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Perceptions Of On-Farm Emergency Slaughter For Dairy Cows In British Columbia, Katherine E. Koralesky, David Fraser

Slaughter and Slaughtering Practices Collection

Some jurisdictions permit on-farm emergency slaughter (OFES) as one end-of-life option for dairy cows and other animals that cannot be transported humanely but are deemed fit for human consumption. Anecdotal reports suggest that OFES is controversial among dairy industry professionals, but to date their perceptions of OFES have not been studied systematically. Twentyfive individual interviews and 3 focus groups with 40 dairy producers, veterinarians, and other professionals in British Columbia, Canada, revealed positive and negative perceptions of OFES influenced by (1) individual values, (2) the perceived operational legitimacy of OFES, and (3) concern over social responsibility and public perception of …

Transport 2040 : Analysis Of Technical Developments In Transport : Maritime, Air, Rail And Road, World Maritime University

Reports

A number of technical and socio-technical factors are driving the development and adoption of automation. The report, Transport 2040: Automation, Technology, Employment – The Future of Work, provided an overview of the most important trends forecasted to affect the global transport sector by 2040. This current report provides additional details of that assessment. The research conducted is guided by a transport-technology analytical model that provides a structure for a systematic review across different modes of transport. This report reviews, in particular, the transportation technology through the lens of transport vehicles (e.g. ships, trucks, trains, aircraft) and the technical infrastructure that …

Transport 2040: Automation, Technology, Employment : The Future Of Work, World Maritime University

Reports

On 15 January 2019, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the World Maritime University (WMU) launched a flagship report entitled: “Transport 2040: Automation Technology Employment - the Future of Work”. The forward-looking assessment, produced by WMU, investigates how the global transport industry will change as a result of automation and advanced technologies, forecasting and analyzing trends and developments in the major transport sectors - seaborne, road, rail and aviation - to 2040 with an emphasis on the implications for jobs and employment for transport workers.

Transport 2040 : Automation In Airports: Automatic Baggage Handling Systems : Technology And Transformation, World Maritime University

Reports

This study highlights the challenges and implications of airport baggage handling automation so as to better describe the trends depicted in the Transport 2040 Report. This is achieved through a short background review and related case studies. It is hoped that such an investigation will identify the major challenges that the aviation industry needs to address so that stakeholders can better prepare for the future

Environmental Sustainability Of Logistics Service Providers: A Systematic Literature Review On Indicators For City Logistics, Xu Zhang, Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos, Eoin Plant

Conference Papers

The increasing logistics and transport activities in the city significantly impact on the environment we live in. Providing green and sustainable logistics services is at the top of the logistics service provider’s agenda. Both academics and industry have shown increasing attention to measuring sustainability in logistics operations in the recent decade, yet LSPs' sustainability performance measurement methods and relevant indicators need to be assessed and updated particularly in the context of city logistics. This paper identifies and evaluates the current frameworks and indicators that reflect the performance of LSPs’ environmental sustainability using a systematic literature review. A total of 61 …

An Oasis In The Hospital Desert – General Aviation Meets Medicine, Ariel Braverman

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

Use of General Aviation and to support medical services is not novel. However, this paper is an attempt to establish a concept of a framework of using aviation, especially relatively low-operational cost fixed-wing aircraft as a convenient high-speed transport to bring medical staff to the rural and remote areas. Operating flight network will also be more efficient from the financial point of view - better than attracting medical personnel with high salaries. Existing regional and local airport system can be a feasible basis for airport-based medical network. This article is just an initial one and additional work needs to evaluate …

ความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลของคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าบริเวณท่าเรือเกาะสีชัง จังหวัดชลบุรี, คณินศักดิ์ จันทร์ประสิทธิ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงสำรวจ เพื่อศึกษาความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลของคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าที่ท่าเรือเกาะสีชัง จังหวัดชลบุรี และศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลของคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้า ได้แก่ การรับสื่อข่าวสารด้านการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเล ความรู้ความเข้าใจต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเล และทัศนคติต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเล เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลโดยใช้แบบสอบถามจากผู้ตอบแบบสอบถาม 400 คน สถิติที่ใช้คือสถิติเชิงพรรณนา ได้แก่ การแจกแจงความถี่ ร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ยและส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน ใช้สถิติเชิงอนุมานเพื่อทดสอบสมมติฐาน และวิเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลโดยการวิเคราะห์การถดถอยพหุคูณที่ระดับนัยสำคัญที่ 0.05 ผลการศึกษาพบว่า คนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าส่วนใหญ่มีอายุระหว่าง 35-40 ปี ร้อยละ 51 มีประสบการณ์ทำงานระหว่าง 6-15 ปี ร้อยละ 64.75 มีรายได้ 20,001-25,000 บาท ขึ้นไป ร้อยละ 72.75 และคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าส่วนใหญ่มีภูมิลำเนาอยู่ทางภาคกลางและภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ คนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าส่วนใหญ่ไม่แยกขยะอาหาร(79.20%) และขยะรีไซเคิล(57.30%) ผู้ประกอบการเรือลำเลียงส่วนใหญ่(81.9%)ไม่มีถุงขยะหรือถังขยะสำหรับลูกเรือ พบว่าปัจจัยส่วนบุคคล เช่น อายุ ประสบการณ์ทำงาน สถานภาพรายได้ และภูมิลำเนาไม่ส่งผลต่อความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลของคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้า ทั้งนี้ความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลของคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้ามีความสัมพันธ์เชิงบวกกับปัจจัยด้านความรู้ความเข้าใจต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลและปัจจัยด้านทัศนคติต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเล คนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าในภาพรวมมีความตระหนักในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลในระดับมาก มีความรู้ความเข้าใจต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลในระดับมาก และมีทัศนคติต่อการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเลในระดับมาก ซึ่งคนประจำเรือลำเลียงสินค้าทราบถึงคุณค่าที่ควรอนุรักษ์ไว้ของทรัพยากรทางทะเล สามารถประเมินได้ว่าการกระทำใดเป็นการทำลายทรัพยากรทางทะเล และการกระทำใดเป็นตัวช่วยในการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรทางทะเล แต่เนื่องจากมีข้อจำกัดของพื้นที่ที่อยู่อาศัยบนเรือลำเลียงสินค้าและวิถีชีวิตบนเรือลำเลียงสินค้าจึงทำให้ไม่มีทางเลือกที่มากพอในการจัดการขยะและน้ำเสียต่างๆ

A Post-Brexit Transportation Scenario Analysis For An Agri-Fresh Produce Supply Chain, Amr Mahfouz, Declan Allen, Amr Arisha, Ralf Elbert, Michael Gleser

Conference papers

The ever-increasing demand for fresh and healthy products initiated an urgency for effective planning for Agri-Fresh Produce Supply Chains (AFPSC). However, AFPSC faces many challenges, including product vulnerability to market disruption and limited shelf-life. In case of a no-deal Brexit (i.e., the UK leaving the EU without an agreement), trade between Ireland and the UK will most probably be subjected to customs control. In effect, transportation delays and products deterioration rates will increase. Based on interviews with an Irish AFPSC forwarder, a simulation model was developed to investigate different systems' dynamics and operating rules under different delay patterns on the …

Dynamic Pricing Of Wireless Internet Based On Usage And Stochastically Changing Capacity, Demet Batur, Jennifer K. Ryan, Zhongyuan Zhao, Mehmet C. Vuran

Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics: Faculty Publications

(1) Problem Definition: Inspired by new developments in dynamic spectrum access, we study the dynamic pricing of wireless Internet access when demand and capacity (bandwidth) are stochastic. (2) Academic / Practical Relevance: The demand for wireless Internet access has increased enormously. However, the spectrum available to wireless service providers is limited. The industry has thus altered conventional license- based spectrum access policies through unlicensed spectrum operations. The additional spectrum obtained through these operations has stochastic capacity. Thus, the pricing of this service by the service provider has novel challenges. The problem considered in this paper is therefore of high practical …

Strategic Alliances For Technology Adoption: Alliances And Partnerships For Blockchain Adoption, Anju Babu, Charles Weber

Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper aims to study the relevance and importance of strategic alliances for emerging technology adoption. The case researched and discussed here is Blockchain adoption in the semiconductor industry. As a technology, Blockchain has been around for over a decade and is known to provide tremendous value in business transactions. However, the adoption has not gained traction mainly due to the fact that it takes a network to adopt an industrial Blockchain and cannot work in silos. Most companies are shying away from it as they haven't explored what makes a successful strategy for adoption. A literature review was done …

Halal Accreditation And Certification In A Non-Muslim Country Setting: Insights From Australia Halal Meat Supply Chain, Mohd Hafiz Zulfakar, Caroline Chan, Ferry Jie, Veera Pandiyan Kaliani Sundram

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

It is a known fact that most halal food products, especially meat are now sourced from various part of the world and the majority of halal food exporters/producers come from non-Muslim countries. This has led to growing concerns from the halal consumers, especially the Muslim communities with regards to whether the halal status of these food products can really be guaranteed throughout the supply chain in these countries and whether the halal foods claimed are authentic. This study aims to better understand the current halal meat certification in Australia, a predominantly non-Muslim country. By adopting a case study approach, this …

Transport 2040: Autonomous Ships: A New Paradigm For Norwegian Shipping : Technology And Transformation, World Maritime University

Reports

The main section of this study summarizes overall trends and provides a global overview about developments in all four modes of transport. However, as highlighted in its main findings, technology and automation evolves in different ways in different contexts and environments.

