The emerging technology has revolutionaries all the business processes. The emerging technology such as AI, block chain,
VR/AR, RFID uses improving the efficiency and accuracy of the different parts and activities of the supply chain management.
The technology is helping the organization in reducing and optimizing the inventory level, information sharing between
partners, smart contracting, traceability and visibility, pace of the processes, and more transparency to the processes.
Pakistan after the development of the CPEC will be playing a hub for supply chain between China, Gulf countries and Europe.
To maximize the benefits from the central hub for business activities, the government as well as private organization needs
to improve their business processes by implementation of the emerging technology. Pakistan is facing problem in maturity of
the technology as well as lack of skilled human resource to operate the technology at front end of the business processes.
Government is investing more in encouraging the research in implementation of emerging technology in the country. The
merging technology is the only key to avail all the opportunities that will be coming from the CPEC in future.
SMART LOGISTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRACTICES IN INDUSTRY 4.0 ERAijmvsc
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that affect success of logistics companies adopting AI by studying the application of AI in the logistics industry. Although the application of technology and artificial intelligence has been widely studied, the factors affecting the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are still unknown in the existing literature. Therefore, the main research in this paper is to explore the influence of success factors on AI by integrating technology, organization and environment (TOE) framework. The framework is judged by case analysis of logistics companies. This study provides some suggestions on successful adoption of AI technology fortheir logistics operations.
A point of view on Indian IT - Its extraordinary growth & factors that led to it, its current state & future challenges. Specifically, the case of captives in India & 3rd party technology providers (IPPs) are discussed.
The Hong Kong government supports smart city operations and smart lamp post related actions. Smart lamp posts together with 5G can encompass various industries and thus can offer opportunities also for Finnish companies. Hong Kong aims to become a “world class smart city”. In ”Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint” smart lamp posts are mentioned as one action point and 50 smart lamp posts should be in use by the summer of 2019. The figure is set to rise to 400, and during 2019, a tender will likely be opened for the remaining 350 smart lamp posts. Smart lamp posts can serve several different functions and these are currently experimented in Science Park and the Smart City Pilot Area.
Presented by Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, at the seminar "Thailand: Business Opportunities for Quebec Companies" on March 1, 2016 at Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
SMART LOGISTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRACTICES IN INDUSTRY 4.0 ERAijmvsc
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that affect success of logistics companies adopting AI by studying the application of AI in the logistics industry. Although the application of technology and artificial intelligence has been widely studied, the factors affecting the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are still unknown in the existing literature. Therefore, the main research in this paper is to explore the influence of success factors on AI by integrating technology, organization and environment (TOE) framework. The framework is judged by case analysis of logistics companies. This study provides some suggestions on successful adoption of AI technology fortheir logistics operations.
A point of view on Indian IT - Its extraordinary growth & factors that led to it, its current state & future challenges. Specifically, the case of captives in India & 3rd party technology providers (IPPs) are discussed.
The Hong Kong government supports smart city operations and smart lamp post related actions. Smart lamp posts together with 5G can encompass various industries and thus can offer opportunities also for Finnish companies. Hong Kong aims to become a “world class smart city”. In ”Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint” smart lamp posts are mentioned as one action point and 50 smart lamp posts should be in use by the summer of 2019. The figure is set to rise to 400, and during 2019, a tender will likely be opened for the remaining 350 smart lamp posts. Smart lamp posts can serve several different functions and these are currently experimented in Science Park and the Smart City Pilot Area.
Presented by Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, at the seminar "Thailand: Business Opportunities for Quebec Companies" on March 1, 2016 at Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
A MODIFIED MODEL OF ICT DEVELOPMENT INDEX (IDI) FOR THAILAND TO ACHIEVE THE I...IAEME Publication
After the first allocation of spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band was successfully made in 2012, Thailand’s ICT technology has developed continuously, considered at the higher level compared with those of other ASEAN countries. In relation to this, the ITU has revealed the annual survey results regarding ICT-society indices or “Measuring the Information Society Report (MIS Report)” which is published annually. In this year, the ITU MIS report 2015 identified Thailand as one of a group of "most dynamic countries" that recorded above-average improvements in their IDI ranking over the past five years, supported mainly by improvement in mobile broadband penetration. The objective of this paper is to propose a modified model of ICT Development Index (IDI) to bring Thailand to be the ICT leader in ASEAN. This paper also presents a policy and strategic plan to foster Thailand’s ICT sector to move forward to higher level of ICT Development Index in achieving the first rank of IDI level in ASEAN within 2020.
This measure is aimed to promote investment in targeted activities in three provinces – Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, and Rayong, as well as to encourage private sector to participate in human resource development. As EEC development is part of the policy to drive Thailand towards Thailand 4.0, investors in the targeted activities located in designated areas or in promoted industrial estates/industrial zones, or the investors involved in the human resource development in the EEC will enjoy additional tax incentives, apart from a standard tax package.
ASEAN is increasingly becoming a vital economic force in Asia and a driver of global growth with a young, abundant workforce. Simultaneously, the region is witnessing significant productivity improvement in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation.
