Prioritizing evaluation criteria of IoT-driven warehousing startups: a silver lining to the unorganized sector in food supply chain
The International Journal of Logistics Management
ISSN: 0957-4093
Article publication date: 13 June 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This research is designed to meet two research objectives: firstly, to weigh up the criteria of Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in warehousing startups; secondly, to rank warehousing startups on the basis of benefits they derive from IoT adoption catering to an unorganized sector in the food supply chain.
Design/methodology/approach
A blend of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and complex proportional assessment (COPRAS) methods of multi-criteria decision-making techniques were applied. AHP determined the weights of various criteria using pairwise comparison, and COPRAS technique ranked the 10 warehousing startups on account of performance indicators. The study has been conducted at the warehousing startups of Bangalore, a hub of food warehousing startups.
Findings
The critical findings of the study revealed that these food warehouse startups attain improved productivity in terms of enhancing efficiency when implemented with IoT adoption. When evaluated using both AHP and COPRAS techniques, the combined results show WH5 as the best performing and WH10 as the least performing warehouse startups.
Practical implications
Warehouses that are embarking on their business opportunity in food storage can strategize to leverage the benefits of IoT in terms of food safety and security, capacity planning, layout design, space utilization and resilience.
Originality/value
Despite the numerous research works on food supply chain, the research on IoT in warehousing startups is limited. The rankings for the 10 food warehousing startups integrated with IoT using AHP-COPRAS approaches are the novelty of this work.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank everyone who helped them gather information and secondary data about the selected food warehousing startups in Bangalore.
Funding: The current study has not received any funding.
Citation
Vedapradha, R., Joshi, D. and Hariharan, R. (2024), "Prioritizing evaluation criteria of IoT-driven warehousing startups: a silver lining to the unorganized sector in food supply chain", The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-12-2023-0509
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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