A BPR approach to hydrogeological risk management

Ciarapica, Filippo Emanuele; Paciarotti, Claudia

doi:10.1007/s11069-013-0993-3

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“…Since the audiences of this publication also include practitioners involved in humanitarian relief, this manuscript has therefore illustrated a variety of relevant tools that could be useful for these practitioners. An assessment of the “AS-IS” status of relief chains is the basis for performance measurement and performance indicators as well as for redesigning and reengineering humanitarian supply chains (Lambert et al , 1998; Christopher and Peck, 2004; Bevilacqua et al , 2014; Scholten et al , 2014). The HumSCAT can serve as a reference for academics and practitioners who desire to assess and improve relief supply chains.…”

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“…Apart from this paper, the main body of the literature used tools from commercial supply chains to assess the current status of relief chains (e.g. Bevilacqua et al , 2014; Schumann-Bölsche et al , 2015; Paciarotti et al , 2018). However, these articles merely employed specific tools to assess specific contexts of the chains and/or merely focused on a particular phase.…”

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“…The search result indicated some articles that used IDEF0 in the field of disaster management. Bevilacqua et al (2014) used IDEF0 to map an overview of hydro-geological risk management. Paciarotti et al (2018) studied the case of emergency flood response by employing IDEF0 to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the relief chain.…”

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The Humanitarian Supply Chain Assessment Tool (HumSCAT)

Banomyong

Julagasigorn

Varadejsatitwong

et al. 2019

JHLSCM

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Purpose An understanding of the “AS-IS” stage of a relief operation is the basis for further action in humanitarian supply chain management. The purpose of this paper is to develop a toolbox called the Humanitarian Supply Chain Assessment Tool (HumSCAT). This toolbox is comprised of a set of basic tools which can be classified into each phase of disaster relief. Design/methodology/approach The HumSCAT is proposed by paralleling frequently used tools in commercial supply chains with the objectives and characteristics of relief phases. A case study was used to validate the HumSCAT along with six tools provided in the preparation phase. Findings The HumSCAT consists of seven tools in the preparation phase, nine tools in the response phase and ten tools in the recovery phase. The case study illustrates how to use the HumSCAT and the six tools. The latter were found to be useful for improving the relief chain. Research limitations/implications The list of tools is not exclusive. Other tools might be applicable as long as they meet the objectives and characteristics of the phase. A tool should be adjusted accordingly to the contexts. Tools in other phases should be validated in future research. Practical implications The HumSCAT may serve as a reference toolbox for practitioners. Its output can be used for further designing of the “TO-BE” status of humanitarian relief chains. Originality/value The HumSCAT is proposed as a toolbox for academics and practitioners involved in humanitarian supply chains.

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The Humanitarian Supply Chain Assessment Tool (HumSCAT)

Banomyong

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Varadejsatitwong

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“…Some people believe that costs can be optimised by process reengineering. For example, Zhao and Wang (2011) contend that the essence of management is to utilise internal and external resources effectively, which requires strategic partnerships that constitute a collection of business processes in supply chain management, whereas Bevilacqua et al (2014) address the problem of hydrogeological risk management using the BPR from a logistics and managerial perspective. In this situation, a process of reengineering was implemented to improve information management, which is a crucial aspect of risk management.…”

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An approach to reengineering applied to control of container logistics cost using the PERT network

Zhang

Cui

Zhu

et al. 2020

IJSTM

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With the development of society and the advancement of science and technology, Chinese automobile manufacturers are struggling with increasingly intense competition in the market. To earn a place in the industry and improve brand competitiveness, many companies are beginning to focus on the logistics of cost control, such that the whole supply chain cost is at its lowest when the value is at its highest, as this is the key to the future survival and development of China's automobile industry. As an example, this paper uses the container transport of Changan Ford auto parts logistics, and based on the cost analysis derived from the program evaluation and review technique (PERT), the existing transport process is reengineered. Through the comparison of the costs before and after the transformation and the sensitivity analysis based on the reengineered process, it is determined that the reengineered process is superior to the initial process and exhibits strong practical guiding significance for logistics cost control and the development of China's automobile companies.

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“…They proposed a conceptual framework for structuring capability development with business process management and assessed the risk by a process maturity model. Bevilacqua et al (2014) used a functional approach to analyse the engineering process handling hydrogeological risk. These researches demonstrate that a systematic method is necessary to ensure the consistency of risk analysis of PI projects.…”

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Reliability analysis of productivity enhancement initiatives

Nicholds

2018

JMTM

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Purpose Process improvement (PI) projects in manufacturing suffer from high failure rates, often due to management capability overstretch. An organisation’s management may be unaware that they lack the necessary capability to achieve desired performance gains from a particular PI project. As a consequence, PI projects containing a level of complexity are undertaken but the organisation is not capable of providing the required resources. The purpose of this paper is to develop a new method for assessing whether a productivity enhancement initiative which develops into PI projects have a good probability of success (POS). The risk assessment method predicts the POS in achieving desired performance targets from a PI project. Design/methodology/approach The POS of a system can be measured in terms of reliability. An operation with a high POS indicates high reliability of the system’s ability to perform. Reliability is a form of risk assessment. When applied to PI projects, several key factors should be addressed. First, risk should be modelled with a framework that includes human factors. Second, time is an important dimension due to the need for persistence in effort. This research proposes the concept of performance effectiveness function, kP, that links the capability of an organisation with its performance level. A PI reliability function indicating the probably of success of the PI projects can then be derived at the design stage by combining the capability score and actual performance. Findings The PI reliability function has been developed and tested with an industry case in which a PI project is planned. The analysis indicates that the company is far from ideal to do the project. Research limitations/implications The reliability function may be used as a decision support tool to assist decision makers to set realistic performance gain targets from PI projects. The data set for deriving the function came from automotive and metal industries. Further research is required to generalise this methodology to other industries. Practical implications The reliability-based approach fills the gap in PI literature with a more holistic approach to determine the POS. Using the system’s reliability as an indicator, decision makers can analyse the system’s design so that resources can be used to increase key capabilities and hence the overall system’s POS can be increased more effectively. Social implications Many manufacturing organisations are looking to improve their operations by projects that aim to reduce waste in their operations. However, researches show that while achieving desired performance gain from PI is possible, it is by no means certain due to human factors. This research provides a decision support tool that evaluates human factors as well. Originality/value The originality lies in integration of the reliability theory to PI risk assessment and the novel method of characterising organisational capabilities to work towards meeting desired performance targets from manufacturing PI projects. This work has good potential to generalise for estimating the POS of other types of development projects.

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A BPR approach to hydrogeological risk management

Cited by 7 publications

References 50 publications

The Humanitarian Supply Chain Assessment Tool (HumSCAT)

The Humanitarian Supply Chain Assessment Tool (HumSCAT)

An approach to reengineering applied to control of container logistics cost using the PERT network

Reliability analysis of productivity enhancement initiatives

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