An Evaluation of the Critical Success Factors in Sustainable Food Supply Chains in Developing Countries

Food is one of the biggest industries in developed and underdeveloped countries. Supply chain sustainability is essential in established and emerging economies because of the rising acceptance of cost-based outsourcing and the growing technological, social, and environmental concerns. The food business faces serious sustainability and growth challenges in developing countries. A comprehensive analysis of the critical success factors (CSFs) influencing the performance outcome and the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) process. A theoretical framework is established to explain how they are used to examine the organizational aspect of the food supply chain life cycle analysis. This study examined the CSFs and revealed the relationships between them using a methodology that included a review of literature, interpretative structural modeling (ISM), and cross-impact matrix multiplication applied in classification (MICMAC) tool analysis of soil liquefaction factors. The findings of this research demonstrate that the quality and safety of food are important factors and have a direct effect on other factors. To make sustainable food supply chain management more adequate, legislators, managers, and experts need to pay attention to this factor. In this work. It also shows that companies aiming to create a sustainable business model must make sustainability a fundamental tenet of their organization. Practitioners and managers may devise effective long-term plans for establishing a sustainable food supply chain utilizing the recommended methodology.

A Conceptual Model of Determinants of Trust between Partners in the Green Supply Chain

Managing supply chain partnerships for competitive advantage is receiving considerable recognition among both academic researchers and industry executives. Trust is an essential factor for a company to collaborate with its partner through supply chain （SC）. In this paper we analyze the factors of trust relationship in green supply chain （GSC）. A conceptual model of determinants of trust in GSC is presented. Finally, research propositions are discussed.

The Role of Agility in the Effect of Trust in Supply Chain on Firm Performance

Emerging technologies and innovative developments cause the supply chain management to change dramatically. Therefore the subjects regarding trust have become important. Trust established in Supply Chain causes effective relationships among definitive numbers of suppliers in the long-run. The effect of trust in supply chain on firm performance and the contribution of agility to this relation have been supported in the literature. In this research, the role of agility in the effect of trust in supply chain on firm performance will be investigated. According to the results of hypotheses tests, there are positive and significant relations between supply management integration and trust in supply chain, between trust in supply chain and supply chain agility, and between supply chain agility and firm performance.

Trust and relationship commitment on cooperative performance of supply chain

Creating and sustaining trust in cooperative performances of the supply chain constitute critical strategic components.To study the influences of organizational and individual trust on the quality of commitment and cooperative performance,the relationships among organizational trust,individual trust,commitment and cooperative performances of the supply chain are discussed by case analysis.Questionnaire investigation is used to study the trust and relationship commitment among supply chain partnerships on cooperative performance.Results show that both organizational and individual trust are positively correlated with cooperative performance.The indirect effects of organizational trust on cooperative performance through relationship commitment is significantly greater than its direct effects.However,the indirect effects of individual trust on cooperative performance through relationship commitment is significantly less than its direct effects.It provides all essential basis for enterprises to establish and develop stable supply chain partnerships and to enhance competitive advantages.

The Impact of Electronic Supply Chain Management Usage on Firm’s Performance

This study investigates the status of e-SCM and performance among Jordanian manufacturing sector. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of trust and communication on the e-SCM usage. Moreover, the study investigates the effect of the trust and communication on the firm’s performance while the e-SCM usage is used as a mediating factor on firm’s performance. The proposed research model was validated by distributing 250 survey questionnaires to the manufacturing sector in Jordan. Structural equation modelling (SEM) technique was used to analyze the results. One of the main limitations of this study was that the results could not be universal since the study was limited to Jordan. We discussed the implications of our results for research and practice.

Collaborative Supply Chain Management: A Critical Redesigning Factor

In improving the competitiveness of business organi sa tion in the 21st century, minimising cost and increasing productivity are no lon ger factors that could promise the success. The changes in customer trends whic h focusing more on product or service customising, high quality and short delive ry times are additional crucial factors that organisation should be aware of. T hese factors have direct relations on how the management could utilise the capab ility of its supply chain management (SCM). The importance of SCM in organisati on specifically to manufacturer is to play a vital role in managing the flow of material and information along the chain from suppliers to customers. In a trad itional way, SCM is mainly manage by the production department in organisation b ut with the advancement in information technology, resulted the changes in worki ng environment. One of the ways that could be implemented in decision making p rocess in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the decision is t hrough collaborative environment. Due to this situation, there is a need to rede sign the existing SCM in order to optimise its capability and functionality in t he way to ensure the organisation competitiveness is sustainable. A minor or ma jor alignment to SCM business processes should be done in order to streamline th e flow of information, which could also affect the flow of materials. Factors s uch as SCM operational, structural and even its managerial are among the issues that are critical in redesigning its business process. Each of these factors has its own attributes such as lead-times, complexity, frequency and organisationa l setting that could lead in improving organisational competitiveness. In additi on, by identifying these factors, it would help the management to plan and desig n the collaborative SCM that would effectively correspond to the changes in busi ness and customer trends. The intention of the paper is to promote a list of fa ctors and attributes, which are critical in redesigning an existing SCM in order to shift its environment to become collaborative SCM. By utilising these facto rs and attributes, a model for redesigning SCM into collaborative environment is currently developed by the author and will be used in the next stage of his res earch.

