Competence requirements for logistics managers in the Republic of Serbia

Cvetić, Biljana; Vasiljević, Dragan; Danilović, Miloš

doi:10.7595/management.fon.2017.0010

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“…Other researchers have also investigated the presence of sustainability competences in addition to the commonly expected competences in job advertisements in supply chain management-related professions. Their results showed that sustainability skills were perceived as an important but less possessed skill among business analysts [25], interpersonal skills are more important while reverse and green logistics are less important skills to fulfill a logistics manager position [29] and skilled functional managers have a greater influence on sustainable management than general managers in terms of finding a balance between economic, social and environmental aspects [27]. Although our findings are similar to them, using the competency framework we developed allowed us to obtain a more detailed picture of the requirements for sustainability-related competencies.…”

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“…The usability of this data set in policy-data analysis was investigated by Cammeraat and Squicciarini in the OECD report [24]. Researchers thinking on a smaller scale are concerned with regional and temporal changes in the competence needs associated with particular occupations (e.g., business analyst [25], data scientist [26], functional controller [27], Corporate Social responsibility professional [28], logistic manager [29]), or changes in the structure of the labor market influenced by external factors (e.g., closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic [30]).…”

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Competence-Oriented, Data-Driven Approach for Sustainable Development in University-Level Education

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Higher education has a number of key roles to play in accelerating progress toward sustainability goals. It has a responsibility to provide and teach curricula that are tailored to labor market needs, to help change people’s attitudes and motivation toward sustainability, and to reduce inequalities between different students. Course leaders and developers of curricula should monitor and assess these needs in order to improve their curricula from time to time. In the present work, we describe a data-driven approach based on text-mining techniques to identify the competences required for a given position based on job advertisements. To demonstrate the usefulness of our suggested method, the supply chain management occupation was selected as the supply chain is a constantly changing domain that is highly affected by green activities and initiatives, and the COVID-19 pandemic strongly influenced this sector, as well. This data-driven process allowed the identification of required soft and hard skills contained in job descriptions. However, it was found that some important concepts of green supply chain management, such as repair and refurbishment, were only marginally mentioned in the job advertisements. Therefore, in addition to labor market expectations, a business process model from relevant green supply chain management literature was developed to complement the required competences. The given new techniques can support the paradigm shift toward sustainable development and help curriculum developers and decision makers assess labor market needs in the area of sustainability skills and competences. The given result can serve as an input of outcome-based training development to design learning objective-based teaching materials.

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Competence-Oriented, Data-Driven Approach for Sustainable Development in University-Level Education

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“…(2021) revealed that managers of seven large-scale companies recommend general management skills as the most important logistics skills, followed by IT skill as second and marketing skills as third. Cvetić et al. (2017) disclosed performance management is the most important indicator, followed by demand forecasting and inventory management.…”

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“…Consequently, researchers have identified the most required professional and fundamental logistics competences to provide general recommendations for improvement in the relevant field. Cvetić et al. (2017) concludes that performance management and demand forecasting as amongst the most required professional competencies of a logistics and supply chain management.…”

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A forecasting analytics model for assessing forecast error in e-fulfilment performance

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PurposeDemand forecast methodologies have been studied extensively to improve operations in e-commerce. However, every forecast inevitably contains errors, and this may result in a disproportionate impact on operations, particularly in the dynamic nature of fulfilling orders in e-commerce. This paper aims to quantify the impact that forecast error in order demand has on order picking, the most costly and complex operations in e-order fulfilment, in order to enhance the application of the demand forecast in an e-fulfilment centre.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents a Gaussian regression based mathematical method that translates the error of forecast accuracy in order demand to the performance fluctuations in e-order fulfilment. In addition, the impact under distinct order picking methodologies, namely order batching and wave picking. As described.FindingsA structured model is developed to evaluate the impact of demand forecast error in order picking performance. The findings in terms of global results and local distribution have important implications for organizational decision-making in both long-term strategic planning and short-term daily workforce planning.Originality/valueEarlier research examined demand forecasting methodologies in warehouse operations. And order picking and examining the impact of error in demand forecasting on order picking operations has been identified as a research gap. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by presenting a mathematical model that quantifies impact of demand forecast error into fluctuations in order picking performance.

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“…Several studies in the peer-reviewed literature have been carried out to examine the requirements cited in online job postings in the field of supply chain management. However, these studies have thus far been geographically limited to the USA (Radovilsky & Hegde, 2012;Radovilsky, Hegde, & Kandasamy, 2007;Rossetti & Dooley, 2010;Sodhi, Son, & Tang, 2008), Anglophone (Canada, UK, and USA), and Asian countries (China, India, Malaysia, and Singapore) (Shou & Wang, 2015), although a single country study has been conducted in Europe (Serbia) (Cvetić, Vasiljević, & Danilović, 2017).…”

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Purchasing skills leading to success: how to succeed in innovation sourcing

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Procurement and purchasing -skills and competences -plus successIdeally, the title of a dissertation serves as the proverbial standard that covers the load. Here the title is short -PURCHASING SKILLS LEADING TO SUCCESS -which might raise questions on what is meant with 'purchasing', 'skills' or 'success' and especially, as the subtitle suggests, on HOW TO SUCCEED IN INNOVATION SOURCING. This research aims to present those necessary skills for success in the purchasing profession and innovation sourcing, and answers are given on how higher education institutions should address these in purchasing or procurement courses. However, the first issue is determining 'purchasing' or 'procurement'. Interestingly, the etymology of "to procure" stems from the old French (procurer) and means "care for, be occupied with; bring about, cause; acquire, provide". "Procurer" is associated with the late Latin "procuro", which means "to manage"; "take care of" or "carrying out responsibilities for others" (Wageningen & Muller, 1929, p. 766; own translation). In a more modern sense, it has the meaning to "obtain" or to "recruit" and got in the late Middle Ages the connotation "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" (Etymonline, 2020). According to the modern dictionary, it still has this meaning besides obtaining possession by particular care and effort. 1 In this dissertation, procuring will be used in the meaning of purchasing.Alike "to procure," the term "to purchase" also has an old French origin: "porchacier" or the modern French variant "pourchasser", meaning to "run after", "to hunt (or) chase (for)". Modern meanings are to "acquire, obtain; get, receive; procure, provide," and also to "accomplish or bring about; instigate; cause, contrive, plot; recruit, hire" (Etymonline, 2020). Currently, the meaning of purchasing is obtaining by "paying

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Competence requirements for logistics managers in the Republic of Serbia

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Competence-Oriented, Data-Driven Approach for Sustainable Development in University-Level Education

Competence-Oriented, Data-Driven Approach for Sustainable Development in University-Level Education

A forecasting analytics model for assessing forecast error in e-fulfilment performance

Purchasing skills leading to success: how to succeed in innovation sourcing

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