Supply chain stakeholders

Identify the functional areas and supply chain stakeholders who shonld be involved in transportation risk management activities... 

Transportation is flow of goods between supply chain stakeholders. The flow can be between and through any echelon of the supply chain from warehouse to factory, from factory to customer etc. The transportation problem can be viewed as a network flow problem where the nodes represent stakeholders, edges represent the cost and amount of transportation between them basically. Consider the network in Fig. 4.1. 5 represents the amount of supply at node n. D is the amount of demand at node m. This network is a direct shipment network. 

In this section, we summarize these benefits and categorize them based on different potential supply chain stakeholders (as shown in Figure 4) who would benefit from deploying the RFID technology. After reading this section, readers are able to foresee several major advantages from their own perspectives. 

Introducing the Supply Chain Stakeholders as a component of the organisation s performance is designed to emphasise the inter-dependence of the members of the supply chain. Expectations of performance and risk profiles for the organisation must be cognisant of the other partners and stakeholders in the supply chain. 

This chapter aims to illustrate the role and importance of ethical (fair) trade in the agricultural production chain. Towards that, we will initially analyse the organic market and will illustrate the role of the accreditation schemes and the local certification bodies. This is followed by a section on ethical (fair) trade discussing the evolution of the concept(s) and their association with organic production. The last sections examine the view of the stakeholders and selected supply chain members in relation to ethical (fair) trade, before drawing relevant conclusions. 

Sustainability overall objective for human beings formulated by the United Nations in the 1990s is to ensure sustainable development for future generations chemical companies have already started to translate this objective into their industry practice with respects to products developed and sold, energy and natural resource efficiency in their processes, climate protection, corporate social responsibility for the workforce as well as stakeholders in production and consuming areas sustainability as an objective also already inspired operations research and supply chain literature (see for example Zhou et al. 2000 Al-Sharrah et al. 2002)... 

There are numerous parts of an agricultural supply chain, with many stakeholders. A consequence for organic agriculture is that there are many areas that need to be established, modified and strengthened. Major areas of interest are ... 

The different stakeholders involved along the supply chain of food-contact materials and articles are reported in Fig. 4.3. Taking as the central point where the food contact material or article is manufactured, i.e., the converters... 

One company formed a cross-functional team to use the tool to help evaluate corporate SD status. Some gaps were identified (e.g., supply chain management and some stakeholder communication topics) that helped to develop corresponding programs. In addition, one of the key benefits of the approach was that it enabled learning and productive discussion within the crossfunctional team that enhanced everyone s understanding of the SD issue and its importance for the company. 

An anecdote involving stakeholder interaction and supply chain collaboration will serve to illustrate several of these points and begin the dialog about how these reporting requirements can lead to improved business planning. Polyvinyl chloride, also... 

KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS... 

Understanding interaction with other stakeholders in the supply chain... 

Interactions with Other Stakeholders in the Supply Chain... 

Sensitive areas along the route for people, property, and the environment Complexity of the transportation activities and number of stakeholders in the supply chain... 

Identification and Prioritization Consists of (1) cataloging the hazardous materials and modes of transportation, (2) identifying sensitive areas and potential points of failure along the transit route, and (3) understanding interactions with other stakeholders in the supply chain. This process enables the identification of shipments that may require special attention, including escalating issnes/scenarios for more detailed risk analysis. 

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