scholarly journals Technology Scouting to Accelerate Innovation in Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-145
Author(s):  
Markus Stute ◽  
Saskia Sardesai ◽  
Matthias Parlings ◽  
Pedro Pinho Senna ◽  
Rosanna Fornasiero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Process Industry ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Technology Scouting

AbstractDigital technologies have gained ground among companies, researchers and policy makers in recent years due to their growing relevance to current and future supply chains. Technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous transport systems, data science, and additive manufacturing are gradually becoming part of people’s and companies’ daily lives and are changing the manufacturing, process industry and logistics sectors. Although recent attempts have been made to understand the implications of these technologies on supply chain management, the relevance of the different technologies in future scenarios is still unknown. Using a technology scouting approach, the most important enabling technologies for supply chains until 2030 are identified and selected and their implications on future supply chains are evaluated using an assessment methodology with different evaluation criteria.

scholarly journals Unveiling the Challenges of Future Supply Chains: An Explorative Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-126
Author(s):  
Mustafa Çağrı Gürbüz ◽  
Victoria Muerza ◽  
Irene Marchiori ◽  
Andrea Zangiacomi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Practical Relevance ◽  
Primary Input ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Proper Actions ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Near Future

AbstractThis chapter focuses on the identification of challenges that supply chains of the future will most likely face. The primary input in this process are the potential optimistic/pessimistic/intermediate future scenarios based on trends within political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental dimensions. Based on such input, we present a list of major challenges/opportunities in relation to the design and operations of Supply Chains (SCs) in the near future. The preliminary list is calibrated and validated based on the input from industry stakeholders (to account for the perspectives of different supply chain actors such as buyers, suppliers, policy makers, and supply chain facilitators) in order to make sure that these challenges are indeed of practical relevance and grounded in reality. The aforementioned challenges are aggregated into several clusters aiming at providing decision makers with a tool that would enable them to quickly and easily spot the relevant challenges and take proper actions to mitigate any potential risk.

Post COVID-19 Potentials and Innovation: The Future Supply Chain

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1054-1057
Author(s):  
Bindu Swetha Pasuluri ◽  
Anuradha S G ◽  
Manga J ◽  
Deepak Karanam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Wide ◽  
World Health ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Health Organization

An unanticipated outburst of pneumonia of inexperienced in Wuhan, , China stated in December 2019. World health organization has recognized pathogen and termed it COVID-19. COVID-19 turned out to be a severe urgency in the entire world. The influence of this viral syndrome is now an intensifying concern. Covid-19 has changed our mutual calculus of ambiguity. It is more world-wide in possibility, more deeply , and much more difficult than any catastrophe that countries and organizations have ever faced. The next normal requires challenging ambiguity head-on and building it into decision-making. It is examined that every entity involved in running supply chains would require through major as employee, product, facility protocols, and transport would have to be in place. It is an urgent need of structuring to apply the lessons well-read for our supply chain setup. With higher managers now being aware of the intrinsic hazards in their supply chain, key and suggestions-recommendations will help to guide leader to commit to a newly planned, more consistent supply chain setup. Besides, the employees’ mental health is also a great concern.

