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Abstract: Ethics has become a trending phenomenon in most disciplines as a result of the sustainability wave enshrined in the United Nations Sustainability Goals (SDGs). In business circles procurement ethics have become topical as a result of the rising malpractices whose ripple effects have far reaching economic, social and environmental consequences. In the agricultural supply chains procurement ethics have been called to question due to outcries from the tobacco contract farmers whose livelihoods are affected by supplier development washing in the form of exorbitantly priced contract farming inputs. The unethical practice of supplier development washing in the form of exorbitantly priced tobacco contract farming inputs has some ripple effects which this study sought to determine. Twenty-five contracted tobacco farmers were interviewed and the results indicated that farmers subjected to tobacco merchants’ unethical conduct tend to practice contractor switching, side marketing, become insolvent, and indulge in unorthodox cost cutting measures. The study recommended that the regulatory authorities should intervene to bring sanity to the tobacco supply chains through enforcing contract farming mechanisms that reflect genuine supplier development.
Keywords: information and communication technology, supply chain efficiency, SMEs and material requirement planning
Published in DKUM: 28.10.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 1
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Keywords: pandemije, COVID-19, javno zdravje, digitalizacija, Slovenija, digital transformation, COVID-19, public health, information security, eHealth
Published in DKUM: 04.09.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 6
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Abstract: Document Management Systems (DMS) are essential tools for managing organisational information throughout its lifecycle. Despite increasing adoption, many DMS implementations fail to deliver the expected value due to inadequate attention to Critical Success Factors (CSFs). This monograph investigates the impact of selected CSFs—such as top management support, process orientation, and organisational culture—on different phases of the DMS lifecycle: selection, implementation, and usage. Drawing on the ITIL framework and lifecycle-based thinking, the study employs a quantitative methodology using PLS-SEM on data collected from Slovenian organisations. The results show that CSFs vary in importance across lifecycle stages, highlighting the need for dynamic, phase-specific implementation strategies. The findings contribute to theory by integrating CSFs with DMS lifecycle management and provide actionable insights for practitioners seeking to optimise DMS adoption and performance.
Keywords: document management systems (DMS), critical success factors (CSFs), information systems lifecycle, ITIL, system implementation, PLS-SEM, organisational change
Published in DKUM: 29.08.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 2
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Abstract: This work represents a comprehensive and systematic literature review (SLR) that follows the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses) guidelines for research assessing information and cyber security maturity. The period from 2012 to 2024 was considered and the final collection of 96 studies was taken into account. Our findings were summarised in two stages, a quantitative analysis and a qualitative synthesis. In the first part, various quantitative indicators were used to analyse the evolution of the information and cyber security maturity assessment domain over the last twelve years. The qualitative synthesis, which was limited to 36 research papers, categorises the studies into three key areas: the development of new maturity models, the implementation of established models and frameworks, and the advancement of methodologies to support maturity assessments. The findings reveal significant progress in sector-specific customisation, the growing importance of lightweight models for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the integration of emerging technologies. This study provides important insights into the evolving landscape of information and cyber security maturity assessment and provides actionable recommendations for academia and industry to improve security resilience and support the adoption of tailored, effective maturity models
Keywords: cyber security, information security, maturity assessment, maturity model, maturity framework, systematic literature review, SLR
Published in DKUM: 26.08.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 3
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Abstract: Background and Purpose: This article employs the Hugging Face keyphrase-extraction-kbir-inspec machine learning model to analyze 654 abstracts on the topic of energy efficiency in systems and control, computer science and robotics. Methods: This study targeted specific arXiv categories related to energy efficiency, scraping and processing ab - stracts with a state-of-the-art Transformer-based Hugging Face AI model to extract keyphrases, thereby enabling the creation of related keyphrase networks and the retrieval of relevant scientific preprints. Results: The results demonstrate that state-of-the-art open-source machine learning models can extract valuable information from unstructured data, revealing prominent topics in the evolving field of energy-efficiency. Conclusion: This showcases the current landscape and highlights the capability of such information systems to pinpoint both well researched and less researched areas, potentially serving as an information retrieval system or early warning system for emerging technologies that promote environmental sustainability and cost efficiency.
Keywords: energy efficiency, keyphase extraction, early warning system, information system, semantic network, transformer models, industry 4.0
Published in DKUM: 07.08.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 3
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