Supplier Readiness Research Articles

Evaluating the Importance of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Warehouse Operations for Army Supply Readiness

Evaluating the Importance of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Warehouse Operations for Army Supply Readiness

Quality 4.0 social and strategic readiness factors: sufficient and Necessary Condition Analysis

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has given rise to a new stream of research on the future of quality management called Quality 4.0 (Q4.0). In this context, the study analyses the social and strategic readiness factors that act as sufficient and necessary conditions for implementing Q4.0. The methodology used combines (1) the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique to estimate sufficient conditions; (2) the Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) technique to identify the necessary causality; (3) and the Generalized Analytic Induction (GAI) to identify the combination of conditions that explain the presence of a result. The reference sample used in the study is 107 Spanish organisations with EFQM recognition of excellence. The results confirm that Leadership and top management commitment, Q4.0 vision and strategy, Human resource management for Q4.0, Organisational culture and Customer readiness have significant effects on the readiness of an organisation to implement Q4.0. These factors represent sufficient conditions. On the other hand, the factors necessary for implementing Q4.0 would be Q4.0 vision and strategy and Supplier readiness. Finally, GAI shows how two conditions, among both social and strategic factors, are widely shared by organisations to explain a high Q4.0 readiness value.

The Market’s Maturity for Public Procurement of Circular Furniture: A Study from Latvia

Public procurement plays an important role in the market by making up 14% of the Gross Domestic Product in the European Union, therefore it is seen as an important instrument to promote such products and services that better meet society’s demands, for example, sustainability. Starting from 2015, circularity is an important aspect of sustainability. Furniture is among the product groups with a significant impact on the material footprint, therefore approaches to increase material efficiency and circularity are of high value. With this research, the authors investigate the market’s maturity, i.e. the readiness of suppliers to offer circular furniture and services, as well as the readiness of municipalities to uptake it. 20 companies and 27 municipalities took part in the survey. Results show that the surveyed companies currently are more ready to offer more circular products and services than municipalities require in the procurement tenders. Most surveyed municipalities are maintaining and repairing the furniture by themselves that is a circular approach but without outsourcing. The market consultation before the tendering could help to understand the market abilities better and lead to more circular purchasing contracts. This is an important task considering the importance of public procurement in promoting a circular economy.

Computerized Maintenance Management System in IR4.0 Adaptation - A State of Implementation Review and Perspective

Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is a software package that stores computer databases of information about maintenance operations, evolving in the 1960s as the era of computational and mathematical systems began. Since then, the evolution of CMMS has continued to evolve with the ready availability of technology and requirements. While industry 4.0, refers to a new phase in the transformation of the industrial revolution (IR) focusing on digitization, automation, machine learning and real-time data. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to review the implementation of CMMS in revolution adjustment by investigating the functions of the IR4.0 in automation process and analysing the maintenance operations. The paper solely focused on the functionality of this system’s implementation attributes to the ability of the system integration to logically concept of IR4.0. This paper is also examined issues related to organizational and supplier readiness in integrating the IR4.0 concept into CMMS. In addition, by implementing CMMS based on IR4.0 enablement, it can have a significant impact on work processes, forward analysis, operations and maintenance costs.

Metode optimasi pada interkoneksi sistem suplai uap untuk kehandalan dan ekonomi pada sea water desalination

Sea water desalination or desalination plant is an equipment that functions to change sea water into fresh water. Its reliability in supply water is important especially as raw material for the electricity generation process. Start-stop gas turbine operating mode as well as routine maintenance schedules or sudden damage in one of the desalination plant s cause a reduction in steam supply readiness. This research purposed to maintain the availability of supply steam desalination plant by using a method design interconnection line which is analyzed in terms of pressure drop and flow in theoretical calculations. This research resulted is design the interconnection line supply steam of the desalination plant by removing and modifying the position of the check valve dividing between desalination plant 1, 2 and 3. The analysis of the supply steam interconnection design in terms of pressure and flow desalination plant is still in accordance with the reference manual book. The operational cost of the desalination plant is more economical using supply steam from Block 1 Low-Pressure Auxiliary with a profit of 154.01% or 82,318,148 rupiahs per day. Keywords: Sea water desalination, interconnection line, pressure drop, flow, operational cost.

The Postpartum Hemorrhage Patient Safety Bundle Implementation at a Single Institution: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned.

