Green supply chain management (GSCM) is crucial for environmental compliance and business development of companies. Companies look for new ideas and methods to achieve environmental sustainability. GSCM is an innovative idea which involves all business value-adding operations, such as purchasing and in-bound logistics, production and manufacturing, distribution, out-bound logistics, and collabo...

The recent growth in snack food types has led to increasing demand for attractive packaging. To attract consumers’ attention successfully, it is essential influence their decisions by meeting packaging needs. This study examines the interrelationship between different design characteristics and on purchase decisions. Twenty-five professionals 121 students participated study. A survey developed ...

Abstract Electric vehicles (EVs) serve an important role in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to mitigate global warming while also contributing long-term growth. Thus, this research explores various criterions relevant electric vehicle adoption and causal relationships using the decision-making trial evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. From comprehensive literature review, a s...

Abstract The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous disruptions to supply chain (SCs). Border restrictions forced countless businesses close either permanently or temporarily. However, the food industry is an essential sector that needs be operational during a pandemic. Although proactively worked towards fulfilling human needs, (FSC) faced numerous challenges, forcing SC managers rethink...

Outsourcing is a good strategy for firms that need to reduce operating costs and improve competitiveness, but it remains important for firms to scientifically select the appropriate outsourcing providers. Some efforts have been made regarding outsourcing problems, but these efforts incorrectly assumed that the criteria in the decision process are independent, which is not true in the real world...

Tech mining is an analytical method of technology monitoring that can reveal trends in different industries. Patent databases are the major sources for information retrieval by tech methods. The majority commercially viable research and development results world be found patents. time cost greatly reduced if researchers properly analyze patents prior arts. Appropriate analyses also help firms a...

As the competitive market nowadays shortens the life cycle of products, new products should be designed to meet the customer’s demand under a dynamic marketing environment so as to efficiently enhance the product strength of new products with maximization of profit. Hence, the key solution for enterprises to succeed will be the precise evaluation of new product development (NPD) performance, pa...

Product-service system (PSS) design focuses on customer value and satisfaction more than traditional product or service design, and pays much attention to making improvement strategies due to the immaturity of engineering design methodology. Customer satisfaction evaluation attracts PSS providers’ attentions in supporting PSS design. Importance–performance analysis (IPA) as an effective custome...

results the five determinants of cost, inconvenience, fear, organization, and patient-dentist relationship were determined as barriers to access to dental services among which the cost and patient-dentist relationship were identified as the first and last priorities with the coordinates (1.4 and 1.4) and (1.25 and -0.65), respectively. conclusions high cost of dental care has led to not referri...