An innovative business model based on the integration of finance and logistics operations
- Daozhi, Zhao, Bai, Mapeng, Mbohwa, Charles
- Authors: Daozhi, Zhao , Bai, Mapeng , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Business models , Business logistics , Loan financing
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5200 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14443
- Description: This article advances a new logistics financing model based on the notes receivable. This is a written promise to receive a stated amount of money in future. The article describes the structure and key processes of the model, and analyses the roles of the involved stakeholders. In order to enhance understanding, the article compares the model with a loan financing model, establishes a game model based on logistics enterprise financing, studies the strategies in the process of investment and financing, and concludes by defining its feasible region. This involves comparing the expected net revenues of different stakeholders in the two models. Based on the results, the paper analyses the financing process of a logistics enterprise in Shanghai and determines the optimal financing strategy. This paper is an attempt to improve business innovation in logistics financing and provides a sensible solution for the integrated logistics and finance services. This can effectively improve the stakeholders’ profit.
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- Authors: Daozhi, Zhao , Bai, Mapeng , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Business models , Business logistics , Loan financing
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5200 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14443
- Description: This article advances a new logistics financing model based on the notes receivable. This is a written promise to receive a stated amount of money in future. The article describes the structure and key processes of the model, and analyses the roles of the involved stakeholders. In order to enhance understanding, the article compares the model with a loan financing model, establishes a game model based on logistics enterprise financing, studies the strategies in the process of investment and financing, and concludes by defining its feasible region. This involves comparing the expected net revenues of different stakeholders in the two models. Based on the results, the paper analyses the financing process of a logistics enterprise in Shanghai and determines the optimal financing strategy. This paper is an attempt to improve business innovation in logistics financing and provides a sensible solution for the integrated logistics and finance services. This can effectively improve the stakeholders’ profit.
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Industry 4.0 and the circular economy : melioration of business logistics sustainability
- Bag, S., Yadav, G., Wood, L. C., Dhamija, P., Joshi, S.
- Authors: Bag, S. , Yadav, G. , Wood, L. C. , Dhamija, P. , Joshi, S.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Business logistics , Industry 4.0 , Circular economy
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/436249 , uj:37834 , Citation: Bag, S. et al. 2020. Industry 4.0 and the circular economy: melioration of business logistics sustainability.
- Description: Abstract: Mining and mineral resources help provide the requirements of everyday life by contributing to essential products and services. In the era of fourth industrial revolution, the trend in logistics is toward a smart logistics system. Therefore, it becomes important to understand how Industry 4.0 enablers effect smart logistics, i.e., instrumented logistics, interconnected logistics, and intelligent logistics. This study investigates how Industry 4.0 logistics technologies influence dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability and, the effect on business logistics sustainability. Survey data were collected from 150 respondents using an online survey of South African executives in firms operating mines, quarries, and processing plants. Partial Least Squares based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that Industry 4.0 enablers have a strong effect on intelligent logistics compared to its effect on interconnected logistics and instrumented logistics. The effect of intelligent logistics are found to be very high compared to that of interconnected logistics and instrumented logistics on dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability. Finally, dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability are found to positively influence business logistics sustainability.
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- Authors: Bag, S. , Yadav, G. , Wood, L. C. , Dhamija, P. , Joshi, S.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Business logistics , Industry 4.0 , Circular economy
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/436249 , uj:37834 , Citation: Bag, S. et al. 2020. Industry 4.0 and the circular economy: melioration of business logistics sustainability.
- Description: Abstract: Mining and mineral resources help provide the requirements of everyday life by contributing to essential products and services. In the era of fourth industrial revolution, the trend in logistics is toward a smart logistics system. Therefore, it becomes important to understand how Industry 4.0 enablers effect smart logistics, i.e., instrumented logistics, interconnected logistics, and intelligent logistics. This study investigates how Industry 4.0 logistics technologies influence dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability and, the effect on business logistics sustainability. Survey data were collected from 150 respondents using an online survey of South African executives in firms operating mines, quarries, and processing plants. Partial Least Squares based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that Industry 4.0 enablers have a strong effect on intelligent logistics compared to its effect on interconnected logistics and instrumented logistics. The effect of intelligent logistics are found to be very high compared to that of interconnected logistics and instrumented logistics on dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability. Finally, dynamic remanufacturing and green manufacturing capability are found to positively influence business logistics sustainability.
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Performance based on incentives in humanitarian logistics and supply chains in South Africa
- Mbadou, Angelina Fernande, Mbohwa, Charles
- Authors: Mbadou, Angelina Fernande , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Business logistics , Humanitarian logistics , Incentives in industry , Emergency management
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13764
- Description: This paper aims to focus on the importance of humanitarian logistics and supply chain to overcome natural disasters. South Africa is a country with low risk to natural disasters but it still can be affected by natural disasters such as drought, floods, fires and mining disasters. Humanitarian organisations need to have a good logistics and supply chain to be able to assist people better and quickly in case of emergency. Humanitarian organisation must have a structure and implement the right coordination for the operation to be conducted in a proper way. Those organisations have to be prepared no matter the disaster. Finally the distribution of goods in where the organisation needs to have an excellent structure that suit every kind of natural catastrophe happening in the country.
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- Authors: Mbadou, Angelina Fernande , Mbohwa, Charles
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Business logistics , Humanitarian logistics , Incentives in industry , Emergency management
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:6160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13764
- Description: This paper aims to focus on the importance of humanitarian logistics and supply chain to overcome natural disasters. South Africa is a country with low risk to natural disasters but it still can be affected by natural disasters such as drought, floods, fires and mining disasters. Humanitarian organisations need to have a good logistics and supply chain to be able to assist people better and quickly in case of emergency. Humanitarian organisation must have a structure and implement the right coordination for the operation to be conducted in a proper way. Those organisations have to be prepared no matter the disaster. Finally the distribution of goods in where the organisation needs to have an excellent structure that suit every kind of natural catastrophe happening in the country.
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