Supply Chain Management Methods Research Articles

Supplier selection in supply chain network using MCDM methods

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is an important factor for the success of companies, and competitive advantages provided by SCM methods are essential for sustainability in today’s conditions. Under these circumstances, companies must successfully adapt to technology, customer expectations, and supplier management requirements to move ahead of other competitors. One of the important and strategic steps for supply chain management is the supplier evaluation and selection process. In this process, companies prefer multi criteria decision making methods rather than traditional methods because of the large number of supplier alternatives and the variety of evaluation criteria. Considering the aforementioned economic and competitive conditions, a supplier evaluation and selection method has been developed for a company which is operating in defense industry by using multi-criteria decision making methods. In accordance with the purpose of building an effective and sustainable system, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been implemented for the prioritization of the determined supplier evaluation criteria. TOPSIS method has been used to make an ideal selection and to rank among the alternative suppliers by using criterion prioritization determined by AHP method. In order to ensure the continuity of using these methods in the company, an Excel based software written with VBA programming language has been developed. The upgradeable data structure of this program aims to create a fast and effective decision making process under changing conditions. The feature that makes this study unique from other studies in the literature is that, as a result of the analysis performed with data specific to the defense industry sector, the ideal supplier rankings for six different business types are determined and also the created software is used for keeping preferred methods available any time in order to support decision makers in the selection processes of suppliers.

Supply Chain Management Utilization Research of Agriculture Industry a Case Study in GAPOKTAN (ASSOCIATION OF FARMER GROUP)

This study aims to provide supply chain management strategy recommendations to GAPOKTAN (Association of Farmer Groups) to meet demand from the chili sauce company. The current process of meeting the demand from the chili sauce company to GAPOKTAN is still running conventionally, where the production planning process and inventory control are still based on the performance of eight farmer groups under the auspices of the Mandiri Jaya Farmer Group Association. Seeing this obstacle, the author tries to analyze it with the value chain method approach to understand the obstacles faced by the association. This study uses a qualitative approach with the in-depth interview method. After getting the results of the interview and the data obtained. The author provides an explanation of the solution using the supply chain management method approach. Some inputs from the changed process flow are even added with this method so that the needs of the association can accommodate requests from the chili sauce company. The association itself will provide more attention to managing, planning, and forecasting for all Farmer Groups under it. Finally, this paper aims to support GAPOKTAN Mandiri Jaya in fulfilling the demand from the chili sauce company.

Quality of information sharing as a moderator: An investigation of the relationship between supply chain management strategies and competitive advantage in Saudi Arabian manufacturing companies

The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of supply chain management methods on competitive advantage in Saudi Arabian manufacturing firms, with a particular emphasis on the function of information sharing quality as a moderating variable. The data received from a sample of Saudi manufacturing enterprises were analyzed using a structural equation modelling technique. According to the findings, customer relationships, the level of information sharing, and strategic supplier partnerships all have strong beneficial impacts on competitive advantage. However, the influence of information sharing quality alone on competitive advantage was shown to be statistically negligible. These results emphasize the necessity of developing strong customer relationships, encouraging effective information exchange procedures, and creating strategic collaborations with suppliers to gain a competitive edge. The research adds to the current literature by providing insights unique to Saudi Arabian industrial firms. The results are important for managers and decision-makers developing competitive supply chain management strategies. Future studies may investigate other factors and dimensions, as well as perform longitudinal studies, to better understand the structures of supply chain management and competitive advantage in the Saudi context.

Evaluation and selection of large cardamom supply chain using fuzzy logic based decision‐making model

AbstractLarge cardamom is a high‐value, low‐volume cash crop that is commercially important. The evaluation and selection of suppliers is a complicated and common multi‐criteria decision‐making challenge. Supplier selection becomes more difficult and unpredictable as a result of the necessity for human judgment in many areas of supplier selection, such as preferences for alternatives or supplier qualities. The objective of the study was to evaluate various large cardamom supply chains based on various supply chain quality parameters. The proposed selection strategy used fuzzy logic to identify the best acceptable supplier as well as rank the various supply chain parameters. The major steps of supply chain evaluation by fuzzy modeling involve the calculation of triplets for the score of various supply chains, calculation of triplets for the score of supply chain quality attributes, and calculation of overall membership function on a standard fuzzy scale. The results revealed that the proposed fuzzy logic method was well suited as a decision‐making tool for supplier evaluation. The assessment of various supply chains showed that the best supply chain management method included material moving from producers to consumers through aggregators, commission agents, wholesalers, and retailers. Comparing the overall similarity values of each chosen supply chain, customer satisfaction was ranked top among the quality attributes of the supply chain, followed by external and internal support, internal performance, and strategic and operational coordination. Consumers monitoring the performance of the supply chain can assist in information acquisition, influence the behavior of supply chain participants, and enhance overall performance.Practical applicationSelecting a suitable large cardamom supply chain would provide a solution for regulating the flow of products and information across the supply chain network. Implementing fuzzy logic for preferred supplier selection has a significant impact on the financial perspective. In the fuzzy logic for a large cardamom supply chain, fuzzy sets or membership functions were employed to express input space to output space. Fuzzification was used to transform a vector of crisp input data acquired from a study of a large cardamom supply chain into a vector of equivalent input language variables. The fuzzy output variables are defuzzified in the defuzzification process, and the fuzzy variables are turned into crisp values or crisp output vectors.

