Integrating Lean, Agile, Resilience and Green Paradigms in Supply Chain Management (LARG_SCM)

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GResilient index to assess the greenness and resilience of the automotive supply chain

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest an Index entitled GResilient Index to assess the greenness and resilience of the automotive companies and corresponding supply chain. Design/methodology/approach: An integrated assessment model is proposed based on Green and Resilient practices. These practices are weighted according to their importance to the automotive supply chain competitiveness. The Delphi technique is used to obtain the weights for the focused supply chain paradigms and corresponding practices. The model is then tested using a case study approach in the automotive supply chain. Findings: The case study results confirmed the applicability of this Index in a real-world supply chain. The results show that the Resilient supply chain management paradigm is the one considered as the one that more contributes for the automotive supply chain competitiveness. Research limitations/implications: The proposed Index was developed in the automotive sector context therefore it could not be adjusted to a different one. Future research could consider other aggregation methods for the Index construction. Practical implications: Supply chain participants will be able to evaluate the performance of their companies or supply chain in terms of Green and Resilient paradigms. Also, the Index can be effectively employed for functional benchmarking among competing companies and supply chains.Green; resilient; supply chain management; index; automotive industry

Supply chain disturbances and resilience strategies: a secondary data study

This research is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (project MIT-Pt/EDAM-IASC/0033/2008 and project PTDC/EME-GIN/68400/2006). The principal author was supported by a PhD fellowship from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/43984/2008).This paper is a review over a variety of events which lead to disruption conditions in supply chains and identifies correspondent resilient strategies for each condition. The paper objective is to make a link between the problems created by events and strategies that managers can use to avoid or mitigate the negative aspects of those problems and improve post-event recovery. To attain the paper objectives, archived media news were used to collect empirical data about disturbances (events), their negative effects (problems), and resilience strategies. In the data collection phase, the aim was to keep diversities and be comprehensive. Using empirical evidences from the sample is developed a graph to show the links between supply chain disturbances, problems and resilience. This research provides supply chain managers with some alternative strategies to opt for the best available decision, improving the post-event management process.publishersversionpublishe

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Systematic Innovation - ICSI 2016

It is our pleasure to welcome you at the 7th International Conference on Systematic Innovation. It is our objective to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of recent advances in the field of TRIZ Methodology, Knowledge-Based and Systematic Innovation. The goal is to enable practitioners, researchers and scientists to exchange ideas on the these topics and to provide an international forum for exchanging new ideas and recent achievements by the TRIZ community and enabling further advances and collaboration with the industrial community. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the members of the organizing, scientific and technical committees. The reviewers of the papers had a very important job, contributing significantly to the success of the conference. We also wish to express our thanks to our invited speakers. Very special thanks to our students, sponsors and to all who helped us with logistics, conference website, and publications. Welcome to Portugal and Lisbon. We hope you all have a very happy and rewarding meeting.publishersversionpublishe

Development of cellulose acetate membranes containing nanoparticles for water applications

The growth of human population and inherent activities, the improper industrialization practices, the direct addition of materials TO the waterway, and the excessive use of fertilizers containing phosphates to increase the production of crops are the main sources for the high input of phosphates in water bodies. These effects have been causing eutrophication, and bacterial contamination of the water. In fact, the bacteria present in the water can cause harmful disease, sickness or other problems to the human being. Moreover, the excess of phosphates in the aquatic system induces excessive growth of plants, which consume oxygen of the water body, thereby creating the state of hypoxia, which causes a reduction in specific fish and other animals. Therefore, the removal of phosphates from eutrophic waters and bacteria are crucial to avoid health problems, especially near urban areas[1]. The most common way to purify water is through membrane separation processes, in fact, cellulose acetate (CA) membranes have been used for reverse osmosis membranes [2] for converting impaired water into fresh-water. However, several components can be incorporated into cellulose structure to allow the development of membranes for different applications[3]. The present work aims to develop a hybrid membrane based on CA with embedded silver and/or aluminium nanoparticles, for the remediation of contaminated aquatic environments with microorganism, which can also be used for removal of water contaminated with phosphate ion. Therefore, CA membranes were obtained by solution casting, where silver and/or aluminium nanoparticles were chemical reduced in-situ. Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) were synthesized using silver nitrate and sodium borohydride as reducing agent. Otherwise, aluminium nanoparticles (Al-NPs) were obtained using aluminium isopropoxide as the starting precursor in the presence of acid. The detection of Al-NPs in the membranes was carried out by FTIR spectra analysis, which showed that Al-O bonds were formed between the aluminium precursor and the CA. The study of phosphorus adsorption kinetics in membranes with embedded Al-NPs were proven to be efficient for the removal of phosphorus. This membrane showed considerable ability to remove phosphate ions from aqueous solutions at low aluminium nanoparticle content into the CA/Ag-NPs matrices. In-situ the developed membranes showed good antimicrobial behaviour preventing the growth of microorganisms. The results indicate that the synthesized CA/Ag-NPs/Al-NPs membranes could have potential to be used in the remediation of water resources

EVIDÊNCIAS DE INFLAMAÇÃO DAS VIAS AÉREAS RESPIRATÓRIAS INFERIORES, EM POTROS PSI SAUDÁVEIS, ANTES DO INÍCIO DOS TREINAMENTOS

Obstruções do trato respiratório inferiorapresentam grande impacto no potencial atlético decavalos de corrida. Doença Inflamatória das ViasAéreas (DIVA) constitui achado comum em cavalosde corrida jovens. Esse estudo testou a hipótesede que a inflamação do trato respiratório inferiorpoderia iniciar ainda na vida no haras. Sete diferentesharas foram visitados, e 119 potros sobreanoforam investigados. As vias aéreas inferiores foramavaliadas através de exame clínico e endoscópico,e citologia do aspirado traqueal. Entre os potrosconsiderados clinicamente saudáveis, 90,76% evidenciarammuco traqueo-bronquial e os perfis citológicosevidenciaram reação inflamatória presente.A presente investigação confirma a presença deinflamação pulmonar em potros PSI antes do iníciodo treinamento, representando um risco potencial àcapacidade atlética futura.Lower respiratory airway obstruction has a major impact in racehorse athletic potential. Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) is a common finding in young racehorses. This study tested the hypothesis that lower airway inflammation could initiate in farm life. Seven different breeding farms were visited, and 119 yearlings were investigated. Lower airways were evaluated by clinical examination, endoscopy and cytology of the tracheal aspirate. From those yearlings considered clinically healthy, 90,76% evidenced tracheobronchial mucus and some showing cytological profile of inflammatory reaction. Then, the present investigation confirms the occurrence of inflammatory condition of the lower respiratory airways in thoroughbred yearlings before training has commenced, representing a potential risk for the future athletic performance in young racehorses

The influence of eco-innovation supply chain practices on business eco-efficiency

This paper aims to study the influence of eco-innovation practices on eco-efficiency of business, which embraces environmental and economic performance. Four hypotheses are drawn up based on the existing literature in green supply chain and considering the business innovation. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data on a sample of USA and Portuguese innovative organizations. Multivariate statistics and Partial Least Squares (PLS) path modelling techniques were used to test the proposed hypothesis. The statistical analysis allows to conclude that there are differences between the eco-innovation practices deployed by organizations belonging to different sectors and with different sizes. Also, it was found that the level of implementation of the different eco-innovation practices by organizations influence the eco-efficiency of businesses