Materials Management

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Inventory management is crucial for organizational performance, yet a significant gap exists between theoretical models and practical applications. This study explores the inventory management practices and challenges among Jordanian companies across various industries. Given the limited empirical research on this topic in Jordan, a qualitative approach was adopted using semistructured interviews with representatives from 45 manufacturing, retail, and service companies. The findings reveal a significant gap between theoretical inventory management models and their practical application among participating companies. The common challenges of inventory management were also identified and found to include the lack of formal cost calculation methods, limited technological adoption, supply chain disruptions, and reliance on managerial intuition over data-driven decision-making. The study underscores the need to develop flexible, context-specific inventory models and enhance technological integration, particularly for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The study also found that company size significantly affects inventory management, where smaller companies lacked specialized personnel and relied on informal approaches using basic tools like spreadsheets, leading to inefficiencies and limited responsiveness to demand fluctuations. A set of recommendations for practitioners was provided, including adopting adaptable inventory strategies, investing in technology, improving demand forecasting, and strengthening supplier relationships. The study also highlights the importance of bridging the gap between inventory theory and practice, offering valuable insights for academics and practitioners aiming to optimize inventory management in developing economies like Jordan.

The U.S. Navy has an ongoing issue of operating its diesel engines in a light-loaded condition, going against years of understood best engineering practices. The purpose of the project is to highlight this issue, the causes that perpetuate light-loading, and the recommendations to solve it. Using data from private sources and publicly available government sources such as thermal stress modeling, government accountability office financial reports, Navy fleet readiness reports, and others key findings could be accentuated. Of those key findings were thermal stress increases despite lower combustion firing pressure, crewing shortfalls/maintenance backlogs impact diesel repairs/operations, and a cultural root cause of zero-defect mentality leading to a risk averse culture and light-loading. The main recommendations stemming from this research are additional technical monitoring, doctrine changes to EOSS/JFMM guidance, leadership cultural shifts in the ship’s upper chain of command, and changes leading to more intrapreneurship within ship’s force. The expected outcome should the recommendations be applied would be improved readiness, reduced maintenance and operational costs, and restored sailor-led maintenance.

Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) have become essential practices in enterprise software engineering, enabling organizations to deliver high-quality software at an accelerated pace while maintaining reliability and scalability. CI focuses on the frequent integration of code changes into shared repositories with automated builds and testing, whereas CD extends this process by automating application deployment across environments, including production. Together, CI/CD pipelines support DevOps principles by fostering collaboration among development, operations, and quality assurance teams, reducing manual intervention, and enabling rapid feedback loops. This paper presents a comprehensive review of CI/CD tools and enterprise practices, examining how organizations adopt and operationalize these technologies to address the growing complexity of modern software systems. It analyzes widely used CI tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, TeamCity, Bamboo, and Travis CI, alongside CD and delivery platforms including Spinnaker, Argo CD, Harness, and GitOps-based frameworks. The review highlights key enterprise adoption practices, performance metrics, and comparative tool capabilities, with particular attention to scalability, security, compliance, and integration with cloud-native technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code. Challenges related to heterogeneous toolchains, cultural transformation, pipeline performance, and regulatory requirements are critically discussed. Furthermore, the paper explores emerging trends shaping the future of CI/CD, including AI-driven pipeline optimization, DevSecOps, GitOps, multi-cloud orchestration, and edge deployments. By synthesizing existing literature and industry practices, this work provides actionable insights for software engineers, DevOps practitioners, and IT managers, while identifying research gaps and future directions to advance reliable, efficient, and secure enterprise-scale CI/CD implementations.

Design patterns play a pivotal role in addressing recurring design challenges in modern Java Enterprise applications by providing reusable, proven solutions that enhance maintainability, scalability, and architectural consistency. As enterprise systems evolve toward distributed, cloud-native, and microservices-based architectures, the effective application of design patterns has become increasingly critical for managing system complexity, supporting modular development, and ensuring longterm adaptability. This paper presents a comprehensive review of design patterns in modern Java Enterprise environments, examining their relevance, practical applications, and limitations within contemporary development frameworks such as Spring, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile. The study systematically categorizes patterns into creational, structural, behavioral, and enterprise integration patterns, analyzing how each category addresses specific challenges related to object creation, component composition, interaction management, and inter-service communication. Particular emphasis is placed on the integration of classical Gang of Four (GoF) patterns with enterprise-specific and cloud-native patterns, including Dependency Injection, Facade, Observer, Strategy, and Enterprise Integration Patterns, within microservices, reactive systems, and containerized deployments. The paper further evaluates framework-level support for pattern implementation, highlighting how inversion of control, aspect-oriented programming, messaging frameworks, and service orchestration platforms simplify pattern adoption while introducing considerations related to performance, abstraction overhead, and vendor dependency. Performance implications, scalability concerns, and common pitfalls such as overengineering and improper pattern selection are critically discussed. Additionally, emerging trends, including cloud-native design patterns, event-driven architectures, and AI-assisted architectural optimization, are explored as future directions for pattern-driven enterprise design. By synthesizing existing literature and practical insights, this review provides a holistic reference for developers, architects, and researchers seeking to apply design patterns effectively in modern Java Enterprise applications, ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable software systems in rapidly evolving technological landscapes.

