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...

In today’s digital age, the financial industry, a cornerstone of global economy, is undergoing monumental shifts. While business performance hinges on proficient leadership, seismic wave transformation poses new challenges and magnifies need for specific leadership competencies. The urgency clear: adapt or become obsolete. However, there lack clarity regarding which competencies are essential d...

The maximal entropy ordered weighted averaging (ME-OWA)-based decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method for reliability allocation has been examined. The assessment results show that most conventional reliability allocation methods have five fundamental problems. The first problem is the measurement scale; while the second problem is that the system allocation factors are...

Knowledge management (KM) adoption in the supply chain network needs a good investment as well as few changes in the culture of the entire SC. Knowledge management is the process of creating, distributing and transferring information. The goal of this study is to Rank KM criteria in supply chain network in Iran which is important for firms these days. Criterion used in this paper were extracted...

these days, limited energy resources, and also the cost of investment in new and renewable energy is very costly and uneconomical. in the industrial sector, especially energy-intensive industries such as steel, finding appropriate solutions to update the technology, production and reduce energy consumption in this sector is very important. the main aim of this study is the identification and ra...