Supply Chain Management in Higher Education: A Conceptual Model within COVID-19 Outbreak, Building a Proposed Conceptual Model

Abstract

This research examines the application of supply chain management concepts in higher education institutions in the Gulf region. It presents the value chain in institutions of higher education. The value chain consists of inputs, procedure,s and outputs. The common variables in the academic sup-ply chain are information and shared value across the chain that can translate into strategic and functional objectives of the learning institution. The success of the supply chain management model depends on the level of integration and collaboration among the stakeholders starting from high schools as inputs of higher education. The main objective of the supply chain management model is to create better output. The output is from the practicality of research explored to the various industries and the level of skills of qualified graduates

The strategies of private higher educational institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic. A review of literature

“…- Makgahlela, M.; Mothiba, T.; Mphekgwana, P.M.; Makhado, M.; Selepe, M.; Mokwena, J.P., 2021 . - Badawood, A, 2021 . - Tawaha, M.S., 2021 .…”

“…In the area of Business Management, the works found focused their actions on satisfying the interests of their Stakeholders, through the maintenance and reinforcement of values and strategic guidelines (Mission and Vision, Values and Objectives) as a value proposition ( Behan, 2021 ; Falkenstein, Hommel, Snelson-Powel, & Annie, 2022 ; Ungheri, Lelis, Soares, Ferreira, & Da Silva, 2021 ; Badawood, 2021 ; - Tawaha, 2021 ), agility in responses, the importance of accounting data and the approximation between administration and teachers and other employees and other types of actions, as a way to streamline strategic actions and reduce costs, prioritizing activities, without prejudice to the quality of the service ( Tomé and Gromova, 2021 ; Ihnatova et al, 2021 ; Ng, 2021 ; Makgahlela et al, 2021 ), for the importance of the strategy based on institutional Information and Communication Technology, using social media as a strategic communication tool ( Al-Youbi et al, 2020 ; H ashim et al, 2022), in addition to the impacts of the pandemic on social responsibility activities and actions ( Rababah et al, 2021 ).…”

Evaluation of Information Skills and Innovative Literacy Cultivation of Digital Talent in Universities

“…With the rapid development of digitization and informatization, higher requirements have been put forward for the information ability and innovative literacy of university talents, especially supply chain professionals [1][2][3][4], mainly because the practical operation of supply chain management involves many complex technical problems, such as big data processing, artificial intelligence technology application, process optimization, etc., the solution of which is inseparable from the precise control of information technology and the application of innovative thinking. Therefore, the cultivation of information ability and innovative literacy among university digital talents has become an important topic that must be urgently addressed in the current educational field [5][6][7][8].…”