International Journal of Business and Economics Research

Special Issue

Supply Chain Management: Its Theory and Applications

  • Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2014
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Dr. Md. Mamun Habib
About This Special Issue
Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been widely researched in numerous application domains during the last decade. Despite the popularity of SCM research and applications, considerable confusion remains as to its meaning. There are several attempts made by researchers and practitioners to appropriately define SCM. Amidst fierce competition in all industries, SCM has gradually been embraced as a proven managerial approach to achieving sustainable profits and growth.

This special issue intends to publish original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts accepted for publication in this issue must have clear implications for Supply chain managers based on one or more of a variety of rigorous research methodologies. This issue also publishes insightful meta-analyses of the SCM literature, conceptual/theoretical studies with clear implications for practice, comments on past articles, studies concerning the SCM field itself, and other such matters relevant to SCM.

Regular articles accepted for publication in this issue must have clear implications for practitioners who manage product and process design, operations, and supply chains based on one or more of a variety of rigorous research methodologies. Manuscripts accepted for publication must meet the following criteria:

1. Research papers in the field of SCM in manufacturing and services.
2. Research rigor applied through the scientific theory-building approach.
3. Managerial relevance.
Lead Guest Editor
  • Dr. Md. Mamun Habib

    Department of Decision Sciences, Operations Research, School of Quantitative Sciences (SQS), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Malaysia

Guest Editors
  • Hui-Ming Wee

    Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, Taiwan

  • masoud vaziri

    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, United States

  • hamed nozari

    phd student, Iran

  • Nachiappan Subramanian

    Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

  • Erick C. Jones

    Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Texas, Arlingon, United States

  • Ali Turkyilmaz

    Department of Industrial Engineering, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Lu Qing

    Izmir University of Economics, Balçova, Turkey

  • Nitty Hirawaty Binti Kamarulzaman

    Department of Agribusiness and Information Systems, Putra University-Malaysia (UPM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Ravi Kant

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

  • R. P Mohanty

    Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneshwar, India

Published Articles
  • Prospect of ITESCM (Integrated Tertiary Educational Supply Chain Management) Model Based on ICT Application

    Manzur H. Khan , Md. Mamun Habib , Bishwajit Banik Pathik , Engku Muhammad Nazri

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 87-95
    Received: Oct. 06, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.23
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    Abstract: This research exhibits the prospect of ITESCM (Integrated Tertiary Educational Supply Chain Management) model through ICT (Information and Communication) application. The ITESCM model was developed by Dr. Mamun Habib in 2010 for tertiary academic institutions which addresses the integrated form of supplied inputs, supplied outputs, education supply... Show More
  • An Analysis of Power Supply Design in Networking Systems on the Practices of Supply Chain Management

    Ramesh Chandra Rath , Nihar Ranjan Hota , Himanshu Shekhar Maharana , Sunil Kumar Patel

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 81-86
    Received: Oct. 06, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.22
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    Abstract: Now-a-days power supply and its networking system play a first and foremost role in every aspects of human life as well as organizational life. This invited article analyzes about “An offline, three-output, 150-W forward converter is used as an example to illustrate the design process for typical isolated converters. This example emphasizes the bas... Show More
  • Comparison between Two Types of Inventory Targets under Variability of a Semiconductor Supply Chain

    Kenichi Nakashima , Thitima Sornmanapong , Hans Ehm , Geraldine Yachi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 74-80
    Received: Oct. 13, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 27, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.21
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    Abstract: As an innovation in the semiconductor industry grows speedy, supply chain processes have not followed up. The variability in semiconductor supply chain have increased and been more complicated. These results in accurately forecast demand and set inventory target. Demand and supply are more and more stochastic and non-stationary. Inventory is one of... Show More
  • Breaking the Barrier of Service Hostility: A Lean Approach to Achieve Operational Excellence

    Mofizul Islam Awwal

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 65-73
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.20
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    Abstract: Due to globalization industries are rapidly growing throughout the world which leads to many manufacturing organizations. But recently service industries are beginning to emerge in large numbers almost in all parts of the world including some developing countries. In this context organizations need to have strong competitive advantage over their ri... Show More
  • Added-Value Utility Formulation in Palm Oil Supply Chain Based on Risk, Investment and Technology