Implementasi Supply Chain Management Untuk Produksi Pengolahan Bakso Cetak Pada UD. Bu gadis

This research was conducted at a Home Industry company engaged in heavy food, namely printed meatballs. This study aims to apply the Supply Chain Management method for the production of printed meatball processing at UD. Mrs. Girl, to find out the problems that occurred, how to overcome the difficulties in obtaining information about the procurement of raw material stocks, which resulted in a shortage of raw materials in the production of printed meatball processing, and resulted in an imbalance between the stock of raw materials and the number of requests from consumers. So from these problems it is necessary to design a Supply Chain Management (SCM) application which aims to make it easier to manage the procurement of raw material stocks properly. The design tools used are (UML) Unified Modeling Language which will be designed using PHP and MySQL as databases.

Integrated Internet of Things with cloud developed for data integrity problems on supply chain management

It is indeed an effort to ensure integrity of data for cloudbased Internet of Things (IoT) applications because of the inherently dynamic nature of IoT data. It is challenging to discover the integrity and authenticity of various sorts of transactions in the cloud environment as the amount of supply chain transactions grows. On massive supply chain management (SCM) data, the majority of conventional supply chain management methods or methodologies have become increasingly sophisticated. Also, the conventional integrity computation methods like the SHA family, MD5, Whirlpool, linear chaotic, etc … mostly rely on fixed random parameters with constrained hash and data sizes. To optimize these problems on the cloud-based supply chain databases, a hybrid integrity verification-based encoding and decoding technique is proposed. By interactively authenticating blockchains, the proposed method reduces IoT data integrity problems and strengthens the function of intermediary media serving as gateways. Experimental results showed that, in terms of integrity bit change, runtime, and encoding average runtime, the optimized supply chain data integrity model outperformed the traditional techniques.

Smart logistics for urban construction sites (CCC)

The traditional construction logistics is managed in silos, which leads to time losses on sites and increased project costs due to repeated handling/moving of materials. Moreover, these uncontrolled flows of deliveries also have a proved environmental impact. Alternative approaches intend to centralize these flows using a Construction Consolidation Centre (CCC), which allows to deliver material just-in-time as a kit, directly at the workplace. The purpose of this research is to evaluate if this supply chain management methods can drive the construction sectors towards more efficient and sustainable practices. Therefore, this paper describes, from the General Contractor’s perspective, the implementation of a CCC between 2019 and 2020 for a Residential Tower project, for the first time in Luxembourg. Increased productivity, reduced costs, and reduced carbon footprint of the transportation flows were observed based on measures throughout the entire project. Beyond these evidences that more sustainable practices are achievable in construction, the paper discusses adherence of workers and subcontractors as well as organisational and technological prerequisites and perspectives. Accordingly, this collaborative model appears as a relevant way to build and strengthen partnerships between the construction stakeholders by improving day-to-day work. Therefore, CCC and kitting appear as a practical solution for the current economic and environmental challenges and more awareness should be put on this topic to allow its diffusion to the whole sector.

