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        1 - Agility conceptual model of service provider enterprises supply chain By using fuzzy conceptual modeling
        Roxana Fekri مهدی  احمدی Marzieh Babaeianpoor
        Many enterprises Nowadays, face with big competing and risk in the market which is the result of innovation in technology and continuous changes of customer needs. In such circumstances, getting direction to agile structure is the fastest way to adapt.Absolutely service More
        Many enterprises Nowadays, face with big competing and risk in the market which is the result of innovation in technology and continuous changes of customer needs. In such circumstances, getting direction to agile structure is the fastest way to adapt.Absolutely service provider enterprises are not exception.To identify the model of agility in service provider enterprises, a literature review is done and the result is verified by the experts. Critical success factors of agility in service provider enterprises are identified using exploratory factor analysis in 11 main groups: integrating supply chain components, upgrading quality and flexible services, responsig and sensitiveness to market, customer based design and development of servives, human skills and customer satisfaction development, innovative strategy and solving strategic problems, developing services, dynamic and flexible planning, concerning market and organization financial situation, using IT infrastructure, updating competitors and suppliers data. Using thses factors, managers of these enterprises are able to increase responsibility and market share. Finally critical success factors of agility in service provider enterprises and the relation between them is derived by using fuzzy conceptual mapping. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Technology Supply Chain Design in a Corporation Using Product Architecture Technique (The case of automotive industry in Iran)
        Ahmad     
        Abstract Technology Supply Chain plays an important role in identification and supplying of product and process technologies in a corporation. So, during the formation of decisions for product, processes and supply chain technologies architectures have be made simultan More
        Abstract Technology Supply Chain plays an important role in identification and supplying of product and process technologies in a corporation. So, during the formation of decisions for product, processes and supply chain technologies architectures have be made simultaneously. This article presents a new model to architecture and design for technology supply chain by using Product architecture technique in the corporation. The approach of this research is qualitative. We have gathered primary data by doing deep interview with experts of Iranian automotive companies. We have analyzed data by content and thematic analysis methods. Then, in the base of analytical data, we designed of final model. The designed model is verified and validated by the several focus groups and descriptive case study research methods. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Information technology -based model of operations integrated strategies and its function on organizational performance
        Seyed Mahmood Zanjirchi hamidreza shokrizade negar jalilian
        In recent years, the focus of many organizations is rapt to achieve superior performance as a competitive advantage, and managers are striving to encourage the organization in order to improve their performance. Due to this important issue, in this study the initially r More
        In recent years, the focus of many organizations is rapt to achieve superior performance as a competitive advantage, and managers are striving to encourage the organization in order to improve their performance. Due to this important issue, in this study the initially regarding the role of information in the effectiveness of supply chain strategies performance and also considering the role of supply chain strategies in improving supply chain performance and consequently the performance of the organization, the conceptual model was designed. The data needed to test the conceptual model by using standard questionnaires were collected which the content validity by experts and its reliability by calculating the Cronbach's alpha was approved. The questionnaire were distributed Between 135 members of the ceramic & tile industry executives in Yazd and the collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with LISREL software version 8.2.The results of the analysis of the data showed that the significant level between all the variables was greater than (1/96) which indicates that the relationship between them in the level of confidence (95%) is significant. Besides, the path coefficient shows the intensity impact of the independent variable on the dependent one so that, all hypotheses were confirmed. Manuscript profile
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        4 - Studying the effect of Qualified Management on Environmental Management and Green Supply Chain and their impact on Green function ( A Case study done by:Pars Khazar co.)