A study on the growth of BPO industry in India.This paper contains the different aspects of BPO industry in India and The main reasons behind th egrowth of BPO industry in India,
latest and factual report on Job Market India 2015 is released by Skills Ahead. It explains the current demands of Engineers and MBA graduates across all Industry sectors in India. Also it provides in-depth analysis on Skill demand and supply gap and way forward.
The government of Thailand has perceived the significance of cluster in the development of the nation’s economy. The cabinet and the Thailand Board of Investment, therefore, proposed the Cluster-based Special Economic Development
Zones Policy, or the Cluster Policy in short, which came into effect on September 16, 2015.
Industry 4.0 (IR4.0) & Teaching New Trends in Education with HOTS.Timothy Wooi
Objectives
The main objective of the seminar is to understand how Educational sector can respond to and prepare for educating the 4th Industrial Revolution;
using technological strategies of CHANGE in skills & work,
To prepare Students to be competitive & current to fit in the emerging 4th Industrial Revolution Workforce.
[Article] Technology adoption in logistics and Multi-Modal TransportBiswadeep Ghosh Hazra
An article on the topic Technology adoption in logistics and Multi-Modal Transport.
The article is divided into the following sections-
1) Logistics Industry in India
2) Upcoming Trends in Logistics
3) Technology Adoption
4) Technology in Multimodal Transport
5) Conclusion
6) References
7) About the Author
A MODIFIED MODEL OF ICT DEVELOPMENT INDEX (IDI) FOR THAILAND TO ACHIEVE THE I...IAEME Publication
After the first allocation of spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band was successfully made in 2012, Thailand’s ICT technology has developed continuously, considered at the higher level compared with those of other ASEAN countries. In relation to this, the ITU has revealed the annual survey results regarding ICT-society indices or “Measuring the Information Society Report (MIS Report)” which is published annually. In this year, the ITU MIS report 2015 identified Thailand as one of a group of "most dynamic countries" that recorded above-average improvements in their IDI ranking over the past five years, supported mainly by improvement in mobile broadband penetration. The objective of this paper is to propose a modified model of ICT Development Index (IDI) to bring Thailand to be the ICT leader in ASEAN. This paper also presents a policy and strategic plan to foster Thailand’s ICT sector to move forward to higher level of ICT Development Index in achieving the first rank of IDI level in ASEAN within 2020.
This measure is aimed to promote investment in targeted activities in three provinces – Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, and Rayong, as well as to encourage private sector to participate in human resource development. As EEC development is part of the policy to drive Thailand towards Thailand 4.0, investors in the targeted activities located in designated areas or in promoted industrial estates/industrial zones, or the investors involved in the human resource development in the EEC will enjoy additional tax incentives, apart from a standard tax package.
ASEAN is increasingly becoming a vital economic force in Asia and a driver of global growth with a young, abundant workforce. Simultaneously, the region is witnessing significant productivity improvement in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation.
A study on the growth of BPO industry in India.This paper contains the different aspects of BPO industry in India and The main reasons behind th egrowth of BPO industry in India,
latest and factual report on Job Market India 2015 is released by Skills Ahead. It explains the current demands of Engineers and MBA graduates across all Industry sectors in India. Also it provides in-depth analysis on Skill demand and supply gap and way forward.
The government of Thailand has perceived the significance of cluster in the development of the nation’s economy. The cabinet and the Thailand Board of Investment, therefore, proposed the Cluster-based Special Economic Development
Zones Policy, or the Cluster Policy in short, which came into effect on September 16, 2015.
Industry 4.0 (IR4.0) & Teaching New Trends in Education with HOTS.Timothy Wooi
Objectives
The main objective of the seminar is to understand how Educational sector can respond to and prepare for educating the 4th Industrial Revolution;
using technological strategies of CHANGE in skills & work,
To prepare Students to be competitive & current to fit in the emerging 4th Industrial Revolution Workforce.
[Article] Technology adoption in logistics and Multi-Modal TransportBiswadeep Ghosh Hazra
An article on the topic Technology adoption in logistics and Multi-Modal Transport.
The article is divided into the following sections-
1) Logistics Industry in India
2) Upcoming Trends in Logistics
3) Technology Adoption
4) Technology in Multimodal Transport
5) Conclusion
6) References
7) About the Author
SMART LOGISTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRACTICES IN INDUSTRY 4.0 ERAijmvsc
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that affect success of logistics companies adopting AI by
studying the application of AI in the logistics industry. Although the application of technology and artificial
intelligence has been widely studied, the factors affecting the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are
still unknown in the existing literature. Therefore, the main research in this paper is to explore the
influence of success factors on AI by integrating technology, organization and environment (TOE)
framework. The framework is judged by case analysis of logistics companies. This study provides some
suggestions on successful adoption of AI technology fortheir logistics operations.
