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Journal articles on the topic "Mining supply chain"
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Statsenko, Larissa, Alex Gorod, and Vernon Ireland. "A supply network governance framework: a case study of the South Australian mining industry." Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing 11, no. 1 (February 19, 2018): 55–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jgoss-03-2017-0007.
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Purpose The competitiveness of mining regions largely depends on the performance of the regional supply chains that provide services to mining companies. These local supply chains are often highly intertwined and represent a regional supply network for the industry. Individual companies often use supply chain strategies that are sub-optimal to overall supply network performance. To effectively respond to an uncertain business environment, policy-makers and supply chain participants would benefit by a governance framework that would allow to incentivise the formation of supply networks structures enabling effective operations. The purpose of this paper is to offer an empirically grounded conceptual framework based on Complex Adaptive Systems (CASs) governance principles, which links network governance mechanisms with supply network structure and operational performance to incentivise the formation of adaptive and resilient supply networks in the mining industry. Design/methodology/approach A mixed method research design and a case study of the South Australian mining sector were used to collect empirical data. Qualitative interviews and network analysis of the SA mining industry regional supply network structure were conducted. The relationships between network parameters were interpreted using CAS theory. Findings An empirically grounded conceptual framework based on CAS governance principles is developed. The case study revealed that supply chain strategies and governance mechanisms in the SA mining industry have led to the formation of a hierarchical, scale-free structure with insufficient horizontal connectivity which limits the adaptability, responsiveness and resilience of the regional supply network. Research limitations/implications The findings are drawn from a single case study. This limits generalisability of the findings and the proposed framework. Practical implications The proposed framework draws the attention of the policy-makers and supply chain participants towards the need for utilising CAS governance principles to facilitate the formation of adaptive, responsive and resilient regional supply networks in the mining industry. Originality value The proposed conceptual framework is an attempt to parameterise the governance of the regional supply networks in the mining industry.
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Stefanovic, Nenad. "Proactive Supply Chain Performance Management with Predictive Analytics." Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/528917.
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Today’s business climate requires supply chains to be proactive rather than reactive, which demands a new approach that incorporates data mining predictive analytics. This paper introduces a predictive supply chain performance management model which combines process modelling, performance measurement, data mining models, and web portal technologies into a unique model. It presents the supply chain modelling approach based on the specialized metamodel which allows modelling of any supply chain configuration and at different level of details. The paper also presents the supply chain semantic business intelligence (BI) model which encapsulates data sources and business rules and includes the data warehouse model with specific supply chain dimensions, measures, and KPIs (key performance indicators). Next, the paper describes two generic approaches for designing the KPI predictive data mining models based on the BI semantic model. KPI predictive models were trained and tested with a real-world data set. Finally, a specialized analytical web portal which offers collaborative performance monitoring and decision making is presented. The results show that these models give very accurate KPI projections and provide valuable insights into newly emerging trends, opportunities, and problems. This should lead to more intelligent, predictive, and responsive supply chains capable of adapting to future business environment.
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Tavana, Madjid, Akram Shaabani, Iman Raeesi Vanani, and Rajan Kumar Gangadhari. "A Review of Digital Transformation on Supply Chain Process Management Using Text Mining." Processes 10, no. 5 (April 24, 2022): 842. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr10050842.
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Industry 4.0 technologies are causing a paradigm shift in supply chain process management. The digital transformation of the supply chains provides enormous benefits to organizations by empowering collaboration among multiple internal and external organizations and systems. This study presents a narrative review explaining the existing knowledge on digital transformation in supply chain process management using text mining. It summarizes the existing literature to explain the current state of the art in supply chain digitalization. This comprehensive review identifies the most important topics and technologies and determines the future trends in this emerging field. We investigate the articles published in Web of Science and Scopus databases and use text mining techniques (clustering and topic modeling) on the article contents. Using VOS viewer, a bibliometric analysis of 395 articles with 12,700 references is analyzed. The contents of the articles are explored using text mining approaches. The synthesized results reveal that the most important topics in digital transformation are “sustainable supply chain management” and “circular economy and industry 4.0 technologies”. The study further discovers big data, data analytics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things as the most critical technologies for facilitating supply chain digital transformation. Finally, an overlay heatmap analysis of the research articles found that digital transformation, supply chain management, industry 4.0, decision-making, and sustainability are emerging trends in supply chain digitalization.
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Jiang, Rui, Chunxue Liu, Xiaowei Liu, and Shuai Zhang. "Supply Chain Resilience of Mineral Resources Industry in China." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2023 (January 31, 2023): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1338223.
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Improving the supply chain resilience of the mineral resources industry is crucial for ensuring national economic security in China. Based on the supply and demand data of China’s mineral resources industry from 2002 to 2018, this study adopts system dynamics model to simulate the supply chain resilience of the mineral resources industry, the mining industry, and the smelting and processing industry under the scenario of steady economic development and the scenario of supply chain crisis. From the simulation results, the reserves of the mineral resources industry and the smelting and processing industry under the two scenarios are nearly the same, indicating that they are weakly affected by the foreign market, and both have strong resilience. The mining industry has a high dependence on imports and a lack of supply chain resilience. Under the condition of steady economic development, the output of the mining industry needs to develop at a low speed to reduce production capacity. More attention should be paid to the high level of import dependence and insufficient supply chain resilience of the mining industry. In the stable international trade situation, reserves of important minerals should be increased to alleviate the resource shortage during the supply chain crisis.
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Shah, Sayed Mehdi, Michael Lütjen, and Michael Freitag. "Text Mining for Supply Chain Risk Management in the Apparel Industry." Applied Sciences 11, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2323. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11052323.
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Text mining tools are now widely used for the efficient management of information and resources in business, academic and research organizations. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of research articles on the application of text mining techniques in the field of Supply Chain Risk Management and the apparel industry. Research articles published between 2000 and 2020, were obtained from various journals through two online databases, i.e., SCOPUS and IEEE Xplore. Through a systematic approach following PRISMA guidelines, 370 research papers were screened, filtered and finally classified into three main areas: Supply Chain Risk Management and outsourcing in the apparel industry, application of text mining in Supply Chain Risk Management and application of text mining in the apparel industry. In this study, we have identified a comprehensive list of various available data sources for text mining, methodologies and risks associated with outsourcing in the apparel industry. We classify the gaps in expanding the application of text mining in the apparel industry’s Supply Chain Risk Management. Extracting useful information from online newspapers through text mining could vividly enhance the ability to monitor supply chain risks and provide the ability to link data to provide decision makers with the right information at the right time.