The increasing complexity of enterprise applications and the demand for scalability, reliability, and maintainability have driven the need for advanced architectural approaches in software development. This research presents a next-generation modular Java architecture designed to support scalable and highly reliable enterprise systems. The proposed approach emphasizes the decomposition of applications into loosely coupled, independently deployable modules, enabling improved flexibility, fault isolation, and ease of maintenance. By leveraging modern Java frameworks and design principles such as dependency injection, microservices alignment, and service-oriented architecture, the framework enhances system resilience and adaptability to changing business requirements. The architecture incorporates robust error-handling mechanisms, efficient resource management, and scalable deployment strategies to ensure consistent performance under varying workloads. Additionally, it supports seamless integration with cloud-native environments, enabling dynamic scaling and high availability. Experimental evaluation demonstrates that the proposed modular architecture significantly improves system reliability, reduces downtime, and enhances development productivity compared to traditional monolithic systems. The findings highlight the effectiveness of modular design principles in building next-generation enterprise applications that are both scalable and resilient in distributed computing environments.

The rapid evolution of cloud computing has significantly transformed the role of database leadership, necessitating a shift from traditional management approaches to dynamic, automation-driven, and resilience-oriented strategies. This paper explores the redefinition of database leadership within cloud-native environments, where scalability, distributed architectures, and continuous integration and deployment pipelines are essential. It highlights the importance of leveraging automation, intelligent monitoring, and self-healing systems to ensure high availability and operational resilience. The study addresses key challenges such as maintaining data consistency across distributed systems, ensuring security in multi-tenant cloud environments, and optimizing performance under variable workloads. Furthermore, it examines how modern leadership practices incorporate cloud-native principles, including microservices architecture, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), to enhance efficiency and system reliability. Based on conceptual analysis and practical insights, the paper proposes a strategic framework that emphasizes proactive decision-making, automation adoption, and resilience engineering to achieve scalable, fault-tolerant, and robust database systems while minimizing operational risks and downtime, ultimately underscoring the critical role of adaptive leadership in meeting the demands of modern cloud-native ecosystems.

Critical spares are the components that your operation must have in order to stay up and running. Without these parts, your production line will break down, and you won't be able to meet deadlines or deliver products. Inventory management is becoming a critical aspect of maintenance-repair businesses. The goal of companies is to minimize inventory costs while maximizing service levels. The ability to perform these two conflicting situations at the optimum level provides various benefits to enterprises. Critical spares management in mining requires identifying high-impact components, optimizing inventory levels using data analytics, and collaborating with suppliers to minimize downtime. Managing critical spare parts effectively is essential for ensuring the seamless operation of Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) inventory. However, the challenges surrounding critical spare parts management can often lead to inefficiencies and increased costs. In this blog, we'll explore best practices for managing critical spare parts, highlighting common pitfalls and offering innovative solutions, particularly through the integration of AI technologies MRO inventory management has always posed a significant challenge, particularly when it comes to predicting and managing stocking levels for critical spare parts. Many businesses have relied on supply chain software solutions originally designed for finished goods or raw materials, only to find these tools inadequate for MRO inventory. Several key issues contribute to this ineffectiveness

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Spare part management and inventory control is the way how to manage and control spare part in optimum ways. The spare parts itself are needed for maintaining and repairing the machine in order to run the production smoothly. The variability of demand of spare parts are commonly happened that create uncertainty condition in spare part. It means, those conditions can be defined as multiperiod inventory system with probability approach. In PT.XYZ, the condition of spare part is usually become the causes of Line Stop that already know as prohibitively expensive conditions. The Line Stop that caused by spare part are recorded equal to 10.63% from the average total of Machine Stop percentage. In this case, Line Stop percentage can be reduced by providing an ideal spare part warehouse. An ideal spare part warehouse should have Right Part, Right Time, and Right Quantity. Those of criteria will be provided by using Vital-Essential-Desirable (VED) Analysis, Fast Moving-Slow Moving-Nonmoving (FSN) Analysis as a spare part management methods, and Periodic Review (P) system as a spare part inventory control methods. As a result, Spare part management and inventory control already success to reduce 10 % on average of Line Stop after proved in 14 main machines in assembling shop.