OVERVIEW OF SMART LOGISTICS AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIESijmvsc
Rapid advancements in information communication technologies have significantly affected supply chains
and organizations at large. Organizations using smart logistics derive benefits from its values within a
supply chain system, such as improving the performance, sustainability, and competitiveness of an
organization or supply chain system, or unit. This paper proposes that the implementation of smart
logistics is not enough for companies to derive any significant value from it. The paper proposes a threetiered solution centered on the application of blockchain technologies, including leanness and agility,
digitization, connectivity, network, culture, people, and implementation as crucial toward quality and value
processes and outcomes in smart logistics.
ELMs are a new phenomenon in logistics space both world over and now catching up in India as well. Logistics is one space where technology is creating a great impact and has immense scope as this space is hardly been touched by technology-especially in India- given several reasons unique to the country. This presentation is based on internet research on the topic and gives details of logistics space in general, current scenario, world scenario, state of play of technology in logistics space in India and the world. Details of various startups in this space and outlook for future is also presented.
Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Cargo Industries A Stud...ijtsrd
The modern trend towards E commerce and computerization that they give you an idea about the way cargo industries Trucking and freight services , this paper establishes an “Impact of information and communication technology on cargo industries” In terms of commerce, logistics and fleet management, and proposes invented mechanisms of influence. The authors note that the speedy increase of E commerce and freight fleet management system compose it not easy to arrive next to firm, statistics based conclusion in relation to their impact of cargo industries, however suggest that more complicated government management of transportation demand over and above freight fleet management systems could call off out the pessimistic impact of E commerce on road transportation. Dr. Nandisha H. D "Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Cargo Industries - A Study in Bengaluru" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd35731.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/mis-and-retail-management/35731/impact-of-information-and-communication-technology-on-cargo-industries--a-study-in-bengaluru/dr-nandisha-h-d
LOGISTICS 4.0, INNOVATION & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EVALUATION: THE MODERATING ...Mohammad Amr
The purpose of this paper is to study and analyse the changes in logistics technologies concerning Industry 4.0. The paper discusses the effect logistics 4.0 innovations have on Intellectual Property (IP) management. Logistics 4.0 has marked a new era and introduced a novel concept to both industry and service communities. New entrepreneurial ideas based on different technologies are introduced which enables the digital transformation of logistics. This transformation also impacts innovation and various IP processes and its management. The approach used in this paper is exploratory in nature. The case study methodology is followed. This paper will discuss various examples of digital applications. Then a case will be selected for the analysis and categorization of innovation and IP. The categorization will take place based on different logistics 4.0 definitions as well as with concepts related to the types of innovation provided by the Oslo Manual and the IP management implications that are generated. This study has a limitation concerning the empirical part. More empirical research and studies should be conducted concerning logistics 4.0, innovation and IP management context. The findings of the case study will act as a guiding path for the upcoming studies, senior officials, policymakers, managers, and business leaders. The paper provides a holistic background of logistics and the revolution of Logistic 4.0. It also discusses the impact it has on innovation and IP management. The results show some important elements that have to be considered in the digital transformation of logistics 4.0. The paper can be used as a base for future research in specific issues related to Innovation and IP management concerning Logistic 4.0.
Transforming the logistic industry in India - Addverb TechnologiesAddverb Technologies
Industry 4.0 is fast transforming business models and operations. Digitalization, aided by disruptive new technologies such as IoT, AI, big data & analytics, machine learning, automation and robotics, cloud computing, blockchain, 3D printing, etc. and the explosive growth of smart devices, is leaving no segment of the business untouched. Supply chain management has become even more complex than before and stands to benefit tremendously from going digital.
Study about the Types of Information Technology Service for Supply Chain Mana...sushil Choudhary
The globalization of company is the excellent object to happen to supply chain management (SCM) in the last 30 years. This study tries to describe the impact of information technology (IT) in supply chain management (SCM). The criteria include the applications of Information Technology (IT) to get the high firm performance comprising marketing performance, financial performance, and customer satisfaction. The information and communication technologies create as one of the biggest consent of the current supply chain management (SCM). This study focuses on one of the vital use of information technologies in SCM background, that is to say Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), manufacturing resource planning (MRP-II), Enterprise resources planning (ERP), SCM-software, Electronic data Interchange, Bar Coding and Scanner, Radio Frequency-Identification technology (RFID) Supply Chain Execution software, Wide Area network (WAN) Technologies, Metropolitan Area network (MAN) Technologies, Local Area network (LAN) Technologies Internet and intranet service etc. These types and ways of information technologies related to supply chain management is examine.
The current state of logistics transportation in India presents both challenges and opportunities. With a rapidly growing economy, the demand for efficient movement of goods across the country has increased significantly. However, infrastructure constraints, bureaucratic red tape, and lack of standardized processes have hindered the industry's full potential.
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Do Technological and Organizational Innovation Have Significant Influences on...inventionjournals
Logistics service providers (LSPs) need to engage with the innovation to achieve performance and keep their competitive advantage. LSPs are required to develop innovation in logistics activities to face challenges in the market. Logistics innovation can be considered as any type of associated service in logistics service. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the technological and organizational innovation as factors to measure the logistics performance of LSPs. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was conducted to examine relationship with logistics performance using SmartPLS 3 software. Technological innovation was found insignificant effect on logistics performance. The result of this study also indicated that organizational innovation has insignificant effects on logistics performance.
