The intensification of livestock operations in the last few decades has resulted in an increased social concern over the environmental impacts of livestock operations and thus making appropriate manure management decisions increasingly important. A socially acceptable manure management system...

Governments in all over the world put great efforts on promoting domestic leisure and tourist activities, which leads to the enhancement of market potential and opportunities. Among all hospitality businesses such as restaurants, clubs, recreational villa, spa and beauty salon, international...

In arid and semi-arid environments, the amount of recharge received by aquifers is far more critical to the sustainable use of water than it is in humid regions. Groundwater recharge (GWR) is critical to maintain the abundance of groundwater. In the present study, suitable areas for GWR in Jazan...

A road weather information system is increasingly recognized as a critical proactive tool for winter maintenance because of recent unexpectedly heavy snowfalls and continuously colder temperatures in Korea. Therefore, effective operation of this system is a high priority. Environmental sensor...

Purpose – The first objective of this paper is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) and their corresponding key performance indicators (KPIs) for supplier development (SD) in a manufacturing environment. The second objective is to develop a methodology to analyze and evaluate the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide proactive supply chain performance method considering risk which can be used during the supplier selection/assessment process. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the effort is to present a model for evaluating the supply-related...

Modeling the choice of an operating system for Internet services (OSIS) is one important area of decision-making that did not attract enough attention from researchers interested in the applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In this paper, we develop, describe, and test An AHP...

This paper aims at developing a risk management framework for project risk management in construction projects and demonstrate its application in an ongoing construction project in Amravati, Maharashtra, India. The various risk factors encountered in construction projects and various risk...