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The Influence of Responsibility Shift on Warehousing Performance: The Case of Australia
Vinh V. THAI,Vinh V. THAI,Zaheed HALIM 한국해운물류학회 2019 The Asian journal of shipping and Logistics Vol.35 No.1
Although there have been extensive efforts to eliminate the use of warehousing due to its large requirement of resources, the need to connect manufacturing with end consumers will be difficult to coordinate without it. In Australia, the rapid advance of warehousing has facilitated the challenging demands of customers. In the literature, the challenges of increasing reliability, space utilisation, and reducing waste have been managed through improved warehousing processes and technology; however, the important role of employees through responsibility shift in enhancing warehousing performance has not yet been fully explored. This study therefore examines the relationship between the employment of Responsibility Shift (RS) and Warehousing Performance (WP) in Australia within the processes of Inbounding and Storage through the usage of a survey conducted with department supervisors and managers of warehousing companies which were members of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia (CILTA) and Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA). It was found that RS positively causes a statistically significant influence on warehousing performance. This research contributes to enrich the literature on RS as it is perhaps the first study which examines the effects of RS on warehousing performance in Australia while also enables warehousing managers to explore ways to improve warehousing performance from the human resource management perspective. Although being significant both in terms of managerial and academic implications, the generalizability of this research is limited from a small sample size. Future research, therefore, needs to look into a wider population as well as further investigation into the effects of Responsibility Shift in the rapidly developing warehousing business environment elsewhere in the world.
( Thai Vinh Tran ),( Moon Manyong ) 한국과학사학회 2018 한국과학사학회지 Vol.40 No.2
As an introductory study, this paper traces the history of science and technology (S&T) in Vietnam since the colonial period focusing on science education and policy. The Vietnamese encounter with modern science began in the colonial period but the legacy of colonial science did not serve as the foundation for modern science in Vi-etnam due to the intermittent wars and political instability. During the Vietnam War, the development of S&T was modest, though technology transfer from the super-powers contributed to the transformation of Vietnam from post-colonial to modern society. After the war, the Vietnamese succeeded in making hybrid technologies based on the U.S. legacy and USSR’s help, such as the reactivation of Da Lat nuclear research reactor. In the 1990s, Vietnam rapidly integrated itself into the world and the Vietnamese government started to show their commitment to making S&T the driving force in economic development. The S&T legal framework was set up and the S&T system of personnel and institutions to conduct R&D activities has been formed, along with the emergence of more S&T infrastructure. Examining the tra-jectory of the growth of S&T in Vietnam, this paper illuminates the hybrid origins of a modern Vietnamese S&T system from colonial inheritance to contemporary global cooperation.
Competency Prole of Managers in the Singapore Logistics Industry
Vinh V. THAI,Khairunnisa Binte IBRAHIM,Vidya RAMANI,Hong-Yuan HUANG 한국해운물류학회 2012 The Asian journal of shipping and Logistics Vol.28 No.2
In this paper, we aim to explore what competencies are essential for logistics managers to be successful in the future by developing a conceptual framework of competency profile of logistics managers based on the existing BLM model and some newly proposed competencies, taking into account changes in the business environment. A survey was conducted in Singapore with logistics managers from 350 rms. A total of 52 returned questionnaires were received, representing a response rate of 14.8%. We found that the proposed framework of 103 business-, logistics- and management-related competencies are essential for logistics managers to be successful, although management-related competencies were perceived as more important than the others. Although being based on the existing BLM framework, this research also proposed and validated new competencies into the existing BLM framework to reect the necessary response to changes in the business environment. This research also contributes to management practice and serves as another effort to map out the critical competency prole for logistics managers of the future.
