Developing a policy management algorithm for ship provision: a Delphi Technique Integrated with Hesitant Fuzzy Set (DTIHFS) approach

Yalcin, Ender; Arslan, Özcan; Aymelek, Murat

doi:10.1080/03088839.2020.1766142

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“…There are often items of expenditure on shipping vessels that enable companies to save costs while other items make it difficult to do so. For example, paying for provisions and wages is priced regionally by shipping companies and ship owners, 31 which makes cost minimization and cuts possible. 32 However, fuel and freight rates are volatile, dependent on the global economic environment, 33 - 35 making it harder to control hence to minimize costs.…”

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Employment Practices, Cost Minimization, and Their Implications for Food Provisions and Seafarers’ Wellbeing on board Ships – A Qualitative Analysis

Baum-Talmor,

Şahin

2024

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The global shipping industry, responsible for delivering over 70% of the world’s goods (in volume), has increasingly adopted cost minimization policies, contributing to precarious employment practices that adversely affect seafarers’ wellbeing. This study focuses on the intricate relationship between employment precarity and food provision on cargo ships. By presenting seafarers’ perspectives, we aim to understand how precarious employment practices and cost minimization in the industry influence power dynamics related to food and impact seafarers’ wellbeing. Drawing on empirical data collected through shipboard observations and interviews with seafarers, this study examines the often-overlooked experiences and perspectives of seafarers. The research sheds light on the precarity of employment in shipping and its inherent impact on the provision of food on board and its implications for seafarers’ physical and emotional health, including the availability of nutritious and sufficient food and its impact on their daily lives. Through in-depth interviews, seafarers’ insights into their experiences of food including the quality, availability, and cultural appropriateness of food on board are explored, as well as the standard of training for cooks. Through this research, we found substandard conditions on some of the ships, cost-focused decision-making, and lack of standardized food preparation practices on board. These findings underline the need for improved regulations, better training opportunities, and increased consideration for seafarers’ wellbeing. These changes are essential to ensure the provision of adequate and nutritious meals that promote the physical and mental health of seafarers on board ships. Specifically, the research underscores the need for policy and advocacy initiatives to improve seafarers’ lives and promote fair working conditions in the global shipping industry. By amplifying the voices of seafarers and providing evidence-based insights, this study contributes to the larger discourse on workers’ rights and the importance of decent working conditions. It calls for greater attention to the provision of adequate, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food on board cargo ships, recognizing its significance for seafarers’ physical and mental wellbeing, as well as a call for standardized training for ship’s cooks.

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Section: Cost Minimization and Seafarersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employment Practices, Cost Minimization, and Their Implications for Food Provisions and Seafarers’ Wellbeing on board Ships – A Qualitative Analysis

Baum-Talmor,

Şahin

2024

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From Industry 4.0 Digital Manufacturing to Industry 5.0 Digital Society: a Roadmap Toward Human-Centric, Sustainable, and Resilient Production

Ghobakhloo,

Mahdiraji,

Iranmanesh

et al. 2024

Inf Syst Front

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The present study addresses two critical controversies surrounding the emerging Industry 5.0 agenda. Firstly, it seeks to elucidate the driving forces behind the accelerated momentum of the Industry 5.0 agenda amidst the ongoing digital industrial transformation. Secondly, it explores how the agenda’s sustainability values can be effectively realised. The study conducted a comprehensive content-centric literature synthesis and identified how Industry 4.0 shortcomings adversely impacted sustainability values. Furthermore, the study implements a novel approach that determines how and in what order the sustainability functions of Industry 4.0 should be leveraged to promote the sustainability objectives of Industry 5.0. Results reveal that Industry 4.0 has benefited economic and environmental sustainability values most at the organisational and supply chain levels. Nonetheless, most micro and meso-social sustainability values have been adversely impacted by Industry 4.0. Similarly, Industry 4.0 has been worryingly detrimental to macro sustainability values like social or economic growth equality. These contradictory implications of Industry 4.0 have pulled the Industry 5.0 agenda. However, the results identified nine sustainability functions of Industry 4.0 that, when leveraged appropriately and in the correct order, can offer important implications for realising the economic and socio-environmental goals of Industry 5.0. For example, under extreme unpredictability of business world uncertainties, the business should first leverage the automation and integration capabilities of Industry 4.0 to gain the necessary cost-saving, resource efficiency, risk management capability, and business antifragility that allow them to introduce sustainable innovation into their business model without jeopardising their survival. Various scenarios for empowering Industry 5.0 sustainability values identified in the present study offer important implications for knowledge and practice.

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Alleviating the Impact of the Barriers to Circular Economy Adoption Through Blockchain: An Investigation Using an Integrated MCDM-based QFD With Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets

Erol

Ar²,

Peker

et al. 2022

Computers & Industrial Engineering

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Developing a policy management algorithm for ship provision: a Delphi Technique Integrated with Hesitant Fuzzy Set (DTIHFS) approach

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

Employment Practices, Cost Minimization, and Their Implications for Food Provisions and Seafarers’ Wellbeing on board Ships – A Qualitative Analysis

Employment Practices, Cost Minimization, and Their Implications for Food Provisions and Seafarers’ Wellbeing on board Ships – A Qualitative Analysis

From Industry 4.0 Digital Manufacturing to Industry 5.0 Digital Society: a Roadmap Toward Human-Centric, Sustainable, and Resilient Production

Alleviating the Impact of the Barriers to Circular Economy Adoption Through Blockchain: An Investigation Using an Integrated MCDM-based QFD With Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets

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