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The IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management

Dec'13
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This issue brings you several interesting developments in the area of the Supply Chain (SC). The papers published here offer theoretical and practical insights that hold immense value to the practice and research of SCM. The first paper titled,
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Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster on Agri-Food Chains in Japan
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Logistics and Supply Chain Management Practices in Select Industries of Tirupati
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Supply Chain Management Concerns in Manufacturing Industries
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Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster on Agri-Food Chains in Japan

--Hrabrin Bachev and Fusao Ito

The paper evaluates diverse impacts of Fukushima nuclear disaster on Japanese agriculture and food chains. First, a framework analysis of multidimensional effects of the disaster is presented. Second, immediate and shortterm radiation effects, effects on nearby population, safety regulation and inspection system, markets and consumer’s behavior, agrarian and food products, and health as well as economic impacts on farming and agribusinesses are all assessed. Third, overall short and long-term impacts on agriculture, food industries and consumers in Fukushima region, neighboring regions and other parts of Japan are estimated.

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management Practices in Select Industries of Tirupati

-- J Geetha Madhuri

Firms today are striving to achieve competitive advantage over others and one of the approaches is managing the entire supply chain in order to reduce costs and improve performance which leads to business success. Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) practices are a set of activities undertaken to promote effective and efficient management of supply chains in the industries. These practices include supplier partnership, physical movement of goods, meeting customer demands and also information sharing throughout the supply chain. Some of the key logistics and SCM practices which impact the supply chain performance are related to estimation of customer needs, efficient and effective delivery, integration and collaboration throughout the supply chain, sharing of information and vision by using Information Communication Technology (ICT). All these practices impact logistics and supply chain performance. Logistics focuses on activities inside a company, while supply chain focuses on relationship between each company.

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Supply Chain Management Concerns in Manufacturing Industries

--C Ganesh Kumar and T Nambirajan

The developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and fierce global competition have persuaded all kinds of manufacturers to integrate supply chain management practices to achieve superior organizational performance. However, most of the supply chain management planning and strategies could not achieve the desired outcomes due to the lack of knowledge of the existing level of supply chain concerns prevailing in their organizations. With the help of a survey conducted among the executives of manufacturing industries in the Union Territory of Puducherry, this paper examines the current supply chain concerns in manufacturing industries using principal component analysis, K-mean cluster and discriminant analysis. Supply chain concerns have been categorized into supply chain coherence, geographical proximity and competitionoriented concerns, and manufacturing units have been segmented into low, medium and high supply chain concern industries.

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Automated Teller Machines (ATMs): The Changing Face of Banking in India

Bank Management
Information and communication technology has changed the way in which banks provide services to its customers. These days the customers are able to perform their routine banking transactions without even entering the bank premises. ATM is one such development in recent years, which provides remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the development of this self-service banking in India based on the secondary data.

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a very important role in the progress and advancement in almost all walks of life. The deregulated environment has provided an opportunity to restructure the means and methods of delivery of services in many areas, including the banking sector. The ICT has been a focused issue in the past two decades in Indian banking. In fact, ICTs are enabling the banks to change the way in which they are functioning. Improved customer service has become very important for the very survival and growth of banking sector in the reforms era. The technological advancements, deregulations, and intense competition due to the entry of private sector and foreign banks have altered the face of banking from one of mere intermediation to one of provider of quick, efficient and customer-friendly services. With the introduction and adoption of ICT in the banking sector, the customers are fast moving away from the traditional branch banking system to the convenient and comfort of virtual banking. The most important virtual banking services are phone banking, mobile banking, Internet banking and ATM banking. These electronic channels have enhanced the delivery of banking services accurately and efficiently to the customers. The ATMs are an important part of a bank’s alternative channel to reach the customers, to showcase products and services and to create brand awareness. This is reflected in the increase in the number of ATMs all over the world. ATM is one of the most widely used remote banking services all over the world, including India. This paper analyzes the growth of ATMs of different bank groups in India.
International Scenario

If ATMs are largely available over geographically dispersed areas, the benefit from using an ATM will increase as customers will be able to access their bank accounts from any geographic location. This would imply that the value of an ATM network increases with the number of available ATM locations, and the value of a bank network to a customer will be determined in part by the final network size of the banking system. The statistical information on the growth of branches and ATM network in select countries.

Indian Scenario

The financial services industry in India has witnessed a phenomenal growth, diversification and specialization since the initiation of financial sector reforms in 1991. Greater customer orientation is the only way to retain customer loyalty and withstand competition in the liberalized world. In a market-driven strategy of development, customer preference is of paramount importance in any economy. Gone are the days when customers used to come to the doorsteps of banks. Now the banks are required to chase the customers; only those banks which are customercentric and extremely focused on the needs of their clients can succeed in their business today.

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