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    Applicability of virtual billing on smartphone based applications for paper waste reduction.
    (International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2017 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Dissanayake, C.; Peiris, P.; Senevirathne, D.; Wijesooriya, K.; Rupasinghe, T. D.; Liyanaarachchi, N.
    The reception of a printed bill has been in global use as the proof of a transaction. Originating as a handwritten bill, the transaction billing has evolved with the advent of printers and computers, and are now an indispensable part of Point – of – Sales systems (POS). However, with the rapid expansion of business entities as well as the increase of wants of consumers, conventional billing consumes large volumes of paper, even in an organizational basis. Most of the bills generated as such are immediately disposed after an initial inspection. Hence, the paper used for billing has a very short usable lifespan and the paper along with the ink become waste. With the rapid advent of the smartphone providing an internet connected handheld portable computational device for the public, proposition of an internet-based virtual billing system has become timely. Although previous studies have been carried out on implementing virtual billing systems, the potential of smartphone has not been utilized in the practical implementation of such systems. The overarching goal of this study is to reduce reliance on paper for billing work. This outcome of the study aims to develop a virtual or a paperless billing system, with interfaces for the storefront user and consumer user. This virtual bill will directly appear on the smartphone application, which uses an Android operating system. In addition to the reduction of paper usage, this approach will also help the customers keep track on the expenditure for a certain commodity per vendor over a particular time period without manually having to calculate the expenses. The outcomes of this research will evaluate the feasibility of practically implementing such a paperless billing system in the context of Sri Lankan business entities.
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    Supply chain collaboration for sustainable Industry 4.0: A case study from the apparel industry.
    (International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2017 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Gamage, D. D.; Rupasinghe, T. D.
    Due to the advancement of technology and the dominance of the consumer economy, it has become important for businesses to adopt sustainable practices and innovative technologies to boost productivity in their business processes. The purpose of such sustainable practices is in bringing in balance between the economic, social and environmental spheres of a business. The advancement of technology has brought the 4th industrial revolution to the world in which businesses around the world are integrating the use of cyber-physical systems for improved outcomes. There are studies conducted on the impact of Industry 4.0 applications on collaborative supply chains. The focus of this is study is to simulate the applications of Industry 4.0 in supply chain collaboration in driving sustainability in the apparel industry using NetLogo – a programmable modelling environment. It will use an existing framework of collaboration characteristics supported through Industry 4.0 application and will consider the behavior of supply chain agents under varying conditions of certain specified characteristics. It will study how information sharing, sense making, resource pooling, goal congruency, empowerment and cross functionality of the collaborative supply chain impact on its sustainability in terms of carbon emissions with Life Cycle Assessment. This study shows that improved levels of collaboration through Industry 4.0 applications have a positive effect in reducing the carbon footprint of the supply chain of the apparel industry.