        seyyed sajjad mohtasham Reza  Esmaeilpour Mohammad Rahim  Ramazanian
        Nowadays, in the competitive market, for survival in the global and local competition, companies are required to improve the quality of their goods and do not limit the improvement of the quality of their products to a series of characteristics and features to attract t More
        Nowadays, in the competitive market, for survival in the global and local competition, companies are required to improve the quality of their goods and do not limit the improvement of the quality of their products to a series of characteristics and features to attract the customers’ satisfaction. But, they consider the quality in the product’s design and process and believe that in order to achieve a developed production and improve the performance, they must include the environmental factor in the quality of their goods. Considering environmental factors and managing the green supply chain are effective in the quality of goods and lead to an improvement in the performance of companies in production. This research is applied in terms of objective and scientific in terms of nature and research methodology, and its statistical population includes all managers, experts, consultants, engineers, employees, customers and some of expert activists in the sector of Pars Khazar manufacturing companies and their relating branches. For data analysis, the structural equations modeling, partial least squares, multivariate analysis and fitness model variables test were done using LISREL(8.5) and SPSS(21) softwares. Manuscript profile
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        5 - The effect of exchange rate fluctuations on financial and physical flow in a global supply chain
        عطیه یوسفی mir saman pishvaee
        A direct impact of financial resources on how to make decisions in all levels has led to modeling and optimizing financial flows in supply chains in last years. Also, considering the development of global markets and the move of companies towards globalization, the stud More
        A direct impact of financial resources on how to make decisions in all levels has led to modeling and optimizing financial flows in supply chains in last years. Also, considering the development of global markets and the move of companies towards globalization, the study of financial factors in this area has importance. The purpose of this research is to develop a MILP model with simultaneous focusing on financial and physical flows in a global supply chain. The main innovation of this research is the financial and physical flow integrated optimization in a global chain, which so far has not been studied in the financial literature. In this study, the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on financial variables and a total profit of the chain has been investigated. to show the model's efficiency, a sample problem and random data are used. The results indicate that an increasing exchange rate by 0.1 unit, will increase about six percentage of profit. Also, the exchange rate fluctuations cause significant changes in financial factors. Manuscript profile
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        6 - Investigating the Impact of Sustainable Supply Chain on Organization Performance using Balanced Score Card Approach (Case of: Fajr Jam Gas Refinery)
        Abbas Shoul saeid sadeghi laleh abbaslo
        The concept of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has been considered as an important organizational philosophy to achieve more profits by reducing environmental and social risk. In fact, the environmental management with an emphasis on environmental protection More
        The concept of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has been considered as an important organizational philosophy to achieve more profits by reducing environmental and social risk. In fact, the environmental management with an emphasis on environmental protection is one of the most important issues of customers, stakeholders, governments, employees and competitors. The main aim of this research is to assess impact of sustainable supply chain management on performance of Fajr Jam Gas Refinery using balanced scorecard approach. The data for this research collected through the questionnaires that sent to 80 managers and expert of Fajr Jam Gas Refinery. To analyze the data, partial least squares (PLS) method and smart PLS-Graph software version 3 was used. The results reveals that sustainable supply chain management has a significant positive effect on performance of Fajr Jam Gas Refinery. Finally, some practical offers and strategies for managers and some suggestions for future research of researchers are provided. Manuscript profile
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        7 - Critical Success Factors Analyses in Sustainable Supply Chain Implementation with ISM Approach (Case Study: Automotive Industry)
             
        In recently years, the importance of environmental and social performances of industries beside their economic performance resulted in formation of a new concept and approach that is named sustainability. In today’s competitive world, different industries to achieve a c More
        In recently years, the importance of environmental and social performances of industries beside their economic performance resulted in formation of a new concept and approach that is named sustainability. In today’s competitive world, different industries to achieve a competitive advantage and maintain their survival, needs to move towards achieving sustainability approach. The main problem is that, the implementation of this approach is simply not possible, and there are several barriers in this way. To deal with this, need to identify and understand the critical success factors. This study aimed to identify and analysis the critical success factors in implementation of sustainable supply chain management in the automotive industry. This paper proposes an interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach to develop a structural model for evaluating the influential factors among recognized factors. After literature review, the 16 factors based on experts opinions have been selected. In presented research results, the factor of “top management commitment and support” is identified as the most effective and the factor of “Knowledge of competitive advantage” is identified as the most dependent critical success factor. Manuscript profile