Artificial Intelligence deployment in enterprise environments has accelerated dramatically, yet governance frameworks struggle to keep pace with the technology's rapid evolution. This research develops a comprehensive risk and compliance framework specifically designed for responsible AI governance in enterprise systems. The study addresses critical gaps where organizations implement AI solutions without adequate oversight mechanisms, creating substantial regulatory, ethical, and operational risks. Through analysis of existing governance models and emerging regulatory requirements, we propose a multi-layered framework that integrates risk assessment, compliance monitoring, and ethical oversight into enterprise AI operations. The framework emphasizes practical implementation within existing corporate governance structures rather than creating parallel oversight systems. Our approach balances innovation enablement with appropriate controls, recognizing that overly restrictive governance inhibits beneficial AI adoption while insufficient oversight creates unacceptable risks. The research demonstrates how enterprises can establish systematic governance processes that ensure AI systems operate responsibly, comply with evolving regulations, and align with organizational values. This work contributes both theoretical frameworks for understanding AI governance challenges and actionable guidance for implementing effective oversight in diverse enterprise contexts.

Classical Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) models remain embedded in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems despite increasingly volatile and data-rich retail environments. This study investigates whether EOQ continues to create operational value when deployed within intelligent ERP architectures enhanced by real-time data processing, multi-echelon coordination, and artificial intelligence (AI)driven demand forecasting. A simulation-based methodology is employed to model a multi-SKU retail supply chain comprising a central distribution center and multiple stores. Three planning configurations are compared: traditional ERP-based EOQ execution, multi-echelon planning, and ERP-based EOQ augmented with AI-driven forecasting. Promotion-driven demand shocks and stochastic variability are incorporated using Monte Carlo experimentation. Inventory cost, service level, and stockout frequency are evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc testing. Results indicate that AI-enhanced EOQ delivers the strongest overall performance across all metrics, improving service levels to 98.9% and reducing stockouts by over 80% relative to baseline ERP planning.

Supply chain disruptions have intensified dramatically in recent years, exposing critical vulnerabilities in traditional procurement and production planning systems. Organizations increasingly recognize that isolated, siloed enterprise resource planning modules cannot adequately respond to volatile demand patterns, supplier uncertainties, and operational complexities. This research examines how integrated synchronization between SAP Production Planning (PP) and Procurement modules enhances supply chain resilience through improved visibility, coordinated decision-making, and adaptive responses to disruptions. Through a mixed-methods study involving implementation analysis at five manufacturing organizations and quantitative assessment of key performance indicators over 18 months, this research demonstrates that integrated SAP PP-Procurement synchronization reduces stockout incidents by 42%, decreases emergency procurement costs by 38%, and improves on-time delivery performance by 31% compared to traditional siloed approaches. The study develops a comprehensive integration framework encompassing master data harmonization, real-time information exchange, collaborative planning processes, and exception management protocols. Findings reveal that successful integration requires not only technical configuration but also organizational change management, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous process refinement. The research identifies critical success factors including executive sponsorship, clear data governance, standardized workflows, and balanced automation with human oversight. This work contributes both a validated integration methodology for SAP PP-Procurement synchronization and empirical evidence of its impact on supply chain resilience, providing practical guidance for organizations seeking to strengthen their operational capabilities against disruptions.

A busca da eficiência nas organizações hospitalares públicas é algo muito complexo e a burocracia dificulta esse processo. Uma adequada gestão de estoques pode auxiliar as organizações aplicando ferramentas adequadas a cada situação encontrada. O presente estudo analisa a gestão de estoques em uma farmácia de um hospital público, levantando oportunidades de melhoria nos processos de controles de estoques e na armazenagem de medicamentos, e apresenta soluções. Esse trabalho justifica-se pela importância da melhoria do desempenho da gestão das organizações públicas hospitalares para a sociedade.

Inefficient material management throughout the construction projects value chain has resulted to poor performance especially in terms of time, cost, quality, and productivity. Even well-organised large construction organisations still fall prey to this project performance killer; as adequate attention is not given to material management as a necessary key project management function. Thus, this study assessed the factors that trigger inefficient material management practices by construction SMEs in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study utilised a quantitative survey method and convenience sampling technique in the distribution of the structured questionnaire used to gather data from project managers, procurement officers and construction professionals working with the construction SMEs. With a 93.33% response rate, the gathered data were analysed using percentage, frequencies and factor analysis with principal component analysis. It was found that the major triggers of inefficient materials management among construction SMEs are; traditional approach and maintenance issues, manufacturer error and poor planning, inventory management issues, poor handling of procurement, materials estimating problems, storage problems and insecurity, and communication issues. It was concluded that the predominance of these triggers in the management of materials among construction SMEs would result in a continued poor performance of construction projects, especially with regards to project time, cost, quality and productivity. The study recommends a move away from the traditional methods of managing materials and the adoption of a technological-based material management system.