The report is based on the automation process in the emerging world. As the world is growing towards the automation process, all these industries are utilizing the benefits of automation in the working process. With the help of a new automation technique, the working procedures are performing very fast and effectively. To use automation we just need a computer or a system. Some artificial software tools are there that need to be installed in the computers so the machine can perform the task. It gives us the benefit of fast operations. So automation and digital technology also be a blessing for total countries as they could conduct to receive in productivity which is finally the driver of improvement Ragavendra. K. (2020). Automation Process in Emerging World and its importance. International Journal on Orange Technologies, 1(2), 55-61. Retrieved from https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJOT/article/view/526 Pdf Url: https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJOT/article/view/526/502 Paper Url: https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJOT/article/view/526
Intensification of the supply chain by the storing of trajectories data ijmvsc
To improve the profitability and the quality of services, and to confront the difficult competition, companies are in search of the effective approaches to improve their professions in general, and the management of the supply chain in particular which plays an essential role for reduction of cost, the improvement of the quality of services, and increase of the productivity. This work aims to improve the performance of supply chain by the conception of trajectories data warehouse intended to collect the data relative to the mobile objects. The information stored in the data warehouse will be analyzed to extract knowledge which we use to a decision-making and leading to strengthen the management of the supply chain.
Intensification of the supply chain by the storing of trajectories dataijmvsc
To improve the profitability and the quality of services, and to confront the difficult competition, companies are in search of the effective approaches to improve their professions in general, and the management of the supply chain in particular which plays an essential role for reduction of cost, the improvement of the quality of services, and increase of the productivity. This work aims to improve the performance of supply chain by the conception of trajectories data warehouse intended to collect the data relative to the mobile objects. The information stored in the data warehouse will be analyzed to extract knowledge which we use to a decision-making and leading to strengthen the management of the supply chain.
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Impact of Green Attitude on Green Work Behavior: An Empirical Study of Employ...AJSSMTJournal
As interesting and important areas, Green Attitude (GA) and Green Work Behavior (GWB) are
examined considering the employees in a Sri Lankan tiles manufacturing company. The main objective of the
study is to explore the impact of GA on employees’ GWB. Using simple random sampling, 81 employees were
selected as the sample and primary data were gathered using two self-developed instruments regarding to GA
and GWB. Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted to analyze the data and the main finding of the
study is that there is a positive and significant impact from GA on GWB of the employees in the selected tiles
manufacturing company. As the recommendation of the study authors instruct the companies in the tiles
manufacturing industry to develop employees’ green attitude for the better work behavior in greening
The Effect of Competence and Teacher Certification on Performance of “Vocatio...AJSSMTJournal
This study aims to determine the effect of teacher competency and certification on teacher
performance with motivation as an intervening variable. This research is motivated by the still low competency
of teachers, not all teachers who carry out their tasks well, teachers' motivation is still low, teacher's
performance has not reached the target in SMK Kerinci Regency. The research method with a quantitative
approach with the path analysis method. Data collection techniques with questionnaires, observation and
interviews. The respondents of this study were 53 Vocational High School Teachers in Kerinci Regency. The
sampling method uses the total sampling method in which the entire population in this study is the research
sample. Hypothesis testing was calculated with the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program
version 24.0.
The results of this study found that competence has a significant effect on teacher motivation, teacher
certification has a significant effect on teacher motivation, motivation has a significant effect on teacher
performance, competence has a significant effect on teacher performance, teacher certification has a significant
effect on teacher performance, competence has no significant effect on performance with motivation as an
intervening variable, and teacher certification has a significant effect on performance with motivation as an
intervening variable on Vocational High School Teachers in Kerinci Regency.
Gender Differences on Organizational Commitment: Empirical Evidence from Empl...AJSSMTJournal
Organizational commitment is considered as a crucial factor that has a direct impact on
organizational outcomes. A systematic empirical study was carried out to address the existing contextual gap
and intellectual curiosity on gender differences in organizational commitment on apparel industry workers of Sri
Lanka. The main objective of the study was to investigate whether there is a significant difference among male
and female employees in terms of the level of organizational commitment in the apparel industry of Sri Lanka.
This is an analytical nature study and unit of analysis is individual employees. The survey method was utilized,
and 100 employees responded to the author developed questionnaire using random sampling technique. The
instrument used to measure organizational commitment was adopted by Allen and Meyers’ standard
questionnaire which consists of a multi-component model include; affective commitment, continuance
commitment, and normative commitment. Reliability and validity of the instruments used were assured. The
empirical findings revealed that there is no significant difference between male and female employees in terms
of organizational commitment in the apparel industry of Sri Lanka.
