Mohammad Ali Sangbor; Mohammad Reza Safi; Masood Rabieh
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Petrochemical industry is one of the leading industries in the field of oil and gas in the country, which has a significant role in completing the chains of value creation in this field. Today, given the fact that sustainable development and, consequently, sustainable adaptation in supply chain management ...
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Petrochemical industry is one of the leading industries in the field of oil and gas in the country, which has a significant role in completing the chains of value creation in this field. Today, given the fact that sustainable development and, consequently, sustainable adaptation in supply chain management have become a social demand, the development of the petrochemical industry in the country and the penetration of global markets require the adaptation of sustainable development approaches in this industry. The purpose of this study is to identify, assess and analyze enablers that facilitates the achievement of sustainable development goals in the petrochemical supply chain. In order to achieve the research objectives, first by using Meta-Synthesis Method, the previous studies in the field of sustainable supply chain management investigated and the main factors and components that enable sustainable supply chain management have identified. Then, according to the Graph Theory and Matrix Approach (GTMA), the Supply chain management enablers have been analyzed. Based on the research findings, sustainable supply chain management enablers in the petrochemical industry was divided into components related to corporate governance, supply chain management, continuity of supply chain, supply chain characteristics, partnership in supply chain, and employees. The components related to continuity of the supply chain were the first priorities of planning in the petrochemical industry.
Hamid Reza Talaie; Akbar Alem Tabrz; Hasan Farsijani
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The volatile condition of today’s market is forcing the manufacturing managers to adapt the flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) to meet the challenges imposed by international competition, ever changing customer demands, rapid delivery to market and advancement in technology. Despite various barriers ...
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The volatile condition of today’s market is forcing the manufacturing managers to adapt the flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) to meet the challenges imposed by international competition, ever changing customer demands, rapid delivery to market and advancement in technology. Despite various barriers to implementation and development of FMS, there are enablers which facilitate this issue. One of the most important issues in this field and also the aim of this paper is to analysis the behavior of these enablers in order to effective utilization of them in the implementation and development of FMS. Enablers identified through literature review and industrial, and academic experts' opinion. Interpretive structural modelling (ISM) is used to develop a hierarchical structure for analyzing the interactions among enablers. Interpretive ranking process (IRP) is then used to examine the dominance relationship. ISM model highlights the importance of top management commitment and Financial investment over other enablers, whereas IRP model revealed supply chain management and operational and control techniques as the most important enablers due to performance areas. This study also gives a comparative account of ISM and IRP and shows that IRP is a more powerful tool, since it goes one-step further and considers the relationship of enablers with measurable performance indicators
