Although a number of methodologies exist for business process re-design (BPR), supply chain re-design (SCR), and e-business process design, there is a lack of an integrated BPR methodological framework to support supply chain integration (SCI). This paper proposes a detailed framework based on integrating a number of different methodological strands from the literature. A literature review was ...

The paper is motivated by real problems encountered in a manufacturing and distribution process. We investigate the impact on the cost of safety stock in the supply chain of a product family in the context of re-engineering the manufacturing and distribution process. The pipeline hedging method is used to derive a model for estimating the safety stock cost in a supply chain. We use the concept ...

Abstract Securing the availability of healthy food at affordable prices is fundamental public interest. The formerly prevailing paradigm absolute superiority free trade in global market changing favour re-localization after vulnerabilities were exposed by war Ukraine, COVID-19 pandemic and recent disorder market. Re-localization production could also have a positive impact on environment, healt...

Previously, it has been shown that the human ground-based model consisting of unilateral limb suspension (ULLS) induces atrophy and reduced strength of the affected quadriceps muscle group. Resistance exercise (RE) involving concentric-eccentric actions, in the face of ULLS, is effective in ameliorating these deficits. The goal of the present study was to determine whether alterations in contra...