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Achieving Supply Chain Resilience
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) ABDUL REHMAN SOHAIL
Achieving Supply Chain Resilience
(UMT.Lahore, 2018) ABDUL QADEER KHAN
The effects of disruption on the organizations badly hamper their efficacy thereby requiring a dynamic solution. This study endeavored to analyze the role of supply chain ambidexterity in enhancing the firms’ resilience from a supply chain viewpoint. This study arranges supply chain adaptability and supply chain alignment as the first-order dynamic capabilities of supply chain ambidexterity. The purpose of this paper is to comprehend the positive impact of supply chain ambidexterity on supply chain resilience and also how supply chain agility as a mediator influences their relationship. This study is based on the survey conducted in the manufacturing firms of Pakistan by theoretically testing the research model using PLS-SEM. The result shows a positive effect of supply chain ambidexterity as a formative construct on the supply chain resilience. Supply chain agility also positively mediates the relationship between supply chain ambidexterity and supply chain agility. However, uncertainty as a moderator shows no impact on the relationship between supply chain ambidexterity and supply chain resilience. This study contributes to the literature of ambidexterity by using supply chain ambidexterity as a reflective-formative second order construct by applying repeated indicator approach. The study also contributes the use of mediator and moderator to check their impact on supply chain resilience.
ADOPTION OF REVERSE LOGISTICS IN FOOD COMPANIES
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) Shaheer Malik
Application of Value Stream Mapping Tool in the Beverage Industry ( Soft drink company) of Pakistan
(UMT.Lahore, 2015) Shafaq Ajmal
The purpose of this thesis is to show the application of VSM tool in the beverage industry. The approach used is case study. Data has been collected through semi structured interviews. Data validity has been done using the secondary documentation and plant visits. The study starts with introduction of VSM and highlights its importance in big as well as small manufacturing firms, offices, service industry and healthcare sector.. It also shows that the previous studies have been done using VSM and significant decrease in lead time was observed. The parameters used are efficiency, effectiveness and lead time.
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAINS ON COMPETITIVENESS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) Maham Majid
This aim of this study is to identify the link between green supply chain management initiatives and increased competiveness and economic performance in the context of Pakistani industrial sector.
Crafting Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Framework For a Developing Nation
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) Rabiyya Shakeel
Natural disasters have started increasing both in terms of frequency and magnitude. Most of the Asian countries, including Pakistan, are very much prone to natural disasters especially to the floods and earthquakes resulting in extremely vulnerable aftermaths. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of existing disaster management approaches in context of a developing country and to propose a systematic Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (HSCM) Framework in order to overcome the challenges faced regarding relief operations management.
Designing a Practical Resilient Framework For Potato Export Supply Chain
(UMT.Lahore, 2018-09) Saqlan Abbas
No matter whatever is the nature of the supply chain, sources of production, intermediates and consumers are no more just local, rather this global spread has added on global complexities toped up by dwindling economies, political instable horizons, widespread social unrests and uncontrollable volatilities like non-availability of raw materials, high input costs, currency exchange rate differences etc.; all are being affected up to some extent. Food supply chains are highly prone to pre-harvest and post-harvest challenges like: intense weather conditions, shortage of water, floods, land salinity, pest attacks, poor grade seeds, non-technical sowing or earlier/delayed harvesting of crops, semi-perishable nature, and prolonged production times than expected, non- availability of chilled storage facilities and so on.
Developing a framework for RFID implementation in the supply chain
(UMT.Lahore, 2015) SANAA HAMEED
There has been an increasing trend of studying RFID and its applications indifferent sectors & industries in developed countries. But unfortunately there is a scarcity of research studies in literature regarding developing countries.
DEVELOPMENT OF FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CPFR IN TEXTILE SECTOR
(UMT.Lahore, 2018) Ayesha Ghazanfar
The main idea of this study is to learn and find the effect of collaboration in the textile sector. This study suggests the collaborative supply chain strategy collaboration, planning, forecasting and planning (CPFR) provide the greatest benefits to supply chain and also defines the suitable structure of CPFR for Pakistan. This is a case base research and comprises the different types of research article for the detailed understanding of collaboration and the impact of collaboration, planning, forecasting and planning (CPFR).