Модели и методы управления цепями поставок

The article highlights the study of models and methods of supply chain management. There have been realized the need to adapt existing logistic mechanisms and create new ones in the ever-changing business environment. The overview and analytical assessment of current models, methods and concepts used in supply chain management in modern conditions is presented. Generalization of the experience of leading specialists made it possible to conditionally divide the models and methods used in logistics into the general scientific methods and special ones. Special models and methods are modeling tools that have been developed and are effectively used to solve such logistical problems as the tasks of managing logistics infrastructure facilities (object modeling) and the tasks of managing logistics flows and processes (process modeling). The optimal approach to supply chain regulation is substantiated. The Quick Response model based on immediate action when delivery dates change The advanced model for restoring the normal operation of supply chains based on the principle of taking urgent means at changing the delivery time is found the most helpful. The model is being actively implemented into the digital platforms for active tracking the status of goods and possible delays. Due to the lack of information it is proposed to use analytical methods including mathematical models, and various auxiliary tools to solve the tasks. There are investigated the prospects of applying a multimodal approach to the supply chain regulation, green logistics reengineering, models and methods of supply chain management based on the introduction of digital technologies, namely the introduction of blockchain technologies and the creation of an information platform in which the main objects of supply chains will be involved. There is considered the project of the European electronic cleaning certificate designed to reduce the time costs in searching for logistics operators. The Cargo Stream digital platform, which is an aggregator for ordering logistics services, is considered. The key features of green logistics reengineering based on the unification of the mechanism for selecting raw materials and the use of reusable containers are identified.

Analisis Deskriptif Untuk Memprediksi Kebutuhan Gula Mempergunakan Metode Manajemen Rantai Pasok

Granulated sugar is one of the production products in the agricultural sector and is an important staple in Indonesia. The basic needs of the Indonesian people, one of which is sugar, are a significant factor in increasing state revenues from the export side. However, the national demand for sugar continues to increase along with the increase in Indonesia's population. This has become a national problem in meeting the sugar needs of the Indonesian people. This study aims to analyze descriptively the sugar needs of the Indonesian people through researchers in the distribution channel of sugar in Indonesia. The data collection process used questionnaires and interviews to support descriptive analysis of supply chain management methods. The results showed that 70% of Indonesian people need sugar in their life. Recommendations from this study indicate that it is better to postpone the sugar export policy considering that the demand for sugar in Indonesia is very high.

Penerapan Metode Supply Chain Management Sistem Informasi Restoran

One of the trending business opportunities and much in demand by the public is in the culinary business. Many people are competing to open a restaurant because food is a basic need that must be met by humans, so opening a restaurant will certainly provide many benefits for restaurant owners. In a restaurant business process, of course, it involves many roles such as the role of a waiter, the role of a chef, the internal role of the raw material stock section, and so on are interrelated and must be synchronized. However, in practice, restaurants still use conventional methods that are inefficient, effective, and structured. Some restaurants in the city of Medan only use conventional records both in ordering and recording raw material stocks so that errors often occur due to the inaccurate calculation process. In addition, the business processes in a restaurant are still not well structured between each working part so that ordering errors often occur. Therefore, research will be conducted to build a restaurant information system using the Supply Chain Management method. The results showed that the application of the Supply Chain Management method to the restaurant information system that was built was proven to be able to integrate all parts of the restaurant business properly so as to prevent errors from occurring by every party working in the restaurant.

Green Supply Chain Management Practices’ Impact on Operational Performance with the Mediation of Technological Innovation

Industries strive to prevent ecologically destructive actions in their supply chains. At the same time, the optimization of their resources is a major concern for industries to minimize carbon emissions, boost sustainable practices, and improve a country’s long-term economic development. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the impact of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) methods on operational performance with the mediation of technological innovation, in the context of Pakistani manufacturing firms. The partial least square-structural modeling (PLS-SEM) method is adopted in this paper. Data were gathered from 223 different manufacturing firms in Pakistan and then analyzed among these variables. The data show good validity and reliability, and structural model explains 61% of the variance in operational performance and 45.4% of the variance in technical innovation, demonstrating its predictive validity. The R-square criteria classify R-square entities of 0.67, 0.33, and 0.19 as considerable, moderate, and weak, respectively. It is demonstrated that all the f-square values are greater than 0.020 and 0.35, indicating a significant effect on the model’s validity. The findings of this study reveal that GSCM practices have a significantly positive effect on both technological innovation and operational performance. Technological innovation has a direct influence on operational performance and has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between GSCM practices and operational performance. Therefore, this research offers managers insight into the importance of technological innovation and GSCM practice adoption to achieve competitive advantages. It further provides the groundwork for managers, practitioners, and environmental management researchers to emphasize the value of GSCM practice in improving operational performance.