scholarly journals The growing scale and scope of the supply chain: a reflection on supply chain graduate skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 610-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Jordan ◽  
Ozlem Bak
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
It Skills ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose The growing scale and scope of the supply chain requires a greater understanding of the broader supply chain skills picture. This study aims to assess the supply chain skills needs within the context of a UK-based higher education institution involving graduates, academics and employers to appreciate the graduate skills demands of modern supply chains. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods study entailing in-depth interviews with academics followed by a questionnaire distributed to graduates and employers has been designed and utilised. Findings The findings indicate that the changing supply chain scope encourages the requisition and development of different supply chain skills with varied levels of emphases in relation to 25 skills identified in the literature. Key graduate skills needs are highlighted, including time management, collaborative learning, teamwork and problem solving, with the addition of two supply chain skill areas, namely specialist training and the understanding and application of regulations. The findings of the current study present a limited emphasis on information technology (IT) skills, despite the significant IT advancements and changes in supply chains. Research limitations/implications The study has been carried out in a UK university delivering undergraduate supply chain management courses. It would be beneficial to test whether the findings are exemplary across other supply chain courses and to investigate the integration of these skills within the supply chain syllabus and how employers, graduates and academic parties could actively engage in developing the agenda for future supply chain skills needs. Practical implications This research paper highlights the gaps in supply chain skills, which inevitably puts considerable pressure on operatives and managers whose responsibility it is to ensure compliance with regulations and professional bodies. Originality/value This paper contributes to the supply chain skills discussion and reports subject relevant challenges for supply chain educators by engaging three key stakeholders – graduate employers, graduates and academics. The findings have generated additional supply chain skills to the academic literature, in addition to providing an understanding of the weighting of skills in terms of their importance and application to industry needs.

A conceptual model for identification of emerging risks, applied to mycotoxins in wheat-based supply chains

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. van der Fels-Klerx ◽  
M. Kandhai ◽  
C. Booij
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
And Control

The research described in this paper focuses on identification of the most important indicators for emerging mycotoxins, starting from those produced by Fusarium fungi, in wheat-based feed and food supply chains, as well as the development of a conceptual model to predict the occurrence of these emerging toxins, based on the selected indicators. The selection of the most important indicators was based on a literature review and evaluation of the resulting indicators for their relevance. Each indicator selected was appointed to relevant stage(s) of the supply chain to which it is related and, for each indicator, a suggestion for a potential information source is given. The selected indicators cover various influential sectors, amongst others, weather conditions, agronomical practices, trade and legislation, as well as a variety of information sources, e.g. on-farm records and statistical organisations. The conceptual model developed is aimed at predicting the occurrence of emerging mycotoxins – based on the selected indicators – in a particular unit of wheat. The model takes a supply chain approach and can handle various types of indicators and various levels of detail of information on origin of the unit of wheat. The proposed model could be useful in the development of an identification system for emerging risks related to mycotoxins in wheat-based supply chains. Ultimately, such a system will help industry and policy makers in their decision-making process with regard to prevention and control of upcoming risks.

scholarly journals Sustainable food security futures

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahir Irani ◽  
Amir M Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Enterprise Level

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to signpost the genesis of food security and associated factors such that organisations, enterprises, policy makers and interested stakeholders can seek to explore and understand this important societal issue. The challenges that food security poses are eclectic in nature and cut through country, society, organisation and individual boundaries. Only through identifying these factors – hence identifying underlying factors of food waste and usage of information within food supply chains to untangle them – can we adopt enterprise interventions in order to initiate and mitigate food security risk. Design/methodology/approach – As a viewpoint piece, there is no empirical work to report in this paper. An exploratory review of the literature has allowed for the extraction of food security concerns that need the attention of stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure robust food supply chains can be are created, maintained and sustained through a better understanding and usage of information, knowledge and data. Findings – This paper articulates six constructs that underpin the challenges of establishing food security. It is suggested that information relating to factors may support decision-makers within communities, organisations and enterprises to better understand these factors that then contribute towards enhanced food security. Relevant strategies or policies can then emerge and be developed such that strategic as well as operational interventions can be prioritised across national, regional or industry level. Underpinning the above, the waste within and across the food supply chain contributes to the six factors, also highlighting where additional focus may need to be applied to sustain food supply chains. Research limitations/implications – This paper is a position paper that does not offer factual insight but rather highlights a direction of thought that others can consider exploring as part of wider research agendas in the topical area where enterprise, organisational, and information-based contributions may support the development of strategy-led food security policy. Practical implications – This paper provides reassuring insights that will help decision and policy makers assemble their thoughts when it comes to prioritising their communications and interventions amongst organisational/enterprise-level stakeholder groups involved in food security and food supply chain contexts. Social implications – This paper has highlighted the need for more research around the human and organisational factors that are identified as both underpinning the need for food security and, as drivers of waste throughout the food supply chain. Indeed, there is further work needed to highlight the inter-relationships that exist and, which then feed into resulting interventions. Originality/value – To raise the importance of food security amongst differing stakeholder community groups at the organisational and enterprise level.