Teaching with Frequent Tests and its Consequences on Students’ Performance in...AJSSMTJournal
The intricacies of good teaching are known only to experienced teachers. Teaching is assessment
and, learning and retention are functions of regular testing. This study theorises classroom assessments and
links them with implicit theories of learning and retention of knowledge. The subjects of the study were
motivated to maintain the momentum of learning through taking regular tests and subjected to counselling and
regular feedback on the tests they took. The study analysed statistically semester results for five different year
groups of students taught Quantum Mechanics by the same lecturer who adopted weekly testing. The results
show substantial continuous improvements in students’ academic achievement. The results may be indictments
on lecturers who do not use classroom tests to motivate students’ learning.
The Effect of Competence and Organizational Culture on Work Motivation and It...AJSSMTJournal
This study aims to determine the purpose of competence and organizational culture on employee
performance with motivation as a mediating variable. This research is motivated by level of employee ability or
employee competency is still low so that employee performance becomes difficult to achieve, relations between
colleagues in the organization are still low, Employee motivation and encouragement from the organization still
cannot impact employee performance and the performance of employees who are still not stable so that target
institutions have not been achieved.
The research method with a quantitative approach with the path analysis method. Data collection techniques
with questionnaires, observation and interviews. The respondents of this study were 42 employees of Kayu Aro
Barat District. The sampling method uses the total sampling method in which the entire population in this study
is the research sample. Hypothesis testing was calculated with the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science
(SPSS) program version 24.0.
The results of this study found that competence has a significant effect on work motivation, organizational
culture has a significant effect on work motivation, work motivation has a significant effect on employee
performance, competence has a significant effect on employee performance, organizational culture has a
significant effect on employee performance, work motivation as a mediating variable does not have a significant
effect between competence and employee performance, work motivation as a mediating variable does not have
a significant effect between organizational culture and employee performance at Kayu Aro Barat District Kerinci
Regency.
Effects of Perceived Workplace Incivility on Presenteeism Perceptions: A Rese...AJSSMTJournal
There are many different presenteeism conceptualizations in the business literature, and despite
some insights about underlaying presenteeism factors, further research is still needed in this emerging area. One
of such factors is claimed to be incivility within the business context. There is, however, not ample research about
these factor’s connections with presenteeism itself. Taking this gap into account, the aim of this study is to
scrutinize any possible effects of business members’ perceived workplace incivility on their presenteeism
perceptions. Data are collected via questionnaires from the members of small and medium sized enterprises
(SMEs) in Ikitelli Organized Industrial Zone in Istanbul, Turkey. A total of 183 participants are contacted. There is a
statistically significant connection between the participants’ perceived incivility and presenteeism, implying that
these two negative business aspects are actually related. This finding clearly points out that perceptions of
undesirable, rude, and negative behaviors in the work context is a motivator of the participants’ unwillingness to
be present in their business environment. It is also noteworthy that the perceived incivility is a monolithic aspect,
whereas the perception of presenteeism is composed of perceptions about negativities and resistance, both of
which are related to issues in business context.
Switching Among Brands of Poultry Feeds: The Egg Farmers’ Acuity in Ogun Stat...AJSSMTJournal
In spite of the contribution of poultry to the protein intake and income generation of the growing
population of Nigeria, not many studies have been instituted at understanding the switching behaviour of the
poultry farmers when they make purchases of their major inputs, feed, which empirical evidences showed to
constitute about three-quarter of the variable cost of production. This study was therefore conducted to
address the gap by analysing primary data obtained from 480 poultry Egg-farmers in Ogun State through a
multistage sampling technique. The results revealed that poultry is a male dominated enterprise cutting across
two major religions in the country. Many of the farmers had been in operation for more than eight years and
are relatively educated with a mean age of 41 years. The Switching Cost (Monetized) indicated that, costs was
highest with Top feed users who opted for Vital feed at N2.20/bird/day and least for users of Hybrid who
considered Premium as an option at N0.12/bird/day. Similarly, Switching Cost (Psychological) revealed that
switching from Top feed to Premium feed will also be highest at 4.8 units and least with Hybrid to Chikun at
3.3 units. The study therefore recommended that feed producers should imbibe ways of increasing the likely
switching cost, both monetized and psychological that an Egg-farmer may incur if he switches to the Next Best
Alternative Brand through sound relationship management, lock-in programmes and reward of loyalty
Moonlighting as ‘Coping Strategy’ for Irregular Payment of Salaries in Nigeri...AJSSMTJournal
Moonlighting, a latent but real phenomenon in the Nigerian economic experience is being
considered alongside irregular workers’ monthly salary in Nigeria which has been on since 2015. Moonlighting
- keeping several jobs simultaneously under different employers as an employee, is more real in the western
world due to increasing legal control. In general, it is referred to as ‘hustling’, ‘multiple runs’, extra pursuits, or
‘PiPis’ in several contexts. Data was collected from 323 respondents from 4 Local Government Area
secretariats in Ekiti state through multistage sampling procedure. Statistics indicate a significant relationship [r
(323) = 0.47, p < .05] between workers’ irregular monthly salaries and the practice of moonlighting among
these public servants in Ekiti state. The affinity between irregular monthly salary and moonlighting has
significantly impacted job commitment deficit [r (323) = 0.47, p < .05]. Employees who experience high
irregularities in their salary tend to engage more in moonlighting (Mean=17.71; Std.Dev=4.96), than those who
have little experience of salary irregularities (Mean=15.77; Std.Dev=4.01). Employees who engage more in
moonlighting tend to be less committed (Mean=19.64; SD=3.77), in comparison with those who are less
engaged in moonlighting (Mean=20.30; Std.Dev=3.56). The study has shown that moonlighting has continued
as a habit and a strategy for mitigating the negative impact of irregular payment of workers’ salary among LG
employees. Increasing focus of labour law in that direction might be necessary to prevent its negative impact
on workers’ commitment and productivity in Ekiti State
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Traffic Unit (satafterwards) of Padang police with job satisfaction as a Intervening variable. The research
samples are actually 92 members of the Traffic Unit (Satthus) Polresta Padang. The method of research with a
quantitative approach with a pathway analysis method and a hypothesis test using the T test with SPSS is used
to analyse the data. The results showed that: 1) Working discipline has significant effect on job satisfaction, 2)
significant impact on job satisfaction, 3) Working discipline is significant to the performance of members, 4)
significant integrity of the member's performance, 5) job satisfaction has significant effect on the member's
performance, 6) There is no influence of the working discipline variable on the performance of members that
are mediated by job satisfaction, and 7) there is no influence of integrity variables on the performance of
members mediated by job satisfaction.