Cloud-native microservice architectures have changed modern software systems but they also introduce distinctive and common reliability challenges as a result of extreme distribution, runtime dynamism and rapid change. Failures in such systems are hardly isolated; instead, they come from complex interactions between services, platforms and control policies which usually lead to cascading and metastable behaviours that conventional fault tolerance approaches fail to capture. Considering the volume of literature on resilience patterns, existing work remains fragmented, pattern-centric and weakly connected to observed failure models. This paper presented a systematic literature review and synthesis of fault tolerance mechanisms for cloud-native microservices by using recent peer-reviewed research and authoritative industry practice. The study constructed a multi-dimensional taxonomy that classified mechanisms in architectural layers, mechanism families, fault-handling phases, and runtime control characteristics by using a structured review methodology. A comparative matrix evaluated key mechanisms against operational criteria including latency overhead, scalability impact, complexity and risk of failure amplification. Building on this analysis, the paper mapped mechanisms to common cloudnative fault models and derived practitioner-oriented decision guidance. The results pointed out that resilience in cloudnative systems is dominated not by redundancy alone but by effective containment, observability and context-aware control. Misconfigured retries and static policies consistently amplify failures while adaptive and observability-driven approaches remain under-explored. The paper concluded by identifying concrete research gaps and testable hypotheses as well as providing both actionable design guidance and a foundation for future resilience engineering research.

Supply chain (SC) is a new term that emphasizes interaction between marketing, logistics, and production. With the application of SC, comes the opportunity primarily related to the management of procurement of logistics material across corporate boundaries, such as between firm and its suppliers. This paper presents the existing research in the field of materials procurement of SC which includes SC concepts and traditional management versus supply chain management (SCM). The discussions on the evolution of SCM have also been included to show how SC is defined and practised today, with the intention of highlighting new opportunities to improve the performance of materials SCM. This paper indicated that SCM has transferred us from ultra-functional material chain insights to intervention and even between organizations. The SCM concept is now commonly used in businesses for corporate interests in the SC (from organizations that extract basic raw materials to end customers). The basic principles of SCM are integration. However, SCM is not well-known in the construction industry. This paper considers the potential of applying SCM to integrate the construction process in Malaysia and hence, addressing urgent issues including poor cost, practices and environmental performance associated with the traditional process.

Operational reliability and cost efficiency in container orchestration platforms depend on accurate capacity planning under highly variable workloads, yet prevailing practices in Kubernetes environments remain largely reactive and heuristic driven. This study addresses the persistent challenge of aligning resource provisioning decisions with dynamic demand patterns while controlling infrastructure expenditure. The research investigates how operational intelligence can be systematically enhanced through the application of machine learning models to capacity forecasting and cost optimization in Kubernetes clusters. Using a quantitative, design-oriented methodology, the study integrates telemetry driven feature engineering with predictive modeling techniques to estimate short and medium horizon resource requirements. Forecast outputs are coupled with a constrained optimization framework that translates predictions into actionable provisioning and right sizing decisions while preserving service stability. Empirical evaluation across representative workload scenarios demonstrates measurable improvements in forecast accuracy, reduction of resource over allocation, and sustained operational performance under variable demand conditions. The findings highlight the value of combining predictive analytics with governance aware execution loops rather than fully automated control. This work contributes a structured operational intelligence framework that bridges the gap between monitoring data and infrastructure decision making, offering both academic insight into applied machine learning for systems operations and practical guidance for platform engineers. The study concludes that predictive capacity intelligence represents a viable pathway toward more disciplined, cost-conscious Kubernetes operations with broader implications for data driven infrastructure management research.

As enterprises increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies to mitigate vendor lock-in, meet regulatory requirements, and improve service availability, ensuring resilience across heterogeneous cloud platforms has emerged as a fundamental architectural challenge. Java microservices ubiquitous in large-scale enterprise systems must be engineered to tolerate partial service failures, regional outages, transient network partitions, and uneven performance characteristics inherent to distributed cloud environments, all while preserving end-user experience and meeting strict service-level objectives. This article presents a systematic study of multi-cloud resilience patterns for Java microservices deployed across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), synthesizing established distributed-systems principles with cloud-native fault-tolerance techniques and industry best practices published prior to 2022. We examine core architectural patterns including asynchronous messaging for decoupling and buffering, circuit breakers and bulkheads for failure containment, and saga-based coordination for maintaining data consistency without global transactions, highlighting their practical applicability in real-world enterprise deployments. Leveraging publicly available architectural diagrams and insights from prior empirical studies, the paper demonstrates how these patterns can be implemented in a cloud-agnostic manner while mapping effectively to provider-specific services, enabling fault isolation, graceful degradation, operational stability, and predictable recovery behavior in complex multicloud Java microservice ecosystems.

Materials management is crucial in construction projects specially in developing countries. It contributes very important role to the achievement of the project on time and, as such, affects the overall economy of any country. The research aims to develop a framework to improve material management on the Libyan construction sites. This could be achieved by examining the Libyan construction context and its characteristics from the Libyan professional construction experts' perspectives. Although several studies have recognised the importance of managing the material in the project site, there is still a gap in knowledge with respect to designing a holistic model that could satisfy the construction practitioners. A mixed-method approach was applied to analysing material management in the Libyan construction companies. The study adopted a quantitative questionnaire to identify the perceptions and attitudes of the Libyan construction authority because many responses from different co...

