A collaboration framework to support decision making in new product development with the supply chain

Management use the supply chain features more frequently, as the increasing rate of product introduc-tions demands more efforts from a business to deliver new products effectively and efficiently. To produce products at the targeted cost, time, and quality, the supply chain must be aligned with product development processes. This will allow manufacturing firms to overcome problems such as (partially) failed product launches due to the lack of timely provision of parts and systems caused by insufficient capacities in the supply chain. With integrated New Product Development (NPD) and Supply Chain Management (SCM), enterprises have the benefit of increased supply chain capability, thus increasing the effectiveness of new product introduction and improving their overall performance. In this re-search, the authors have tried to link NPD of an automotive manufacturer to its global network of suppliers. The integration points in the integrated NPD and SCM framework will provide guidelines to identifying where critical decision are made in collaboration with the supply chain

Requirements analysis in the implementation of integrated PLM, ERP and CAD systems

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system implementation is a major investment when the technology is used in manufacturing companies. This paper provides an analysis of the requirements for the integration of PLM systems with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems incorporating the design aspects of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) within the product development process. PLM implementation deals with various existing product data and information generated over years both from CAD and ERP systems. Data integration is very challenging and has important impact on future decisions while creating new processes. The information management plays very important role not only in PLM implementation but also in the way this will be used in future production. Therefore it is very important to analyse how product information is transferred to PLM system. It also need to be investigated that what, when and how the data will flow from and to PLM systems

Can We Operate in a Shared Economy: Insights from Global Logistics Sector

The current global environment requires to continue improvement for innovative methods and practices of the business process management to be sustainable performance including three-pillars (economic, social and environment) [1]. The term sharing generally defined as non- ownership and less tangible assets [2]. This paper presents the interconnection of “Sharing Economy” & “Sharing Logistics”. The paper aims to address the understanding of success factors towards sharing economy and development in global logistics and supply chain management. Its achievement is based on a two-research methodology design that consists of the secondary sources review and case studies analysis. The study identifies that share economy logistics has opportunities and benefits from rising costs of warehousing, transportation, and last-mile delivery to create customer value. Such as the omnichannel (customer focus) to increase customer expectation and improve customer experience. Beside generate value to the customer it has driven supply chain sustainability with blockchain as well.Keyword: Shared Economy, Shared Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Transportatio

Evaluation of Internet of Things (IoT) and its impacts on Global Supply Chains

The research study aims to examine and evaluate the impacts of Internet of Things (IoT) on Global Supply Chain environments. The Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon, being a part of a digital revolution, is currently considered as a quite profitable factor for the industries and the markets worldwide. Adopting and incorporating the latest technologies, increases competitiveness and develops new ways of communication. The IoT pervades and revolutionizes supply chain sector, influencing its management and way of structure. It is proposed that its impact on Supply Chain Management (SCM) is strong and instrumental, promising profits and innovations. The IoT systems are used more by many companies worldwide, which enjoy their benefits: delivery service improvement, financial profits, cost reducing, wastage minimization, equipment monitoring, preventing and retailers and consumer’s alleviation. Although, the researchers are at the preliminary stages of the research study, this paper aims to adopt an in-depth secondary data collection method through conducting a critical literature review within the field. Through investigative understanding, the researchers aim to adopt a detailed case study approach through service based supply chain providers using a mixed research method. The outcomes and findings will further be analyzed to examine the proposed knowledge framework developed within the research. Even though there is a positive approach for the IoT expansibility dominating the public view, there are still some problems and key challenges that should be taken into consideration. The IoT complicated nature brings to light privacy, security and cost issues that should be faced and solved. However, considering its immature face, time will bring opportunities for problem solving and further development

Green Supply Chain Management in Food Retail Industry: An Exploratory Study

Green Supply Chain management (GSCM) has been the focus of many scholars and researchers in recent years, all with a common interest to determine how companies’ performances are being improved with the adoption of GSCM [1]. However, in most of the studies conducted by researchers, they are mainly concerned with the GSCM in manufacturing industry and less attention was given to the food retail industry. Therefore, this research is relevant and intend to explore GSCM further, especially in the context of Malaysian food retail industry so that the results from the findings will be applicable for food retail stores to contribute to improving the companies’ performances through GSCM. Although, this is the first stage exploratory research from relevant literature within this area, the paper presents the proposed conceptual framework and the research hypothesis to further expand upon in the future research studies.Keyword:Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM), Green Logistics, Food Retail, Waste Managemen

Influence of IT on micro enterprises to pursue strategic growth

This paper aims to provide an assessment of Information Technology and to identify its influences on microenterprises within UK. It develops an understanding towards providing an evaluative measure against strategic growth within microenterprises. The author’s draws upon research questions that derive towards identifying if Microenterprises should be regarded in their own right away from the commonly used term SME (Small-medium Enterprise), and to addressing the perceptions of IT on strategic growth within Microenterprises. The paper also aims to identify weather microenterprises can achieve greater time efficiencies using IT to pursue strategic growth. To address the research areas the paper examines literature studies within the areas of microenterprises; the strategic growth and influence of information technology (IT) within microenterprises. The research carried out observational case study within a project management microenterprise addressing the general processes, perceptions and challenges addressed in the working environment highlighting particular attention towards administrative deficiency with use of IT and reliability issues with their in-house server and attempting to overcome these solutions. The result from the literature and the observations of the case provides an opportunity to propose towards a development framework to assist microenterprises in achieving strategic growth with the use of IT and overcoming their addressed barriers and challenge

Impacts of Social Media as Marketing Communication Tool on Digital Natives

Current work environment governed by technology, with social media as a platform to speed up the process of communication between its users. Users of the platform use technology to communicate, but sharing their ideas, and getting followers are other purposes of having different social media accounts. Digital Natives are the main users of social media, with all activities and elements of social media has impact on their behavior. As a result, researcher believe social media be used as a tool to influence digital native’s attitude. The usage of social media is evident in commercial businesses. Brands use this platform as means to create awareness and impact their customers, which digital natives as one of the most highly impacted population. Through recent and relevant literature, the purpose of this research is to examine social media usage as marketing communication tool, and its impact on digital native’s attitude. The finding of this paper has been driven from different literature, and study aims to develop future research on social media impacts on users and how brands implement their strategies by using driven impacts of social media. Keywords: Marketing Communication, social media, Digital Natives, Attitud

Lean production and supply chain innovation in baked foods supplier to improve performance

Purpose: Service industries are currently facing an excess of over production that results in extra inventory and waste levels. With the prospect of methods such as lean production, this research seeks to investigate the impacts of lean production methods towards enhanced performance of service based industries through the study of a local baked foods supplier. Design/methodology/approach: The paper highlights the first stage of research study through current world literature and a critical review as inputs of research findings. The research applies a descriptive research framework within a semi-structured questionnaire survey method which was implemented within three different companies, the baked goods manufacturer, the café purchasing the baked foods products, and the end users, hence covering the overall supply chain cycle and its entities. Findings: The research study identified that one of the major challenges facing the baked food company when adopting the lean practices was the lack of commitment from the top management, continuous training and hence, employee engagement measures were necessary towards performance improvement of the organisation. Originality/value: The research novelty is to develop an early understanding of lean production practices within the baked goods manufacturer and its upstream and downstream stakeholders. This paper would be considered by the food manufacturer companies in order to require their key suppliers to adopt the most common lean tools identified as Just in Time (JIT), Value Steam Mapping (VSP) and the 5S methods