Collaborative production planning between supply chain partners by Lagrangian relaxation

A collaborative planning framework based on the Lagrangian Relaxation was developed to coordinate and optimize the production planning of independent partners in multiple tier supply chains. Linking constraints and dependent demand constraints were added to the monolithic Multi-Level, multi-item Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem (MLCLSP). MLCLSP was Lagrangian relaxed and decomposed into facility-separable subproblems. Surrogate gradient algorithm was used to update Lagrangian multipliers, which coordinate decentralized decisions of the facilities. Production planning of independent partners could be appropriately coordinated and optimized by this framework without intruding their decisionities and private information. Experimental results show that the proposed coordination mechanism and procedure come close to optimal results as obtained by central coordination.

Digitalization for supply chain resilience and robustness: The roles of collaboration and formal contracts

Black swan events such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak cause substantial supply chain disruption risks to modern companies. In today’s turbulent and complex business environment, supply chain resilience and robustness as two critical capabilities for firms to cope with disruptions have won substantial attention from both the academia and industry. Accordingly, this study intends to explore how digitalization helps build supply chain resilience and robustness. Adopting organizational information processing theory, it proposes the mediating effect of supply chain collaboration and the moderating effect of formal contracts. Using survey data of Chinese manufacturing firms, the study applied structural equation modelling to test the research model. Results show that digitalization has a direct effect on supply chain resilience, and supply chain collaboration can directly facilitate both resilience and robustness. Our study also indicates a complementary mediating effect of supply chain collaboration on the relationship between digitalization and supply chain resilience and an indirect-only mediation effect on the relationship between digitalization and supply chain robustness. Findings reveal the differential roles of digitalization as a technical factor and supply chain collaboration as an organizational factor in managing supply chain disruptions. Paradoxically, formal contracts enhance the relationship between digitalization and supply chain resilience but weaken the relationship between supply chain collaboration and supply chain resilience. The validation of moderating effects determines the boundary conditions of digitalization and supply chain collaboration and provides insights into governing supply chain partners’ behavior. Overall, this study enhances the understanding on how to build a resilient and robust supply chain.

Construction of industrial ecological chain for characteristic small town:A case study of VR Town at Gui-An New District

As the rapid development of the national small characteristic town,some problems began to show through.For example,the spatial structure is not reasonable,the industrial is not harmonious,and the industrial cluster is not obvious and so on.In order to solve these uncoordinated problems and arrange industrial structure properly,to build the industrial ecologic chain construction according to local conditions appears to be critical.Therefore,constructing industrial ecological chain is of importance in academic aspect and practical significance to sustainable development.According to the theory of industrial ecology,this article researches on industrial ecological chain construction of Gui-An New District's VR town.Otherwise,with the principles of vertical supply-demand chain,horizontal collaboration chain,energy utilization chain,material circulation chain and water cycle chain,on the basis of five elements including public environment,service bake up,demand-supply collaboration,management system in a cloud and resource reuse,this paper put forward the industrial ecological chain model of VR town in Gui-An New District and analyze each links detailedly.The purpose is to explore and analyze the industrial ecological chain construction of VR town in Gui-An New District to abundant domestic related theory about small town and play a certain reference significance on other new-type of characteristic urbanization in mountainous region.

The implications of blockchain-coordinated information sharing within a supply chain: A simulation study

The profitability of a supply chain(SC)is proportional to the stability of all its stakeholders as well as their consistent information sharing with an effective and efficient communication mechanism.Various inefficiencies,such as the bullwhip effect(BWE)and product unavailability,may be caused by a lack of coordination in an SC.The importance of sharing consumer demand has been quantified by comprehensive studies under the assumption that all SC participants will access the same information.However,only a few studies have studied the effect of minimal coordination or limited visibility of information while considering their effect on the overall efficiency of an SC.This work primarily leverages blockchain technology(BCT)to create a simulation model.To do this,an SC BWE-based model is initially developed.Following that,a blockchain-based robust information sharing system is simulated.Furthermore,information sharing is challenging,and SC stakeholders may not really trust each other and hence be reluctant to share sensitive information.Considering that,this paper propose an improved proof-ofauthority(PoA)consensus algorithm that will increase trust in a decentralized SC model.Multiple experiments are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach,and the simulation results clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of information sharing in a supply chain via blockchain,as well as that trust between partners tends to increase overall SC efficiency and reduce BWE.

区块链技术在企业供应链管理中的应用路径及效果研究——以蒙牛乳业为例

区块链作为数字时代的新兴技术,具有开放共享、去中心化、建立信任关系、不可篡改、可溯源、全程留痕且透明等特性。区块链技术的发展给企业供应链管理带来了新的契机,但区块链技术在企业供应链管理中如何应用?其路径与效果如何?还需要进一步研究梳理。通过对蒙牛乳业的研究,分析区块链技术在企业供应链管理中的应用动因、措施、效果及实现路径。研究发现,区块链四大技术共同保障企业供应链安全有效运行,但其在企业供应链管理应用中却有着不同的路径与效果。具体而言:(1)在供应环节,分布式账本实现跨平台信息共享,理顺了信息渠道;共识机制促使企业达成共识协议,提升合作绩效;智能合约使业务可以自动执行,避免人为干预;密码学能够使供应环节的信息准确上链,提高数据透明度。(2)在生产环节,利用分布式账本和密码学能够实现生产的实时监测,使加工指标精准上链,有效完善生产流程,降低监管成本,保障产品质量。(3)在销售环节,分布式账本可以使终端客户实现实时反馈,增加客户黏性;共识机制使交易可以全网验证,避免双花交易;智能合约实现订单智能交易,加快交易速度;利用密码学可以将销售路径精确上链,实现交易追溯,保障交易安全。基于以上研究,构建了区块链技术在企业供应链管理中应用路径及效果模型,有助于拓展区块链技术理论与企业供应链理论边界范围,可为区块链四大技术在企业供应链管理中的应用提供理论指导。

融资道德风险下订单农业供应链成员信任决策研究

基于订单农业供应链中农户转移资金用途的道德风险问题,考虑农户受资金约束和农户互惠动机,构建公司与农户的序贯互惠信任博弈模型,通过农户完全理性、农户具有互惠动机但公司不提供担保融资、农户具有互惠动机且公司提供担保融资3种情形,分析订单价格、生产成本和融资利率对供应链成员信任的影响及信任决策问题.结果发现:当公司不提供担保融资时,无论农户是否具有互惠动机,双方都不能建立信任互惠关系;当公司提供担保融资且农户具有互惠动机时,则存在3种序贯互惠均衡,在互惠动机满足一定条件时可以实现双方互信;最后,通过算例分析订单价格、生产成本和融资利率对农户互惠敏感程度和守信用概率的影响,提出增强农户互惠动机,设置合理的利益共享和监督机制及丰富订单农业融资服务等建议.

基于供应链视角的企业协同生态创新演化博弈

基于演化博弈理论建立政府规制下的供应链核心企业和非核心企业协同生态创新的演化博弈模型,并对策略选择进行稳定性分析,结合数值仿真模拟不同参数变化对系统演化的影响。结果表明:生态创新的收益越高成本越低越有助于企业协同生态创新;搭便车收益会对企业协同生态创新产生负向影响;存在一个最佳的协同收益分配系数使得双方选择协同生态创新的概率最大;政府补贴和惩罚机制对企业协同生态创新有显著推动作用。

区块链驱动跨境电商供应链协同共生管理创新

区块链、大数据、物联网和人工智能等技术正深刻影响着全球贸易的模式和格局。构建互信共享的跨境电商贸易环境,重构跨境电商供应链多主体间价值链成为当前的急需。区块链技术引入法律规则和监管节点,可实现各监管部门的数据实时共享,提升事前监管有效性,提高跨境贸易监管效率。跨境贸易活动的全链条数字化赋能可实现全流程物流追踪,提高供应链透明度和可追溯性。保障交易信息安全完整透明真实,降低交易风险,降低贸易成本,提升贸易效率。优化跨境电商业务流程,实现跨境电商供应链多主体间协同共生管理。促进供应链管理的数字化、多元化、柔性化、平台化、生态化发展。

面向海上油气开采的港口型Supply-Hub模式

加快深海油气资源开发是保证我国国内“两亿吨”稳产的重要选择。深海海域油气勘探开发数量逐步增加、规模逐步扩大,海上油气物资补给需求日益增长,这也倒逼港口物流基地的发展能够发挥协同供应链上下游的重要效用,协同打造石油行业新型数字业态。因此,文中研究面向海上油气开采的港口型Supply-Hub模式,基于海上油气田建设和运作存在的限制,提出现代港口与Supply-Hub模式相结合的港口型Supply-Hub模式。结合海上石油后勤服务保障基地码头的业务运作,验证港口型Supply-Hub模式模式的适用性。港口型Supply-Hub模式有助于提高海上油气开采供应链的供应阶段协同,并提高该供应链的竞争力。