    Syarif Hidayat , Nunung Nurhasanah

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 57-64
    Received: Oct. 06, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.19
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    Abstract: In palm oil supply chain (POSC) the operational risk, investment and technology levels between the actors may not be proportionately rewarded by the same levels of added value. Each actor will attempt to obtain the highest reward. However, each actor must consider the level of added-value obtained by other actors so as to maintain the fair balance ... Show More
  • Demand and Supply Planning in Retail Operations

    Ferdoush Saleheen , Md. Mamun Habib , Bishwajit Banik Pathik , Zurina Hanafi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 51-56
    Received: Sep. 29, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 05, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.18
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    Abstract: The research represents a comprehensive study of retail operation. The paper elaborates a broad perspective of a demand and supply chain which interacts with macro and micro environmental factors and translates it into a customer requirement. The authors describe on different techniques and tools on demand and supply planning which leads to an opti... Show More
  • Perspectives in Oil and Gas Supply Chain Management

    Shatina Saad , Zulkifli Mohamed Udin , Norlena Hasnan

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 45-50
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.17
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    Abstract: In this globalization era, petroleum companies are one of the dynamic supply chain entities, which require a dynamic process of capabilities. Companies may encounter problems related to the dynamic process in firm’s capabilities. Such dynamic process requires simultaneous acquisition and continuous re-evaluation of partners, technologies and organi... Show More
  • A Research Framework of Supply Chain Management in Ready Made Garments Industry of Bangladesh

    Md. Farhan Shahriar , Bishwajit Banik Pathik , Md. Mamun Habib

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 38-44
    Received: Sep. 29, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 05, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.16
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    Abstract: This exploratory study addresses a conceptual supply chain management (SCM) model for ready-made garments (RMG) industry of Bangladesh. As different parties i.e. the suppliers, manufacturers, buyers etc. are involved in different phases of supply chain of this industry, every stage (procurement, manufacturing, replenishment, customer order) is conf... Show More
  • Conceptual Framework for Estimating Postharvest Losses in Food Supply Chains: the Case of Plantain Fruits in Nigeria

    Kwami Justina Kenobi Morris , Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 31-37
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.15
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    Abstract: Postharvest losses which refer to the measurable quantitative and qualitative food losses in any agro-food supply chain account for significant amounts of food loss. Lack of consistent information on exact amount of losses and assessment methods further complicate the problems and makes solutions very difficult. Plantain also known as cooking banan... Show More
  • A Review of Research on Crime Displacement Theory

    Ching Eng Leong

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 22-30
    Received: Sep. 27, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 13, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.14
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    Abstract: Reppetto (1976) published crime displacement theory in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and put forward his theoretical underpinnings for the future analysis of crime displacement phenomenon and outlined five types of crime displacement such as: 1. Temporal - Committing the intended crime at a different time; 2. Tactical - Committing th... Show More
  • Supply Chain Technology Adoption: Its Clarification, Evolution, Classification, and Practicality in Textile and Apparel Industry

    Khai-Loon Lee , Zulkifli Mohamed Udin , Mohamad Ghozali Hassan

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 15-21
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.13
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    Abstract: In today’s dynamic business environment, technology is the most powerful tools to sustain in the competitive global market place. However, supply chain technology is the 21st century global supply chain management tool for achieving supply chain operational competitiveness. The global manufacturing sector, especially the textile and apparel industr... Show More
  • A Case Study Approach for Developing Supply Chain Management Models

    A. K. M. Nurol Huda , Bishwajit Banik Pathik , Ashfaque A. Mohib , Md. Mamun Habib

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 6-14
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.12
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    Abstract: This descriptive analysis exemplifies various events in sequence to design conceptual Supply Chain Management (SCM) model for JMI Group in order to explain different functions under SCM department. JMI Group, one of the prominent and diversified universal corporations in Bangladesh, was established in April 1999 and comprised of 12 subsidiary enter... Show More
  • A Simultaneous Pricing and Inventory Control Model for a Single Product with Capacitated Working Capital

    Ismail Civelek

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, December 2014
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: Oct. 05, 2014
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2014
    Published: Dec. 11, 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.s.2014030601.11
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    Abstract: The simultaneous stochastic pricing and inventory management with capacitated cash-on-hand is a profit maximization problem faced by a firm, which has limited working capital for its liabilities. In addition to this working capital constraint, the company has to dynamically price its products and determine inventory levels to minimize its expected ... Show More