Marine Quay Crane Scheduling Using A Combined Modified Genetic Algorithm And Priority Rules Approach, V. H. Nguyen, D. T. Nguyen

Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Quay crane scheduling problem (QCSP) is the problem of the allocation of quay cranes to handle the unloading and loading of containers at seaport container terminals and defining the service sequence of vessel bays of each quay crane. The treatment of crane interference constraints and the increased in vessel size make the problem difficult to solve. Due to the growing interest in applied research for this problem, many researchers have used different algorithms and methods to obtain some solutions. This paper will propose a modified genetic algorithm combined with priority rules to deal with it. The advantage of the proposed …

Natural Resources Governance Employing Blockchain-Based Decision-Making, Farinaz Sabz Ali Pour, Adrian Gheorghe

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Natural resources are essential structures of socio-economic systems which shape the well-being of humanity, environment, and the economy. Human actions have become the critical responsibility for environmental changes and pressuring many planetary boundaries. Having a systematic approach can provide a governance platform including the inherent characteristics of the resource, the historically established form of use, and transaction costs. A natural resource governance framework is developed by applying Blockchain technology as the primary goal of this study to regulate and manage the extraction and trades. Blockchain technology provides a distributed concurrency monitoring system for sustainable resource management. Persistent and pervasive cooperation …

Big Five Personality Traits In Learning Complex Information Systems: A Case Study, Bih-Ru Lea, Katherine Yu, Amanda Engelke, Carol Koob

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

This research explores the influence of personality traits on the performance of learning a complex information system. The personality traits studied are conscientiousness, neuroticism, extraversion, openness, and agreeableness and the complex information system is represented by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. The preliminary results indicate Openness, the interaction of Openness and Agreeableness, the interaction of Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, the interaction of Openness, Agreeableness, and Extraversion, and the interaction Openness and Extraversion are statistically significant on influencing ERP learning performance.

Assignment Of E-Commerce Orders To Fulfillment Warehouses, Ahmad Basem Zamka

Theses

For large e-commerce companies such as Amazon, when an order comes, this order might be available at more than one fulfillment centers. Therefore, the question of which fulfillment center this order should be fulfilled from would arise.

In a typical situation, customer demand is fulfilled from the closest fulfillment center. However, this approach does not always provide the optimal solution since there are so many factors that could be involved in making such a decision. These factors might include inventory balance, product correlations, and future demand.

Our decision model focuses on putting future orders in consideration while assigning orders to …

The Effectiveness Of Collaboration Within Supply Chain Management: A Case Study Of Adidas Group, Daniel Carr

CMC Senior Theses

For a multi-national company like Adidas, supply chain management is one of the most crucial aspects of business operations. Products cannot be sold unless Adidas’s supply chain is well-managed and efficient, and public perception of a brand/company is critical to success.

This case study analyzes the effectiveness of Adidas's distinct “collaborative approach” to supply chain management, which is characterized by not only monitoring and auditing suppliers, but also training them to make Adidas’s standards their own and approaching suppliers with the intention of building long-term relationships where the suppliers can become self-sufficient.

This study reviews the structure of Adidas's supply …

Supply Chain Integration, Learning, And Agility: Effects On Performance, Habibullah Khan, Joel D. Wisner

Marketing and International Business Faculty Research

This study examines the interrelationships among supply chain integration, learning, agility and organizational performance. Survey data were collected from 257 publicly-owned companies in Pakistan, and the hypothesized framework was tested using a structural equation model. It was found that supply chain integration had a significant impact on external and internal learning. Additionally, supply chain integration was found to have an insignificant impact on firm performance and supply chain agility. Finally, internal learning was found to have an insignificant impact on supply chain agility, but a significant direct impact on firm performance, while external learning had an insignificant impact on firm …

Assessment Of Adaptability Of A Supply Chain Trading Agent’S Strategy: Evolutionary Game Theory Approach, Yoon Sang Lee, Riyaz T. Sikora

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

With the increase in the complexity of supply chain management, the use of intelligent agents for automated trading has gained popularity (Collins, Arunachalam, B, et al. 2006). The performance of supply-chain agents depends on not just the market environment (supply and demand patterns) but also on what types of other agents they are competing with. For designers of such agents it is important to ascertain that their agents are robust and can adapt to changing market and competitive environments. However, to date there has not been any work done that assesses the adaptability of a trading agent’s strategy in the …

Transport 2040: Truck Platooning: The Australian Case : Technology And Transformation, World Maritime University

Reports

This study details a transport mode, a specific technology option in a specific country. In particular, this study covers truck platooning in road transport, with the focus on Australia. The Transport 2040: Automation, Technology, Employment – The Future of Work Report identified a series of key trends in the context of future transport technologies vis-à-vis transport workers’ employment situation and the wider ramifications on the market. Some of these trends are mode-specific, technology-specific, or specific to a certain geographic location and thus they do not develop in the same manner in all local contexts.