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1986

IEEE Xplore Proceedings of the 2019 4 th World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS), 2019

Ports serve ships and inland with logistic services, first of all. Given the current technology, waste, pollution of air and water and land are difficult to avoid. These problems are additionally difficult to handle, if process participants fail to behave in a systemic way, i.e., with a (requisitely) holistic approach, based on interdisciplinary creative cooperation on the part of any of process participants and/or their combined teams. The contribution presents a case based on field research in progress, combining observation of a port and use of systems approach in a mathematical way, to study a chance of systemic behavior of a port. Keywords: quantification of social responsibility, deterioration of the quality of life, influence of the port's activities on the health, stepwise regression, statistical modeling.

2006

Supply Chain Management (SCM) offers some business solutions to companies in various sectors by increasing customer service while minimizing costs. Supply chains for suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centers, resellers, customers or any other members differs from each other depending on their business functions, goals, types of organizations etc. Thus, the definition of supply chain varies from one company to another. But in general, SCM can be defined as a complex business relations network that contains synchronized efforts among these business entities to plan, control, coordinate and distribute raw materials, parts, subassemblies and finished goods from suppliers to ultimate customers. It can be strongly claimed that, the most important objective of SCM is to ensure production and delivery of products at the right diversity, with the right amounts, at the right time and to the right locations. In order to achieve this aim, some strategic decisions have to be made such as finding number of plants (manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, cross-docks etc.) to be opened, defining location of these plants, choosing suppliers to use (called Supplier Selection Problem), determining transportation times and modes, and creating supply chain strategies. In this study, supplier selection problem in SCM is considered with the help of Analytic Hierarchy Process. A case study in a textile manufacturer is presented.

Maritime Technology and Research

Sustainability is a fundamental concept and thus always placed in the center of business management, which includes 3 different dimensions: environment, economy, and society. Port supply chain management is no exception to encompass these dimensions. Port sustainable supply chain management can be associated with implementing the United Nations’ (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs). Little effort has been made to shed light on this association. Therefore, an attempt is made in this study to build a framework that comprises measures for the port sustainable supply chain management. The measures are examined by the utilization of the “dashboard of 5 Ps” (Peace, People, Planet, Partnership, Prosperity), thus to identify how the framework measures can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. Results show that ports have the potential to influence all the SDGs, either directly or indirectly. Additionally, the framework can be viewed as a conceptual tool that is very appropriate fo...

International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2020

Ports as key of transportation network, the gate of economy activities, transportational mode transition center, site of distribution, production, and consolidation of goods and services, and a place that highly related with routine industrial, agricultural, tourism, and commercial activities. Its important roles in commercial field are as chain of transportation (transportation system) which is a series of goods movement from sender to the receiver or customer that involves various of transportational mode transitions. Are the activities conducted related with supply and chain in ports are already in harmony from the perspective of regulations? Should these ports be re-serviced to improve its performance as a part of supply and chain management? The utilized method in this research is a normative method, with a descriptive analysis by utilizing secondary and primary data. The result of this research reveals that the implemented policy is not in harmony with the available resource in the field, and caused unoptimum output. Because of that, a cooperation between the available human resources in the policy implementation is vital to improve the sector's contribution towards the national economy, where ports are placed as an accelerator of physical and economical development. Port reservice is a requirement to improve the inconducive and unprofessional Indonesian ports that contribute on ineffective and inefficient service performance. Indonesian ports should organize its performance by improving their tools as supporting facilities and infrastructures. If the available funding is insufficient, port management is recommended to invite both domestic or foreign investors to provide capital investments.

Sustainability

Important attributes of a transportation chain are the costs of their operation, the security of supply they provide, and reducing carbon emissions throughout the chain. When making managerial decisions about the chain configuration, shippers consider the optimal choice of means of transport, carriers, or ports. Seaports, as transport nodes, determine the functioning of supply chains they serve. A constant process observed in the world shipping is the consistent increase in the average size of ships. Adapting the port and port access infrastructure to the changes observed in the world shipping is a prerequisite for maintaining the competitive position of the port, and consequently of the entire transport chain. Adequate hydrological conditions ensuring safe access to ports for increasingly larger ships are necessary for the stable functioning and development of a port and the entire region. For shippers, the certainty that the handling of larger vessels is assured regardless of any ...

International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Annual Conference, 2020

Port sustainable supply chain management is an important concept that includes three different dimensions of sustainability: environment, economy, and society. This concept can also be associated with the effective implementation of the United Nations' (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs). The analysis at hand puts forward a framework of measures for port sustainable supply chain management and then uses the so-called "dashboard of five Ps" to identify how these measures can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. A conclusion standing out is that ports have the potential to influence all the SDGs, either directly or indirectly. Additionally, the specific framework can be viewed as a conceptual tool that is very appropriate for ports that aim to integrate economic and social aspects along with environmental concerns and push forward the materialisation of the UN 2030 agenda.

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The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2014

The increased importance of ports makes them a vulnerable node as a port-related disruption can generate domino effect on a network of supply chains. The vulnerability of ports thus needs to be addressed to ensure the functionality of ports and enhance supply chain resilience. This paper synthesizes the current literature into a management model that seeks to target operational deficiencies at ports. The management model is operationalized in three tiers, from the top management level to the front-line employees, with characteristics from risk management, business continuity management and quality management theories. The proposed model serves as a universal guide in assisting port management in managing port-related disruptions and seeks to reduce the occurrences of port-related supply chain disruption threats.

The aim of this research was to identify the strategic positioning of the bulk liquid terminal companies at the port of Santos-SP and identify the types of coopetitive relationships among these companies. To attain the goal it was conducted an exploratory qualitative study. The research instruments used were structured questionnaire consisting multiple choice questions and direct observation during a year with participation in meetings with 16 managers of commercial, support and operational areas. As a result, the strategic positioning concentrates with high competition and low cooperation and the types of relationships identified were dominant relationship in competition.