Proposal of an Evaluation System for Monitoring Suppliers and Controlling Risks in the Hospital Sector

Today, the control of the purchasing function becomes a strategic tool of any hospital. Hence, hospitals are invited to create immediate value from identification and mitigation of risks in the upstream supply chain management. Among the problems encountered in the management of this chain are the evaluation and the monitoring of the performance of suppliers. The classification of the best-performing suppliers must be based on the analysis of risks that a hospital encounters when dealing with a supplier. Most experiments measure the risk according to the combination of two parameters, gravity and probability. Although these two parameters are subjectively determined, this implies the uncertainty and the imprecision of the risk value. Therefore, this paper presents an alternative approach for tackling such a problem starting with proposing a new system of evaluating suppliers, whose results will help to calculate objectively the risk associated to suppliers. Our paper is composed of four parts. The first one presents the literature review, while the second and third parts deal with the problematic definition and the proposed solution respectively, which are illustrated and validated through a case study in the fourth part. Finally, we conclude the paper with work perspectives

Logistics: Impact of Industry 4.0

The term “Industry 4.0” relates broadly to intelligent digitization, products, and value chain processes automation, an integration of real and virtual manufacturing worlds where products, factories, humans, and objects merge with embedded software in intelligent, distributed systems. The fourth industrial revolution currently encompasses many examples of application in several fields ranging from health to industry. However, despite this recent interest, the emergence of digitalization in the logistics industry has received little attention, especially in light of the fact that digitization is of increasing strategic importance for companies in a changing and highly competitive environment as it impacts their established processes, business models, and sector boundaries while also having an ecological impact. The new trade strategies put forward by the United Nations in their development plan revolve around sustainability, especially in the industrial sector. Technological advances related to the fourth industrial revolution represent the best approach to ensure sustainability, especially if these technologies are applied to the Logistics 4.0 paradigm within manufacturing companies. The focus of our research method, solely based on a bibliography study over a span of the last five years, is on the digitalization of manufacturing companies, while our selection of screened paper is based on a qualitative criterion further discussed in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to first shed light on the link between the last industrial revolution and its impact on the evolution of logistics and then to present the various optimization opportunities and risks, with a focus on efficiency performance

Proposition of a modeling and an analysis methodology of integrated reverse logistics chain in the direct chain

Purpose: Propose a modeling and analysis methodology based on the combination of Bayesian networks and Petri networks of the reverse logistics integrated the direct supply chain. Design/methodology/approach: Network modeling by combining Petri and Bayesian network. Findings: Modeling with Bayesian network complimented with Petri network to break the cycle problem in the Bayesian network. Research limitations/implications: Demands are independent from returns. Practical implications: Model can only be used on nonperishable products. Social implications: Legislation aspects: Recycling laws; Protection of environment; Client satisfaction via after sale service. Originality/value: Bayesian network with a cycle combined with the Petri Network

Logistics: Impact of Industry 4.0

The term “Industry 4.0” relates broadly to intelligent digitization, products, and value chain processes automation, an integration of real and virtual manufacturing worlds where products, factories, humans, and objects merge with embedded software in intelligent, distributed systems. The fourth industrial revolution currently encompasses many examples of application in several fields ranging from health to industry. However, despite this recent interest, the emergence of digitalization in the logistics industry has received little attention, especially in light of the fact that digitization is of increasing strategic importance for companies in a changing and highly competitive environment as it impacts their established processes, business models, and sector boundaries while also having an ecological impact. The new trade strategies put forward by the United Nations in their development plan revolve around sustainability, especially in the industrial sector. Technological advances related to the fourth industrial revolution represent the best approach to ensure sustainability, especially if these technologies are applied to the Logistics 4.0 paradigm within manufacturing companies. The focus of our research method, solely based on a bibliography study over a span of the last five years, is on the digitalization of manufacturing companies, while our selection of screened paper is based on a qualitative criterion further discussed in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to first shed light on the link between the last industrial revolution and its impact on the evolution of logistics and then to present the various optimization opportunities and risks, with a focus on efficiency performance

Applying integrated Blockchain and Big Data technologies to improve supply chain traceability and information sharing in the textile sector

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