Journal of Industrial Strategic Management: 5 (42)

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1 - Bi-Objective Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling With Pareto Approximation in a Specified Region
Seyed Mostafa Mousavi

This paper studies the production scheduling problem in a hybrid flow shop environment with sequence-dependent setup times and the objectives of minimizing both the maximum completion time and the total tardiness. In the past, bi-objective problems were solved by findin More

This paper studies the production scheduling problem in a hybrid flow shop environment with sequence-dependent setup times and the objectives of minimizing both the maximum completion time and the total tardiness. In the past, bi-objective problems were solved by finding Pareto approximation in the entire problem space (without any restrictions). The limitation in this study is to find Pareto approximation in a specified region. In order to solve the problem, multi-objective genetic algorithm based on Pareto ranking has been used. In the structure of the algorithm, two strategies have been proposed in order to select solutions for archiving and produce Pareto in a certain region. After generating sample problems, the genetic algorithm has been implemented with three strategies (two proposed and one general strategy in literature). The appropriate strategy is based on efficient solutions in the archives. The results reflect the fact that the proposed strategies have shown better performance than the literature strategy. Manuscript profile

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2 - Identifying and Prioritizing Contributing Factors in Supply Chain Competitiveness Using PLS- FAHP Techniques (Case Study: Payam Shoes Company)
Saeid Sadeghi Ahmadreza Ghasemi

One of the qualities of today's successful companies is competitiveness power and at the same time, a blatant feature of unsuccessful ones is lack of this quality. The main aim of this research is to Identifying and prioritizing contributing factors in supply chain More

One of the qualities of today's successful companies is competitiveness power and at the same time, a blatant feature of unsuccessful ones is lack of this quality. The main aim of this research is to Identifying and prioritizing contributing factors in supply chain competitiveness in the footwear industry. Data were collected from 82 employees, experts, and managers of Payam shoe firm and examined the impact of four different factors Including green supply chain management, supply chain partnership, sustainable approach to supplier segmentation and knowledge management process capability on supply chain competitiveness. To analyze the data and testing the proposed model in the statistical phase of research, partial least squares (PLS) method, and to prioritizing contributing factors in supply chain competitiveness in the operational research phase of research, FAHP technique was used. The results of the statistical phase of research indicate that “supply chain partnership”, “knowledge management process capability”, “green supply chain management” and “sustainable approach in supplier selection and segmentation” have a significant positive effect on supply chain competitiveness. The results of prioritizing contributing factors in supply chain competitiveness by using FAHP indicate that “supply chain partnership” is the most important factor in supply chain competitiveness and after that “knowledge management process capability” was located in second priority. Finally, some practical strategies for managers are discussed and some suggestions for future research are provided.       Manuscript profile

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3 - Derivation of a Combined Method from Grey ANP and SIX SIQMA and TRIZ in Order to Prioritize Tehran Municipality Projects
alireza alinezhad Javad Khalili

Nowadays based on increasing problems of quality issues in organizations and problems and difficulties which occur in organizations decided to describe and evaluate some of the problems and difficulties of the Tehran municipality in this paper. At first, will define lar More

Nowadays based on increasing problems of quality issues in organizations and problems and difficulties which occur in organizations decided to describe and evaluate some of the problems and difficulties of the Tehran municipality in this paper. At first, will define large amounts of such projects which need improvement and priorities those with one of the methods of MCDM named ANP. It chose the most important project. To implement this project will face some known and some unknown problems. To identified and selected the problems used grey systems and found the most important problem by using grey degree possible which is one the newest decision making and mathematical evaluation techniques of indefinite and undefined data. Six Sigma is one of the most powerful tools and techniques for solving problems. The identified problem will be evaluated and analyzed by DMAIC cycle and six sigma methodology. By using PARETO chart and Minitab software main reasons of the subject are specified and solved then. improve it by using creative and inventive techniques of TRIZ problem-solving at last. Manuscript profile

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4 - The Role of Knowledge Management on Company Competitiveness through Technology-driven Strategy in Tile and Ceramic Industry of Iran
Mohammad Javad Taghipourian Hamidreza Alizadeh

Due to the competitiveness in tile and Ceramic Industry, the purpose of this research is to investigate the role of knowledge management on the competitiveness of the company through technology-driven strategy in tile and Ceramic Industry. For this purpose, a questionna More

Due to the competitiveness in tile and Ceramic Industry, the purpose of this research is to investigate the role of knowledge management on the competitiveness of the company through technology-driven strategy in tile and Ceramic Industry. For this purpose, a questionnaire based on the research of Ahmad and Schroeder (2011) was distributed among the managers of Iran's ceramic tile factories and 87 questionnaires for analysis. The findings of Pearson and regression tests via SPSS showed that all aspects of Technology-driven Strategy have a positive effect on competitiveness. When manufacturing companies use all of these three dimensions (active technology status, process and test adaptation, common technology resources) simultaneously in their processes, they can lead to effective competing so corporate executives should have a comprehensive look at these dimensions.   Manuscript profile

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5 - Optimum supplier selection based on a hybrid MCDM approach: AHP-VIKOR
Armin Cheraghalipour Mohammad Mahdi Paydar Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli

In recent decades, the selection of suitable suppliers as one of the important issues in the field of supply chain management is considered. The evaluation and selection of the best suppliers need to make decisions based on different criteria. In this study, a hybrid MC More