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Young, Steven B., Alberto Fonseca, and Goretty Dias. "Principles for responsible metals supply to electronics." Social Responsibility Journal 6, no. 1 (March 9, 2010): 126–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17471111011024595.
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PurposeThis paper seeks to critically analyse the list of principles on the extractive phase of the electronics supply chains, proposed for consumer electronic companies, by the non‐governmental campaign MakeITfair. The purpose is to understand whether conformance with these principles could positively influence the socio‐environmental conditions at the mining level.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the literature on incorporation of corporate social responsibility in supply chain management. It then examines how metals are mined, traded and used in electronics, as well as how the mining industry has been managing its own socio‐environmental problems. This information underpins the qualitative discussion of the principles.FindingsMakeITfair's principles were found to be constructive insofar as they draw the attention of electronic companies to their shared responsibility for the problems of distant‐tier suppliers. Nevertheless, some principles may lead to potentially undesired outcomes such as biased prioritization of mining companies or regions, adoption of contentious “standards”, and conflicts concerning the sovereign rights of nations over their natural resources. Overall, the principles stress traceability mechanisms as means of influencing the mining phase of supply chains without considering the costs and benefits of overcoming the complexities involved in the metal trade and other barriers. The paper concludes by highlighting the need to consider additional ways of positively influencing metals supply.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper points out specific research priorities in the value chains of metals.Originality/valueThe paper provides a critical analysis of intricate responsibility issues in the supply chain of the world's top electronic companies.
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Son, Jeong-Soo. "A Study on the Establishment of a New Supply Chain and Risk Management According to the Global Transition Period: Focusing on the Urban Mining Industry." Korea International Trade Research Institute 19, no. 3 (June 30, 2023): 277–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.16980/jitc.19.3.202306.277.
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Purpose – This study proposes a strategic direction to respond to deglobalization and trends that are changing due to COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, disruptive factors in the global supply chain, and domestic-centered supply chain establishment, and identifies changes in the global supply chain and the environment to respond. Design/Methodology/Approach – This study analyzes the changes in and structural characteristics of the global value chain, and develops case studies and related policies for the promotion and value of the urban mining industry as a countermeasure to solve problems in Korea through supply chain management. Findings – Utilizing the advantages of urban mining in Korea, the urban mining industry was selected as a strategic industry development plan to create an industrial cluster that encompasses the relevant public sector, research institutes, and companies at each stage of the industry. Research Implications – Through this study, it is possible to preemptively respond to the crisis by preparing an alternative to supply chain risk, and to secure and operate resources through the vitalization of the urban mining industry, which is the most realistic and long-term alternative. It will be possible to review the advantages and strategic development of the urban mining industry, job creation, and development of social enterprises by separately fostering the private and public sectors.
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Pieth, Mark. "Gold Standards in the Supply Chain – A Golden Example." Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien 25, no. 2 (2022): 351–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/1435-439x-2022-2-351.
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Sourcing gold is an example of one of the most problematic mineral supply chains. This is undoubtedly the case in artisanal mining (with serious environmental degradation through deforestation, the use of mercury, child labour and frequent violence). However, industrial mining is rarely better (local communities suffer from displacement and toxic emissions). The international community is struggling to regulate, however most of the rules remain soft law and self-regulation is unreliable. Furthermore, a large part of the supply chain evades the regulation altogether, since consumers in the Middle East, India and China rarely insist on clean sourcing.
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Sinaga, Poltak T., Togar M. Simatupang, and Mursyid H. Basri. "Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience in Coal Mining: A Comprehensive Systematic Literature Review to Managing Disruptions." 15TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ON 14 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2023, NOVOTEL BANGKOK PLATINUM PRATUNAM, THAILAND 15, no. 1 (September 14, 2023): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2023.1(152).
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Supply chain risk and uncertainty are critical factors that impact coal mining operations. Risks can arise from various sources such as natural disasters, supplier disruptions, market fluctuations, regulatory changes, and geopolitical uncertainties (Marzouk et al., 2022; Pettersen-Sobczyk, 2018). Managing these risks involves identifying, assessing, and implementing measures to mitigate and minimize potential losses. Uncertainties, on the other hand, stem from the lack of predictability or knowledge about future events and outcomes. They represent a level of unpredictability and the potential for surprises or unexpected events that can impact the supply chain. Overcoming uncertainties requires a resilient supply chain capable of preparing for unexpected events, responding to disruptions, and recovering from them while maintaining operational continuity (Adobor, 2020; Gunasekaran et al., 2015). Resilience capability allows a company to restore its operations to their original or desired state after being disturbed (Chowdhury & Quaddus, 2017). However, despite the abundance of literature proposing resilience frameworks in supply chain management, their application within the context of coal mining remains relatively limited (Agrawal & Pingle, 2020; Belhadi et al., 2022). Existing research in the field of coal mining has primarily focused on operational efficiency, cost reduction, and production optimization, with limited attention given to the concept of resilience. Therefore, this research aims to address this gap by developing a comprehensive resilience framework specifically tailored to the mining supply chain, with a focus on coal mining company. By incorporating the unique characteristics and challenges of the mining industry, such as geological uncertainties, complex extraction processes, and environmental regulations, this framework will provide valuable insights and strategies for enhancing the resilience capabilities of coal mining company. Keywords: Supply chain resilience, Coal mining, Disruptioin, Risk mitigation, Systematic literature review
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Du, Wenyi, and Huimin Wang. "Operation decision of competitive mining supply chain based on social responsibility." PLOS ONE 17, no. 12 (December 8, 2022): e0278815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278815.
