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A Comparative analysis of service supply chain performance using analytic hierarchy process methodology
(2024-03-20)
The study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the service supply chain (SSC) of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and to offer insights to improve its supply chain performance. The study employs mixed ...
Towards the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies in the Digitalization of Manufacturing Supply Chain
(2024-03-20)
The study used multiple case studies to explore the findings from literature review on adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in manufacturing supply chains. It displays a digitalized supply chain as one of the best options ...
Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff
(2024-03-20)
Purpose. Rasch analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to evaluate the structural validity of the ASCOT-Proxy measures completed by staff on behalf of older adults resident in care homes, by comparison to ...
Requirements Analysis for Digital Supply Chain Compliance Management Platforms: Case of German Meat Industry
(2024-03-20)
The food industry faces increasing challenges in compliance management due to complexities such as evolving stakeholder demands and food industry standards. Digital compliance management platforms can support food supply ...
Lean green practices in Automotive Components Manufacturing
(2024-03-20)
In response to the global surge in industrial competition, organizations have increasingly embraced lean green practices as an approach to identify and eliminate non-value-added waste in manufacturing processes, while ...
Information Communication Tools in Alternative Food Networks
(2024-03-20)
Effective communication in food supply chains is increasingly important, especially in supply chains that strive to provide improved levels of information from producer to consumer. Such supply chains can be found in ...
SV2B /miR-34a/miR-128 axis as prognostic biomarker in glioblastoma multiforme
(2024-03-19)
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a heterogenous primary brain tumour that is characterised with unfavourable patient prognosis. The identification of biomarkers for managing brain malignancies is of utmost importance. MicroRNAs ...
Beware the recent past: a bias in spectral energy distribution modelling due to bursty star formation
(2024-03-19)
We investigate how the recovery of galaxy star formation rates (SFRs) using energy-balance spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting codes depends on their recent star formation histories (SFHs). We use the Magphys and ...
Changes in the number of new takeaway food outlets associated with adoption of management zones around schools: A natural experimental evaluation in England
(2024-03-19)
By the end of 2017, 35 local authorities (LAs) across England had adopted takeaway management zones (or “exclusion zones”) around schools as a means to curb proliferation of new takeaways. In this nationwide, natural ...
Performance Evaluation of 3D-Printed ABS and Carbon Fiber-reinforced ABS Polymeric Spur Gears
(2024-03-18)
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer and carbon fiber reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (CF/ABS) spur gears were 3D-printed using fusion deposition modeling (FDM) with different fillet radii of 0.25, 0.50, ...