Diagnostic Study of Supply Chain Management in Master Garments (Pvt) Ltd
(UMT.Lahore, 2014-09-18) Abdul Muneeb; Hammad Azhar; Abdul Hye Abid; Muhammad Shahid Amin
We have done our project on the supply chain of Master Garments. Garments are the one of the most valuable products of Pakistan. It increases the economic growth of Pakistan. Farmers now days are keen to grow cotton as it is a profit making crop. Cotton is used to make fabric and then by further processes on it, garments are manufactured. Introduce new technology and awareness in farmers can boast up this industry. Garments industry can increase GDP level also if proper importance should be given to it. Pakistan is an agriculture country, but no proper importance and care is given to it. Farmers face many problems e.g. high cost of fertilizer, no cash payment on the spot, bad knowledge about sprays etc. People like commission agent, ginning mill owners and even government body is corrupt. Textile and garments industry of Pakistan can fulfill the needs of local as well as foreign customers if proper attention is given to them.
Effect of E-Procurement on Strategic Sourcing in Multinational Organizations in Pakistan
(UMT.Lahore, 2022-02-15) Ali Asghar
The increasing pressure of competitiveness is affecting the sourcing practices of not only the business but also the multinational corporations. The practitioners, as well as the thinkers, are emphasizing upon proposing and assessing new methods of sourcing to sustain through the rein of competitiveness. It is evident from the relevant literature that the multinational corporations are at the cutting edge of changing their strategic and operational sourcing practices to keep themselves ahead of their competitors. Information and communication technology (ICT), in this regard, is reported among the most adopted interventions by the organizations, especially the multinational corporations. The technology interventions are giving new means to the classic organizational practices, such as transforming the procurement process to e procurement. Such transitions in the strategic sourcing practices of multinationals bring intrinsic and extrinsic effects as they not only call for the change in internal organizational processes, but also at the end of their suppliers and vendors. This study focuses on the effects of e-procurement on the strategic sourcing in the multinational corporations operating in Pakistan. This study follows the positivist philosophical guidelines and uses the deductive method to identify the effects of e-procurement on strategic sourcing. The instrument adopted from the work of Chipiro (2009) was adapted and used for collecting primary data. The self-administered questionnaire was sent to 500 supply chain management professionals working in the multinational corporations in Pakistan. 236 responses were received. 17 responses were discarded due to incomplete responses during the screening process, whereas, 219 responses were finally analyzed in SPSS. Correlation and regression analysis was performed to test the hypotheses. The results show a positive moderate to strong correlation between e procurement and strategic sourcing. It shows that a unit change in e-procurement results in 0.502 percent change in strategic sourcing which is moderate effect. The results, interpretation, discussion, conclusions, directions for future research and recommendations are also reported after the statistical analysis.
Effect of Open Innovation on Business Performance
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) Usman Rafiq
The area of business performance is always been at the heart of strategic management. Innovation practices have been widely considered as fundamental ingredient for achieving desirable business performance. The major purpose of this research study is to evaluate the moderating impact of external environmental factors in between the relationship of open innovation and business performance of SMEs in Pakistan. The contingency theory is used to explain the framework of this study. The results of this study revealed that customers and suppliers moderate the relationship of inbound open innovation practices and business performance. Furthermore adopting open innovation practices have a positive direct impact on business performance of SMEs. Limitations, insight for managerial implications and future research directions are also discussed.
Effect of Strategic Purchasing Practices and Buyer-Supplier Integration on Supply Chain Performance
(UMT.Lahore, 2015) SAYDA UZMA TAHIRA
Strategic considerations towards the purchasing function are significant not only for large organizations but also for small and medium sized business establishments. Small and medium sized companies are significant part of any economy and are basically responsible for growth and development in the economy.
EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN THE BISCUIT INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN
(UMT,Lahore, 2024-08-08) Muhammad Hanif Ahmad
The biscuit industry in Pakistan operates in a highly vulnerable and risky business environment, due to currency depreciation, continuous increases in energy prices, and tax burden. Current wars between countries and Red Sea issues at ports create a shortage of raw materials in Pakistan. The biscuit industry in Pakistan faces two major types of risk micro and macro. Both risks badly impact the resilience and performance of the biscuit industry. Micro risks are day-to-day and recurrent, and macro risks are rare adverse events. Supply chain visibility and supply chain flexibility are used as vulnerability mitigation strategies in this study. The study aimsto investigate the impact of vulnerability mitigation strategies on supply chain resilience,supply chain performance, and supply chain risk. Supply chain resilience is used as a mediation between vulnerability mitigation strategy and supply chain performance. Supply chain risk acts as a mediator between vulnerability mitigation strategy and supply chain resilience. Supply chain information sharing is used as a moderator between supply chain flexibility and performance, and between supply chain flexibility and resilience. The comparison between Punjab and Sindh biscuit industry practices in the supply chain is evaluated.