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The development of the green economy has significantly impact the traditional mining industry. Mining enterprises must invest in green technology to reduce the environmental pollution caused by flying dust and soil erosion and are subject to increased scrutiny to be socially responsible when conducting their business. To address this issue, we consider a competitive mining supply chain system consisting of two excavators and two exclusive retailers. Among them, the excavators have a certain sense of corporate social responsibility (CSR), that is, in addition to pursuing economic profits, they also consciously pay attention to the interests of consumers. We establish three different game models that two excavators exhibit no CSR behaviour (NN), two excavators exhibit CSR behaviour (SS) and one excavator exhibits CSR behaviour (SN). We examine the optimal decision-making strategies and analyse the impact of social responsibility. Analytical results show that the optimal strategies of mining supply chain are different under different supply chain structures. The optimal decisions of the mining supply chain members are the same in each case under the NN and SS models. In the SN model, the optimal decision strategy value of mining supply chain members is always greater than non-socially responsible supply chain members. In SS model, when the intensity of social responsibility competition is low, two excavators reduce the wholesale price, and retailers reduce the sales price; when the intensity of social responsibility competition is strong, two excavators will increase the wholesale price, and retailers will increase the sales price. These help to promote product sales and increase the profits of the supply chain system. In SN model, with the increase of social responsibility competition intensity, the wholesale price of two excavators and the sales price of retailers first increased and then decreased. Finally, numerical examples illustrated to justify the proposed model.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Mining supply chain"
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Zangrando, Giorgia <1992>. "Supply Chain Optimization and Analytics in the Mining Industry. A case study from Australia." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/9134.
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This thesis discusses supply chain optimization and analytics trends in the mining industry. A case study is presented from one of the world’s biggest companies, explaining how an integrated system could dramatically increase communication, support decision-making process and eventually improve the overall profitability of the firm.
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Radanliev, Petar. "A conceptual framework for supply : supply chain systems architecture and integration design based on practice and theory in the North Wales slate mining industry." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2014. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/a-conceptual-framework-for-supply(1f84ee4b-b348-426b-94ed-2259bc1c716c).html.
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The aim of this thesis is to contribute to knowledge in the form of a new theory for supply chain strategy formulation. The objective is to design evaluation criteria, specific to the context of greenfield project architecture and integration design. This study addressed the aim and objective by synthesising existing methods and techniques which are outlined into a research framework of supply chain strategy problems. The study applied the case study and action research methods to pursue conceptual validity from the process of investigating the supply chain strategy formulation in a specific situation and presented the data collection and analysis process. The thesis derived a conceptual framework for investigating and identifying the relationship between multiple elements, dimensions, forces and factors that influence and affect supply chain strategy formulation in a greenfield project context, specific to the mining industry. The contribution to knowledge emerged from building upon the architecture of the conceptual framework, through synthesising existing techniques and adapting these techniques, to extend and redefine the existing knowledge on the practice of supply chain strategy formulation. Through critical analysis, a number of critical problems emerged and the process of addressing these problems, resulted with a new framework for evaluating the relationship between business and supply chain strategy, specific to greenfield project and integration context. The contribution to knowledge also derived from addressing the emerging obstacles in the process of identifying, defining and formulating, the visions and goals of individual supply chain participants from implicit into an explicit form. The process synthesised the knowledge for conceptualising the idea, through developing and evaluating information and issues, to derive insights into the complex and abstract concept, of greenfield project business and supply chain strategy formulation. The conceptual framework and evaluation framework advanced into designing greenfield project supply chain integration strategy. The process involved categorising individual supply chain strategic interests, decisions and problems into formulation areas, and was aimed at defining the process of greenfield project integration strategy as a system of concepts containing formulation areas, formulation principles, segregated into subcategories of formulation imperatives and formulation concepts. The thesis contributed to knowledge with advancement of the design engineering method, which enables visualisation of the supply chain strategy evaluation process. The design is not personalised for individual company business strategy or supply chain strategy formulation. The method was personalised to evaluate the integration of individual goals, and concepts in a supply chain strategy formulation. The novelty that emerged from the thesis was a conceptual framework for greenfield project architecture and integration design. The greenfield project architecture and design derived in the thesis a proposed conceptual system for applying the conceptual framework and the evaluation criteria.
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Vu, Duc Ly. "Towards Understanding and Securing the OSS Supply Chain." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/333508.
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Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) has become an integral part of the
software supply chain in the past decade. Various entities (automated tools
and humans) are involved at different stages of the software supply chain.
Some actions that occur in the chain may result in vulnerabilities or malicious
code injected in a published artifact distributed in a package repository.
At the end of the software supply chain, developers or end-users may consume
the resulting artifacts altered in transit, including benign and malicious
injection.
This dissertation starts from the first link in the software supply chain,
‘developers’. Since many developers do not update their vulnerable software
libraries, thus exposing the user of their code to security risks. To understand
how they choose, manage and update the libraries, packages, and other
Open-Source Software (OSS) that become the building blocks of companies’
completed products consumed by end-users, twenty-five semi-structured interviews
were conducted with developers of both large and small-medium enterprises
in nine countries. All interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed
according to applied thematic analysis.
Although there are many observations about developers’ attitudes on selecting
dependencies for their projects, additional quantitative work is needed
to validate whether behavior matches or whether there is a gap. Therefore,
we provide an extensive empirical analysis of twelve quality and popularity
factors that should explain the corresponding popularity (adoption) of PyPI
packages was conducted using our tool called py2src.
At the end of the software supply chain, software libraries (or packages)
are usually downloaded directly from the package registries via package dependency
management systems under the comfortable assumption that no discrepancies are introduced in the last mile between the source code and
their respective packages. However, such discrepancies might be introduced
by manual or automated build tools (e.g., metadata, Python bytecode files)
or for evil purposes (malicious code injects). To identify differences between
the published Python packages in PyPI and the source code stored on Github,
we developed a new approach called LastPyMile . Our approach has been
shown to be promising to integrate within the current package dependency
management systems or company workflow for vetting packages at a minimal
cost.
With the ever-increasing numbers of software bugs and security vulnerabilities,
the burden of secure software supply chain management on developers
and project owners increases. Although automated program repair approaches
promise to reduce the burden of bug-fixing tasks by suggesting likely correct
patches for software bugs, little is known about the practical aspects of using
APR tools, such as how long one should wait for a tool to generate a bug fix.
To provide a realistic evaluation of five state-of-the-art APR tools, 221 bugs
from 44 open-source Java projects were run within a reasonable developers’
time and effort.
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Mazoyer, Oliver. "Centralization vs. Decentralization: Selection of Downstream Supply Chain Strategy : A single case study on the positioning of purchasing within the Supply Chain of a multinational company." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279645.
