A Knowledge Network and Mobilisation Framework for Lean Supply Chain Decisions in Agri-Food Industry
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چکیده
Making the right decisions for food supply chain is extremely important towards achieving sustainability in agricultural businesses.This paper explores that knowledge sharing to support foodsupplychaindecisionstoachieveleanperformance(i.e.toreduce/eliminatenon-value-adding activities,or“waste”inleanterm).Thefocusofthepaperisondefiningnewknowledgenetworks andmobilisationapproachestoaddressthenetworkandcommunitynatureofcurrentsupplychains. Basedoncriticalanalysisofthestate-of-the-artinthetopicarea,aknowledgenetworkandmobilisation frameworkforleansupplychainmanagementhasbeendeveloped.Theframeworkhasthenbeen evaluatedusingacasestudyfromthefoodsupplychain.AnalyticHierarchyProcess(AHP)hasbeen usedtoincorporateexpert’sviewonthedefinedknowledgenetworksandmobilisationapproaches with respect to their contribution to achievingvarious leanperformanceobjectives.The results fromtheworkhaveanumberofimplicationsforcurrentknowledgemanagementandsupplychain managementintheoryandinpractice. KeywoRDS AHP, Food Supply Chain, Knowledge Mobilisation, Knowledge Network, Lean Performance
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IJDSST
دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017