Conflict and Workers’ Morale in Manufacturing Companies in Rivers State, NigeriaAJSSMTJournal
This piece of work theoretically discussed workers’ morale and conflict in manufacturing
companies in Rivers State with specific elaborations on: the meaning of conflict, workers’ morale, causes and
types of conflict, review of extant literature on conflict and workers’ morale, conflict management, impacts
and the relationship betwixt conflict and workers’ morale in manufacturing companies in Rivers State.
Theoretical framework was based on the traditional and contemporary theories of conflict, the basis of
which the study found that, just like death, conflicts are omnipresent and inevitable in life and abounds in
manufacturing companies in Rivers State as virtually every sphere of the organizations gets ravaged by one
form of conflict or the other ranging from: interpersonal/intergroup conflict, intrapersonal/group conflict,
intra-organizational, constructive or functional conflict, dysfunctional or destructive conflicts. It was deduced
that conflicts occur in organizations as a result of: incompatible goals, different values and beliefs, inconsistent
evaluation and reward system, communication problems, struggle for power, authority/control, and
leadership style, scarcity of common resources, organizational demands and self-worth demands. It was also
found that if a conflict is not aptly and promptly managed, it can lead to truncated or reduced workers’ morale
causing decreased productivity, failure to attain set goals, absenteeism, low service delivery, profit reduction,
frustration, anger, fear, distrust or resentment amongst the workers’. Again, the nature of the conflict, though,
determines how best it could be managed and conflict can sometimes yield positive workers’ morale or result
if well managed, meaning that not all conflict situations are negatively inclined. The recommendation is that
efforts should constantly be made to ensure that the causes of conflicts are handled timely as apt detection
and handling of conflicting parties/issues will resolve concerns amicably. Workers should be oriented with the
importance of peaceful coexistence in the workplace as coercion or intimidation will only lead to counter
productivity/low morale. It is suggested that this study be repeated in different organizational setting and in
other states in Nigeria. This findings and recommendations would provide good practical and theoretical
background for conflict management in organizations in future
Variables that affect Performance with Working Discipline as A Variable Inter...AJSSMTJournal
This research aims to determine empirically the variables affecting performance by working
discipline as a variable Intervening at the education office of Padang. Collection of primary data using poll or
questionnaire techniques. The research population is all civil servants of the Padang City Education Office in
2019. The number 101 research samples were determined using a saturated sampling technique (census).
Analysis of data in this study using path analysis.
The results showed that 1) working competencies have a positive and significant impact on employee
discipline 2) The working culture has a positive and significant effect on employee discipline 3) Working
competency is positive and significant towards employee performance 4) Work culture positive and significant
impact on employee performance 5) Work discipline is positive and significant to the performance of
employees 6) work competency is positive and significant to the employee performance of Padang City
education with working discipline as a intervening variable; 7) The working culture has a positive and
significant impact on the performance of the Padang City Education officer with the working discipline as a
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Emerging Technology and Future of Supply Chain (Procurement and Logistics Management) in Pakistan
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Asian Journal of Social Science and Management Technology
ISSN: 2313-7410
Volume 2 Issue 2, March-April 2020
Available at www.ajssmt.com
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Emerging Technology and Future of Supply Chain (Procurement
and Logistics Management) in Pakistan
Mr. Sohail Ayoub1
, Mr. Muhammad Waqas2
, Mr. Muhammad Arshid Khan3
,
Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah4
1
Working as Deputy Manager Production in Auto Parts manufacturing organization with 8 years experience.