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As Supply Chain Management has continuously evolved, it has during recent times been exposed to the opportunities and threats that follow globalization. Firms have the possibility of getting their products/services to customers worldwide by outsourcing processes. This possibility has even turned mandatory for numerous firms in order to be competitive. However, such decisions can expose the Supply Chain to various risks. Because of lack of data and Supply Chain Structures, decision-makers need to distinguish advantages vs. disadvantages between centralized, decentralized or even outsourced structures. The purpose of this study has been, based on gathered data from a case company, to determine what Supply Chain structure to opt for when it comes to purchasing. This master thesis has performed a literature review on the science of Data Mining to enrich the quality of a quantitative part based on databases of the case company. The study also reviews Supply Chain Management strategies and how to select an appropriate distribution channel design - allowing for a framework about selecting an appropriate network design and another framework summarizing current literature’s contribution on the question of centralization versus decentralization based on Finance, Performance or Information. These three pillars are the aspects used as reference of analysis in various literature and could therefore be compared with empirics. The selection framework was filled in by key individuals at the case company and was associated with qualitative contributions from interviews about strengths and weaknesses of three scenarios involving centralization, decentralization or outsourcing. With obtained data, it was possible to identify all strengths and weaknesses of each scenario and discuss differences to select the best possible option. The findings were summarized into a framework where one can clearly see pros and cons of each scenario, thus providing a concise summary of implications following centralization, decentralization and outsourcing respectively. The results of the distribution network pointed towards a decentralization of the purchasing function as a more cost-efficient strategy, but these results must be questioned because of the current setting-bias with the spreading of the COVID-19 virus and its economic consequences. However, when all arguments were grouped into the final summarizing figure, it was concluded that the outsourcing strategy is the most advantageous. This thesis has thus permitted the extension of a framework that identifies the best distribution network design and summarized the implications of centralizing, decentralizing or outsourcing purchasing.Supply Chain Management har kontinuerligt utvecklats med bl.a. namnbyten eller nya populära strategier. Den har under modern tid varit utsatt för både möjligheter såsom hot vilka har varit följder av globalisering. Företag har erhållit möjligheterna att leverera sina produkter till kunder över hela världen men även att outsourca processer för att förenkla denna leverans. Oursourcingmöjligheten har även översatts till obligatoriska beslut för flera företag för att ens kunna erbjuda produkter till konkurrenskraftiga priser. Dessa beslut kan dock exponera en Supply Chain till olika risker, en brytning i logistikkedjan till exempel. På grund av dessa konsekvenser måste företag värdera vilken strategi som måste tillämpas för varje process i kedjan. Ska de centraliseras, decentraliseras eller outsourcas? Ändamålet med denna studie är att, baserat på insamlad data från ett case företag, kunna bestämma vilken strategi ska tillämpas när det kommer till inköp från externa leverantörer. Detta examensarbete har utfört en litteraturgenomgång på bl.a. studier om Data Mining för att berika kvalitén på den kvantitativa delen baserad på databaser från caseföretaget. Utvald litteratur förklarar olika aspekter från Supply Chain Management med involverade strategier och hur en lämplig nätverksdesign väljs ut. Målet är att utveckla ett ramverk för urval av lämplig nätverksdesign för caseföretaget samt ett ramverk för att summera litteraturens budskap till implikationer av centralisering eller decentralisering med fokus på Finans, Prestanda och Information. Urvalsramverket har därefter fyllts i av nyckelpersoner från caseföretaget för att jämföras med kvalitativa bidrag från intervjuer om styrkor och svagheter på tre utvecklade scenarios om centralisering, decentralisering eller outsourcing. Med erhållen data möjliggjordes en diskussion för att tydliggöra styrkor och svagheter för varje scenario för att kunna noggrant jämföras och skapa argument för vilket skulle väljas. Resultat och argument har generaliserats och sammanfattats i en figur där en kan tydligt se för- och nackdelar med varje scenario. På så sätt disponeras en koncis slutsats av implikationer med att centralisera, decentralisera eller att outsourca. Resultaten från urvalsramverket pekar på att decentraliseringsstrategin är den optimala för caseföretaget, detta måste dock ifrågasättas på grund av kontexten med den nuvarande spridningen av COVID-19 viruset och dess inverkan på ekonomin. Med detta i åtanke och ihopsamlade argument, drogs slutsatsen att outsourcingstrategin är den mest lämpliga för caseföretaget. Detta masterexamensarbete har således lett till förlängningen av ett urvalsramverk av distributionsnätverksdesign samt diskuterat fram och sammanfattat implikationerna av centralisering, decentralisering och outsourcing.
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Manchisi, Roy. "Sustainability in supply chain management practices in least developed countries: A case of SMEs in Zambian mining sector." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17363.
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The focus of this study is to explore the sustainability practices of SME suppliers as influenced by the stakeholders in the mining SC in Zambia. The study aims to provide the policymakers and senior managers of focal firms by developing a detailed framework that helps in examining the SME environment with regard to sustainability practices and formulate measures to increase their sustainability performance to decision making.
This qualitative research used 50 semi-structured interviews in addressing the research objective. Interviews undertaking with cross section of stakeholders and using content analysis, the findings revealed that SMEs engage in sustainable practices when working with mining firms but disengage when working with non-mining firms. The findings further revealed the mechanisms employed by SC members in extending sustainability practices to direct and indirect suppliers (mainly informal SMEs) from focal firms. In so doing, the findings highlighted the role of first-tier suppliers as a bridge between the focal firms and sub-suppliers in disseminating sustainability practices. Besides revealing the drivers and barriers to sustainability, the research revealed the mechanisms for mitigating the barriers in order to increase the volume of SME suppliers adopting sustainable practices.
This research has several contributions to both academia and practice. The main contribution to academia is a stakeholder framework, which provides a systematic mechanism of examining the sustainability phenomenon. Thus, presenting a theoretical approach for analysing and understanding sustainability practices of SMEs in a developing country context. The main contribution to practice is the production of tools that support practitioners to analyse and better comprehend the relationships in the SMEs sector and by identifying the key stakeholders that support the SMEs.Copperbelt University
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Shinde, Jagdish. "Acquisition modelling for heavy engineering assets in mining industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54637/1/Jagdish_Shinde_Thesis.pdf.
