Safaa Sindi

Coventry University | CU · Department of Strategy and Applied Management

Interest from industry and policy makers on the use of autonomous goods vehicles (AGVs) for commercial use, has increased rapidly as the underlying technology has developed. This study looks at the potential impact of autonomous road haulage on logistics operations and barriers for commercial implementation in the UK. The research focuses on large...

The article published in Coventry University Research Blog (CURB) reviews the applications of drones in humanitarian aid from the delivery of food and medicine to remote areas to image mapping before and following disasters and makes examples from recent crises. It also looks at the challenges of deploying drones and suggests recommendations to hum...

For transport logistics, often the most inefficient part of the journey is the route between distribution centre and end customer. This route, referred to as last-mile delivery, generally uses smaller goods vehicles, to deliver low-volumes to multiple destinations. To optimise this process, route planning optimisation software is used, to maximise...

This book analyses the development of strategic supply chain modelling and its role in optimising decision-making in business, in relation to advances in technology and increased demand due to globalisation. The authors examine existing supply chain models in order to create a conceptual framework for a new diagnostic model, offering a useful, real...

Strategic supply chain development is described in terms of a series of eras from its earliest beginnings in the 1940s through to the present day and then beyond. The future eras are based upon the current developments characterised by technological and global changes along with anticipated progress. Existing models of the supply chain are evaluate...

This chapter summarises the development and application of a strategic supply chain model based upon Fuzzy Delphi including its operation through a specific website. It also summarises the testing of the model through its practical application at the international automobile manufacturer Jaguar-Land Rover and through case studies at Toyota. Suggest...

The data generated through the Fuzzy Delphi is analysed using SPSS and Excel and a series of frequency tables focusing on categories of cost, JIT lean, distribution strategies, delivery strategies, product design and demand approach. The fuzzy rules which the process has generated are then analysed to produce the automated multi-dimensional model f...

A pilot Delphi study was carried out and its design is outlined here. The number, characteristics and responses to the Delphi rounds are then discussed. The processing of data at Rounds One and Two follows including the decisions made to adapt statements between each round. Consensus was reached after Round Two and details are provided of how this...

This chapter introduces the concept of supply chain management, its role in optimising business decision-making and the approaches to model supply chains that have been attempted to date. The increasing complexities generated by globalisation and the development of sophisticated communications have created the need for a more sophisticated approach...

The movement from physical distribution management through logistics to the current models of supply chains has taken place over a considerable period of time but it is only in recent decades that this has gained momentum and the models of supply chains have become increasingly sophisticated. This chapter looks at the origins of supply chain modell...

Discussion covers the various options available for the development of a strategic supply chain model which can accommodate the increasing demands placed upon it from globalisation and technological changes and which could be useful for businesses. The issues of research philosophy, research paradigm and research angle are all discussed in the cont...

In this chapter the multi-dimensional strategic supply chain model is tested through its application to an international automobile manufacturing company in order to test its usefulness and practicality. In addition two case studies are used to test both push and pull supply chain structures. Testing was undertaken with Jaguar-Land Rover in the UK...

Data collection is a fundamentally important element of any supply chain model and this chapter focuses on the decisions made about the data to collect, how this should be done and the implications for the reliability and accuracy of the modelling process. The rationale for adopting the Delphi approach is analysed followed by detailed discussion of...

This chapter provides a detailed review of the academic literature which considers the importance of supply chains to business and the process of their evolution through time. These issues are examined through a combination of theoretical and conceptual frameworks that explain the relationship between the problem statement relating to supply chain...

This research divides supply chain (SC) models into seven Eras, according to the evolution of the marketsneeds throughout time. The five earliest Eras describe the emergence of supply chains, while the last two areto becreated. The aim is to generate the two latest Eras with their respective models that focus on consumablegoods. Era Six contains th...