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        8 - Investigating the Effect of Internal Communications and Staff Satisfaction in Supply Chain Integration
        tavakol moharrami Ali reza Irajpour
        In this research, we are looking for "Investigating the Effect of Internal Connections and Staff Satisfaction in Supply Chain Integration" in Iranian Automobile Company (Iran Khodro)”. In the early stages, theoretical literature and studies on the subject of research we More
        In this research, we are looking for "Investigating the Effect of Internal Connections and Staff Satisfaction in Supply Chain Integration" in Iranian Automobile Company (Iran Khodro)”. In the early stages, theoretical literature and studies on the subject of research were studied and the literature section of the research was compiled using the information collected. The statistical population of this research is the directors and employees of the companies of the automobile industry sub company (Iran Khodro). In total, the statistical population of this research is approximately roughly 1,400 to 1,500 managers and employees of the company. In this study, based on the sample size table for a given community, which was presented by Kerjesai and Morgan in 1970, the sample size is 300 in the study. Sampling of this study is also available through random sampling. The results of this study indicate that internal integration has a significant effect on external integration, and external integration has a significant effect on competitive performance. Manuscript profile
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        9 - An integrated model for a multi-product production-inventory-routing problem in a bi-echelon green supply chain
        Adel Aazami Ali Papi mir saman pishvaee
        Manufacturing company’s decisions regarding the quantity of production and inventory is a production planning and inventory control problem. Decisions about transferring products are expressed as a transportation and routing problem. Considering these three problems tog More
        Manufacturing company’s decisions regarding the quantity of production and inventory is a production planning and inventory control problem. Decisions about transferring products are expressed as a transportation and routing problem. Considering these three problems together results in an integrated production-inventory-routing planning (PIRP) which is one of the important supply chain problems. Companies which solve their PIRP problems better can decrease the cost of their products and gain more competitive advantage compared to other competing companies. Based on today’s strict regulations, companies must take into account environmental considerations in addition to economical ones in all their processes, from production until supply. Thus, an appropriate transportation planning can prevent the excessive increase in costs and decrease environmental pollution. Therefore, this study integrates the problem of decreasing environmental pollution with PIRP and develops a green PIRP (GPIRP) problem which efficiently considers the economic and social dimensions of production and supply. This problem is modeled in an integrated manner using the MILP approach. In order to show the applicability of the developed model and its practicability of environmental aspect, a case study is conducted on Ahvaz Sugar Refinery, Iran. Finally, some managerial insights are derived from the computational results. Manuscript profile
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        10 - The sustainable design of the supply chain of bioethanol production of sugarcane
           
        High cost, the risk of ending fossil fuels and pollution severely threatens metropolitan areas today and therefore paying attention to renewable energies is inevitable. This paper presents a three-level supply chain of bioethanol production with the three objectives of More
        High cost, the risk of ending fossil fuels and pollution severely threatens metropolitan areas today and therefore paying attention to renewable energies is inevitable. This paper presents a three-level supply chain of bioethanol production with the three objectives of maximizing profit, reducing environmental impacts and maximizing social impacts, using the Epsilon-constraint method for optimization. On the third level, there are several consumer markets that satisfy end-customer demand. The type of feedstock intended is sugarcane, which can be used to produce bioethanol. The planning horizon of the model is multi-period, and the relationship of chain levels to each other may be disrupted. Finally, a case study in the Southwest region of Iran demonstrates the function of the model. Manuscript profile
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        11 - Compatibility of the network of credit supply network of the country's banking system using a super-interpretive approach (soft systems (SSM) and critical innovative systems (CSH)) (Study of financing technology companies through Bank Mellat)
        Eissa Jabbarzadeh Ebrahim Teimoury Saeed Shavalpour
        In recent years, "technology-based start-ups" have attracted the attention of many researchers and policymakers in various countries as the engine of rapid economic growth. The high growth rate of job creation, sales, exports and capital of these companies, and especial More
