providing security and traceability with a promising solution for supply chain management.
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