The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between regional firm performance and supply chain integration practices. In addition to literature survey, the primary data collection instrument used was a questionnaire which was administrated to a total sample of 200 industry experts, administrative officers, functional department heads and directors, the industry managing directors and senior staff from 21 manufacturing firms in Ethiopian were incorporated. The data were studied using the AHP, fuzzy TOPSIS, the mind map, and descriptive analysis. Further, the challenges, practices, performance, the practices of East African basic metal industry supply chain integration influences the dynamics contribution of the regional economy was fragmental. According to this study, due to weak, fragmental and non-integrated supply chain systems, the regional economic dynamic contribution of the sector is weak and poor in quality, productivity, flexibility, and global competitiveness were investigated. Moreover, these investigations and analysis of this paper have both practical and scholarly implications. The result is provided to contribute to the future supply chain integration model development and make an action to supply chain integrations for process improvements. Finally, the implications for the design on the dynamic capability of supply chain strategies are showing, and the future research agenda was presented Manuscript profile

This study is conducted to developed innovative production planning and control strategies to manufacturing industries so as to improve production performance and competitiveness of basic metal sectors Though the study was conducted through field observation and questioner used as primary data and literature review on research articles, books, and electronic-sources which used as secondary data. While the questioner and filed observation data collection were done from two selected Ethiopian basic metal industries. Since the collected data were employed by both using descriptive and empirical analysis. Waste in the production process, poor plant layout systems, defective products, improper material requirement planning, deficiency on control and monitoring systems, insufficient inventory control, poor workflow strategies, null warehouse management systems, problems in information systems and information management strategies were investigated as the main challenges of developing the nation basic metal industries. As a result of these challenges, the performance and global competitiveness of local basic metal industries are poor and weak. As well the literature’ finding endorse that production planning and controls have gradual advancement in developed manufacturing industries but it is found to be at its infant stage in developing manufacturing industries. Due to these challenges and weak performances on the developing firms, the entire production process on the industries was declining, and then they approach to die. Though the new product planning and controlling strategies can bridge the gap and birth will begin within proper implementations of the model to basic metal industries. Manuscript profile

مقدمه و هدف: هدف اصلی این پژوهش بررسی سیر تاریخی آموزش و توسعه منابع انسانی در ایران است. نگارندگان معتقدند این حوزه از فقر آگاهی تاریخی در کشور رنج برده و همین ناآگاهی تاریخی می‌تواند منجر به دوباره‌کاری و تکرار شکست‌هایی شود که در گذشته اتفاق افتاده اند. از سوی دیگر آگاهی تاریخی می‌تواند باعث درس‌آموزی از موفقیت‌های گذشته شده و ما را از اتخاذ تصمیمات هزینه‌بر باز دارد.
روش شناسی پژوهش: در این مطالعه تلاش شده است تا از طریق بررسی کتاب‌ها، مقالات، اسناد و مصاحبه با خبرگان، داده‌های لازم جمع‌آوری شده و پس از نقد درونی و بیرونی اسناد مذکور سیر تحول آموزش و توسعه منابع انسانی در ایران به تصویر کشیده شود.
یافته­ ها: بر اساس یافته ها ، تاریخ توسعه منابع انسانی در ایران را می توان در سه مرحله طبقه بندی کرد ، یعنی دوره های سنتی (از سلسله ماد تا تأسیس دارالفنون) ، عصر تأسیس (از تأسیس دارالفنون تا 2010) ، و دوران ثبات (از تأسیس انجمن آموزش و توسعه ایران تا کنون). علاوه بر این ، هر نقطه عطفی در دوران ذکر شده است.
بحث و نتیجه ­گیری: به نظر می­رسد که کشور از دوران شکوفایی فاصله زیادی دارد زیرا شرکت ها (اعم از دولتی یا خصوصی) اعتماد چندانی به این موضوع ندارند که بخش آموزش چگونه می تواند برای آن ها ارزش افزوده ایجاد کند. در حقیقت ، بخش های آموزشی موفق نشده اند که خود را به عنوان شرکای استراتژیک برای شرکت های خود ثابت کنند. از سوی دیگر ، دانشگاهیان قادر به تولید دانش متنی برای کشوری که عمدتاً توسط بخش دولتی اداره می شود ، نیستند. Manuscript profile