Enterprise software delivery increasingly depends on the ability of multiple teams to collaborate effectively while maintaining system reliability and long-term architectural coherence. As application landscapes expand, coordination challenges often arise from implicit integration assumptions, inconsistent interface behavior, and uncontrolled change propagation across teams. An API-centered architectural approach addresses these challenges by positioning explicit service interfaces as the primary mechanism for collaboration, alignment, and system evolution. This paper argues that treating APIs as durable architectural contracts rather than incidental integration artifacts enables reliable and coordinated enterprise software delivery at scale. A structured framework is presented that emphasizes contract-first design, lifecycle discipline, and governance patterns that balance team autonomy with enterprise consistency. The approach integrates consumer-focused design practices, compatibility safeguards, security controls, and operational validation to ensure that APIs remain stable points of interaction even as underlying implementations evolve. Empirical patterns drawn from large-scale enterprise delivery environments are synthesized to evaluate the impact of API-centered architecture on coordination efficiency, integration stability, and operational reliability. The analysis highlights how disciplined contract management, combined with targeted governance and observability practices, reduces integration failures, limits change-related disruptions, and improves cross-team delivery predictability. By grounding architectural decisions in explicit interfaces and measurable outcomes, the proposed model demonstrates how APIcentered architecture can serve as a foundational enabler of reliable and coordinated enterprise software delivery. The contribution offers a practical and analytically grounded perspective for organizations seeking to scale software development across teams without sacrificing system integrity or delivery confidence.

Enterprise-wide reference data has emerged as a foundational element for ensuring consistency, control, and operational integrity within complex institutional environments where fragmented data ownership and system proliferation create structural risk. Persistent inconsistencies in shared reference domains often undermine governance objectives, increase reconciliation effort, and propagate errors across dependent processes, highlighting a gap between enterprise data strategy and practical implementation models. The purpose of this research is to establish a structured architectural and operating framework for centralized reference data foundations that aligns stewardship accountability, governance controls, and technical design into a cohesive institutional capability. A mixed-methods approach is adopted, integrating qualitative analysis of enterprise operating models and governance mechanisms with comparative evidence mapping drawn from large-scale institutional reference data implementations. The findings demonstrate that effective centralization depends not on tooling alone, but on the coordinated design of stewardship roles, control workflows, integration patterns, and distribution services that collectively enforce data integrity at scale. The research contributes to a practical, implementation-oriented framework that clarifies how reference data hubs can be institutionalized as shared infrastructure rather than treated as isolated data initiatives. The implications extend to both academic inquiry and professional practice by providing a replicable foundation for reducing operational risk, strengthening governance assurance, and enabling dependable downstream consumption in environments characterized by high system interdependence and regulatory sensitivity.

Materials management practice is a procedurethat coordinates planning, requirement assessment,sourcing, purchasing, transporting, materials storing and controlling, wastage minimisationand cost reduction for profit optimization.Material management have been a great problem to most firms in the construction industrydue to a tendency of mismanagement of materials.The scale of activities concerning materials managementincreases as the size of the contract increase.Thisstudycentered on the impact of materials management practices in the Somaliaconstruction project delivery.The objectives ofthis studyaretoinvestigate the current practice of material management at construction projects, to identify the causes of ineffective material management, and to examine the impact of material management process to the construction project delivery.A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from Grade A contractor company in Mogadishu, Somalia and the respondent consist of project managers,...

Resource management is becoming increasingly important in the construction sector. In order to support the recycling of materials, it is necessary to determine the quantities in the building stock and those caused by construction activities. At present, a large number of different actors use different categories for construction materials and the raw materials they consist of as well as for waste categories, depending on their field of activity. This results in imprecisions that make it difficult to consistently track and influence mass flows and hinder targeted resource management. This is the starting point of this paper as it discusses possibilities to establish a consistent allocation of materials to context-typical groups following the approach of continuous material flow analysis. On the input-side, aspects of mineral planning and on the output-side aspects of waste and secondary raw material management are being considered and references to grey emissions are established along the entire process chain. In this way, cross-departmental planning relating to recycling management and climate protection will be supported. With regard to the object of consideration and the level of action, a distinction is made between two different spatial scale levels: on the one hand, the individual building level, where the material inventory approach is used to provide detailed information on the building's material composition, and on the other hand the regional level, for which more aggregated information on building material groups is provided in the form of material cadastres. Current results of a research project in Germany are presented.

