2013 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 11 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-05-2014-001

2013 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Advances in Management Research, Volume 11, Issue 1

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Advances in Management Research

“System dynamics investigation of information technology in small and medium enterprise supply chain”

Atul Sidola
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

Pradeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of information technology (IT) capabilities on an organization's performance. It investigates the effect of adoption of IT on the market share of the small and medium enterprise.
Design/methodology/approach – The system dynamics methodology is used as a modeling and analysis tool to investigate the supply chain problem of an organization. The simulation model of the supply chain is made considering the relationships among different variables, using system dynamics concepts.
Findings – This work suggests that an organization should increase its capacity joining rate simultaneously with increase in orders (which increases due to improvement in IT capability), to reduce further backlog which leads to customer switch to another manufacturer.
Research limitations/implications – The work is based on simulation work, so the results cannot be generalized for all situations.
Originality/value – The present model can be used to study different scenarios and variables. Also, the model can be extended by considering more accumulations and variables in the supply chain system. It may be useful to policy makers, decision makers and regulators dealing with a wide spectrum of strategic issues and policies in the supply chain.
Keywords Backlogs, Information technology, Inventory management, Order backlog, Simulation, Supply chain management, System dynamics

www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09727981211271940

This article originally appeared in Volume 9 Number 2, 2012, Journal of Advances in Management Research

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award

“Sustaining small businesses in the United States in times of recession: role of supply networks and social capital”

Sameer Prasad, Jasmine Tata and Xuguang Guo

This article originally appeared in Volume 9 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Advances in Management Research

“Evaluation of customer's mall preferences in India using fuzzy AHP approach”

Madhurima Deb

This article originally appeared in Volume 9 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Advances in Management Research

“Capital budgeting decisions: evidence from India”

Shveta Singh, P.K. Jain and Surendra S. Yadav

This article originally appeared in Volume 9 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Advances in Management Research

Outstanding Reviewer

Sanjay K. Prasad and Amrita Gangotra