Empirical Investigation of the Supply Chain Performance
(UMT.Lahore, 2013) Arsalan Mahmood
The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the factors of supply chain integration (supplier, internal or customer) on certain supply chain performance measures (Flexibility, Resource and Output). Data collected from 74 respondents in Pakistan for analyzing the relationship between the study variables.
EXAMINING THE CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
(UMT.Lahore, 0015-02-22) Muhammad Yasir Amjad
Framework for Sustainable Upstream Supply Chain in Telecom Supply Chain
(UMT.Lahore, 2016-09) Syed Hassan Raza
The thesis is written with the intention to investigate issues that telecom companies face in developing sustainability within their chain of supply and to develop a comprehensive strategic framework to attain sustainability in telecom chain of supply; this paper focuses particularly on upstream chain of supply.
Framework of Performance Measurement System for Material Supply Chain Case of Pakistan Railways
(UMT.Lahore, 2017-10) Muhammad Abdus Salam
The study defined the basic performance measurement system framework for Pakistan Railways Material Supply Chain. An important aspect of the study is; the focus is kept on Public Sector Supply Chain. Public Sectors are thought to be non-profit organizations. But in the today’s competitive world the whole dynamics of various organizations have changed including Public Sector Organizations. There is a constant pressure on organizations whether public or private to evolve and improve on regular basis. The issues like accountability, transparency and profitability are constantly being raised regarding Public Sector Organizations. This requires continuous improvement which in turn is not possible without the provision of an efficient and effective performance measurement system. The study is of qualitative nature and triangulation was used to verify the results. Industry related expert interviews were conducted and matched with department’s source documents, participant’s observation and with the literature review as well. The research has addressed the basic questions of why Performance Measurement System is required in Pakistan Railways or the drivers of Performance Measurement in Pakistan Railways. Secondly, it addresses the issue of identification of the problems that may be encountered in the Performance Measurement of Pakistan Railways. And lastly a framework is developed for the performance measurement of Pakistan Railways. This framework is divided into strategic, tactical and operational divisions. The Railways Material Supply Chain is divided into three sub-categories namely In-Bound Material Supply Chain, Internal Material Supply Chain and Reverse Material Supply Chain (Reverse Logistics). It is noteworthy that no major study has been performed in the Public Sector that includes the role of reverse logistics.
Impact of Customer Relationship, Quality of Information Sharing and Level of Information Sharing on Operational Efficiency of Freight Forwarding Industry of Pakistan
(UMT.Lahore, 2017) Malik Ali Haider Awan
ABSTRACT SCM is considered as a perquisite for success of any company, now all MNCs and progress companies are highly dependent on SCM. SCM helps organization in identifying gap and lead to ways to fulfill those gaps. In current era when business has not border lines and flourishing globally, it has become very important for companies to meet customers’ demand at low cost through giving them high quality of services in delivering products at their door step. This has become a big challenge for freight forwarder to meet these requirements. To achieve this level of service, freight forwarding companies has to increase efficiency of its operations. Just by increasing operational efficiency of internal functional is not enough to survive in market. Freight forwarders have to look its operations in the context of SCM. Since Freight Forwarders are acting as an intermediary between shippers (suppliers) and consignee (customers), so its operations are highly effected by its partners. This effected operational efficiency of freight forwarding companies will lead to success or failure of its partners which are suppliers and customers. So there is highly need to see operational efficiency of Freight Forwarding organization in context of SCM. For this study, after having discussion with practitioners and from literature, three SCM practices have been selected which are Customer Relationship (CR), Level of Information Sharing (LIS) and Quality of Information Sharing (QIS). The aim of this study is to see impact of selected SCM practices on OE of Freight Forwarding Industry. The target of this study is PIFFA registered companies and sample size is 115. The data was collected through questionnaire and SPSS was being used to conduct results.
Impact Of Green Supply Chain Management Practices On Corporate Image
(UMT.Lahore, 2016-10) MUHAMMAD KHURRAM
The research was conducted to analyze and evaluate the impact of the green supply chain management on the corporate image. The data collection utilized quantitative methods in which the self administered questionnaires were used to collect the data by utilizing both the interactive and non interactive tools of data collection.

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