Browsing by Author "Sandamali, G. A. S."

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A Meta-Analysis of Green Procurement Practices in the FMCG Industry.
(In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Edirisuriya, A.W.; Sandamali, G. A. S.; Rupasinghe, T. D.
Green procurement has increasingly been recognized as an effective means of purchasing products and services that cause minimal adverse environmental impacts related to product manufacturing and consumption around the world. The current business environment has shifted from the traditional supply chain into the Green Supply Chain initiative especially, with the procurement activities. The approach of this study is the systematic literature of review. As the objective of this study is to investigate the applicability of internationally accepted principles and practices related to the green procurement aspect in the FMCGindustry, the relevant knowledge was extracted from the research papers which have been proven as valid, accepted and published. Initially 33 articles were collected through a web search, which were searched based on the key words related to three categories namely Green Procurement category, FMCG category and the FMCG related Green Procurement category. Then the topic and the abstract of each article were analysed in order to decide the relevance of the article for the study. Next, the full text of selected 24 papers were reviewed which resulted in selecting six articles from GP category, five articles from FMCG category and five articles from the combined category to be considered in final analysis. A comprehensive literature review was conducted with the objective of identifying and classifying the important factors which affect the process of implementing the Green Procurement concept in the FMCG industry in developing countries. The results of the study provide a conceptual framework and insights on issues and challenges in implementing GP in FMCG industry, measures for promoting GP in FMCG industry and the factors regarding the consumer perception and behavior towards eco-friendly FMCG products of the applicability of green procurement practices in the FMCG industry to the current business environment.
A systematic review of literature on the readiness of post-harvesting technologies of paddy cultivation towards agriculture 4.0 in developing countries
(Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Sandamali, G. A. S.; Weerabahu, W. M. S. K.; Wickramarachchi, R.
Agriculture is one of the key sectors of the economy of developing countries and paddy rice is the leading cereal crop grown in most of those countries. The introduction of new technologies to the post harvesting phase help to minimize the serious losses occurring during post-harvest operations. The evolution of agriculture 4.0 can be compared with similar evolutions in the industrial world, with industry 4.0. Agriculture 4.0 stands for the integrated internal and external networking of farming operations. It is vital to assess the readiness to adapt to this technological transformation which will provide a comprehensive roadmap to implement advanced technologies. Readiness is the measure used to assess the maturity of evolving technologies. It is the systematic, metrics-based process that assess the maturity of, and the risk associated with, critical technologies. The objective of this study is to investigate the readiness of post harvesting technologies of paddy cultivation related to agriculture 4.0. The relevant knowledge was extracted from the published research papers which have been accepted as valid. The articles were collected through a web search based on the key words. Then the topic and the abstract of each article were analysed in order to decide the relevance of the article for the study. Next, the full text of selected papers were reviewed by qualitative analysis to be considered in the final analysis. The technologies used in paddy cultivation were extracted from the selected research papers and analyzed qualitatively. Based on the comprehensive literature review, following fundamental questions: What are the post harvesting technologies of agriculture 4.0 which could be used in paddy cultivation and what changes are needed to be done in order to adapt to the new technologies were answered. The results of the study provide a model to assess the readiness of post harvesting technologies of paddy cultivation towards agriculture 4.0, which is aligned with complementary factors along four dimensions; Technoware, Humanware, Infoware, and Orgaware. Technoware includes precision agriculture which use drones to monitor the cultivation, autonomous tractors for harvesting, sensors such as capacitive sensor, mass flow sensor, photoelectric sensor and impact sensor for various purposes in storage phase. Humanware includes level of competence, perception on technology. Inforware compromises level of utility of facts and information sharing. Orgaware refers to the need of organizational support to make Technoware and Humanware more effective.