In recent decades, the selection of suitable suppliers as one of the important issues in the field of supply chain management is considered. The evaluation and selection of the best suppliers need to make decisions based on different criteria. In this study, a hybrid MCDM approach consists of AHP and VIKOR methods has been proposed that at first paid to identify the most important criteria in the supplier selection based on previous studies and interviews with company executives. Then by using questionnaires, the paired comparisons of criteria and paired comparisons matrix of groups according to the views of managers and based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is performed. Next, using a multi-criteria optimization technique (VIKOR), firm's suppliers are ranked. Furthermore, a case study in the automotive industry is applied to accumulate data for proposed framework. Finally, by identifying effective criteria, appropriate suppliers, and similarity of obtained results with other studies, the efficiency of the proposed model is proved. Manuscript profile

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6 - Solving N-Queen Problem Using Global Parallel Genetic Algorithm
Monire Taheri Sarvetamin Amid Khatibi Bardsiri

Great efforts were made to solve uncertain hybrid optimization problems in the past few decades. The n-Queen problem is one of these problems that many solutions have been proposed for. The traditional methods to solve this problem are exponential in terms of runtime an More

Great efforts were made to solve uncertain hybrid optimization problems in the past few decades. The n-Queen problem is one of these problems that many solutions have been proposed for. The traditional methods to solve this problem are exponential in terms of runtime and are not acceptable in terms of space and memory complexity. In this study, parallel genetic algorithms are proposed to solve n-Queen problem. Parallelizing island genetic algorithm and the Cellular genetic algorithm was implemented and run. The results show that this algorithm has the ability to find related solutions to this problem. The algorithms are not only faster but also they lead to better performance even without the use of parallel hardware and just running on one core processor. Good comparisons were made between the proposed method and serial genetic algorithms in order to measure the performance of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the algorithm has high efficiency for large-size problems in comparison with genetic algorithms, and, in some cases, it can achieve superlinear speedup. The proposed method, in the present study, can be easily developed to solve other optimization problems.   Manuscript profile

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7 - Proposing a New Genetic Algorithm Multi-capacity to Solve the Multi-Storage Routing problem with Multi-capacity Vehicles
Hossien Afzali Gholam Reza Einy Sarkalleh Mojtba Khademy Nejad Elnaz Miandoabchi

Vehicle routing issues are one of the most common issues in supply chain management and in transport planning. So far, there have been many published academic articles and applied research papers referred in this study. A new innovative algorithm is proposed in this inv More

Vehicle routing issues are one of the most common issues in supply chain management and in transport planning. So far, there have been many published academic articles and applied research papers referred in this study. A new innovative algorithm is proposed in this investigation in order to solve the problem of routing different vehicles with different capacities. The main purpose of this paper is to allocate demand points to each center and determine the best route between the points assigned to each center, as well as determine the best means of transport. The quotes are for each center and the results obtained by the new algorithm are extracted C has been compared with the original algorithms and the results show that this algorithm will be able to compete with innovative algorithms and other interoperability. Manuscript profile

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8 - Provide a Roadmap for Using Lean Manufacturing Tools to Improve Supplier Performance (Case Study: Sapco Supply Chain)
Saeed Zeinalpour Ahrabi Soroush Avakh Darestani Kambiz Shahroudi

Nowadays, supply chain performance plays an inevitable role in competitive environment of organizations, thus capable suppliers are key factors to gain objectives of organizations. In this regard, improving suppliers performances using lean production tools are known as More

Nowadays, supply chain performance plays an inevitable role in competitive environment of organizations, thus capable suppliers are key factors to gain objectives of organizations. In this regard, improving suppliers performances using lean production tools are known as a helpful approach to promote suppliers. This approach leads to improve performance in quality field, cost management and lead time reduction. In this paper, preference of various lean tools according to how well the objectives of lean production are achieved is studied and a case study is performed in supply chain of largest auto company in Iran. Different tools are introduced using background of research, these tools are applied in pairwise comparison process considering three major outcomes of lean production: quality improvement, cost reduction and lead time reduction. It is worth noting that cost reduction, lead time reduction and quality improvement have major preference among all objectives of lean production. Moreover, priorities for establishing lean tools consists of personnel (continuous improvement, performance management, organizing), Kaizen, value stream map, standard work, 5s, Jidoka, productive maintenance, single minute exchange of die, pull system, Heijunka, continuous flow.   Manuscript profile

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9 - Evaluation of Management Efficiency in Cement Industry of Iran Using Data Envelopment Analysis Technique
Akbar Valizadeh Oghani Nasser Fegh-hi Farahmand Farzin Modarres Khiabani

The management ability affects activities such as R & D, cost, financial costs, assets and firm's income. Their efficiency also depends on these factors. The purpose of this study is to measure the ability of management in the cement industry with a new pattern has More

The management ability affects activities such as R & D, cost, financial costs, assets and firm's income. Their efficiency also depends on these factors. The purpose of this study is to measure the ability of management in the cement industry with a new pattern has been member of the Iranian stock exchange. To do this, data from financial statements of companies at 2012 to 2016 years were used. First, by implementing a suitable model and regional Data Envelopment Analysis model, Relative efficiency for each of the companies is calculated and efficient units also have been ranking with Anderson-Peterson method. Then estimate a regression model, the index is calculated to management ability each of the firms. For evaluating the relative efficiency optimization software GAMS and to determine the ability of management software E-Views is used. We aim to achieve non-inherent ability of managers in units. The results of the research show that the efficiency or Inefficiency of the companies can be related to the inherent and acquired ability of managers. The results indicate that companies that have been evaluated with a score efficiently (For example; Iran Chalk Co. & Ardabil Cement Co.), not simply guarantee for high ability of their managers. While, some companies have been efficiently evaluated the ability of their managers is also high. For example; Khuzestan Cement Co. & Mazandaran Cement Co.  Manuscript profile

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