Exploring the factors and attributes of value-adding activities and their impact on moderators and mediators within Rice Value Chains in the Ayeyarwady Delta (2022)
Thesis
McCrudden, P. (2022). Exploring the factors and attributes of value-adding activities and their impact on moderators and mediators within Rice Value Chains in the Ayeyarwady Delta. (Thesis). University of Salford

Supermarkets across the globe have direct points of contact and data capture systems and records of customers buying behaviour. Often these are multiple forms of real-time datasets. These datasets allow for both extrapolations of historical data that... Read More about Exploring the factors and attributes of value-adding activities and their impact on moderators and mediators within Rice Value Chains in the Ayeyarwady Delta.

Sustainable food procurement in public catering – comparison of the UK with Denmark & Sweden (2022)
Thesis
Stein, M. (2022). Sustainable food procurement in public catering – comparison of the UK with Denmark & Sweden. (Thesis). University of Salford

The research compares sustainable food procurement in public catering in three countries: Denmark, Sweden and the UK. The greatest difference between the UK and the other two countries was the very much higher percentage of organic food in Denmark an... Read More about Sustainable food procurement in public catering – comparison of the UK with Denmark & Sweden.

Demand Forecasting In Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Small and Medium Enterprise’s (SME’s) In Ghana (2021)
Thesis
Aidoo-anderson, A. (2021). Demand Forecasting In Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Small and Medium Enterprise’s (SME’s) In Ghana. (Thesis). University of Salford

Forecasting is a ubiquitous, multi-discipline area which has received much attention from practitioners and researchers for many several years. It permeates every facet of an organisation’s life as the bedrock of planning and decision making. An orga... Read More about Demand Forecasting In Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Small and Medium Enterprise’s (SME’s) In Ghana.

Forecasting the success of megaprojects with Judgmental methods (2021)
Thesis
Litsiou, K. Forecasting the success of megaprojects with Judgmental methods. (Thesis). University of Salford

Forecasting the success of megaprojects is a very difficult and important task because of
the complexity of such projects, as well as the large capital investment that is required for
the completion of these projects. One could argue that forecasti... Read More about Forecasting the success of megaprojects with Judgmental methods.

The impact of judgment on statistical forecasts (2020)
Thesis
Keyes, M. (in press). The impact of judgment on statistical forecasts. (Thesis). University of Salford

The thesis will aim to empirically assess how judgment impacts a statistical forecast in a spare parts supply chain.
The thesis will investigate what impact judgment has on forecast accuracy that is, does it improve the statistical forecast. If so,... Read More about The impact of judgment on statistical forecasts.

Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics (2012)
Thesis
Maskell, S. Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics. (Dissertation). University of Salford

In the year 1997, within the United Nations' building, several of the world's largest
countries chose to address the issue of climate change. For some years prior to 1997,
there were grumblings by NGOs (non-government organisations), such as
Green... Read More about Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics.