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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGN FOR THE DETECTION OF FRAUD IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN BY USING THE BENFORD’S LAWCornelia Kraus, Raul ValverdeLarge data volumes and the inability to analyse them enables fraudulent activities to go unnoticed in supply chain management processes such as procurement, warehouse management and inventory management. This fraud increases the cost of the supply chain management and a fraud detection mechanism is necessary to reduce the risk of fraud in this business area. This study was carried out … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 7 Jul 2014 · 8,740 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDEVELOPMENT OF FACTORS EFFECTIVE IN THE SUCCESS OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTMahsa Pishdar, Mohammad Reza Seyyed Hashemi Toloun, Sima Zamani, Fereshteh FarzianpourIndustrialists and researchers now realize the importance of preserving the environment and principles related to. Sustainable protection can be achieved by protection of environment. Such factors encourage manufacturers to adhere principles of ecological production. In this way, study of factors effective in success of green supply chain management can be really helpful. Assistance to manufacturers having a successful green supply … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 20 Dec 2013 · 7,523 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the title“OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-COMMODITIES CONSUMER SUPPLY CHAINS FOR-PART I-MODELING”Zeinab Haji Abolhasani, Romeo M. Marian, Lee LoungThis study and its companions (Part II, Part III) will concentrate on optimizing a class of supply chain problems known as Multi-Commodities Consumer Supply Chain (MCCSC) problem. MCCSC problem belongs to Production-Distribution (P-D) planning category. It aims to determine facilities location, consumers’ allocation and facilities configuration to minimize total Cost (CT) of the entire network. These facilities can be manufacturer … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 26 Nov 2013 · 7,840 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titlePetrochemical Supply Chain’s Share in Emission of Green House Gases, Case Study: Shazand Petrochemical ComplexNaser Moharamned, Masoud Aghajani, Faride Atabi, Sahar AzarkamandIn this study petrochemical supply chain shares in global warming is studied by monitoring carbon footprint during manufacturing and distribution phase. For identification and measurement of carbon emissions in petrochemical supply chain, at first step necessary data are collected. Then carbon footprint is calculated in manufacturing process. So GHG is measured during fossil fuel use for chemical productions and electricity … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 28 Aug 2013 · 7,029 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleIncreasing Integration Across the Supply Chain Through an Approach to Match Performance and RiskMaria Elena Nenni, Luca GiustinianoIt is well known by researchers and practitioners that shared risks among actors support integration and collaboration across a supply chain. Moreover many authors have linked risk to performance contribution. Nevertheless these ideas remain still theoretical and in literature applications are missing. The aim of this study is to develop a logical framework in which risk, performance and actors are … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 7,713 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleApplying a Just-in-Time Integrated Supply Chain Model with Inventory and Waste Reduction ConsiderationsLi-Hsing Ho, Wei-Feng KaoJust-In-Time (JIT) has been playing an important role in supply chain environments. Countless firms have been applying JIT in production to gain and maintain a competitive advantage. This study introduces an innovative model which integrates inventory and quality assurance in a JIT supply chain. This approach assumes that manufacturing will produce some defective items and those products will not influence … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 4 Jul 2013 · 6,990 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEnvironmental Concern in Managing Halal Food Supply ChainMohd Nizam Ab Rahman, Malihe Manzouri, Che Romawati Che Mohd ZainNowadays environmental issues persuade companies to pursue conditions whereby the needs of the present are met without compromising the resources of future generations. So, implementing green rules and regulations gain more and more attentions. In spite of benefits of implementing green practices, many companies are not understood why they should invest on it. Hence, the aim of this study is … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 24 Jun 2013 · 7,542 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleREPRESENTING MARKOV CHAINS WITH TRANSITION DIAGRAMSFarida KachapovaStochastic processes have many useful applications and are taught in several university programmes. Students often encounter difficulties in learning stochastic processes and Markov chains, in particular. In this article we describe a teaching strategy that uses transition diagrams to represent a Markov chain and to re-define properties of its states in simple terms of directed graphs. This strategy utilises the … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 17 May 2013 · 7,534 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleApplication of Value Chain Management to Longan IndustryApichat Sopadang, Korrakot Y. Tippayawong, Woramol ChaowarutLongan plays an important role as an economic fruit of Thailand because of its volume and size in markets, both domestic and aboard. It was generally known that serious problems were encountered in current longan production and sale, especially the increased production cost. To understand the overall situation clearly, longan’s supply chain was evaluated using the Supply Chain Operations Reference … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 28 Jul 2012 · 14,357 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleApplying Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Grey Relation Analysis to Evaluate the Supply Chain Performance of the Wafer Testing HouseYun-Chin Chen, Jun-Yuan Kuo, Bang-Ting LuoProblem statement: In the information age, the process of E-Commerce (EC) operates quickly and the present enterprises of Taiwan have to face the Free Cross-Strait Market (FCSM) with Mainland China, which will definitely change the model as well as the performance of the supply chain. Hence, this study focuses on the issue of supply chain performance evaluation of the wafer … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 12 · 27 Oct 2011 · 6,377 accessesView PDFCite