Defining Service Quality in Tramp Shipping: Conceptual Model and Empirical Evidence
Vinh V. THAI,Wei Jun TAY,Raymond TAN,Alan LAI 한국해운물류학회 2014 The Asian journal of shipping and Logistics Vol.30 No.1
Tramp shipping constitutes a prominent segment of the shipping market. As customers increasingly seek value from service providers for low price but yet high quality services, there is a pressing need to understand critically what construe the service quality for the tramp sector. In this respect, however, no prior research has been conducted for this market segment. This study recognises the gap in the existing maritime literature and aimed to propose and validate a service quality (SQ) model to address such a gap. The study employs a triangulation approach, utilising literature review, interviews and surveys to develop, refine and verify the SQ model proposed. Interviews were conducted with various parties in the tramp sector while a survey using a sample size of 343 tramp shippers and 254 tramp service providers was also conducted with tramp shippers and tramp service providers. It was revealed that the SQ model of six dimensions of Corporate Image, Customer Focus, Management, Outcomes, Personnel and Technical, and their 18 associated attributes could be used as a reliable tool to measure service quality in tramp shipping. This research contributes to fill the gap in the existing literature by introducing and validating a new SQ model specifically for tramp shipping. Meanwhile, the model can also be used by practitioners to receive their customers’ evaluation of their service quality as well as a benchmarking tool for continuous improvement. This study is, however, confined to a small-sized data collected in Singapore and to the bulk commodity context. Further studies on the practicality of the SQ model involving larger sample size and in other regions and for the general and specialized cargoes would be required to enhance its reliability.
MARITIME SECURITY WITHOUT TEARS
Vinh Thai,Shu-Ling Chen,Solomon Chen 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 2008 인하대학교 정석물류통상연구원 학술대회 Vol.2008 No.3
In recent years, the issue of maritime security has become a major concern on the international maritime agenda. This, in turns, has sparked off lots of interests in the context of maritime logistics management. One of the issues in this respect is how to enhance security while not jeopardising organisational efficiency and effectiveness, or to manage security effectively, e.g. facilitating the smooth flows of materials while enhancing maritime security at the same time. In addressing this issue, we place three cornerstones for the effective management of security in maritime transport: quality management (QM), risk management (RM), and business continuity management (BCM). A conceptual model of critical success factors of effective security management is devised following this reasoning. It is further analysed and discussed following the analysis of a survey conducted with a sample of shipping companies in Vietnam and followed up by the same survey in Taiwan. Findings from the surveys proved that all proposed 24 critical success factors are valid and should be used as critical factors for success in effectively managing security in maritime transport. Although there are some differences in terms of perceived rankings of factors, Vietnamese and Taiwanese respondents are indifferent in their perceptions of some most important factors, especially relating to incident handling and response, and the role of senior management. The confirmed implication of this research is that effective security management can be achieved by employing critical success factors derived from the fundamental principles of quality, risk and business continuity management.
Dang, Vinh Quang,Trung, Tran Quang,Duy, Le Thai,Kim, Bo-Yeong,Siddiqui, Saqib,Lee, Wonil,Lee, Nae-Eung American Chemical Society 2015 ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Vol.7 No.20
<P>A flexible ultraviolet (UV) photodetector based on ZnO nanorods (NRs) as nanostructure sensing materials integrated into a graphene (Gr) field-effect transistor (FET) platform is investigated with high performance. Based on the negative shift of the Dirac point (<I>V</I><SUB>Dirac</SUB>) in the transfer characteristics of a phototransistor, high-photovoltage responsivity (<I>R</I><SUB>V</SUB>) is calculated with a maximum value of 3 × 10<SUP>8</SUP> V W<SUP>–1</SUP>. The peak response at a wavelength of ∼365 nm indicated excellent selectivity to UV light. The phototransistor also allowed investigation of the photocurrent responsivity (<I>R</I><SUB>I</SUB>) and photoconductive gain (<I>G</I>) at various gate voltages, with maximum values of 2.5 × 10<SUP>6</SUP> A W<SUP>–1</SUP> and 8.3 × 10<SUP>6</SUP>, respectively, at a gate bias of 5 V. The UV response under bending conditions was virtually unaffected and was unchanged after 10 000 bending cycles at a bending radius of 12 mm, subject to a strain of 0.5%. The attributes of high stability, selectivity, and sensitivity of this flexible UV photodetector based on a ZnO NRs/Gr hybrid FET indicate promising potential for future flexible optoelectronic devices.</P><P><B>Graphic Abstract</B> <IMG SRC='http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/aamick/2015/aamick.2015.7.issue-20/acsami.5b02834/production/images/medium/am-2015-028343_0004.gif'></P><P><A href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/am5b02834'>ACS Electronic Supporting Info</A></P>