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Each year, organizations in Australian mining industry (asset intensive industry) spend substantial amount of capital (A$86 billion in 2009-10) (Statistics, 2011) in acquiring engineering assets. Engineering assets are put to use in operations to generate value. Different functions (departments) of an organization have different expectations and requirements from each of the engineering asset e.g. return on investment, reliability, efficiency, maintainability, low cost of running the asset, low or nil environmental impact and easy of disposal, potential salvage value etc. Assets are acquired from suppliers or built by service providers and or internally. The process of acquiring assets is supported by procurement function.
One of the most costly mistakes that organizations can make is acquiring the inappropriate or non-conforming assets that do not fit the purpose. The root cause of acquiring non confirming assets belongs to incorrect acquisition decision and the process of making decisions.
It is very important that an asset acquisition decision is based on inputs and multi-criteria of each function within the organization which has direct or indirect impact on the acquisition, utilization, maintenance and disposal of the asset.
Literature review shows that currently there is no comprehensive process framework and tool available to evaluate the inclusiveness and breadth of asset acquisition decisions that are taken in the Mining Organizations.
This thesis discusses various such criteria and inputs that need to be considered and evaluated from various functions within the organization while making the asset acquisition decision. Criteria from functions such as finance, production, maintenance, logistics, procurement, asset management, environment health and safety, material management, training and development etc. need to be considered to make an effective and coherent asset acquisition decision. The thesis also discusses a tool that is developed to be used in the multi-criteria and cross functional acquisition decision making.
The development of multi-criteria and cross functional inputs based decision framework and tool which utilizes that framework to formulate cross functional and integrated asset acquisition decisions are the contribution of this research.
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Steinberg, José Gustavo. "Lean Mining: modelagem e melhorias em cadeias logísticas minerais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3134/tde-17052011-114921/.
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Os processos extrativos tradicionais apresentam estágios que precisam de modernização e melhorias para permitir que as empresas mineradoras provisionem de maneira eficaz a qualidade e a quantidade de seus produtos. Tal garantia de provisão, tão difícil de sustentar devido à natureza intrínseca da incerteza geológica, pode somente ser conseguida com um aumento de eficiência nas cadeias logísticas minerais. Este trabalho demonstra os benefícios de se criar modelos de cadeias logísticas minerais existentes para identificar e compreender os pontos de criação de valor para possíveis intervenções visando melhorias. O trabalho também fornece um guia de modelagem, através de uma planilha eletrônica, permitindo aos usuários modelar quaisquer tipos de cadeias logísticas. O conhecimento do trajeto dos processos desde a extração ao consumidor final fornece uma oportunidade única para que os gerentes melhorem suas cadeias logísticas. Depois que o modelo foi criado, ele pode e deve ser melhorado. Um número técnicas e boas práticas já em uso por outros setores, mas ainda não aplicado setor mineiro são identificadas e estruturadas. Uma metodologia para a aplicação estratégica destas técnicas é então fornecida. O setor mineiro em todo mundo está sob pressão para procurar métodos para melhorar sua eficiência. Este trabalho introduz, de uma maneira inovadora, uma estratégia administrativa na mineração que se provou extremamente competitiva em outras indústrias. A questão básica abordada neste trabalho é como desenvolver uma metodologia robusta e controlada para que o setor mineiro tire proveito da filosofia enxuta, introduzindo o conceito de Lean Mining.Traditional extractive processes present stages that need modernization and optimization for enabling mining companies to warrant the effective achievement of both product quality and quantity. Such warranty, which is difficult to sustain due to the intrinsic nature of geological uncertainty, can only be achieved through an increased efficiency in the mineral supply chain. This work demonstrates the benefits of creating models of existing mineral supply chains to identify and understand the points of value creation and places for possible improvement interventions. It also gives a modeling guide, through an electronic chart, enabling users to model any kind of supply chain. The knowledge of the process path from extraction to final consumer provides a unique opportunity for managers to improve the mineral supply chain. After the model has been created, it should and must be improved. A number of techniques and good practices already in use by other sectors but not yet applied to the mining industry are identified and structured. A methodology to strategical application of these techniques in provided. The mining industry all over the world is under pressure to look for methods to improve its efficiency. This work leads the way to an innovative managerial strategy in mining that has proved itself extremely competitive in other industries. The key issue addressed in this work is how to identify a robust and risk-controlled path for the mining industry to benefit from the lean thinking approach, introducing the concept of Lean Mining.
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Thöni, Andreas, Alfred Taudes, and A. Min Tjoa. "An information system for assessing the likelihood of child labor in supplier locations leveraging Bayesian networks and text mining." Springer Nature, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10257-018-0368-0.
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This paper presents an expert system to monitor social sustainability compliance in supply chains. The system allows to continuously rank suppliers based on their risk of breaching sustainability standards on child labor. It uses a Bayesian network to determine the breach likelihood for each supplier location based on the integration of statistical data, audit results and public reports of child labor incidents. Publicly available statistics on the frequency of child labor in different regions and industries are used as contextual prior. The impact of audit results on the breach likelihood is calibrated based on expert input. Child labor incident observations are included automatically from publicly available news sources using text mining algorithms. The impact of an observation on the breach likelihood is determined by its relevance, credibility and frequency. Extensive tests reveal that the expert system correctly replicates the decisions of domain experts in the fields supply chain management, sustainability management, and risk management.
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Cardoso, Diaz Andrea. "Socio-environmental liabilities of coal mining in Colombia: a political ecology approach to the global coal chain." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400701.
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La expansión de la minería de carbón en la región Caribe de Colombia no sólo crea problemas ambientales y de salud a nivel local, sino que también es una cuestión de preocupación global. Colombia, con casi 85 millones de toneladas exportadas, contribuye considerablemente a las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero cuando se quema el carbón exportado en las centrales eléctricas de carbón (CEC) en los países importadores, como los Países Bajos y Turquía. Esto es cada vez más relevante ya que los compromisos de la COP21en París implican que cuatro-quintas partes de los recursos de carbono (provenientes del carbón, petróleo y gas) deben permanecer en el suelo.
