Current Issue : October-December Volume : 2021 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
This paper analyzed the relationship between city logistics measures and environmental sustainability in Ghana. This paper analysis followed an established pattern using the Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model and correlation matrix. After estimating the descriptive statistics covering four (4) variables such as environmental sustainability, policy, stakeholders interaction, and city logistics measures. The findings indicated that policies correlated with city logistics measures (21%) and environmental sustainability (84%) at 1% significant levels; furthermore, at a 1% significant level, the policies correlated strongly with environmental sustainability than the other variables. The results show that policies play a crucial role in environmental sustainability. The test values indicate that SI, SI1 and CLM are statistically significant at p (0.000) < 0.05 respectively whereas P, P1, SI2 and CLM1 are not statistically significant at p (0.293) > 0.05, p (0.779) > 0.05, p (0.577) > 0.05 and p (0.351) > 0.05. Even though the P2 value is significant, p (0.031) < 0.05. The impacts on environmental sustainability are not felt much. But more importantly, SI and CLM have a positive influence on environmental sustainability. Hence, hypotheses (H1, H2, and H3) were accepted. These then call for policy direction on city logistics measure implementation and environmental sustainability in Ghana and other parts of the world....
Currently, electricity is one of the developing fields and plays an important role in the socio-economic life of Vietnam. In which, the power output provided by thermal power plants is very large. In order to ensure stable operation and high productivity of thermal power plants, the Government and people of Vietnam have been making efforts to improve the infrastructure, especially the logistics of shipping by sea to serving the operation of thermal power plants. However, shipping by sea, Vietnam still faces many challenges that need a lot of effort to solve. Currently, shipping by sea is very risky, causing negative impacts on the operation of thermal power plants. In which, the coal supply system plays an important role. Risk assessment has been recognized as a useful tool to identify hazards, analyse weaknesses and risks of shipping by sea, and select appropriate mitigation measures. A questionnaire has been compiled that includes 38 factors that create possible risk events during shipping by sea. The risk matrix is used as the basis for quantitative risk analysis to identify the most important risks that greatly affect the operation of thermal power plants and indicate solutions to control risks. Research analysis and risk assessment based on the survey questionnaire, achieved the following results: 1) Recognizing that, there are 27 major risks affecting the transport of coal by sea; 2) Scientific rating of the effect of all risks to sea transport of coal; 3) Make recommendations that can reduce or eliminate influencing factors. This study provides a valuable reference to help the investor and the contractor complete the plan, ensuring the benefits for the parties involved in the contract to perform the operation of the thermal power plant....
Information sharing (IS) has been considered a vital aspect of supply chain management practices. However, it is inadequate to induce a significant increment in performance, so there is a need for collaboration within the supply chain network arises. This study seeks to determine the position of Information Sharing (IS) practices and Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) in Firm Performance (FP). The study emphasizes that firms exchange information because of the competitive influence stemming from the business environment. The study administered questionnaires to manufacturing firms in Ghana with 201 respondents, and the structural equation modeling tested the relationship between IS, SCC, and FP. The results indicate that firms with higher levels of IS and SCC witness high-performance rates. Also, supply chain collaboration can have a direct, positive influence on the performance of firms. The study is limited in scope, which lessens the generalization of the results. This study is unique because it simultaneously examines the role of information sharing on both collaboration and firm performance....
Mass customization is the main direction of the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing mode. Based on the theory and perspective of supply chain, this paper reinterprets the content of the mass customization balance model, and summarizes the key technical conditions for the selection and implementation of the best dividing point between the balance point and the balance area in the mass production and customization production modes, and analyzes the actual cases, so as to break through the gap between the various theoretical knowledge modules. The purpose is to simplify the complex problems, which can be used for reference and guidance for enterprises in various industries....
In logistics-related research, green logistics is the top priority of modern circulation reform. This article describes the research hotspots and evolutionary trends of green logistics in the past ten years by analyzing relevant literature. This paper uses visual analysis tools (such as VosViewer, CiteSpace, etc.) to analyze the knowledge graph of 304 papers. This article analyzes the cooccurrence of keywords, article citations, timeline graphs, and emergent keywords. The results show that related research on green logistics has gradually penetrated management practices and technical applications. Generally speaking, these findings help describe the latest trend of green logistics, which concentrate on supply chain management, low-carbon logistics, and other hotspots....
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