Mr Esmaeil Mazroui Nasrabadi, Phd Laya Olfat, Phd Maghsoud Amiri,
Volume 10, Issue 26 (3-2015)
Abstract
Supply chain management is one of the subjects that much attention has been paid to it. Today competition of companies is not important anymore but supply chains are competing, so paying attention to supply chain is necessary and vital. Performance enablers of supply chain have been studied in a scattered manner; however these efforts are not comprehensive enough. In this paper these enablers are studied and classified. This paper has been conducted for handmade carpet supply chain. Handmade carpet is one of industries that has a good position in Iran, however the number of performed scientific researches in this field in not enough. This research has done in Kashan and exploratory factor analysis and second-order factor analysis have been employed. After exploratory factor analysis, enablers are classified into some groups, i.e. leadership and management, knowledge and information management, cooperation, ethic, relationship in supply chain, performance measurement, capacity management and strategy. Among these factors, leadership and management and cooperation are more important. Finally, we provide some recommendations to improve these factors.
Chakameh Zamiri, Abolghasem Nemat Shahrbabaki,
Volume 15, Issue 36 (3-2020)
Abstract
The original handmade carpet of Sistan has always played an important role in the livelihoods and the economy of the people. However, the position of this valuable art-craft has been impressed by some problems in Iran handmade carpet and especially to the particular native dilemma of the area. As the production of Sistan's carpets has been greatly reduced today, continuing this process can in the long run lead to the deterioration of Sistan's carpet and cause irreparable damage to the employment and livelihoods of the people of this area. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize and analyze the indexes affecting the stagnation of Sistan carpet and planning to eliminate them in order to improve the final product and job creation in the region. This issue is considered as the main goal of the current research.
The research methodology is combined and Extractive. First, using semi-structured interviews, the causes of the recession of handmade rug in Sistan were analyzed from the viewpoint of experts in this field and nineteen key factors were identified. Then, a new questionnaire was designed using these factors within the Likert scale framework. The views of the local people in this area regarding the causes of the stagnation of Sistan's handmade carpet were examined. In this step, a "T test" was used for analyzing questionnaire data. The results show that the drought and destruction of livestock, lifestyle changes and livelihoods, as well as the low profitability of the final product, The most important causes of the stagnation of Sistan's original handmade carpet are the most important.
Zohreh Amiri Sardari, Mr Mohim Shihaki Tash, Mr Aligholi Roshan,
Volume 15, Issue 36 (3-2020)
Abstract
Sistan's handmade carpet is a legacy left from authentic Iranian culture and tradition which is now in decline. The decline in sale has lead to reduction in production of these carpets. The purpose of this study is investigating the status of the marketing process based on the 7P model (product, price, place, promotion, people, process, physical evidence) in Sistan handmade carpet industry. This research is descriptive-survey, also sampling method is random clustering and sample volume is 81 people. The validity of the questionnaire was calculated based on the theory of professors and industry experts and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test and composite reliability. The collected data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) and structural equations, the results of which showed that 6 components except the place component were significant. The results of paired comparisons of 7P components were obtained by AHP method. The results obtained from the AHP method are the most effective 7P components in the handmade carpet industry of Sistan with product weight of 0.331 and then individuals’ component with weight of 0.322.