Materials require special consideration when developing a project plan because they make up such a sizable chunk of the overall budget. Materials supply and delivery are crucial especially in road construction projects as they are required for the daily construction process. Lack of materials is a major source of jobsite productivity loss. This is due to the lack of structured communication and clearly defined tasks in the current materials management methods. The divergence between design and construction, the failure to coordinate and integrate multiple functional specializations, and poor communication lead to excessive fragmentation. All of these contribute to performance issues like late material ordering and delivery, low productivity, and budget overruns. This research develops a material supply chain (MSC) framework for best practices in road construction projects at all phases. This ensures that contractors receive the supplies they need at the optimum time, with the required quantities, and at the lowest possible cost. Contractors can enhance output, save money, and stay competitive. A questionnaire was designed to investigate current practices in MSC, identify the most common obstacles that faced contractors throughout the project phases, and identify the most important contributors to the integration of supply chain in construction. The developed framework was then evaluated by road construction experts; 90% stated that the proposed framework promotes project participants to share information and data. 80% assured that the framework promotes completing the project with desired quality and encourages problem solving before it even occurs. Supply Chain (SC) is defined in a variety of ways 1 , the word "supply chain" (SC) refers to the interconnected network of businesses that take in raw materials, transform them into finished products, and finally ship them to customers 2,3 . A group of companies that cooperate to acquire, manufacture, and distribute a group of products that share common characteristics 4 is another definition for SC. Supply chain management's (SCM) main objective is to make sure that the right products are accessible at the lowest feasible price in the required quantities (and at the optimum time). The goal can be broken down into sub-goals, such as adaptability, delivery consistency, and stockpile size. The reliability and timelines of deliveries are two characteristics of customer service, flexibility and inventory are also crucial 5 . The material supply chain (MSC) is described as "a collection of enterprises that work together to bring products and services to market and into the hands of consumers." through upstream and downstream links . It is impossible to successfully complete the project without having an effective materials management system in place. Material control is a topic that is highly significant and vital for any firm, and it is one that needs to be efficiently managed for a project to be successfully finished. Materials account for a significant portion of project costs. According to some studies, materials account for between 50 and 60 percent of project costs 8 . Materials management has many definitions as well. However, the researchers agreed that materials management is the key to project success 9 . Materials management ensures that all required materials and equipment are purchased at a reasonable price and delivered to the construction site on time without compromising quality. Materials management includes procurement, inventory, and transportation. The effectiveness of a project's budget can be improved by having a materials' management system that is effectively organized 10 . A well-functioning material management system can provide numerous advantages to a project 11 . Earlier research assured that labor productivity in the construction industry has increased by 6%, resulting in a 4-6%

Inventory management is a critical part of construction Industry. Inventory Management system consist of different tasks like finding suitable materials, procurement process of those materials, transportation. Inventories represent the second largest asset category for construction companies, next to plant and equipment. Inventory would be the number of raw materials, fuel and lubricants, spare parts and semi- processed material to be checked inventories for the smooth running of construction firm. The main objective of our study is to investigate the efficiency and its impact in application of inventory management system in construction projects. Identification of impacts and risk influence of inventory management systems in a construction project. The lack of proper handling and storage of material in construction site has made it difficult to track and locate the material availability and suggestion about inventory management system and its control over efficiency construction pr...

Before World War II, the land was quiet. Marshes, farmland, and shallow coastal waters dominated the landscape. Small fishing boats used the docks, and biplanes occasionally passed overhead from nearby civilian airfields. No one imagined this place would soon become vital to a global war. 2-America Enters the Conflict The attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 changed everything. Almost overnight, the U.S. military identified strategic coastal locations for rapid development. This site-protected, accessible, and close to rail lines-was selected for both an air base and a shipyard. 3-Construction at Wartime Speed Bulldozers, cranes, and thousands of workers arrived. Runways were poured in record time. Hangars rose from bare ground. Dry docks were carved from the shoreline. What normally would have taken decades was completed in months. 4-The Birth of the Air Base The air base became home to patrol bombers, training squadrons, and transport aircraft. Planes arrived fresh from factories, were modified here, and then sent to the Pacific or Atlantic theaters. The roar of engines became constant. 5-The Shipyard Awakens Along the water, the shipyard came alive. Liberty ships, destroyers, and auxiliary vessels were built, repaired, and refitted. Workers labored around the clock, guided by floodlights and wartime urgency.

In this article, the application of event-driven architecture in information systems focused on supply management and production processes is investigated. The theoretical foundation of the event-driven approach is examined, including the key mechanisms of message delivery and storage, as well as the differences between message queue systems and log-based event streams. The practical applicability of event-driven architecture in logistics and supply chain management is also considered. Particular attention is paid to high-load industries, where the synchronicity of supplies and the stability of processes critically depend on the predictability of latencies and the reliability of event-driven workflows.

Materials management is crucial in construction projects specially in developing countries. It contributes very important role to the achievement of the project on time and, as such, affects the overall economy of any country. The research aims to develop a framework to improve material management on the Libyan construction sites. This could be achieved by examining the Libyan construction context and its characteristics from the Libyan professional construction experts' perspectives. Although several studies have recognised the importance of managing the material in the project site, there is still a gap in knowledge with respect to designing a holistic model that could satisfy the construction practitioners.
A mixed-method approach was applied to analysing material management in the Libyan construction companies. The study adopted a quantitative questionnaire to identify the perceptions and attitudes of the Libyan construction authority because many responses from different companies and regions were required to determine differences in the perceptions of construction stakeholders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collate data from other stakeholders who were not involved the questionnaire to explore the functions involved in the material management process. The present study findings displayed that the Libyan construction companies have a system for managing the procurement process and for ordering materials. However, contractors and project managers lack experience, and most of them know nothing about managing material. Besides, they lack knowledge on the management of material waste, which is one of the significant issues facing the Libyan construction sector.
It is anticipated that the model will help Libyan construction authorities to improve their performance and to understand the process of material management. The proposed approach will be helpful to other countries which need to develop their material management processes.

