A Reference Model for Human Supply Chain Integration: an Interdisciplinary Approach

The focus of this paper is to adopt an interdisciplinary approach of the education system’s strategic planning process, by drawing insights and critically evaluating the possibility of applying a mechanistic view of the work force development inspired from the vast and numerous literature of supply chain management. The outcome of the study is a proposed high-level reference model for Human Supply Chain (HSC) integration

Supply chain resilience: definition of concept and its formative elements

The objective of this paper is to conceptualize Supply Chain Resilience (SCRes) and identify which supply chain capabilities can support the containment of disruptions and how these capabilities affect SCRes. Through a systematic and structured review of literature, this paper provides insights into the conceptualization and research methodological background of the SCM field. A total of one hundred and thirty four carefully selected refereed journal articles were systematically analyzed leading to the introduction of a novel definition for SCRes, which the authors view as the as “the ability to proactively plan and design the Supply Chain network for anticipating unexpected disruptive (negative) events, respond adaptively to disruptions while maintaining control over structure and function and transcending to a post-event robust state of operations, if possible, more favorable than the one prior to the event, thus gaining competitive advantage”. Finally, a critical examination of existing conceptual frameworks for understanding the relationships between the SCRes concept and its identified formative elements, is taking plac

A process-based knowledge management framework supported by ARIS enterprise modelling architecture

Knowledge and its management have been respectively accepted as a critical resource and a core business competency. Despite that literature proves the existence of a gap between the theoretical considerations of Knowledge Management (KM) and their efficient application. Such lacking, we argue, derives from the missing link between a framework of Knowledge Management and the particular methods and guidelines of its implementation. In an attempt to bridge this gap, an original, process-based holistic Knowledge Management framework is proposed, aiming to address the problem of knowledge management application and performance by utilising a set of well accepted Enterprise Modelling (EM) methods and tools

Household food waste in Greece: A questionnaire survey

The challenge of reducing Food Waste (FW) is a complex social, economic and environmental problem. Fortunately, the realization of FWs huge negative impact on society has triggered –in the last five years-a positive turn of focus towards the development of a common understanding of the phenomenon, the identification of its root causes and the initiation of coordinated actions to increase citizen awareness and mitigate negative consequences of FW at all levels of the food supply chain. This paper focuses on the last downstream tier of the food supply chain, i.e. the households, which are reported in literature as being responsible for eight times the energy waste of post-harvest losses on average due to the energy consumed along the supply chain and in food preparation. This study attempts to investigate the effects of shopping habits, like promotional intensive shopping and using shopping lists and eating preferences, like cooking, eating out or ordering in, on food waste generation. In doing so, the results of a survey of 500 Greek households are presented, showing that indeed, household behaviours towards shopping and eating are important food waste determinants and should not be underestimated. Furthermore, the results of this study highlight the need for more research targeted in this area, with the objective to increase consumers' awareness and problem comprehension, enhance their commitment and create the necessary environment for triggering meaningful behavioral changes capable of creating long-term and sustainable results. © 2017 Elsevier Lt