http://ijaems.com/ Open Access international Journal to publish research paper en-us Seasonal seafood freezing shops often enter the fishing season with installed freezing capacity that cannot be used immediately because part of the crew is renewed, task routines are unsettled, and handoffs around chamber loading, unloading, case-up work, and maintenance escalation remain unstable. This paper develops an authorial workforce-readiness methodology to reduce the time required for a freezing shop to reach full-capacity operation during partial seasonal crew renewal. The methodology differs from conventional approaches focused mainly on equipment readiness, refrigeration capacity, or general onboarding because it treats seasonal ramp-up as a combined supervisory system of guided task entry, adjacent-task rotation, and fixed communication signals tied to chamber continuity. The applied case comes from a 15-chamber plate-freezing shop in Kodiak, Alaska, where each chamber has a stated capacity of 2.5 tons and the operating target reaches 85 tons per 12-hour shift. Practitioner-reported operating indicators show that the integrated routine reduced the ramp-up period from roughly 2 weeks to 3–4 days, corresponding to a 71–79% reduction in time to stable, full-capacity work. The proposed model is transferable to other seafood-processing plants with compressed seasons, high crew renewal, manual loading pressure, and recurrent early-season coordination losses. Its practical value lies in giving freezer leads and plant supervisors a structured method for converting installed freezing capacity into stable daily output before all seasonal workers reach full individual proficiency. http://ijaems.com/detail/reducing-the-time-for-a-freezing-shop-to-reach-full-capacity-at-the-start-of-the-fishing-season/ Andrii Kalinichenko http://ijaems.com/uploads_images/issue_files/4IJAEMS-10720265-Reducing.pdf The article examines risk-based qualification of dual-use refrigerated incubators using temperature bracketing and verification embedded into equipment lifecycle management. The relevance of the work stems from the need to simultaneously satisfy increasingly stringent GxP regulatory expectations and the demand for operational leanness in laboratory infrastructure, where the traditional V-model of validation results in an excessive volume of mapping activities. The objective of the study is to develop a scientifically justified qualification scheme that, with a minimal number of tests, enables reliable extrapolation of results between boundary and intermediate setpoints. The novelty of the approach lies in integrating engineering data on the thermal behavior of the incubator with the ASTM E2500 methodology and quality risk management principles, as well as in introducing the concept of dynamic qualification, which treats recovery rate as a critical quality attribute. Based on mapping at +5.0 °C and +57.5 °C using 15 calibrated data loggers, a performance envelope is established within which intermediate modes can reasonably be regarded as qualified; acceptance criteria, sensor placement schemes, and the logic of risk-based monitoring within the lifecycle framework are substantiated. The article is intended for validation and quality specialists, equipment engineers, authors of GxP laboratory procedures, and regulatory inspectors. http://ijaems.com/detail/risk-based-qualification-of-dual-use-refrigerated-incubators-using-temperature-bracketing-and-lifecycle-verification/ Pujari Prasantha http://ijaems.com/uploads_images/issue_files/1IJAEMS-106202624-Risk-Based.pdf Purpose – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in the global economy, contributing significantly to innovation, employment, and economic growth. However, their survival rate remains low motivating the need to find practical ways to enhance their survival. SME integration into global supply chains enhances their survival and success. Yet, embedding in supply chains remains a challenge for SMEs. This article examines the integration of SMEs within supply chains, emphasizing the opportunities that support their sustainability and expansion. It also enhances the understanding of the significance and impact of embedding SMEs in supply chains as a strategy for improving their long-term viability. Adopting a humanist paradigm with an interpretivist epistemological stance, a qualitative and phenomenological approach, this empirical study investigates the perspectives and experiences of supply chain professionals, SME managers and owners, and incubators actively engaged in the SME sector, gathering data on their insights and real-world experiences. regarding the phenomenon of the value of embedding SMEs in supply chains. The study utilised purposive sampling to achieve data saturation through semi-structured interviews with a total of 30 participants in Botswana. The findings were analysed using a thematic approach. The results obtained show that embedding SMEs in supply chains significantly enhances their survival by fostering resilience, innovation, and market competitiveness. They also reveal that embedding in supply chains allows SMEs to leverage strategic intelligence, collaborate with partners, and adopt sustainable practices, ultimately positioning them to navigate challenges effectively enhancing their survivability. Notwithstanding these life-saving benefits, the results also indicate that embedding in supply chains is slow and not prioritised among SMEs. These insights offer academics and practitioners a more comprehensive understanding of the significance of integrating SMEs into supply chains as a survival practice and suggest that SMEs should prioritise and increase the pace of embedding in SMEs. Notwithstanding the opportunities for deeper insights into the lived experiences of participants, potentially revealing nuanced understandings of their contexts, the research's limitations include potential biases from interviewee perspectives, reliance on subjective interpretations, and the challenge of generalizing findings beyond the specific context of Botswana's SMEs. This calls for future studies to collect data from various socio-economic contexts using different data collection methods for comprehensive discussion regarding the importance of embedding SMEs in supply chains. The paper presents the value of SMEs in supply chains as an approach that significantly enhances SME survival providing a conceptual model that can be useful in understanding the phenomenon of embedding in supply chains. http://ijaems.com/detail/embedding-smes-in-supply-chains-to-enhance-their-survival-a-comprehensive-exploration/ Absolom Mukonyo http://ijaems.com/uploads_images/issue_files/2IJAEMS-106202625-Embedding.pdf Today, AI and predictive analytics can obsolete the primitive “take a stab at it” attitude towards project risk management. These technologies ensure that the businesses are aware of building projects which may be delayed or cost overruns in advance. Most of the existing research however focuses on enhancing the math’s and algorithms and has not studied the question of trust and usage of this data amongst real project managers (PMs) working in their day to day role. This paper does so. We combine the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with Sociotechnical Systems (STS) theory to describe the human aspect of the AI tools. We argue that there are two problems with an out-of-balance manager’s trust: either the manager appeals to the wrong data (automation rejection) or the manager hands over to the machine, believing that the machine is always in the right (automation bias). Both the errors negatively affect the successful completion of a project. http://ijaems.com/detail/algorithmic-governance-and-trust-calibration-in-project-management/ Syed Osman Zulnorain http://ijaems.com/uploads_images/issue_files/3IJAEMS-10720264-Algorithmic.pdf Warfare is evolving at a rapid pace, adhering to the ongoing technological advancements coupled with Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) escalating across the ongoing conflicts. This paper highlights the need for contemporary warfare to have full transition towards integration; to fight as a single coherent force. The word `jointness` refers here to the improved coordination between independent military services and military effectiveness in the late twentieth century. With this transition being discussed, the integration across various domains through the assistance of a centralized headquarter must be spread across the intelligence departments, logistic, cyber domain, kinetic and electromagnetic domains respectively. The effectiveness of this integration can be highlightened through various real time warfare examples that are taking place in this era, the Operation Sindoor from 2025, The Israel Gaza war (2023-Present), and lastly the Israel-Iran-United States conflict 2025-2026, all demonstrated the modern integrated military systems leading to the battlefield success. This paper highlights the integration through an Integrated Multi Domain Command Framework, highlighting how this integration is not a choice anymore but a need of the hour, a strategic decision! http://ijaems.com/detail/leap-from-jointness-to-integration-redefining-military-processes-for-multi-domain-operations-in-the-twenty-first-century/ Ahmad Hassaan Bin Junaid http://ijaems.com/uploads_images/issue_files/5IJAEMS-10720269-Leapfrom.pdf