scholarly journals Truffle Market Evolution: An Application of the Delphi Method

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1174
Author(s):  
Daniel Oliach ◽  
Enrico Vidale ◽  
Anton Brenko ◽  
Olivia Marois ◽  
Nicola Andrighetto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
European Level ◽  
Market Evolution ◽  
Truffle Cultivation ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Tuber Species ◽  
Truffle Culture

Background: The objective of this study was to analyze the current situation of the truffle sector in the main producing countries of the Mediterranean area. Additionally, we identified the challenges for the future and the priority actions to develop the truffle sector in the region. Methods: We used a Delphi process approach, and we selected a total of 17 expert panelists in different positions within the supply chain of the target countries (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, and Greece). Results: The results obtained allowed us to have a complete description of the current truffle supply chain. We confirmed an evolution of the sector due to the cultivation success of several Tuber species. The maturity of the sector has produced shifts in the roles that form the traditional truffle supply chain operators. We confirmed the trend of a decrease of collectors that hunt truffles in the wild and sell to small travelling buyers, whilst truffle hunters that collect for farmers and specialty wholesalers are emerging. However, a trend of truffle price decrease in the last few years has alerted the sector. Conclusions: As production increases due to truffle cultivation, it will be necessary to promote truffle consumption. We identified actions to develop the truffle sector: (a) strengthen the link between truffles, tourism, and gastronomy; (b) increase the effort at European level for the recognition of truffle production, helping to develop truffle culture and marketing; (c) increase the awareness and consumption of truffles among consumers; and (d) develop tourism workshops for truffle farmers.

scholarly journals Critical Barriers to Implementation of Reverse Logistics in the Manufacturing Industry: A Case Study of a Developing Country

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Waqas ◽  
Qian-li Dong ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
Yuming Zhu ◽  
Muhammad Nadeem
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Community Pressure

Globalization policies are encouraging manufacturing companies to produce environment-friendly products that offer a sustainable competitive advantage. Currently, product recovery and zero-waste supply chains have caught the attention of manufacturers and professionals. Reverse logistics (RL) is considered as the most significant part of supply chain management in developed countries; unfortunately, its implementation in developing countries is in the initial stages due to certain barriers. This study aims to identify and verify the barriers to implementation of reverse logistics using a two-stage methodology: the Delphi Method and Structural Equation Modeling. A comprehensive literature review was considered to identify a primary set of barriers. Using the Delphi Method, a team of experts screened out barriers after performing three iterations. A survey-based questionnaire was then sent out to supply chain and logistics employees in the manufacturing industry and relevant government authorities. Five hundred and forty-seven useful responses were analyzed in the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) & AMOS 21 softwares using Structural Equation Modeling to verify barriers, and ranked according to their severity. The most critical barriers with respect to each category are: high cost of reverse logistics adoption (finance and economics), lack of skilled professionals (knowledge and experience), lack of government supportive policies (law and regulation), poor organizational culture (management), lack of human resources (infrastructure and technology), lack of environmental law awareness (environment), lack of community pressure (market) and company policies (reverse logistics in policy). Overall, the top five barriers found in this study include lack of initial capital, lack of skilled professional in RL, companies’ policies against RL, lack of new technologies and information systems, and lack of community pressure. Knowledge about barriers to reverse logistics allows manufacturing companies to prepare a priority list of actions for better implementation of the reverse logistics system.

Process approach to supply chain integration

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Trkman ◽  
Mojca Indihar Štemberger ◽  
Jurij Jaklič ◽  
Aleš Groznik
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Supply Chain Integration