Purpose-This project attempts to present a space component inventory classification system for space inventory replenishment and management. The authors propose to adopt a classification system that can incorporate all the different variables in a multi-criteria configuration. Fuzzy logic is applied as an effective way for formulating classification problems in space inventory replenishment. Design/methodology/approach-A fuzzy-based approach with ABC classification is proposed to incorporate all the different variables in a multi-criteria configuration. Fuzzy logic is applied as an effective way for formulating classification problems in space inventory replenishment of the soil preparation system (SOPSYS) which is used in grinding and sifting Phobos rocks to sub-millimeter size in the Phobos-Grunt space mission. An information system was developed using the existing platform and was used to support the key aspects in performing inventory classification and purchasing optimization. Findings-The proposed classification system was found to be able to classify the inventory and optimize the purchasing decision efficiency. Based on the information provided from the system, implementation plans for the SOPSYS project and related space projects can be proposed. Research limitations/implications-The paper addresses one of the main difficulties in handling qualitative or quantitative classification criteria. The model can be implemented using mathematical calculation tools and integrated into the existing inventory management system. The proposed model has important implications in optimizing the purchasing decisions to shorten the research and development of other space instruments in space missions. Originality/value-Inventory management in the manufacture of space instruments is one of the major problems due to the complexity of the manufacturing process and the large variety of items. The classification system can optimize purchasing decision-making in the inventory management process. It is also designed to be flexible and can be implemented for the manufacture of other space mission instruments.

Na gestão da saúde, a tecnologia é uma faca de dois gumes. Por um lado, pode gerar benefícios para os pacientes. Por outro lado, afeta a sustentabilidade das soluções de saúde. Este artigo analisa possíveis alternativas para controlar os gastos com medicamentos em sistemas e serviços.

UPPLY chain management (SCM) is a concept that has originated in the manufacturing industry to control logistics. It represents a management process by which enterprises administer and control the worldwide network of suppliers, factories, warehouses, distribution centers and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed and delivered to customers. In construction, procurement and procurement related activities occur during all phases of a construction project. Because of inevitable complexity and fragmentation of the construction process, supplies of resources like equipment, labor, material and other services may not be always available on time, in right amounts and in the desired quality and price. An overall management process like supply chain management is essential to monitor and control all such logistic activities. The concept of supply chain management in construction outlining its origins in manufacturing is introduced in this paper. The effectiveness of the supply chain management has been evaluated with its potential benefits to the construction industry. A list of possible barriers, which may affect the application of supply chain management concept in the construction industry, has also been presented. Finally, a simplified model for supply chain management in the construction industry is presented.

Adopting the microservices architecture in software development supports modular design, helps programs scale better, and makes the release cycle much faster. This work reviews how Spring Boot supports creating microservices back-end systems in the cloud. It starts by comparing monolithic and distributed systems and highlights what microservices have overcome. Using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and Spring Security from the Spring ecosystem, the study shares practical methods, successful patterns, and strategies for deploying with Docker and Kubernetes. It looks at implementing DevOps by paying special attention to continuous integration and delivery pipelines. Special attention is given to API design in modules, the ability to easily handle load changes and the separation of faults. Case studies and scholarly studies are presented in the paper to explain how Spring Boot makes development faster, maintenance easier and production scaling better. They show developers and architects how to design adaptable and stable systems with Spring Boot microservices.

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, e-commerce platforms must handle high volumes of transactions while ensuring seamless performance. Architecting scalable microservices is a strategic approach to address the challenges posed by high-traffic environments. This paper explores the design and implementation of microservices tailored for e-commerce systems that experience fluctuating and often heavy user demands. By decomposing applications into independent, loosely coupled services, organizations can isolate failures, optimize resource allocation, and enhance overall system agility. The study details a framework that integrates containerization, orchestration, and robust communication protocols to ensure resilience and rapid scalability. Emphasis is placed on best practices for load balancing, dynamic scaling, and automated recovery, which are crucial for maintaining uninterrupted service during peak shopping periods. Additionally, the discussion highlights the importance of continuous integration and delivery pipelines in streamlining updates and minimizing downtime. Real-world case studies illustrate how leading e-commerce platforms have successfully leveraged microservices to improve performance and customer experience. The findings suggest that while the transition to a microservices architecture requires significant planning and cultural change, the long-term benefits of enhanced scalability, maintainability, and fault tolerance far outweigh the initial complexities. Overall, the research underscores the critical role of scalable microservices in powering high-traffic ecommerce platforms, enabling them to adapt to market demands and technological advancements with increased efficiency and reliability.