In 2015, a multidisciplinary consensus bundle of recommendations for the anticipation and management of postpartum hemorrhage was published. Our goal was to evaluate the successes and failures of our institutional bundle implementation process. An interdisciplinary committee was created to facilitate bundle implementation. All components of the bundle were addressed with cross-disciplinary teaching between stakeholders on the obstetrics units. Tools were built in the electronic medical record to facilitate bundle components of risk stratification, quantitative blood loss calculation, and stage-based hemorrhage management. Bundle components were individually evaluated for acceptability and sustainability. Overall rates of hemorrhage and transfusion from the periods 1 year before and after bundle implementation were also evaluated. Readiness bundle components were successfully implemented, although simulation drills demonstrated limited sustainability. Recognition components were mixed: risk stratification was successfully and sustainably implemented while quantitative blood loss met resistance and was ultimately discontinued as it did not clinically perform superiorly to estimated blood loss. Among response and reporting elements, patient level support and team debriefing were noted as particular deficiencies in our program. The postpartum hemorrhage patient safety bundle provided concrete individual elements, which overall improved the success of a stratified program implementation. Multiple deficiencies in acceptability and sustainability were uncovered during our process, particularly concerns about quantitative blood loss implementation and team communication skills. · Supply readiness and protocol development were "quick wins.". · Culture change elements included recognition, response, and communication.. · Dedicated champions and electronic medical record tools improved sustainability.. · Poor acceptability and lack of improved outcomes led to element failure..

Drivers for the Willingness of Small and Medium Enterprise in Implementing Halal Supply Chain Management

This study investigates the role of consumer concern, supplier readiness, and government initiative in determining the willingness of halal SME to deploy halal SCM. The hypotheses were assessed by using mail survey conducted in Malaysia in 2017. The empirical data use 172 data obtained from small and medium enterprise. Reliability and validity of the item is assessed through Cronbach alpha and factor analysis. To test the hypotheses, structural equation modelling by partial least square was adopted. The study finds that consumer concern plays a crucial role in determining the willingness to implement halal SCM. The supplier readiness can play important role in influencing halal SME to implement halal SCM. Finally, this study revealed that the important of government initiatives is significantly influenced halal SME to implement halal SCM in the operational activity.    Â

Greening Assessment of Suppliers in Automotive Supply Chain: An Empirical Survey of the Automotive Industry in Iran

The automotive industry is one of the main industries in the world that employs nearly 10% of the entire workforce by considering its supply chain. Stakeholders and regulatory agencies persuade the automotive supply chain industry to obtain green because of increasing environmental problems related to social concerns and global warming. Suppliers play a leading role in the management of the supply chain, but may fail to correctly take part in these initiatives. The goal of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to evaluate the supplier’s role in green initiatives by probing possible drivers, such as customer investment, customer requirements, relational norms, and supplier readiness in the Iranian automotive industry. The government of Iran is trying to focus on more localization by entering the best bets in the automotive market and collaborating with local suppliers and Original Equipment Manufacturers as the government has planned to restrict Completely Built Unit imports. This research has collected data from 150 Iranian automotive suppliers in order to examine and develop a framework and hypotheses using the Partial least squares method. Based on the final results, it can be concluded that the most significant drivers that play a leading role in supplier participation are society, environmental regulations, customer investment, and customer requirements. In contrast, supplier readiness and relational norms did not have a considerable effect on supplier participation. Our investigation is the first work to assess GSCM practices in the automotive industry in Iran.

THE APPLICATION OF THE MINIMUM FOOD SECURITY QUOTA IN RESPONSE TO A POTENTIAL NATURAL DISASTER: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA

Following the Minimum Food Security Quota (MFS-Quota) proposed by Ruiz Estrada (2010) to evaluate and determine the food sustainability of any given country in the event of any natural disaster, this paper sets out to apply the MFS-Quota to test Malaysia’s food storage and supply readiness for any potential natural disaster that may critically affect the socio-economic and political well-being of the country. The primary objective of the MFS-Quota is to calculate the approximate amount of annual food storage that any country needs in order to subsist through any potential natural disaster. As such, any country could build its own MFS-Quota based on its agriculture production system(s) and national food policy focus.

Kajian Level Of Service Kereta Rel Listrik (KRL) Dan Kereta Rel Diesel (KRD) Ekonomi Jabodetabek

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