By integrating the technology acceptance model, the theory of planned behavior, and regulatory focus theory, this study assesses the mediating role of technology perception attributes (i.e., perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness) in the relationship between customer experience and the adoption of e-payment cards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 368 e-payment users in Khartoum and Southern Darfur, the two most highly populated states in Sudan. This study employed convenience sampling and quantitative methodology to clarify the relationship based on structural equation modeling. The empirical findings showed that the customer experience dimensions of cognition and emotion had a significant influence in e-payment adoption and technology perception. Further, they indicated that technology perception had a significant mediating role in the relationship between customer experience and e-payment adoption.

This article will examine the impact of e-service quality management dimensions on decision-making agility at private universities in Jordan. The e-service quality model was extended by adding more dimensions and applying them in a pure service environment. The study used five dimensions to measure the impact of e-services quality management, including efficiency, fulfillment, privacy, responsiveness, and contact on decision-making agility. During the spring semester of 2021, an online questionnaire was distributed randomly at 12 private universities in Jordan. A total of 300 respondents completed and submitted the questionnaire. The results show that the five dimensions of e-service quality have a significant impact on decision-making agility at private universities in Jordan. The result indicates that contact was the most influential factor in decision-making agility. This confirms the importance of having advanced information technology systems and strategies to enhance communication effectiveness. University management can employ these results to enhance existing policies and procedures to improve the quality of e-services provided to boost and maintain competitiveness and distinction. We can anticipate that a university with a high level of decision-making agility can have a better change management cycle and be more flexible in response to market challenges.

Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) has been widely recognized as a useful tool for effectively managing firms’ supply chain activities. Extant research on RFID in the supply chain domain has focused on implementing this technology in various supply chain activities, such as logistics and transportation, assembly and manufacturing. However, the application of RFID in warehousing management has received little attention. This study explores the implementation of RFID in warehousing in the construction sector. The study objectives are twofold. First, it explores the benefits of implementing RFID. Secondly, the study identifies major challenges associated with implementing RFID, which can prevent realizing the full potential of the technology in warehouse operations. The study adopts a qualitative research design by employing a case study approach to achieve these objectives. Specifically, the study undertakes three weeks of field observation and conducts interviews with 9 participants involved in warehouse operations in the construction sector. The findings show RFID implementations could bring significant values to warehouse management related to operational efficiency, service level and warehouse flexibility. However, the study also uncovered several challenges that can block the case firm from capturing the full potential of implementing RFID. The findings can contribute to a better understanding of the application of RFID technology in warehousing. Practitioners can understand the identified challenges to help them tackle them and inform their future decisions regarding further investment in this technology.

The goal of the study was to determine the influence of green supply chain management strategies on performance in Jordanian industrial enterprises using just in time. All of Jordan's manufacturing enterprises were included in the analysis. A total of 218 companies were selected from the manufacturing industry. The study hypotheses were tested using Path Analysis. The results showed that green supply chain practices had a significant indirect effect on performance through JIT. Based on the study findings, the researchers recommend individuals and decision-makers to improve the expected results of green supply chain practices in the performance of economic and social business through just in time production and increasing the interest in logistics services as one of managing green supply chains practices in these companies.

SMEs as a type of business have a high dependence on their owners and it is important for their owners to have entrepreneurial resilience and supply chain resilience. The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of entrepreneurial resilience and supply chain resilience on SMEs performance. The data were collected via a survey to 286 SMEs owners in Indonesia, especially culinary, fashion and craft businesses. SEM-PLS was used for data analysis. As a result, with the presence of supply chain resilience as a mediator, it turns out that entrepreneurial resilience has a stronger influence on SMEs performance. This shows that supply chain resilience also deserves attention to be owned by SMEs owners to achieve SMEs performance. Entrepreneur resilience and supply chain resilience owned by SMEs owners make it easier for SMEs in Indonesia to face increasingly fierce competition, uncertain business conditions to get optimal organizational performance.

The research is aiming to enter deeply into studying the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and measuring the effects on the integration of supply chain at Jordanian Nuqul Group Company. Defining the effects of applying ERP systems in human resource, and production management departments, and how the implementation process will be effective on the integration with suppliers, customers, and processes are representing the main objectives of this research. 185 research questionnaires distributed, collected, and 150 respondents were accepted for the research study analysis. Furthermore, this research used structural equation models with AMOS for testing research hypotheses. The research findings agreed with the result that applying enterprise resource planning systems could affect positively on the supply chain integration with suppliers, customers, and processes.

Environmental problems are always a burning problem all over the world. In recent years, the understanding of the impact of green supply chain integration (GCSI) on the performance of enterprises in all aspects has developed rapidly, and they are particularly interested in the environmental performance of enterprises. me. Therefore, this study wishes to clarify the impacts of GCSI on the environmental performance (EP) of Vietnam's agricultural sector, specifically rice, coffee and rubber producers in Vietnam through five mediate variables include investment cycle, green process innovation, green product innovation, green purchasing and green cooperation with customers. Using the PLS - SEM method, the study analyzed and evaluated based on survey data collected from 863 enterprises including rice, coffee and rubber producers in Vietnam. Research shows that GSCI can help companies increase their environmental performance to match the trend of the times and international integration through the five mediate variables mentioned above. In addition, multi-group analysis shows that there are differences in the impact of mediating factors on the environmental performance of enterprises. Finally, the moderate analysis shows that both firm size and the proportion of exported products play a role in moderating the impact of GSCI on EP.

This paper deals with free vibrations of the axially functionally graded (AFG) horseshoe arch. The modulus of elasticity and the mass density of AFG material of arch are chosen as a univariate quadratic function. The differential equations with the boundary conditions that govern the free vibration of such arch are derived and numerically solved to calculate natural frequencies and mode shapes. Natural frequencies of this study agree well with those of the finite element ADINA. Parametric studies of the geometrical and mechanical properties of the arch on frequencies and mode shapes are performed and extensively discussed.

Failure of composite materials due to poor anticipations of damages occur very frequently. Damages in composite materials may exist as visible or non-visible with different configurations and identities. Thus, investigation of damages existence in composite materials has to have prior attention to avoid the failure of structures. The current work investigates the damping response offered by a damaged fiber-reinforced polymer plate. The plate is put under three different conditions regarding the damage existence. The focus is to measure the loss factor in all cases and determine whether there is a difference among them to prove damage presence in the composite part. The loss factor is experimentally measured by measuring the reverberation time RT60. The resulting data of loss factors show a well-distinguished difference that might lead to predicted damages and to do a more expanded analysis of this issue.

The influence of loading type on tensile and tearing fracture resistance of ballast rock was assessed using edge-notched diametrically compressed disc (ENDC) and edge-notched disc bend (ENDB) test geometries. The geometry of these two specimens was similar; however, their loading type (i.e., three-point bend and diametral compressive) was different affecting the geometry factors. The obtained pure tensile fracture toughness (KIc) using the ENDB test was higher than the ENDC test. In contrast to tensile fracture toughness, the pure tearing fracture toughness (KIIIc) in the ENDC test was higher than the ENDB fracture test. The obtained experimental data were explained in terms of crack propagation path, since two distinct trajectories were observed for both configurations under tearing deformation.