Using BWM and ELECTRE III to aid manufacturing unit process optimization in Healthcare Technology industry

The current trend of technology being increasingly integrated into the healthcare industry is heavily influencing the supply chains of companies involved. Thus, companies need to find ways to remain competitive, one of which is introducing process optimization in (parts of) their supply chains. In large organizations whose portfolios involve a...

The factors determining cloud platform adoption: An exploratory study of the Dutch financial sector using the Best-Worst Method (BWM)

The financial industry has been significantly transformed by innovations, but traditional banks have managed to maintain their dominant position without implementing many innovations. However, new technologies have caused a shift and should no longer be ignored. Financial institutions are now facing competition from high-tech newcomers, also...

Analysis of Barriers for development of Green Hydrogen in United Arab Emirates (UAE): Barrier Analysis using a combination of Best-Worst Method (BWM) and Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have one of the highest annual energy consumption per capita and rank within the top 10 countries with highest CO¬2 emissions. All of the countries have low levels of renewable energy share in the total energy consumption. Among these countries, UAE has been relatively proactive in promoting the use...

Assessing the Important Factors for Obtaining Technological Dominance in the Concrete Armour Unit Industry

The concrete armour unit industry exist for more than 70 years, in this period various units were developed. The first units derived their hydraulic stability on their own weight, later the units got more complex shapes and got interlocking capabilities. The first interlocking units were placed in a two-layer configuration, like Tetrapod and...

A Digital Platform for Information Systems in Dutch first-line healthcare: A study on Boundary Resources

This master thesis explores the boundary resources in Dutch first line healthcare that are required in order to increase the intent of Information Systems suppliers in to join a digital platform. This is researched, as information systems suppliers lack an ability to innovate. Innovation can be increased by an open digital platform for...

Blockchain in Supply Chain Management. An Empirical Study into the Key Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt Blockchain by SMEs

Blockchain Technology has gained popularity in recent years and one of its most promising applications is in Supply Chain Management. The visibility enabled by distributed ledger technology can empower Real-Time Tracking of Products (also referred to as the ‘Holy Grail’ of logistics), a faster and leaner Global Trade, and automatic controls with...

A Multi-Criteria Analysis on Digitizing Services in the Port of Rotterdam

The purpose of this master thesis was to explore in which way the service of Vopak Agencies could be digitized and be accepted by the client the most.

Ecosystem data governance as a critical factor for data platform participation: A BWM approach to determine the relative importance of ecosystem data governance to IoT data providers

The Internet-of-Things has grown much in popularity over the past years, leading to the gathering of large amounts of pervasive and detailed data. This same trend is seen in the agriculture industry, where a lot of data can be collected on the cultivation methods. The agriculture industry is considered to be a strategically interesting industry...

The Effects of Supply Chain Sustainability Criteria on Selecting the Optimal Package Design

In the packaging industry, there are certain criteria that characterize whether a package is sustainable or not. Thus, the design of the product is decided by satisfying the aforementioned criteria. However, when the whole supply chain is under study, the process is not so straightforward and the related science field is Sustainable Supply Chain...

The impact of the ballast water management convention on shipowners and banks: The NIBC case

Ballast water, routinely taken on by ships for stability and structural integrity can contain thousands of mi- crobes, algae and animals. When discharging this ballast water holding these organisms in a non-native ecosystem, new invasive aquatic species can be introduced. This can have to devastating consequences for the local ecosystem. To...

The effects of the introduction of the European Digital Single Market of mobile roaming in the Netherlands: the impact over the social values

The European Union (EU) has been regulating roaming since 1997, and has developed different policies aiming to promote transparency in prices and improve competitiveness across the members. With both positive and negative outcomes, the European Commission (EC) had a long learning process where different regulatory measures were introduced and...

Social acceptance of smart meters

The introduction of intelligent meters - smart meters - to the electricity infrastructure should provide the grid intelligence the ability to cope with challenges and changes; thus, it is named smart grid (Verbong et al., 2013). We have learned that the smart grid system is a complex product system because its technologies, components and...

Incorporating the traveller's experience value in assessing the quality of transit nodes: A Rotterdam case study

In order to obtain a modal shift from car towards public transport, the quality of a public transport journey has to be increased. The transfer is the least valued part of the journey where a traveller perceives one minute of waiting as three minutes. By improving the least valued part, the overall quality of a public transport journey increases...

Supplier Development for Different Supplier Segments

In order to standout from competition in the global market, companies must rely on competent suppliers. The supplier development program is designed to create and maintain a network of competent suppliers, which has a major influence on the competitive advantages of a buying company. The existing literatures on supplier development all adopt ...