Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore operation influencing factors of mining. To collect gaps of study and to form a thematic representation of principal influencing factors and their unique influencing factors. Design/methodology/approach: Articles were collected from different sources from 1974 to 2019 consisting of research articles, technical papers, expert blogs, working papers and conference papers covering various disciplines from psychology, human resource, finance and economics to mining engineering. Mining operation influencing factors were noted down. Four massively deposed mines were visited to observe the sequence of mining process. The field experts were also consulted to identify factors influencing their respected industry. Gaps were observed while comparing with the reviewed articles and opinions of field experts. Finally, senior experts were consulted to identify unique factors from the final list prepared and a framework of seven thematic categories consisting of unique factors was formulated. Findings: A total of 197 sub-factors were collected from literature review and 2 sub-factors from Indian Mining experts during field study. These 199 sub-factors were initially categorised as 48 factors and one more factor was collected from Indian field experts. Finally, these 49 factors were thematically represented as principal factors and termed as operation, marketing and management, human resource, finance, resource and utility, corporate affairs and corporate social responsibility and environment. Research limitations/implications: This study can be very helpful in the direction of different qualitative and quantitative studies, as the factors and sub-factors groups are identified. Originality/value: The paper fulfils an identified need to provide a holistic review for understanding and documenting principal factors, unique factors and sub-factors those influence mining operation, profitability or sustainability issues of mines.

Purpose: The purchase is becoming a more difficult cum tactical decision that affects the cost factor, quality factor, time factor and responsive factor of the buy and maintains them. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of inventory management (IM) practices on operational efficiencies (OEs) in Indian steel manufacturing firms.Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a quantitative research design that has collected information from 321 key officials of Indian steel manufacturing firms. The analyses are carried out with the use of statistical techniques such as confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM).Findings: The paper finds that inventory management (IE) has a considerable impact on the OE of steel manufacturing firms in India. The manufacturing industry must highlight the significance of inventory management practice (IMP) for enhancing firm efficiencies in a volatile environment with the help of management teams. Understanding the impact of IE practices on firms’ OE would be helpful for company shareholders and investors.Practical implications: The paper suggests the manufacturing industry to emphasize the role of inventory management practices to have better productivity of the firm. This research focuses on the relationship between IMP and OE.Social implications: Effective and efficient use of inventory will be helpful in reducing the overall cost of production and reduced costs to customers.Originality/value: Companies require resources to attain a long-term competitive edge. Also, as a consequence, the research is compatible with resource-based view (RBV) theory.

Inventory management practices (IMP) are prevalent in managing and controlling inventory in an organisation. The study aims to measure the performance of steel manufacturing firms by determining th...

Purpose – This study examines the impact of service automation (SA) on value creation (VC) and guest experience (GE) in the hotel industry to provide recommendations on how the hotel industry can rebuild from the impact of Covid-19 and meet future growth challenges. Design – The constructs of the variables were considered from previous literature. A twostep questionnaire was created to first identify demographics, years of experience, etc., and a later portion of the questionnaire was based on a 5-point Likert scale to identify our intended proposal. Methodology – A sample of 290 Indian hotel customers was considered. The focus of the preliminary study was on the psychometric properties of the scale constructs. This study focused heavily on the validity and reliability of the scales. The first-order constructs, SA Practises, Service VC, and GE, were tested for validity and reliability. Structural equation modelling (SCM) is used to determine the effects of SA on VC and GE. Approach – The identified factors were confirmed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the SEM technique was applied to reveal the exclusive as well as the complex relationships between SA, VC and GE. Findings – The results show that both SA and the service VC have a positive influence on GE. SA has an indirect and significant influence on GE, with the service VC playing a mediating role. The results show that both factors, SA and VC, have a positive influence on GE in the hotel industry, but SA has an indirect and significant influence on GE, and VC plays a mediating role. Originality of the research – the study suggests that SA may be able to improve GE in the hotel industry through its influence on VC

Introduction. Teaching pedagogy has become more advanced and techno friendly. The goal of this study is to inspect effectiveness of e-LMS (learning management system) prevalent for students of West African University, mainly at Private University Colleges. Materials and Methods. The samples were collected from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and Benin. The research design is based on a survey method. Data were collected from 435-undergraduate students using questionnaires out of which 410-were found useful. Results. The result hints towards enhancing infrastructure for technology, more seminars and encouraging students to use the same. Discussion and Conclusion. Efficient use of LMS ought to be on obligatory institutional objectives and policies. The study recommends integration of LMS in curricula of undergraduate students of West African countries. The study further recommends efficient and useful information technology education to be made mandatory institutional policy for students and criteria for getting accreditation for organization.