Esta tesis utiliza los enfoques de economía ecológica y ecología política para analizar la cadena de suministro de carbón desde su extracción en las minas de carbón a cielo abierto en Cesar y La Guajira hasta el consumo final en CEC en Holanda y Turquía. También emplea el enfoque de pasivos socio-ambientales como una mejora con respecto al marco conceptual estándar de externalidades, ya que permite una incorporación explícita de responsabilidades por daños no compensados a lo largo de la cadena del carbón.
La cadena de carbón se analiza en profundidad a través de diferentes capas (mercado, proceso físico, pasivos socio-ambientales, actores sociales y su pluralidad de lenguajes de valoración) y diferentes escalas (local, nacional y global).
Con el fin de identificar los pasivos socio-ambientales de la cadena del carbón y los conflictos ecológicos distributivos, se realizaron 84 entrevistas en Colombia, Holanda y Turquía. Se utilizaron diferentes métodos de valoración económica para estimar el valor de los pasivos socio-ambientales y se utilizaron metodologías de análisis de discurso para analizar la pluralidad de los lenguajes de valoración empleados a lo largo de la cadena de carbón.
Los resultados muestran que los pasivos socio-ambientales de extracción de carbón y su transporte a los puertos para su exportación superan el precio de mercado del carbón. El análisis de los conflictos ecológicos distributivos revela que las geografías del carbón están ancladas en injusticias ambientales y déficits democráticos asociados tanto a la minería del carbón como a las CEC, y tensiones irreconciliables entre la salud pública, las ganancias económicas y el poder político en estos tres países. El análisis de los lenguajes de valoración muestra que en los Países Bajos hay dos puntos de vista principales sobre las importaciones de carbón de Colombia, las posiciones de "Carbón ensangrentado" y "El mejor Carbón". El primero está preocupado por las violaciones de los derechos humanos y el segundo enmarca la cuestión en el contexto de la modernización ecológica. En Turquía, el principal debate es entre el uso de lignito doméstico altamente contaminante o la importación de carbón de mejor calidad (antracita de Colombia). Tanto en los Países Bajos como en Turquía hay diferentes grados de preocupación por el cambio climático y los "combustibles no quemables" que parecen estar ausentes en Colombia, donde el debate se centra en los pasivos socio-ambientales locales y nacionales. Esta tesis concluye que el éxito de las acciones de justicia ambiental a lo largo de la cadena del carbón depende del poder político de los actores sociales y de su disposición a renunciar, negociar o imponer sus propios lenguajes de valoración.The expansion of coal mining in the Caribbean region of Colombia not only creates environmental and health problems locally but is also a matter of global concern. Colombia, with almost 85 million tons exported, makes a large contribution to greenhouse gas emissions when the exported coal is burnt in coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) in importing countries, such as The Netherlands and Turkey. This is ever more relevant as the commitments from COP21 in Paris imply that four-fifths of carbon resources (from coal, oil, and gas) must remain under the ground. This thesis uses ecological economics and political ecology approaches to analyze the coal supply chain from its extraction in the open-pit coal mines in Cesar and La Guajira (Colombia) to the final consumption in CFPPs in The Netherlands and Turkey. It also employs the socio-environmental liability approach as an improvement over the standard externalities framework, since it allows for an explicit incorporation of responsibilities for uncompensated damages along the coal chain. The coal chain is analyzed in depth through different layers (market, physical, socio-environmental liabilities, social actors and the plurality of valuation languages) and different scales (local, national and global). In order to identify the coal chain socio-environmental liabilities and ecological distribution conflicts, 84 interviews were conducted in Colombia, The Netherlands and Turkey. Different economic valuation methods were used to estimate the value of the socio-environmental liabilities, and discourse analysis methodologies were used to analyze the plurality of valuation languages deployed along the coal chain. Results show that the socio-environmental liabilities of the coal extraction and its transport to export ports exceeds the market price of coal. The analysis of the ecological distribution conflicts reveals that the geographies of coal are anchored in environmental injustices and democratic deficits associated with both coal mining and CFPPs, and irreconcilable tensions between public health, economic gain and the political power in these three countries. The analysis of the valuation languages shows that in The Netherlands there are two main views regarding coal imports from Colombia, respectively the “Blood coal” and “Better coal” positions. The first one is concerned about human rights violations and the second one frames the question in the context of ecological modernization. In Turkey, the main debate is between the use of highly polluting domestic lignite or the import of better quality coal (anthracite from Colombia). Both in The Netherlands and in Turkey there are different degrees of concern about climate change and “unburnable fuels” which appear still to be absent in Colombia where the debate is focused on the local and national socio-environmental liabilities. This thesis concludes that the success of environmental justice actions taken along the coal chain depends on the political power of social actors and their willingness to give up, negotiate or impose their own valuation languages.
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Cannava, Catharina. "Managing the bi-directional flow of materials to increase customer satisfaction and reduce cost : A case study at Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Industriell ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29874.
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Purpose: This thesis explores the bi-directional flows of material perceived by manufacturing firms in the supply chain and accordingly derive suggestions to properly manage these flows to increase customer satisfaction and reduce cost. Methods: A literature review was summarized in a conceptual framework. This framework was then illustrated in a case. In this case, 11 semi-structured interviews, 3 participant observations and 3 types of archival records were collected. Analysis and discussion of the preliminary conceptual framework compared to the case was the basis for the modified conceptual framework that was designed. Main findings: In general material flows downstream the supply chain, but because of quality issues, recycling or returns material need to flow upstream the supply chain. This thesis provides a holistic view of how to manage these flows with a modified conceptual framework. Academic contributions: Previously, almost no academic research has been conducted on decision variables when it comes to managing material flows upstream the supply chain. This thesis contributes to closing this gap by suggesting different actions to properly manage the bi-directional flow of material. Furthermore, previous research addressing how to manage material flows has been re-accessed and expanded. Managerial implications: By using the framework, practitioners can determine helpful activities to increase customer satisfaction and reduce cost. This means management gets directions of where to allocate their resources. Limitations: The perspective and evidence in this research are only collected from the manufacturer’s point of view, valuable insight from suppliers and customers may have been overlooked. The suggestions of how to manage the bi-directional flow of materials have not been tested and the outcome of these recommendations has not been compared to KPIs or other measurements.
Books on the topic "Mining supply chain"
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1955-, Wang John, ed. Innovations in supply chain management for information systems: Novel approaches. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference, 2010.
