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Article Citation - WoS: 36Agriculture 4.0: an Implementation Framework for Food Security Attainment in Nigeria's Post-Covid Era(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2021) Oruma, Samson O.; Misra, Sanjay; Fernandez-Sanz, LuisThe challenge of Nigeria's food insecurity in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, insecurity, climate change, population growth, food wastage, etc., is a demanding task. This study addresses Nigeria's food insecurity challenges by adopting agriculture 4.0 and commercial farming. Using data from six digital libraries, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, and other internet sources, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR using PRISMA) on Nigeria's agriculture, food security, and agriculture 4.0. Our results show Nigeria's current agricultural state, threats to food security, and modern digital agriculture technologies. We adapted our SLR findings to develop an implementation framework for agriculture 4.0 in solving Nigeria's food insecurity challenge in the post-Covid-19 era. Our proposed framework integrates precision agriculture in Nigeria's food production and the necessary enabling digital technologies in the agri-food supply chain. We analyzed the critical implementation considerations during each agri-food supply chain stage of farming inputs, farming scale, farming approach, farming operation, food processing, food preservation/storage, distribution/logistics, and the final consumers. This study will help researchers, investors, and the government address food security in Nigeria. The implementation of agriculture 4.0 will substantially contribute to SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 3 (good health and well-being), and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) of #Envision 2030 of the United Nations, for the benefit of Nigeria, Africa, and the entire world.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 5Medicine Distribution Problem Between Pharmacy Warehouse and Pharmacies(Springer india, 2022) Kose, Erkan; Duzenli, Berkay; Cakmak, Saliha; Vural, DanismentThe pharmaceutical supply chain consists of supplier, distributor (pharmaceutical warehouses) and retail (pharmacists) stages. Since the costs of some pharmaceuticals are high while their shelf life is short, it is not possible for pharmacies to keep all kinds of drugs in their stocks. Instead, pharmacies maintain reasonable amounts of inventory for products with high demand, while fulfilling orders for those with low demand through pharmaceutical warehouses. In this study, the real life drug distribution problem of a pharmacy warehouse that meets demands of 186 pharmacies in 9 regions is addressed. Optimal distribution routes that minimize both the transportation time and the costs are obtained by using our two-stage optimization approach without changing the company's infrastructure. At first, the multiple traveling salesman method, which is an extension of the traveling salesman problem, is used to determine the optimal routes. In the second stage, the system is simulated to determine the most suitable travel frequencies and the savings in the number of vehicles used. The results show that, savings of 52% in vehicles used and 46% in distance traveled per day can be obtained if the developed model is applied.Article Citation - WoS: 248Citation - Scopus: 350Supply Chain Performance Measurement: a Literature Review(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010) Akyuz, Goknur Arzu; Erkan, Turan ErmanThis paper is intended to provide a critical literature review on supply chain performance measurement. The study aims at revealing the basic research methodologies/approaches followed, problem areas and requirements for the performance management of the new supply chain era. The review study covers articles coming from major journals related with the topic, including a taxonomy study and detailed investigation as to the methodologies, approaches and findings of these works. The methodology followed during the conduct of this research includes starting with a broad base of articles lying at the intersection of supply chain, information technology (IT), performance measurement and business process management topics and then screening the list to have a focus on supply chain performance measurement. Findings reveal that performance measurement in the new supply era is still an open area of research. Further need of research is identified regarding framework development, empirical cross-industry research and adoption of performance measurement systems for the requirements of the new era, to include the development of partnership, collaboration, agility, flexibility, information productivity and business excellence metrics. The contribution of this study lies in the taxonomy study, detailed description and treatment of methodologies followed and in shedding light on future research.Article Citation - WoS: 17Citation - Scopus: 24Iot Platform for Seafood Farmers and Consumers(Mdpi, 2020) Jaeger, Bjorn; Mishra, AlokThere has been a strong growth in aquatic products supported by the global seafood industry. Consumers demand information transparency to support informed decisions and to verify nutrition, food safety, and sustainable operations. Supporting these needs rests on the existence of interoperable Internet of Things (IoT) platforms for traceability that goes beyond the minimum "one up, one down" scheme required by regulators. Seafood farmers, being the source of both food and food-information, are critical to achieving the needed transparency. Traditionally, seafood farmers carry the costs of providing information, while downstream actors reap the benefits, causing limited provision of information. Now, global standards for labelling, data from IoT devices, and the reciprocity of utility from collecting data while sharing them represent great potential for farmers to generate value from traceability systems. To enable this, farmers need an IoT platform integrated with other IoT platforms in the value network. This paper presents a case study of an enterprise-level IoT platform for seafood farmers that satisfies consumers' end-to-end traceability needs while extracting data from requests for information from downstream actors.