        In recent years, "technology-based start-ups" have attracted the attention of many researchers and policymakers in various countries as the engine of rapid economic growth. The high growth rate of job creation, sales, exports and capital of these companies, and especially their role in creating high-quality job opportunities, has put these companies in the spotlight of policymakers in many countries around the world. Banks are recognized as an important institution in financing, which will help improve the financing and credit process of technology-based companies by providing banking facilities and will somehow survive them. However, in recent years, despite the economic problems of banks, financing companies has faced many challenges, so considering the importance of financing technology companies in the country, as well as the diversity and range of experts involved, in this article in order to deal with conflicting perspectives and achieve common vision to organize and manage more effectively and efficiently, a combination of soft systems (SSM) methodology and a critical innovation systems (CSH) approach has been used. After explaining the common points of the two approaches, we will reach a common and radical definition of the problems of the credit network in the country's banking system by conducting in-depth interviews with specialists and experts in this field. After reviewing the processes governing the credit system of technology companies in the banking industry using the approach of critical innovative systems and after criticizing the situation and the state of "is" and "should" and new requirements to improve the current situation, the criteria for improving the process should be extracted. Manuscript profile
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        12 - The Effect of Green Supply Chain Management Practices on Performance and Competitiveness in a Chadormaloo Iron Ore Mine
        seyyed morteza ghayour niloofar nejati yazdi nejad amir ghafourian shagerdi
        Because green practices are very common in industrial environments and have affected on performance.The present study investigates the effect of green supply chain management measures on performance and competitiveness in Chadormelo iron ore mine. This research is appl More
        Because green practices are very common in industrial environments and have affected on performance.The present study investigates the effect of green supply chain management measures on performance and competitiveness in Chadormelo iron ore mine. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of analytical method. The statistical population of this study is the managers and organizational experts of Chadormelo Iron Ore Company (317 people), of which 180 people were selected as a sample by simple random sampling method.Data collection tools were a localized questionnaire based on the research of Yang et al. (2013) and Younes et al. (2016).The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the validity criterion and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient.Structural equation modeling and PLS software were used to analyze the data.The test of research hypotheses with the help of structural equation modeling showed that internal measures and external collaborations of green supply chain management are related to green performance and competitiveness of the company.Also, the relationship between both green supply chain management departments and the company's social performance was confirmed.On the other hand, the relationship between competitiveness and corporate social performance was positive and significant.In addition, the mediating role of competitiveness in the relationship between green supply chain management and social performance was only confirmed in terms of internal measures and external participation.Finally, it can be said that internal measures and external partnerships of green supply chain management in Chadormelo Company strengthen the company's social performance. Manuscript profile
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        13 - Analysis of Service Supply Chain Anti-fragility in Iran Insurance Industry
        Sayyed Maisam Momeni ahmadreza ghasemi meysam shahbazi Amir Safari
        Anti-fragility allows the organisation to place itself in a position to benefit from the unknown. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the indicators affecting the Anti-fragility of the insurance industry supply chain and to determine the causal relatio More
        Anti-fragility allows the organisation to place itself in a position to benefit from the unknown. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the indicators affecting the Anti-fragility of the insurance industry supply chain and to determine the causal relationships between these indicators. This study has been conducted through an exploratory mixed-method. The Delphi method and the Gray-DEMATEL technique have been utilized in this study. Insurance companies must implement indices, methods, and mechanisms to promote the anti-fragility of their supply chain, though simultaneous attention to all indices is impossible and uneconomic. Therefore, deciding which indices have priority in investment can be accomplished using the research findings and determining the significance of each index, as well as the causal relationships between them. According to the results of the Delphi method, 49 indices for anti-fragility of the supply chain insurance industry, hereunder the eight main processes, have been extracted. Study results also revealed that in order to lead the supply chain insurance industry towards anti-fragility, the "knowledge and information management" and "risk management" processes should at first be considered. According to expert opinions, the "management information system" and "knowledge management implementation" indices have been selected as the most causal indices of anti-fragility of the knowledge and information management process, while the indices of "risk strategy development" and "using the risk database" have been chosen as the most causal indices of risk management anti-fragility. Manuscript profile
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        14 - The effect of external pressures and internal motivation on the company's performance with regard to the role of acceptance of green supply chain management in the dairy industry
        Mohamad Taghi Taghavi fard AMIR MOHAMMAD KHANI
