Kasuni Vidanagamachchi

• Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Transport and Logistics Management
• PhD Candidate at Western Sydney University

Introduction of New Large Aircraft (NLA) clusters large amounts of passenger and baggage volumes into airports within short periods of time, generating the necessity of an efficient baggage handling system (BHS) for arrival passengers. This research aims to study the time taken for each step involved in arrival baggage handling and baggage claiming...

Colombo - the commercial capital of Sri Lanka is gradually being transformed into a Megacity with the urbanization and industrialization. Having experienced the consequences of unplanned and non-systematic nature of freight transportation in Colombo city, authorities have come up with a megacity development strategic plan- The Western Region Megapo...

With the increase in the global population, natural disasters and climatic changes the agricultural supply chain faces lots of challenges due to fluctuations of both supply and demand sides. This is adding pressure on the agriculture supply chain demanding it to be more productive and efficient. Adapting to technology to improve the agriculture sup...

Sri Lankan apparel industry is the most significant contributor to the country's economy by constituting a large portion of GDP. In the competitive apparel world, manufacturers search solutions for future problems such as worker inadequacy to minimize human intervention to increase productivity. Therefore, there is a need to align value chain opera...

This research fills a knowledge gap in the contemporary topics on lean supply chain strategies, third party logistics (3PL) outsourcing and on supply chain performance. According to the published literature, most organizations' objective of outsourcing logistics is to achieve at least 20 percent cost reduction. The practice of 3PL outsourcing is a...

The current Agricultural Market Intelligence (AMI) efforts focus on market price predictions to assist agrifood supply chain (ASC) stakeholders in making informed decisions. These methods lack the holistic view necessary to capture the dynamics of the agriculture domain. A systems thinking approach can capture such dynamics, generate valuable AMI a...

The study explores the role of spatial ecologies in creating viable agri-food supply chains using the Iceberg Model of Systems Thinking and Causality Analysis. By examining the distinct adaptations in rural, urban, and semi-urban areas, this research identifies how spatial variations have influenced the adaptations of agri-food supply chains during...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions, especially in sourcing fresh agri-produce, leading to many agri-food supply chain (ASC) adaptations to ensure sufficient food for people. We studied these adaptations in Sri Lanka, which faced a prolonged disruption due to COVID-19 followed by an economic crisis, to understand how to ensure food availabilit...

Sri Lankan apparel industry is the most significant and driving contributor to the country's economy by constituting a large portion of GDP. In the highly competitive apparel world, manufacturers search solutions for problems such as worker inadequacy while minimizing the human impact. Therefore, there is a need for apparel manufacturers to enhance...

Nowadays, many firms try to delight their customers by reducing the time between customer order and the time of delivery. Due to this reason, cross-docking has become an interesting logistics strategy in supply chains. In this process, arrival and the departure of cargo will be taken place on the same day. This study has been carried out to identif...

The emergence of Health 4.0 has become significant due to the development of technologies worldwide. Hence, the latest technologies have to be attuned and the competencies of employees should be altered to adapt the features of Industry 4.0. An empirical gap has been identified in the field of health 4.0 in a global context with expert reviews base...

To survive in the market and acquire a competitive edge, industries need to invest in advanced technology. However, most companies fail due to poor integration of technology in their supply chain. The concept of Procurement 4.0 has emerged to optimize supply chain performance developing new value propositions and meeting new business needs. It is t...

Warehousing plays an important role in the logistics sector in order to facilitate economic and business benefits for both parties including customer and the service provider. 3PL (third-party logistics) service providers are specialized in providing end-to-end logistics solutions including warehousing, transportation and distribution to their mult...

It can be argued that the textiles and clothing industry does not neatly fit into either a lean or agile paradigm, instead, it is a combination of the two, driven by low margins and volatility of demand. A number of authors have indicated that these two concepts alone seem incomplete so that now the global approach is towards a hybrid supply chain...

Over the past decade, the increased global focus on sustainability forced organizations to integrate sustainability aspects into their supply chains. As a result, Green Vehicle Routing Optimization came into action to facilitate the reduction of adverse environmental impacts from distribution networks. This study presents a vehicle routing optimiza...

Blood Supply Chain Management is highly critical as ensuring the availability of the right blood type at the right demand point, in the right quantity, at the right time is a matter of life and death. The overall objective of this study is to explore the optimization approaches in inventory management of blood supply chains. A review of literature...

Warehouses enabled with Industry 4.0-driven technologies can be identified as the concept of 'smart warehousing' which will facilitate firms to adapt to the dynamic changes in the business environment. Although, smart warehouse concept has been widely spread across the world, it is still in its infancy in the developing countries. Therefore, there...

Sri Lankan apparel industry is the most significant and driving contributor to the country’s economy by constituting a large portion of GDP. It has achieved rapid growth rates over the past four decades. In the highly competitive apparel world, manufacturers search solutions for future problems such as worker inadequacy and for minimizing the human...

Blood Supply Chain Management is highly critical, as ensuring the availability of the right blood type, at the right place, in the right quantity, at the right time is a matter of life and death. Unlike other products, there is no substitute to human blood. Therefore, there is an increasing need of wisely managing this invaluable resource. Studies...

An effective combination of highly innovative logistics infrastructure plays a vital role in every business activity as a strategy of achieving competitive advantage. Currently, warehousing has been identified as one of the foremost value adding activities in supply chains. In the warehousing industry, automated intralogistics systems would be an i...

Over the years with the rapid industrialization, the percentage of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has increased drastically. Among the GHGs in the atmosphere Carbon Dioxide has accounted for the highest percentage. Within the past few decades, the atmospheric Carbon concentration has shown a rapid increase thus grabbing the attention of the world p...

With the rapid industrialization that swarmed across the globe in the past few decades, various environmental issues have emerged due to negligence of humans. Hence, in the recent history people across the globe have joined together in minimizing the environmental impacts from industrial activities. Special concern has been placed on the logistics...

Recent technological advancements have resulted a paradigm shift in the transition from physical world to a virtual world in many industrial scenarios. Thus, the development of the concept of industry 4.0 revolutionize the way of conducting businesses. The applications of industry 4.0 are rapidly growing in the financial sector as well. As modern c...

Last mile logistics is the most time consuming and expensive stage of the delivery process. Facing the competitiveness of E-commerce with the rapidly fluctuating consumer demand is one of the biggest challenges faced by most of the companies. Further, Last mile delivery performance became the most crucial factor of the relationship between E-commer...

Technological advancements have created massive changes in the way of performing businesses in this era. Whilst in creating the transition of the physical world to a virtual world, industry 4.0 plays a significant role. Thus, the development of the concept of industry 4.0 revolutionize the way of conducting businesses. This concept was first limite...

No: 234 Sri Lankan apparel industry is the most significant and driving contributor to the country's economy by constituting a large portion of GDP. It has achieved rapid growth rates over the past four decades. In the highly competitive apparel world, manufacturers search solutions for future problems such as worker inadequacy to minimize human in...

With the growing world population and diminishing agriculturally productive land, the global agricultural production has become barely sufficient to meet the requirements of the world population. As a consequence, agricultural logistics has emerged in order to ensure that agricultural productions are not spoiled on the way to the consumer and reach...

Supply chain performance have been discussed under efficiency and responsiveness measures in which this study argues that these two constructs are interrelated but opposing elements (duality). However, Qrunfleh and Tarafdar (2013) have empirically proven that the relationship between lean supply chain strategy and SC responsiveness is mediated by s...