scholarly journals We are What We Eat: Impact of Food from Short Supply Chain on Metabolic Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaetano Santulli ◽  
Valeria Pascale ◽  
Rosa Finelli ◽  
Valeria Visco ◽  
Rocco Giannotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Food Chain Length ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Food supply in the Mediterranean area has been recently modified by big retail distribution; for instance, industrial retail has favored shipments of groceries from regions that are intensive producers of mass food, generating a long supply chain (LSC) of food that opposes short supply chains (SSCs) that promote local food markets. However, the actual functional role of food retail and distribution in the determination of the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been studied hitherto. The main aim of this study was to test the effects of food chain length on the prevalence of MetS in a population accustomed to the Mediterranean diet. We conducted an observational study in Southern Italy on individuals adhering to the Mediterranean diet. We examined a total of 407 subjects (41% females) with an average age of 56 ± 14.5 years (as standard deviation) and found that being on the Mediterranean diet with a SSC significantly reduces the prevalence of MetS compared with the LSC (SSC: 19.65%, LSC: 31.46%; p: 0.007). Our data indicate for the first time that the length of food supply chain plays a key role in determining the risk of MetS in a population adhering to the Mediterranean diet.

Supply Chain Dispute Resolution

2012 ◽  
pp. 133-148
Author(s):  
Frank Wolf ◽  
Lee Pickler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
One Year ◽  
Timely Delivery

This paper examines how supply chain conflicts across domestic and international jurisdictions arise and become resolved given that conventional conflict resolution tribunals cannot effectively settle fast enough to serve the needs of supply chain partners. Observations from the field should guide practitioners, and in combination with information technology, may lead to best practice rules in dispute resolution. For this study, the Delphi Method was selected, in which a panel of 14 experts participated in three rounds of successive surveys over a one-year period. Survey data was collected by mail as well as via telephone conversations and interviews, while under the Delphi method, the content of the second questionnaire was derived from the responses of the first questionnaire. All participants were supply chain experts in the United States from eight different industrial sectors, and none of the participants interacted with one another. End results show that supply chain’s relationships are very private trade arrangements and that disputes arise, predictably, from common performance criteria such as quality, timely delivery and payment issues.

scholarly journals Development of causal model of sustainable hospital supply chain management using the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Cognitive Map (IFCM) method

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Habibollah Mirghafoori ◽  
Ali Morovati Sharifabadi ◽  
Salim Karimi Takalo
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Causal Model ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Fuzzy Cognitive Map ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Service Supply Chain

Purpose: Service industry is a massive sector accounting for about two-thirds of GDP of developed economies and is the field of an intensive competition between service companies and their supply chains. As a result, service supply chain management has become a subject of growing interest to researchers and business analysts. Healthcare industry is among the largest service industries with the highest potential for improvement in sustainability performance. The purpose of this study was to identify the concepts influencing the sustainability of hospital supply chain and provide a causal model for sustainable supply chain of hospital service.Design/methodology/approach: In this study, concepts that influence the sustainability of a hospital service supply chain were identified by in-depth interviewing of 18 experts in hospitals of Kerman, Iran. Delphi method was used to reorganize the initial concepts into 15 concepts. Finally, the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Cognitive Map (IFCM) method was used to develop the causal model of sustainable supply chain management for hospital service.Findings: Delphi method was used to reorganize 68 initial concepts into 15 concepts Contains: demand management, resource and capacity management, customer relationship management, supplier relationship management, service management, information management, financial performance management, Attention to the environment, contamination, energy consumption, legal requirements, employees, community and stakeholders, social accountability and business ethics. The results indicate that service delivery management is highly central among other concepts.Originality/value: with focusing on concepts such as service management, and capacity and resources management, The sustainability of the hospital supply chain can be improved.

scholarly journals The use of fibers in cement stabilized base course of pavement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Dumanić ◽  
Deana Breški ◽  
Sandra Juradin
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Cement Stabilization ◽  
Base Course ◽  
Cement Stabilized Base

