Tag: Supply chain
SWOT-AHP-TOWS highlights priority digital strategies for Vietnamese SMEs
Study identifies top digital transformation priorities for Vietnamese SMEs using expert-weighted SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis, emphasizing government support and workforce development.
About 10% of medicines were classified as dangerous goods
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in EngineeringAnalysis of dangerous goods compliance challenges for drone logistics in healthcare, finding 10% of medicines classified as hazardous and current procedures unscalable.
Customer nature is the main building block of supply chain flexibility
Supply chain flexibility framework reveals that customer understanding and organizational culture are foundational to resilience, not technological solutions or redundancy investments.
China coal prices show stable long-term links across market variables
Analysis of China’s steam coal price formation reveals that port inventory, shipping costs, and oil prices drive pricing dynamics more than production alone, with implications for energy policy.
Blockchain features align unevenly with supply chain financing frictions
Blockchain supply chain financing solutions address transactional frictions through tokenization and smart contracts, revealing gaps between academic theory and practitioner implementation priorities.
Industry 4.0 technologies vary by food supply chain stage
Study identifies which Industry 4.0 technologies—AI, blockchain, IoT, and others—work best at each stage of food supply chains for minimizing losses and waste globally.
Blockchain can support traceability in agri-food systems
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Explore how blockchain technology enhances traceability and sustainability in agri-food systems while addressing governance challenges, interoperability issues, and equity concerns for smallholder.
Internal barriers drive green supply chain barriers in Egypt’s petrochemical sector
Study reveals internal barriers drive GSCM adoption obstacles in Egypt’s petrochemical sector, with leadership and resources as foundational issues requiring organizational transformation before.
Reusable packaging options ranked highest in automotive logistics
Discover sustainable packaging alternatives for automotive logistics using advanced grey incidence analysis, balancing economic, technical, and environmental priorities across manufacturer.
Digitalization and growth are linked to higher greenhouse gases in Saudi Arabia
Explores how supply chain digitalization, green innovation, and financial globalization affect greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia using frequency domain causality analysis and quantile.