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1955-, Wang John, ed. Innovations in supply chain management for information systems: Novel approaches. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference, 2010.
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Seitz, Alexander M. Data driven approaches increasing robustness, accuracy, and service levels of industrial demand fulfilment. München: Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2017.
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Merry, Michael L. The lean supplier, 1968-2010: Supply chain management for suppliers, contractors and manufacturers working for mining companies located far from the source of supply. Coral Gables, Fla: Lean Supplier Pub., 2011.
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Müller, Jürgen. A Real-Time In-Memory Discovery Service: Leveraging Hierarchical Packaging Information in a Unique Identifier Network to Retrieve Track and Trace Information. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
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Fong, Simon, Amir Hossein Gandomi, Iman Rahimi, and Muhammed Ali Ülkü. Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management: Theory and Applications. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Gandomi, Amir H., Simon James Fong, Iman Rahimi, and M. Ali Ülkü. Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management: Theory and Applications. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Gandomi, Amir H., Simon James Fong, Iman Rahimi, and M. Ali Ülkü. Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management: Theory and Applications. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Big Data Driven Supply Chain Management: A Framework for Implementing Analytics and Turning Information Into Intelligence. Pearson FT Press, 2014.
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van Donk, Dirk Pieter. "Supply Chain Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 1–5. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_278-1.
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van Donk, Dirk Pieter. "Supply Chain Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2098–102. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_278.
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van Donk, Dirk Pieter. "Supply Chain Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 3026–30. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_278.
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Yin, Yong, Ikou Kaku, Jiafu Tang, and JianMing Zhu. "Supply Chain Design Using Decision Analysis." In Data Mining, 121–32. London: Springer London, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-338-1_7.
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Gerke, Kerstin, Jan Mendling, and Konstantin Tarmyshov. "Case Construction for Mining Supply Chain Processes." In Business Information Systems, 181–92. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01190-0_16.
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Stefanovic, Nenad, Dusan Stefanovic, and Bozidar Radenkovic. "Application of Data Mining for Supply Chain Inventory Forecasting." In Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems XV, 175–88. London: Springer London, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-086-5_13.
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Castillo-Villagra, Raúl, and Klaus-Dieter Thoben. "Towards Supply Chain Resilience in Mining Industry: A Literature Analysis." In Dynamics in Logistics, 92–103. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05359-7_8.
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Meiling, Deng, and Lei Guiping. "The Importance of Data Mining Technology to University Research in the Big Data Environment." In Modern Industrial IoT, Big Data and Supply Chain, 249–54. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6141-6_26.
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Rubio, María Alejandra, Giovanny Mauricio Tarazona, and Leonardo Contreras. "Big Data and Blockchain Basis for Operating a New Archetype of Supply Chain." In Data Mining and Big Data, 659–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93803-5_62.
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van der Valk, Naomi, Lieselot Bisschop, and René van Swaaningen. "When Gold Speaks, Every Tongue Is Silent: The Thin Line Between Legal, Illegal, and Informal in Peru’s Gold Supply Chain." In Illegal Mining, 299–327. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46327-4_11.
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Schaetter, Frank, Frank Morelli, and Florian Haas. "Supply chain resilience management using process mining." In 36th ECMS International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. ECMS, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2022-0121.
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Recent events such as the Coronavirus Pandemic or the disruption of the Suez Canal have shown how vulnerable supply chains can be and have led to an increased focus on resilience analysis by companies. We believe that all the data needed to understand the resilience status of a supply chain and identify opportunities for improvement already exists within companies. Therefore, we provide an approach to guide decision makers in this regard. We propose to first perform a rough resilience analysis using a limited set of transactional data. This analysis is based on key resilience areas to identify vulnerable elements of the supply chain that should be further investigated in terms of specific entities, transport relations, and materials. Based on these elements, process mining becomes a promising approach to understand the underlying actions, problems, and possible bottlenecks and to reveal improvement strategies.
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Anand, Atul, A. Seetharaman, and K. Maddulety. "Implementing Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management." In 3rd International Conference on Data Mining and Machine Learning (DMML 2022). Academy and Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2022.120713.
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This paper is aimed at studying the factors influencing the implementation of blockchain in supply chain management to solve the current issues faced in the supply chain ecosystem. Supply chains are part and parcel of every business and have multiple inefficiencies in the system. Some of these inefficiencies can be managed by usage of blockchain Platform .Technology, intracompany synergies, intercompany collaboration, extrinsic factors, and innovation are critically evaluated for adoption of blockchain in supply chain. A pilot study is conducted in form survey for analysis of these factors. Hypotheses are derived for these factors for quantitative research. Subsequently these hypotheses are examined with the help of ADANCO2.3 for structural equation modelling. As an outcome, it is evident that Innovation and Extrinsic factors are significantly impacting the adoption of blockchain in supply chain management.
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Lafquih, Hind, Saad Lissane Elhaq, Khalid Kouiss, and Laurent Deshayes. "An integrated framework for maintenance activities management in mining industry." In 2019 International Colloquium on Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LOGISTIQUA). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/logistiqua.2019.8907294.
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Hancu, Lucian. "Supply Chain Risk Management by Mining Business Dependencies." In 2008 10th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing. IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/synasc.2008.47.
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Bai, Shi-zhen, and Lin Zhang. "Quality Supervision in Logistics Service Supply Chain." In 2010 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining (WISM). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wism.2010.80.
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Pimentel, Bruno S., Geraldo R. Mateus, and Franklin A. Almeida. "Stochastic capacity planning in a Global Mining Supply Chain." In 2011 Ieee Workshop On Computational Intelligence In Production And Logistics Systems - Part Of 17273 - 2011 Ssci. IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cipls.2011.5953355.
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Weiyu, Chen. "Value Management of Supply Chain and Data Mining System." In 2010 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icee.2010.1256.
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Kamble, Shridhar, Aaditya Desai, and Priya Vartak. "Data mining and data warehousing for Supply Chain Management." In 2015 International Conference on Communication, Information & Computing Technology (ICCICT). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccict.2015.7045692.
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Rojas, F., and Ernesto Arancibia. "Supply chain analysis for massive and deep underground mining." In MassMin 2020: Eighth International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining. University of Chile, Santiago, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36487/acg_repo/2063_84.
