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FAST FASHION IN THE MOROCCAN APPAREL SUPPLY CHAIN: A CASE STUDY Abdelmounaim Aggour 1 , Abderrahmane Moussaid 1 and Ahmed Abou E l Hassan 2 1 PhD Student, Department of Economic Sciences, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco  2  rofessor, Department of Economic Sciences, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco   ABSTRACT The apparel supply chain is a dynamic industry made distinctive by demand uncertainty and the handling of very many Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) during one season, which make it impossible to forecast demand accurately. Hence, apparel brands have to continuously maintain reactivity to the changing trends in consumer fashion tastes through quickly creating new designs that are suitable for all customers with affordable prices. In this context, fashion retailers adopting a new approach called fast fashion raised. In this paper, we will examine at first, from a literature review, the emergence of fast fashion model especially the ...

ONLINE SHOPPING IN SAUDI ARABIA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Soliman Aljarboa  Department of Management Information Systems, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia  ABSTRACT  This paper examines the application of online shopping in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on opportunities and challenges. As few studies to date have investigated this topic, the current inquiry provides a valuable contribution. In investigating these opportunities and challenges, both quantitative and qualitative research methods have been used, as well as primary sources to collect more useful information and data. Results reveal that there is a lack of supervisory agencies in Saudi Arabia regarding online shopping. There is a lack of awareness among consumers, particularly concerning issues that relate to trust and privacy within the opportunities for online shopping. Internet technology presents an opportunity for growth and the establishment of SADAD, an online payment option,...

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF WARQE FOOD PRODUCTS IN ETHIOPIA  Ashenafi Chaka Tuffa, Tadesse Kenea Amentae, and Girma Gebresenbet  Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences, Box 7032, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden   ABSTRACT  This article is all about to analyse the value chain of warqe (Ensete ventricosum (Welw) Cheesman) food products in Ethiopia. For this, two survey studies were conducted between 2013 and 2015. Theory of value chain approach was employed to analyse the value chain. The study mapped the value chain of kocho and bulla. The result indicated that warqe growing farmers, collectors, processors, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers are principal value chain actors. Weak product and information flow were observed among value chain actors within and across different levels of the chain. Moreover, the performance of kocho value chain was not efficient since farmers did not get a better share of the of cons...

STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR A SUSTAINABLE HOUSING SECTOR IN NEPAL: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ADOPTION AND USE OF GREEN PRACTICES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Ogenis Brilhant 1 , Somesh Sharma 2 , Swati Pujari 3 , Neha Shrestha 4 , Amit Bajracharya 5 and Anita Adhikar i6 1 Energy and Infrastructure Management, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University, Rotterdam (EUR), The Netherlands 2 IHS, EUR, The Netherlands 3,4,5,6 UN-Habitat, Nepal ABSTRACT  EU’s main approach to sustainable housing is promoting green practices/products within the building construction sectors SCs. EU Switch Asia program financed research conducted in Nepal, 2015, to understand the organization of SCs, identify factors/barriers affecting SCM and existing relationships, the reasons to adopt green concepts/approaches and recommend support for SMEs to strengthen the sector’s management and sustainability. 109...

SELECTION OF COLD CHAIN LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY WITH REFERENCE TO INDIA  Saravanan.S and Anubama.B  Head of the Department, Department of Management Studies, Anna University (BIT Campus), Tamil Nadu, India. Student, Department of Management Studies, Anna University (BIT Campus), Tamil Nadu, India  ABSTRACT  The article is about the selection and ranking of cold chain logistics service provider in pharmaceutical industry. For this study the diabetics drugs (Insulin) were taken for the cold chain, habitually and typically used in supplying insulin over different merchant.The insulin has to be kept, to be maintained and stored then given to merchants for the usage of customer requirement.The major objective of this paper is to select and rank alternative logistics service provider for the manufacturer, since there were many logistics service provider in India.This proper channels has to be properly done and maintained by ...

VALUE CHAIN OF POULTRY HATCHERIES IN BANGLADESH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SMES VERSUS LARGE PLAYERS BY PORTER’S VALUE CHAIN MODEL  Md. Shamsuzzaman 1 and Sheikh Morshed Jahan 2   1 DBA Research Fellow, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2 Associate Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  ABSTRACT :  The contribution of animal farming subsector to GDP of Bangladesh at constant price is 1.66 percent, of which more than fifty percent is contributed by poultry industry. Poultry hatchery is the backbone of this industry. This research has tried to explore the value chain dynamics and challenges of integration faced by SMEs vis-à-vis larger poultry hatcheries. The research framework is designed along Porter’s value chain model. Primary data were collected from20 chief executives and senior management professionals from hatcheries of varied sizes that supply more than 60% of the...