Isolation of design phase from construction has made the design changes inevitable in construction projects. Extensive literature appraisal has acknowledged the detrimental effect of design changes on project performances. However, the impact and causes of design changes have been divided up, either separately or project specific. As a result, the relationship between impact and causes of design changes could not be established for general construction. The primary objective of this paper is to examine the impact of design changes on project cost and identifying actions responsible for these changes. The objectives of the study were achieved through a systematic review of past literature published in well-established journals, and contents analyzed. From the extensive literature review, it was established that the design change is one of the predominant factors to cost overrun, and in some cases, may upshot into cost overrun between 5 and 40% of the project cost. Also, many causes of design changes resulting in cost overrun within the perspective of the owner, consultant, and contractors are explored. Some projects experienced closure as a result of owner induced design changes, although these changes may not be significant in number. Design changes as a result of consultants and contractors in some cases might have reduced impact but are frequent. For each consideration, most events leading to design changes can be eliminated by improving on communication and coordination between stakeholders. The main contribution of this research is to bring together the impact and causes of design changes on cost under one platform for effectively managing the design process.

The state elementary school No.027 building construction project in Samarinda Ulu District, Samarinda City, Indonesia, in the 2019 fiscal year, which experienced delays, was allegedly due to the use of inappropriate scheduling methods. Therefore, to overcome these delays, it must use the curtain methods that are appropriate with efficient cost. In this study, we used factor analysis and multiple linear regression methods to measure answers from a questionnaire distributed to 45 respondents like consultants, contractors, and owners who were involved in the state elementary school in above. The results show that the elements that influence the delay in the construction of state elementary school building No.027 Samarinda is a factor in the work scheduling method and construction delay. For Scheduling work get a coefficient value is 𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 = 7,575 > 𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 = 2,026, and for construction delay method get a coefficient value is 𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 = 3,120 > 𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 = 3,120. It can be concluded is the most dominant factor construction delay in the State Elementary School No.027 Samarinda in case above is the Work Scheduling Method with a value coefficient is 1.057.

Inventories, Transportation, Facilities are the important tools of supply chain management. Inventory is one of the key determinants of the productivity of cement industry. To effectively manage inventory levels, it is essential to consider the appropriate reorder points and the optimized ordering quantity at that reorder point. In this research work the ordering quantity and reorder points that minimizes the cost are found out using the concepts of Genetic algorithm by using the demand rate as well as the associated solution demand matrix. Routing has become one of the most important types of supply chain management tools in managing the global supply chain. Modifying the organization's capability to generate products and services in par with customer demand is the objective of facility planning. The proposed system is also used to find the optimized usage of the facility and finds the best routed supplier with minimum routing cost.

The acceptance of lean philosophy in the company means not only respecting the lean principles in the manufacturing but in all the processes that are performed inside the company. All processes in the company that are a potential places for making losses and waste and thus require the application of lean principles. Among others, warehouse and warehouse operations, as a centre of costs and waste, must be supported through the implementation of lean philosophy in the company by respecting lean principles. The implementation of lean principles in the warehouse is a certain step of improvement warehouse process and performance, but also of the whole company. In that sense, the paper presents the analysis of the warehousing process and its performances before and after implementation of the lean tools in a selected Serbian company as a practical example. In addition, research shows which parts of warehousing need to be improved, in analysed company, as well as correlation between the in...

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No doubt, steel revolution has been the fulcrum of development in the world. Right from the industrial revolution of 1750s occasioned primarily by steel and which has launched nations to prosperity, governments all over the world have taken this key strategic sector into consideration in their administrational policies. This paper therefore tries to examine governance role in steel development in furtherance of national prosperity with special focus on the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency which has recreated the Ministry of Steel Development on assumption of Office in May 2023. Using historical methodology of analyzing primary and secondary sources, the paper argues that unlike the developed nations that unlocked their steel potentials, Nigeria has been duck lamed in her steel policies since Shehu Shagari government was overthrown in 1983. The paper further posits that succeeding administrations since 1983 were not able to synergise governance and steel development despite the bountiful advantages of steel exploration to a nation. The paper believes that with the redesignation of the Ministry of Steel Development and other positive deliberate governmental policies, the Tinubu administration could leverage on the potentials of steel to unlocking national prosperity

Most industrial and domestic electricity users are looking for electricity utility providers that meet their industrial and domestic performance needs and can be reliable. Due to maintenance and poor management /support systems, the Nigeria electric power industries are not able to meet the customers, requirements. Major causes of customers' dissatisfaction are often traced back to unexpected failures leading to unexpected costs. However, with proper consideration of risk management in the maintenance policies, the number of failures can be reduced and their consequences minimized. Base on persistence power failures and the present deregulation threats in the Nigeria electric power industry, an approach for integrating risk management in the maintenance system is sort. The importance of FMECA failure management, measures and strategic management to facilitate easy risk management implementation in maintenance function is discussed. An approach is suggested for use of reliability tools, LCC and Pareto simulation waste process management, coordination and control to reduce risk. This paper establishes the importance of a well planned requirement specification and the need to analyze and interpret risk analysis results, for maintenance management.