Nowadays, various materials are being analyzed as a possible component of pavement structure with the goal of using sustainable building materials and protecting the environment. Waste and recycled materials are added to pavement layers in order to improve it. Also, the possibility of using natural, renewable materials by incorporating them into existing standard materials is been examined. Cement-stabilized base course increases load-carrying capacity of the pavement but is prone to cracking which causes reflection cracks in an asphalt surface. Reinforcement of cement-stabilized base course can be achieved by the addition of fibers. Fibers added to the cement stabilization tend to prevent or delay the crack initiation and propagation by redistributing the resulting stresses. Considering the research conducted to-date and the need to use sustainable materials in combination with cement stabilization, some attempts are being made to achieve improvements of this pavement layer. Natural fibers are locally available, economical, renewable and degradable, and can be used as reinforcement. In the Mediterranean area, a possible source of cellulose fibers is found in the wild plant named Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum L). This paper offers an overview of research studies about fiber reinforcement of cement-stabilized base course. It also presents current research on Spanish Broom fibers in cement composites, as well as possible ways of obtaining and treating fibers. Based on the results of this research, a method for obtaining the fibers can be selected which might improve the mechanical properties of cement-stabilized course.

RFID Enabled B2B E-Commerce Technologies and Applications

2010 ◽  
pp. 1284-1294
Author(s):  
Ygal Bendavid
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Computing Technologies ◽  
Frequency Identification

This article focuses on the emerging phenomenon of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies & the EPC Network by examining how it enables innovative B2B E-Commerce supply chain applications. A business process approach is used to facilitate the understanding on HOW to design RFID enabled B2B E-Commerce scenarios. Results indicate that RFID with other ubiquitous computing technologies constitute another step in the evolution from E-Commerce to “U-commerce”.

scholarly journals MEJORA DE LOS ACCESOS PORTUARIOS E INTEGRACIÓN VERTICAL PARA CONTRIBUIR CON LA COMPETITIVIDAD LOGÍSTICA DEL PUERTO DEL CALLAO-LIMA PERÚ IMPROVED PORT ACCESS AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION TO CONTRIBUTE LOGISTICS COMPETITIVENESS OF THE CALLAO PORT. LIMA PER

LOGOS ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mg. Victor Valera Santolaya
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Vertical Integration ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Access Port ◽  
Port Access

RESUMENLa presente investigación  tuvo como objetivo principal demostrar que tanto las mejoras de los accesos al Puerto del Callao,  así como,  una propuesta de integración vertical entre los actores de la comunidad  portuaria incrementan la competitividad logística del Puerto del Callao, definida por la siguiente ecuación, Y = f(x1) + f(x2); donde X1 = Mejora de los Accesos, X2 =  Integración Vertical, Y  = Incremento de la Competitividad Logística. En relación a la metodología, para evaluar la competitividad logística, el primer análisis ha sido realizado con el método Delphi entrevistando a 27 profesionales y 22 expertos en temas portuarios al 95% de nivel de confianza. Para el segundo análisis se tomó una encuesta al 95% de nivel de confianza a los dueños del problema.  Se concluye que la mejora de los accesos portuarios y la propuesta de una integración vertical entre los actores, incrementan  la competitividad Logística en el Puerto del Callao, lo cual queda demostrado a través del  siguiente modelo matemático: Competitividad =  1.860 + 0.0098*Integración vertical + 0.398*Inversión e infraestructura.Palabras claves: Competitividad Logística, Accesos Portuarios, Integración Vertical, Planificación estratégica, Cadena de Suministro. ABSTRACTThis article's main objective is to demonstrate that improvements in both access to the port of Callao and a proposal of vertical integration between the actors of the logistics port community increase competitiveness of the Port of Callao, defined by the following equation, Y = f (x1) + f (x2); where X1 = Improved Access, X2 = Vertical Integration, Y = Increment Logistics Competitiveness. Regarding the methodology to evaluate the logistics competitiveness, the first analysis was conducted using the Delphi method to interview 27 professional and 22 experts on port issues at 95% confidence level. For the second analysis a survey at 95% confidence level to the owners of the problem was made. It is concluded that the improvement of port access and the proposed vertical integration between the actors, increase competitiveness Logistics Port of Callao, which is demonstrated through the following mathematical model: Competitiveness = 1.860 + 0.0098 + * Vertical Integration 0.398 * Investment and infrastructure.Key words: Logistics Competitiveness, Access Port, Vertical Integration, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain.

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