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Ma, Chenxi. "Intelligent tax planning model of aircraft leasing based on big data mining algorithm." In 2nd International Conference on Industrial IoT, Big Data, and Supply Chain, edited by Hong Yu, Yongxin Zhu, and Victor Chang. SPIE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2624567.
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Anzolin, Guendalina. Productive Development Policies in the Mining Value Chain: Policy Opportunity and Alignment. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003886.
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Natural resources are an important source for development, and Latin America is one of the regions with the highest endowment. This calls for a reconsideration of resource-based development. Ambitious countries are moving toward high-value activities and more diversified economies to continue moving up the development ladder. In this sense, the resurgence of industrial policy can correct market failures and lead to the implementation of mission-oriented policies. This document analyzes opportunities to design and implement integrated policies through a revised taxonomy of mining-related policies, applying it to Australia, South Africa, and Chile. The mining sector has been a fertile field, characterized by high technology niches, growth, and innovation. Demand and supply policies can shape the path for development within the sector and across the economy due to the potential of vertical and horizontal linkages.
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Bécu, V., A.-A. Sappin, and S. Larmagnat. User-friendly toolkits for geoscientists: how to bring geology experts to the public. Natural Resources Canada/CMSS/Information Management, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/331220.
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A growing number of countries are committed toreduce their carbon emissions and are transitioning towards renewable and clean energy sources, leading to an in crease in demand formetals and minerals. This is especially the case for a short list of what are called "critical minerals" which are considered essential to economic development, including the transition to a low-carbon economy and national security. There liability of their supply chain raises concerns considering geological scarcity, difficulty to extract and/or political factors influencing their availability. At the same time, public awareness and perception of geoscience are eroding and there is more and more reluctance towards mining projects, even from traditionally favourable communities. To face this challenge, promote public interest and outline the contribution of geological science to society, geoscientists of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC-Québec) have designed and put together a portable display that includes a suite of mineral and metal samples considered critical for the sustainable success of Canada's transition towards a clean and digital economy. The display is a user-friendly toolkit that can be used by any GSC geoscientists during outreach activities, in classrooms as well as during public open houses. It comes with straightforward pedagogic material and content, along with presentation scenarios. To broaden and adapt the workshops to specific expectations, additional toolkits were developed and all are contained within easy to carry travel cases. These cover a variety of topics and can be presented as stand-alone displays or be used complementary to one another. For example, the "Mines and minerals" collection may serve as a supplement to the "Critical minerals" display to present every day objects in which minerals are used as well as ores amples from active mines to illustrate the intertwining between mining activities and our everyday lives. Another display covers the ever-popular fossils thematic with the "Sedimentary rocks and fossils" collection and gives an opportunity to address key geoscience themes such as life evolution and biological crisis along with groundwater reservoirs and resources. The "Magmatic rocks" display touches on the formation of rocks from magmas, the different types and active processes of volcanoes, and discusses the risks and benefits related to volcanic activity. Hopefully, these four ready-to-use portable displays will encourage more GSC geoscientists to engage in public oriented activities to make geosciences more accessible, change perceptions and offer an overall tangible scientific experience for people.
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McCarty, Tanner J., Zuyi Wang Wang, Man-Keun Kim, and James Evans. The Economic Contribution of Utah’s Energy and Mining Industries. Utah Geological Survey, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.34191/mp-176.
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Utah’s abundant energy and mineral resources are used to heat homes, drive industry, and keep the lights on. Effectively managing these energy and mineral resources and their associated supply chains requires knowledge of their economic value and how they currently contribute to Utah’s economy. This report calculates the total economic contribution of Utah’s energy and mining industries for 2019 and 2020. Each industry makes substantial contributions to Utah’s gross domestic product, employment, and tax base. Collectively, these industries contributed over 10% to Utah's total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), supported over 7% of its jobs, and contributed 20% to state tax revenue. Not only do these industries produce sizable economic value, they also create high-paying jobs. Average wages for the energy and mining industries were calculated to be $22,415 (45%) and $13,652 (28%) above the overall state average wage, respectively.
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Goreczky, Péter, and Tibor Mezei. Breaking the Impasse? Chances of a Positive Turn in South Korea-Japan Relations. Külügyi és Külgazdasági Intézet, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.47683/kkielemzesek.ke-2022.25.
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In the last decade, the value of bilateral trade between South Korea and Japan has shown a downward trend, and a ‘mini trade war’ and decoupling efforts to create more resilient supply chains in some economic segments have the potential to narrow trade relations further. This regression in bilateral economic cooperation is intrinsically connected to the deterioration of political relations between the two countries, and it was the re-emergence of unresolved historical differences on the political agenda that generated the tension between Japan and South Korea. On the other hand, the participation of the two nations in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can be evaluated as an important first step towards intensifying trade relations. In addition, corporate business relations and the private sector is the most important bridge between the two economies. The common challenges and opportunities of a new economic era and a changing geopolitical environment may induce Japan and South Korea to improve political cooperation and lay aside their differences regarding interpretations of historical problems. The paper concludes that the regression in bilateral relations during the past seven years has not taken place because the disagreement between the two sides has become intractable but due to an unfortunate series of occurrences in the political field.
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Health Education Materials for the Workplace: Tools. Population Council, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/sbsr2017.1007.
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Companies can derive many benefits from educating workers on health. Yet workplaces in many lower income countries have a need for easy-to-access, on-demand health education materials. The Evidence Project/Meridian in partnership with Bayer has developed a set of health education materials for these industrial and agricultural workplaces. The materials cover important health issues facing women and men workers: - Family Planning - Engaged Fathers and Health - Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy - Menstrual Hygiene - Handwashing These materials are designed to be printed at the workplace on desktop printers, making the materials easy to access and available on demand. They are available in English, Bengali (approved by the Ministry of Health), and Arabic. The materials, in color and black and white (to save on printing costs), come in three types: - Mini-Posters (MP), to be posted in public areas - Handouts (HO), for workers to take home and containing a bit more information - Supplemental materials (QA) to reinforce learning. Each workplace can determine how best to use these materials. The Implementation Guide gives workplace health staff and managers ideas for fitting the materials into their health promotion activities. There is also a User’s Guide for Brands/Retailers, NGOs and other interested parties explaining how the materials can be used in their workplace programs in global supply chains.