PERANCANGAN DAN IMPLEMENTASI SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PADA PRODUKSI PLASTIK KEMASAN

Supply Chain Management is a method or technique for companies to maximize their business processes. Using the supply chain management method is expected that the company can fully integrate its business processes starting from customer requests, ordering raw materials for production purposes, production stages to ensuring products reach customers according to the desired schedule. This relationship method certainly has a very positive impact for the company and its partners, especially customers who are the measuring point for the success of a company. If the company can ensure that the goods are delivered to the customer on time, it is impossible for the customer to always maintain a good relationship with the company, therefore the supply chain management system is very much needed to imrpove customer relationship management This research aims to 1) build supply chain management information system, 2) access eazily on business process of supply chain management information system. This supply chain management information system uses waterfall methode and XAMPP, PHP, MySQL and Sublime Text 3 as software.

SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

Most of the existing supply chain management methods and systems are being transferred to construction sphere regardless of the specifics of companies in the construction sector. Numerous complex factors such as ecological, social and economic are required for the continuous evaluation in the modern management of construction sector. The provided studies and the research to examine sustainable supply chain management in construction sector from a holistic perspective, concentrating on mostly longterm sustainable decision­making by the construction company rather than being centered only on the supply chain management for construction projects. This paper identifies a list of sustainability indicators for examining the supply chains of construction companies. Those indicators were categorized and assigned to one or a couple groups by reviewing their use in the previous literature agreeing to the reasoning to way better reflect the SSCM principle of their use in construction companies. The use of indicators can help develop strategies for the construction sector for sustainable policy makers and construction company managers.

СУЧАСНІ МЕТОДИ ОПТИМІЗАЦІЇ УПРАВЛІННЯ ЛАНЦЮГАМИ ПОСТАЧАННЯ НА ЗАСАДАХ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ

Limited access to resources, significant deterioration of the climate and increased influence of natural disasters, social problems and poverty – these are the global problems that require decisive action in all areas of the economy. These issues make the strategy of sustainable development more relevant than ever, which determines the goals of this study. The purpose of the article is to analyze the features and prospects of improving modern methods of supply chain management based on sustainable development. Green logistics reviewed as the system of modern improvement trends of resource flow management, its key advantages, stages and reasons for development are described. The impact of modern market requirements and sustainable development goals on the tasks of logistics is evaluated: changes in the goals of reducing the overall level of costs and creating additional value for the consumer are described in the article. The main areas of improvement of green logistics are systematized according to their sphere of influence. Such organizational methods of improving logistics as Lean Production, standardization, integration and changes in legislation have a significant impact on how planning and interaction in supply chains works, these improvements contribute to the active involvement of labor resources in the implementation of sustainable development. Technological methods for improving green logistics rely heavily on digitization, automation, and robotization of many processes; artificial intelligence technology has great prospects for forecasting and modeling, which allows to reduce operational costs of logistics. The electrification of transport, the transition to ecological materials and alternative energy, which contributes to the development of circular supply chains, are also relevant directions of development. Conclusions are made regarding the significant prospects for the development of supply chains on the basis of sustainable development and the practical possibilities of upgrading logistics in the future, such as: reducing polluting and carbon footprint, reducing total costs and creating additional value, improving level of the competitiveness, are evaluated.

An exploratory study of retailers’ operational performancewithin UAE market: a case study

This study investigates supply chain management methods linked to flexibility, value chain, and capacities. Itdescribes an exploratory study to investigate the interconnected aspects and come up with a research framework.The business drivers and response effects of a flexible supply chain were investigated in a case study on amanufacturing organization in the furniture sector. To be responsive to clients and generate concrete benefits,all the companies improved their production flexibility components with supply and logistic networks. The valuechain’s fundamental flexibility may be characterized by operational, supply, and logistical perspectives, with varyinglevels of integration and implementation methodologies, providing varied degrees of availability in responsivenessto volume and product mix.

An Exploratory Study of Retailers’ Operational Performance within UAE Market: A Case Study

This study investigates supply chain management methods linked to flexibility, value chain, and capacities. It describes an exploratory study to investigate the interconnected aspects and come up with a research framework. The business drivers and response effects of a flexible supply chain were investigated in a case study on a manufacturing organization in the furniture sector. To be responsive to clients and generate concrete benefits, all the companies improved their production flexibility components with supply and logistic networks. The value chain’s fundamental flexibility may be characterized by operational, supply, and logistical perspectives, with varying levels of integration and implementation methodologies, providing varied degrees of availability in responsiveness to volume and product mix.