        Despite the interest of prospective managers and researchers, the implementation of green supply chain management in the country's dairy industry has not been satisfactory. The real challenge for the country's managers is to prioritize the implementation of green supply More
        Despite the interest of prospective managers and researchers, the implementation of green supply chain management in the country's dairy industry has not been satisfactory. The real challenge for the country's managers is to prioritize the implementation of green supply chain management to achieve the best possible advantage in the implementation of green supply chain management in the country's dairy industry. In this paper, the effect of external pressures and internal motivation on the company's performance with respect to the role of acceptance of green supply chain management in the dairy industry. The statistical population of the study is dairy companies in Iran in which 82 managers of the company were analyzed as a sample. The non-probability and available sampling method and data collection tool was a questionnaire. Structural equation modeling and SmartPLS software were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that market pressures and suppliers are effective in accepting green supply chain management in the dairy industry. In addition, it was found that the adoption of green supply chain management in the dairy industry has an impact on environmental, operational and economic performance. However, the effect of controlling pressures on the acceptance of green supply chain management in the dairy industry was not confirmed. The research results highlight the managerial commitment and the key role of suppliers in the successful adoption of green supply chain management Manuscript profile
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        15 - Application of Viable System Model in Diagnosis of Construction Supply Chain management in petrochemical industry
        Fatemeh Saghafi
        Current researches on supply chain management (SCM) in manufacturing industries are not directly applicable to construction industry. The application of SCM in the construction industry is associated with serious difficulties such as transient nature and uniqueness of c More
        Current researches on supply chain management (SCM) in manufacturing industries are not directly applicable to construction industry. The application of SCM in the construction industry is associated with serious difficulties such as transient nature and uniqueness of construction projects, coordination problems, unrepeatable interactions and contextual differences in the manufacturing and construction industry. One of the models with the capability of complexity management is viable system model (VSM) which is rooted in organizational cybernetics. The model states that in order to achieve viability, each organization must perform certain activities and certain relationships must be established between these activities. VSM, employed to diagnose a supply chain of an Iranian Petrochemical Construction project based on the proposed methodology that includes three steps, case study selection, system identification and system diagnosis. This led to a model development as well as identification of the weaknesses of the construction supply chain (CSC). The validity of the research methodology and findings has been confirmed through multiple qualitative criteria. The research innovation is application of VSM to diagnose a CSC in combination with case study method in order to design a model and accordingly identification of the weaknesses and bottlenecks over the whole model via a systemic approach. Manuscript profile
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        16 - Analysis of antecedents and outcomes of Internet of things in supply chain with interpretive structural modeling based on content analysis approach
        Aminmasoud Bakhshi Movahhed محمدتقی رضوان هادی مختاری
        Due to increasing competition, it is necessary to focus on new technology in supply chain. Internet of things is one of the most innovative tools. Creation of appropriate factors in order to operationalization internet of things will lead to development of supply chain More
        Due to increasing competition, it is necessary to focus on new technology in supply chain. Internet of things is one of the most innovative tools. Creation of appropriate factors in order to operationalization internet of things will lead to development of supply chain performance. Recognition of determining factors in order to use internet of things and awareness of effective result are essential. The purpose of this research is analysis of antecedents and outcomes of Internet of things in supply chain. This paper is based on mixed research including qualitative and quantitative parts. The statistical population of this paper in qualitative part is internal and external papers and that of quantitative part is university professors and industrial experts. This research based on judgmental sampling method as well as contains 22 articles in qualitative part and 10 persons in quantitative part. Library method is used to collect data in the qualitative part while researcher-made questionnaire is used to collect data in the quantitative part. Content analysis is allocated to qualitative part and interpretive structural modeling is assigned to quantitative part. Finally, the results of content analysis are presented in eight antecedents including cultural capital, financial capital, human capital, mental capital, communication capital, information technology infrastructure, legal facilities and environmental capabilities. Additionally, the seven main outcomes including economic performance, social performance, environmental performance, commercial performance, production and operational performance, office system performance and performance development. The most determining variables in antecedent section is information technology infrastructure and in outcome section is economic performance. Manuscript profile