Mechanical Engineer by profession and completed MBA from IB&M UET Lahore and MS in Supply Chain
Management from Bahria University Islamabad.
2
Working as a Senior Executive Operations (SCM) with over 10 years experience. Operations (SCM) professional
and completed MBA in Financial Management and MS in Supply Chain Management from Bahria University
Islamabad.
3
Working as Head of Fixed Assets and Warehousing in Telecom Industry having 18 years experience. He has
completed MBA (Finance and SCM) and MS in Supply Chain Management Bahria University Islamabad.
4
Senior Procurement & Operations professional with 18 years of experience in Development & FMCG
organization. He has completed MBA in Marketing and MS in Supply Chain Management from Bahria University
Islamabad.
ABSTRACT:
The emerging technology has revolutionaries all the business processes. The emerging technology such as AI, block chain,
VR/AR, RFID uses improving the efficiency and accuracy of the different parts and activities of the supply chain management.
The technology is helping the organization in reducing and optimizing the inventory level, information sharing between
partners, smart contracting, traceability and visibility, pace of the processes, and more transparency to the processes.
Pakistan after the development of the CPEC will be playing a hub for supply chain between China, Gulf countries and Europe.
To maximize the benefits from the central hub for business activities, the government as well as private organization needs
to improve their business processes by implementation of the emerging technology. Pakistan is facing problem in maturity of
the technology as well as lack of skilled human resource to operate the technology at front end of the business processes.
Government is investing more in encouraging the research in implementation of emerging technology in the country. The
merging technology is the only key to avail all the opportunities that will be coming from the CPEC in future.
Keywords: Emerging technology, supply chain, logistics management, procurement, Pakistan
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1. INTRODUCTION
ICT is revolutionizing both product and services in modern world(Buhlis et al.,2019).Emerging technology has the capacity to
change the existing market and brings more innovation into the market or even in some cases creates new markets for the
business (Kajewski, 2006). As identified by Buhlis et al. (2019) the ICT is changing both services and product, the change
resulting in markets from emerging technology is also not only limited to products and cover both product and services
market (Myers,2010). The emerging technology has almost brought changes in every sector such as logistics (Ye & Ma,
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2017; Li & Zong,2001), health sector (Lauterbach, 2019; Pifer,2018 ), automotive industry (Lauterbach, 2019), agriculture
(Lauterbach, 2019), sports (Petrović, Milovanović,& Desbordes,2015), service sector (Guttentag & Smith, 2017; Helkkula et
al., 2015), procurement (Handfield, Jeong & Choi ,2019; Kelle & Akbulut, 2005), manufacturing (Bhattacharyya & Nair, 2019).
Our current study focuses only the application of the emerging technology in the field of the supply chain management
(Procurement and Logistics Management) in the market of Pakistan. Pakistan with the development of CPEC and Gawadar
port provides more opportunities for business in the region. CPEC will improve the infrastructure of the country (roads) that
improve connectivity between different countries for trade and business (Abid & Ashfaq, 2015). However, this is important to
discuss what different technologies and skills will Pakistan needs to have to get advantage from the opportunity of CPEC. This
study will only cover the supply chain management future in terms of emerging technology in Pakistan. Before going into the
detail discussion this is important to know that 7 different technologies (5G, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, AI,RFID, mobile
devices, apps and smartphones) has brought innovations in the market and expected to increase further the engagement of
the customer in future (Buhalis et al., 2019). The study is divided into three parts. First part includes different emerging
technology application and respective advantages in the field of the procurement and logistics. The 2nd
part covers the
prospective of the Pakistan.
2. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
There has been long debate on the different parts of the supply chain management. Londe and master (1994) defined supply
chain in terms of forward flow of material from supplier to final customer. However, this definition lacks the reverse logistic
and complaints of the customer to manufacturer and tier one supplier. However, we will follow Christopher (1992) definition
of supply chain that includes both upstream and downstream activities.
3. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND PROCUREMENT
Public procurement is defined as acquisition and purchasing of the goods and services by government organization
(Hommen&Rolfstam,2008). The emerging technology has changes the procurement into electronic process both for
transactional procurement as well as strategic procurement (Croom, 2000). The E procurement is basically designed to
automize the procurement cycle to improve the process flow of the procurement, facilitate the bidding and tendering
process, reduce and optimize the spend on the procurement process and gathering more information about the product and
services (Smart, 2009). Information sharing and flow is one of the important key factors in the success of the procurement
(Hand field, Jeong & Choi, 2019). Technology has enabled organization to change the information sharing from paper to
electronic communication such as email (Narayanan et al., 2009).For most of the organization to obtain lowest cost of
production they rely on the purchasing from suitable candidate for which information is necessary to make a rational
decision which is possible through hybrid technology of the AI and OLP (Lu et al., 2005).
Supply Chain Management may use the cryptocurrency which is the development of the block chain technology between
supply chain partners in future (Wang, Han & Davies,2019). The block chain technology is starting to generate the smart
contract which will reduce and eliminate the all cost and delay associated with traditional contracting (Gupta, 2017).
4. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
The basic logistic system is made of all the activities that involves in material movement from one place to another place,
picking of the product and material, placing and storage of the material and information sharing (Ye & Ma, 2018). Traditional
system of logistic management deals with accumulation and dispersion of the object, however the modern logistic system
deals with information object (Ye & Ma, 2018). The logistic management success is also based upon the information
management. Logistic information is all that information that are related to the activities of the logistic such as inventory,
order picking, order delivery, transportation and warehousing (Ye & Ma, 2018). All the assets and potential resources formed
around the application of the information technology is known as Logistic information system (Wade & Hulland, 2004).This
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logistic IS resources are made of five different elements such as visibility and tracking, transportation and warehousing,
interaction with customer, networking and process modeling and finally the data exchange between different stakeholders of
the logistic system (Jeffers et al., 2008).
Visibility of the process and material builds the stakeholder confidence, and this is possible with the development of the
technology such as RFID to trace the position of the material in transportation with accuracy (Ye & Ma, 2018). The RFID
technology with high traceability and low labor cost (Chen , Chen,& Cox,2012)reduces the losses occurred in inventory,
improve efficiency with acceleration of the different processes and improve the accuracy of information sharing (Sarac &
Absi, 2010).This system will enable the organization to accurately plan their inventory system keep the lead time and delivery
time of the product. RFID has also helped the organization to easily trace the position of the items in large warehouse. The
technology has valid application in the formation of data base (Bahri &Ibrahim, 2016) which can be used for making supplier
data base with accurate data. The RFID technology help the logistics of retail stores of FMCG companies in reduction of the
non-availability of the promotional items by passing the accurate information sharing and traceability of the items (Bottani
et al., 2009). The technology is also helping the companies to get tracking of the all work in process inventory such as
implemented by Ford to get the actual idea of the production (Mehrjerdi, 2012). The emerging technology has also affected
the business dynamics and supply chain of the hoteling industry and tourism by using the GPS system to locate their position
and other information for the customer ((Buhalis et al., 2019).The optimization of logistics system such as warehousing and
material handling can be achieved through the application of the AI (Morimoto &Hashimoto, 2000). The AI system improve
the order picking in warehousing for reducing the order cycle time and most efficient utilization of the resources (Manzini,
Gamberi & Regattieri, 2004).
5. PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS IN PAKISTAN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Pakistan like all developing countries is facing problem in the implementation of the emerging technology. Majority of the
business in Pakistan is SMEs and they face the problem of cost of implantation of the technology for their procurement and
logistic system. The technology in Pakistan is in maturing stages. Pakistan is currently working with 4G technology that is
going to update to 5G technologies in coming years. Currently Pakistan has modified some of the processes of the
procurement into electronic processes to improve the visibility and transparency. The procurement regulatory authorities
have established rules for bringing transparency in the procurement process. The application of the emerging technology in
logistic system is not very visible in Pakistan.
The large number of retailers still follows the manual mechanism of the stock taking, shelf position identification and other
activities. Some of the transportation organization has implemented the visibility and tracking of the customer order
however the system is still not able to provide every second traceability. One of the big achievements of the GPS system in
public transportation is done by Uber and Careem in Pakistan. Using the technology Careem and Uber has started the
business almost in every big city of Pakistan. The system provides ever second visibility and has reduced the security and
other issues. The government is also facing problem from the people who are not easy with technology application such as
driver etc. IT improves the efficiency of the dry port and clearance at border terminal, government digitized the process by
introducing the Weboc which is strongly resisted by the transportation companies and drivers as majority of them are not
educated and cannot operate the technology. There is another issue also exist in the border areas of internet coverage which
slows down the process and result in many hours delay.
Government is also taking interest in developing the infrastructure for the application of the emerging technology.
Government has reserved a 1.1billion Pkr for the research in artificial technology. To excel in the business of the supply chain
management the companies in Pakistan must work seriously in implementation of the technologies such as RFID, AI, VR/AR,
and other applications. To achieve more advantages from the CPEC, the government sector as well private sector work
together to implement these technologies to get more efficiency, pace, accuracy, cost saving and more business opportunity.
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6. CONCLUSION
Emerging technology is the future need of all type of business. Since supply chain management is the core of all business
process will also affect from the development and more maturity of the technology. The technology application has equal
importance of all the activities of the procurement and logistics management. The emerging technology such as AI, VR/AR
and RFID increases the accuracy of the information sharing and accelerate the process of the procurement will result in more
cost saving. The technology such as block chain will improve the contracting process of the procurement and more cost
saving and timing will be achieved. The RFID, AI etc. improve the traceability in transportation and warehousing enabling the
companies to accurately and efficiently their inventory management. The Technology such as OLP and AI will improve the
order picking and placement in stores to reduce the cycle time of the order fulfillment. Pakistan, a developing country, is
facing many challenges in implementation of the technology in procurement and logistics management. The technology is
improving, and government is taking initiative to support the development of the technology. However, this is important to
realize that companies dealing in supply chain management should also invest in their work force to use the technology.
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