This study has offered an extensive analysis of the effectiveness of Oman's food supply chain's q... more This study has offered an extensive analysis of the effectiveness of Oman's food supply chain's quality and safety management. The study focused on the complex relationships among several variables, such as information technology, food traceability, supply chain risks, performance measures, and food safety regulations, and how these elements all work together to shape the e ciency of the food supply chain. The research examined data gathered from middle-and top-level managers in Oman's food supply chain using a practical research strategy that combined quantitative and qualitative approaches and employed structural equation modelling to investigate the interconnections and effects on the performance of the supply chain from the previously listed factors. The key ndings of this research have demonstrated the vital signi cance of strict food safety measures by revealing a substantial positive association between food safety standards and the performance of the food supply chain. Information technology has been found to be a signi cant catalyst for improving regulatory compliance and supply chain performance. The mediation study has highlighted how information technology is interdependent with other elements and demonstrated how it supports the robustness, agility and resilience of supply chains. This study further established that improving food safety standards, utilising cutting-edge information technology to enhance compliance and traceability, implementing thorough risk management plans, encouraging cooperation among supply chain participants and raising consumer knowledge of food safety are important suggestions to improve public health and economic growth. These suggestions are meant to assist Oman's food supply chain in being robust, effective and safe. The research provided valuable insights for supply chain professionals, policymakers, and researchers who are interested in food safety and supply chain management, especially in the context of Oman and other GCC countries.
There has been a dominance of e-learning Quality Assurance (QA) discourse since the adoption and ... more There has been a dominance of e-learning Quality Assurance (QA) discourse since the adoption and increased usage of e-learning by HEIs. Research has shown that majority of graduates from HEIs were failing to meet industry expectation due to explicit mismatch between industry expectation and HEIs offering. This study aims to establish how e learning QA can act as a symbolic control in HEIs. The study used systematic literature review research methodology to understand the how e-learning quality assurance can be guaranteed in HEIs. The results of the study proposed a framework to be adopted and used by HEIs for e-learning QA. Of interest to note in the framework is the -e-learning QA was difficulty in HEIs due to the following aspects financial resources, culture, technological advancement, IT skills, leadership, staff retention, resistance to change and employee involvement. This study recommends that HEIs need to put the much-needed infrastructure, financial resources, develop the I...
There has been a dominance of e-learning Quality Assurance (QA) discourse since the adoption and ... more There has been a dominance of e-learning Quality Assurance (QA) discourse since the adoption and increased usage of e-learning by HEIs. Research has shown that majority of graduates from HEIs were failing to meet industry expectation due to explicit mismatch between industry expectation and HEIs offering. This study aims to establish how e learning QA can act as a symbolic control in HEIs. The study used systematic literature review research methodology to understand the how e-learning quality assurance can be guaranteed in HEIs. The results of the study proposed a framework to be adopted and used by HEIs for e-learning QA. Of interest to note in the framework is the -e-learning QA was difficulty in HEIs due to the following aspects financial resources, culture, technological advancement, IT skills, leadership, staff retention, resistance to change and employee involvement. This study recommends that HEIs need to put the much-needed infrastructure, financial resources, develop the I...
Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science
Firms have been forced to adopt and/or retract to previously dropped management control strategie... more Firms have been forced to adopt and/or retract to previously dropped management control strategies such as onshoring. This has come at the backdrop of preventative policies enforced by most governments such as lockdowns, social distancing, and to some extend the closure of common frontiers. This study aims at establishing the logistics and supply chain strategies embraced by firms before, during, and after COVID-19. Some secondary objectives include to discover strategies adopted by companies during and after COVID-19 to identify the impact and disruptions caused by COVID-19 in natural economies to establish approaches in supply chain management approaches and practices and to establish critical success factors and preventative strategies post COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey of literature is conducted with the aim of identifying the themes in the study area and synthesizing them to identify gaps.
Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities of Blockchain Technology in Banking and Insurance
Blockchain technology has received much attention from academicians and industry practitioners be... more Blockchain technology has received much attention from academicians and industry practitioners because they perceive that it can contribute to the bottom line of corporations. Current literature shows a significant need for adopting blockchain technology in the finance and banking sector to bring digital disruption. The main objective of this chapter will be to identify the principles of blockchain technology and how it impacts the performance of the financial and banking sector. The secondary aims of this chapter will be to examine the challenges faced by the banking and insurance sector and analyse the characteristics of blockchain technology to suggest a model that collaborates with the other ecosystems to overcome those challenges. The chapter identifies models that have been suggested by other researchers and finally proposes a framework for the adoption of blockchain technology in the finance and banking sector.
Supply Chain Management is now a frequently encountered phrase these days, as managers strive to ... more Supply Chain Management is now a frequently encountered phrase these days, as managers strive to improve operational performance such that, a key feature of present day business is the idea that, it is supply chains that compete, not companies. Thus, the study determined the relationship between Supply Chain Management and operational performance of retailers in Makonde District. This was mainly because a number of retailers had been collapsing at an alarming rate. So, this drove the researcher to determine the kind, direction and strength of relationship between the Supply Chain Management (SCM) concept and operational performances in a way to sustain the retailers as the concept was gaining in popularity and importance in other parts of world like Brazil. SCM was bisected into three major components – materials and services flow, information flow and payment flow to enable a detailed and critical review of related literature. On the other hand, operational performance was conceptu...
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