Supply Chain Management Practices and Manufacturing Firms Performance: Professionals’ Experience in Nigeria

Abstract Research purpose. The study aims at establishing how supply chain management (SCM) activities of manufacturing firms influence their performance optimally. Design/Methodology/Approach. The research design adopted for the study is the survey research design; this is because we were interested in gathering information from a selected strategic fraction of a target population as it is not possible to meet them all. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from two hundred and twenty-seven (227) professionals from the five selected manufacturing firms in Lagos. The data were analyzed by the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique to ascertain the causal effect of the latent exogenous variables on the latent endogenous variables in the study. Findings. Based on the results of the SEM adopted in testing the research hypotheses, strategic partnership has a statistically significant positive effect on customer satisfaction of manufacturing firms. Customer relationship management was revealed to have a positive effect on firm performance from the path analysis. This is substantiated by the path coefficient (0.35) of customer relationship management on performance proxied by customer satisfaction. However, information sharing has a weak positive effect on performance proxied by manufacturing efficiency. This is substantiated by the path coefficient (0.11) of information sharing on performance though the effect is not significant as p>0.05 and CR<1.96. Material flow management has a positive effect on performance proxied by manufacturing efficiency. This is substantiated by the path coefficient (0.30) of material flow management on firm performance. There is a positive effect of lean production on performance proxied by innovation performance. This is substantiated by the path coefficient (0.25) of lean production on performance. Finally, participative design/engineering was revealed to have a positive effect on performance proxied by innovation performance. This is substantiated by the path coefficient (0.23) of participative design/engineering on performance. Originality/Value/Practical implications. This paper demonstrates that a higher degree of acceptance, application, and enhancement in SCM methods would directly increase the performance of manufacturing firms, especially in third world countries.

Analisis Kinerja Operasi pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 dengan Penerapan Total Quality Management (TQM) dan Supply Chain Management (SCM) Di UMKM Kota Tasikmalaya

This research was conducted to analyze the application of total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management (SCM) in UMKM in Tasikmalaya city to improve the performance of UMKM operations. And to understand which methods can improve the performance of UMKM operations. Using the probability sampling method by spreading questionnaires against 90 UMKM who apply the TQM and SCM methods in the operation process. Hypothesis tests using multiple regressions with research results have significant influences on the application of TQM and SCM to improve operatic performance during the covid-19 pandemic in UMKM in tasikmalaya city.

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ON SUPPLY CHAIN OF HIV TEST KITS ONDO STATE, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

COVID-19 pandemic has required swift revamping of health systems and public health measures at a scale never observed. The pandemic emergence has a direct effect on the health system, negatively affecting its capacity as depletion of resources are now channelled to curb the emergency of the communicable disease, especially among individuals living with HIV disease which drew our attention to how individuals suffering from HIV and people who needed to know their HIV status has not been able to visit the health facilities due to the effect of coronavirus pandemic on the supply of the test kits used in the health facilities. This study evaluated the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain of HIV test kits in Ondo State, Nigeria. The primary objective was to determine the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply of HIV test kits in Ondo State. The research was a sequential cross-sectional design using a quantitative method of analysis with a total sample size of 100 respondents with all samples drawn from 30 supported health facilities in the state. In addition, literature review was also used to know the effect of the coronavirus on reach of 95% of UNAIDS 2030 target. The study used both descriptive and inferential methods of data analysis where the descriptive statistics comprise of frequency distribution, percentage distribution, weighted mean score, and standard deviation while the inferential method of data analysis used ordinal least square (simple linear regression) to determine the effect of coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain test kits. Findings from the result concluded that pandemic and the methods of supply chain management indicated a significant effect. In addition, from the review the major impacts of COVID-19 were innovation, increased technology, research and development, depletion of supply chain personnel. Therefore, there is a need to develop national guidelines on supply chain strategy for emergencies in Nigeria as well as adhere strictly to some recommendations made in the study.

Sistem Inventory Menggunakan Metode Supply Chain Management dalam Mengatur Jumlah Ketersediaan Obat pada Apotik

The development of information technology provides great benefits and convenience, both in terms of data processing and presentation of information on inventory of existing goods in organizations, agencies or companies. One of the business processes that can be developed through information technology is the company's supply chain management process. An inventory information system using a good Supply Chain Management (SCM) method will increase the productivity and performance of the company. In conducting the research conducted at the pharmacy, the aim was to improve the old system. By conducting direct observations in the field, several weaknesses were found from the system that was running at the Arafah Padang Pharmacy. The results of the analysis are applied in an application that is able to process inventory system data using the Supply Chain Management (SCM) method. With the design of an inventory system with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) method, it can be more helpful in processing drug inventory data and the existing inventory system can increase the effectiveness and work efficiency of Pharmacy employees.