“链主”企业ESG表现的溢出效应研究

充分发挥“链主”企业作用是提升供应链韧性、实现经济高质量发展的重要途径。基于2013—2022年沪深A股上市公司数据,本文实证检验了“链主”企业ESG表现的溢出效应。研究发现:“链主”企业的ESG表现能够带动供应链节点企业的ESG表现提升,该结论通过了一系列内生性和稳健性检验;“链主”企业ESG表现的溢出效应通过压力机制、知识溢出机制和生态网络协同机制实现;“链主”企业与节点企业之间的信任强度对该溢出效应具有正向调节作用;当“链主”企业处于节点企业上游、节点企业受商帮文化的影响较大时,“链主”企业ESG表现更加具有引领性。本文研究揭示了供应链网络中企业ESG表现联动的微观机制,为强化“链主”企业的积极作用提供了决策参考。

大数据分析能力对供应链绩效的影响研究

竞争加剧和市场环境的快速变化使得制造业商业竞争模式从企业间的竞争转变为供应链间的竞争,而大数据分析能力对于供应链管理具有重要的作用,探寻大数据分析能力对供应链绩效产生影响的作用机理可以提高供应链竞争力。该文基于协同创新视角,引入环境动态性这一变量建立调节效应模型,探究了大数据分析能力对供应链协同创新和绩效之间深层次的作用机制,以制造业供应链上企业为研究对象通过问卷调查进行实证分析,结果表明:大数据分析能力(资源整合能力、深度分析能力、应用能力)对供应链绩效具有显著的正向影响,供应链协同创新在大数据分析能力各维度与供应链绩效之间起中介作用,环境动态性对深度分析能力与供应链协同创新的关系具有正向调节作用,但对资源整合能力、应用能力与供应链协同创新的调节作用不显著。

知识供应链视域下产教深度融合的运行机理与实现路径研究

产教融合本质上是知识资源的跨组织流动。然而知识在流动过程中,可能出现知识粘滞、知识重复、知识残缺、知识冲突及知识保护等问题,导致产教融合深度不足、广度不够和机制不稳。基于知识供应链视角,可从知识形成、知识创新、知识组织与更新、知识储存与检索、知识分享与转移、知识应用与测评等过程推进产教深度融合,并通过强化个体与个体协同、个体与组织协同、组织与组织协同来确保产教深度融合的协同育人效果。

突发事件冲击下企业协同履责对再制造供应链绩效的影响

再制造是循环经济的高级形式,也是我国实现“双碳”目标的重要途径。再制造环境绩效的实现有赖于供应链社会责任水平。随着VUCA时代的到来,突发事件频发,给再制造供应链带来极大挑战。突发事件冲击下如何保障再制造供应链绩效,对于我国“双碳”目标的实现具有重要意义。基于文献研究及调查研究,构建研究假设和理论模型,并采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型,实证检验突发事件冲击下企业协同履责对再制造供应链绩效的影响,以及突发事件冲击与供应链文化对企业协同履责与供应链绩效关系的链式调节机制。研究发现:第一,企业协同履责对再制造供应链绩效具有显著的正向影响;第二,突发事件冲击正向调节企业协同履责与再制造供应链绩效的关系;第三,追求集体主义、关注长期规划、注重高权力对称性的供应链文化在企业协同履责与再制造供应链绩效的关系中起正向调节作用,在突发事件冲击调节企业协同履责与再制造供应链绩效关系的过程中起部分中介作用。因此,为有效应对突发事件冲击,一方面,再制造供应链企业应认识到协同履责对供应链绩效的正面作用,在日常运营中主动践行协同履责,积极开展社会责任信息共享,并积极进行联合规划,建立激励联盟;另一方面,应主动调和不同企业文化之间的差异,营造积极和谐的供应链文化氛围,构建高权力对称性、高集体主义、长期导向的供应链文化。

新质生产力视角下职业教育驱动供应链创新与价值链跃升的内涵解释、现实挑战与破解策略

在全球化和技术革新的双重推动下,供应链与价值链的发展已成为企业乃至国家竞争力的重要标志。职业教育作为人才培养的重要途径,与供应链价值链产生紧密结合,能为企业提供更加适配的技能型人才。然而,在实践中,我国职业教育赋能供应链与价值链的双提升仍面临诸多隐忧,仍存在提升的空间。为此,职业院校应继续深化与供应链企业紧密合作,共同推动职业教育的改革和发展,为供应链和价值链的提升供给更有力的支持。