Objective: Today, manufacturing companies must pay attention to environmental and social issues throughout the supply chain in order to survive. Many efforts have been made to examine the sustainable supply chain, but the agility of sustainable supply chain has been only observed in very few studies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to present an agility model of sustainable supply chain in ...

Supply chain companies are one of the most important elements of the economy of each country. These companies play an important role in the expansion and activities of other companies through the provision of capital, customers, credit and even raw materials and technology. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to examine the impact of contagion of return and volatility in the return of...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to begin to define the information technology requirements of an IT system/database for Habitat for Humanity’s supply chain challenges in the areas of planning, sourcing, and delivery of materials to build a home. Methodology – The methodologies employed in this work are: (1) a comparative assessment of commercial off-the-shelf information technology syste...

Abstract Relationships in multi-tier supply chains (MTSCs) are complex and require constant information sharing. For MTSCs involved perishable product distribution, blockchain technology (BCT) is one of the most promising technologies that can ensure products’ traceability safety. This study examines a Portuguese MTSC for frozen fish products piloting BCT adoption its chain (SC) practices. The ...

taking advantage of the new technology, supply chain has already created a chain of cooperation among its own companies, and, in a larger scale, within a universal environment. superior to these technologies is rfid which is an abbreviation for radio frequency identification. rfid is one of the most advanced technologies in the contemporary world. perishable products and hose with short time ex...

The benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the supply chain are fairly compelling. It has the potential to revolutionise the efficiency, accuracy and security of the supply chain with significant impact on overall profitability. A number of companies are actively involved in testing and adopting this technology. It is estimated that the market for RFID products and serv...

The word logistics has its origin from Greek word “logistike” which means the art of calculating. However, the modern interpretation of the term logistics has its origin in the military, where it was used to describe the activities related to the procurement of ammunitions, and essential supplies for troops located at the front. Logistics not only includes activities related to the physical mov...

With the development of mobile network and communication technology, traditional supply chain management is gradually updating to mobile supply chain management, and multi-agent technology has been considered as a very efficient method for supply chain management in mobile environment. After considering the characteristics and limitations of mobile supply chain, and according to the requirement...