scholarly journals Sensitivity of a High-Speed Rail Development on Supply Chain and Logistics via Air-Rail-Road Freight Transportation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rucheng Liu ◽  
Anton Stefanovich ◽  
Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Systems Integration ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Road Freight Transportation

The casual effect and synergy of high-speed rail development on the modal transport changes in supply chain and logistics have not been considered well during the initial phase of any rail project design and development. This has impaired the systems integration and connectivity among the modes of transport in a region. In the United Kingdom, High Speed 2, a large-scale railway project with a planned completion date in 2033, affects many transport stakeholders. The project influences the existing transport systems, but the transport systems integration design has not been well depicted, resulting in a pressing concern on systems connectivity and social value. This is evident by many public protests along the planned route of the project. Therefore, it is important to evaluate different aspects for any possible changes in supply chains caused by the development of high-speed rail networks. This paper is the world's first to provide the sensitivity analysis of supply chains via air-rail-road freight transportation and logistics stemming from the High Speed 2 case by the rigorous assessments into the capacity, performance and environmental changes that may follow the project’s implementation. The research proposes a new method for estimation of consequences from a new transport project construction. The research findings demonstrate slight beneficial changes in freight transportation and logistics with a high potential for development; and reveal the project’s weaknesses and opportunities for better systems integration and business synergy.

RESSEARCH OF VARIANTS FOR ORGANIZING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF AVIONIC EQUIPMENT TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICEABILITY OF AVIONICS OBJECTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (30) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
A. V. Guryanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Instrument Making ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Spare Parts Management ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Chain Organization

The presented study deals with the organization of supply chains for spare serviceable avionics equipment from the perspective of decision makers, heads of instrument-making enterprises. An extremely important issue is the determination of key parameters of avionics spares objects. On the basis of the conducted research, the element base of the serviceable avionics equipment facilities and conditions of operation, recovery of serviceability are considered. Due to the complexity of approaches to avionics objects, the article provides a fixation of key parameters, defines the distinctive features of exactly the avionics spare serviceable avionics equipment, which will determine new requirements and conditions of building the future supply chain. As a result of the conducted research, the article presents a classification of methods for calculating serviceable avionics equipment, based also on the theory of recovery processes. On the basis of the performed system approach to the objects of avionics inventory and spare parts management, examples of supply chain organization variants are given. The presented research is of practical significance both when designing a new chain of supply of spares, and when modernizing the existing supply chains for spare serviceable avionics equipment.

Energy-constrained and low-carbon scenarios for the transportation and logistics industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko A. von der Gracht ◽  
Inga-Lena Darkow
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Future Supply ◽  
Energy Constrained

Purpose – There is consensus among experts that the design of future supply chains will have to focus more strongly on environmental concerns. Sustainability will play a major role within the business and has an impact especially on the distant future. Thus, supply chain executives are challenged in designing sustainable supply chains for the future. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The authors develop expert-based scenarios, which describe how future supply chains could evolve by 2030. The authors focus on the transportation and logistics industry’s perspective to provide an industry-internal view. The data collection is based on an internet-based Delphi survey. Overall, 48 top executives from 20 countries, representing academic, governmental, and industrial perspectives, participated in the survey. Findings – The authors operationalized the research question into five concrete sub-topics relevant for investigation: energy and emissions, consumer behaviour, future transport modes, design of future supply chains, and innovation. The authors derive five Delphi-based scenarios defined by clusters of their impact and expected probability: measurement and control of CO2-emissions; integrated low energy logistics systems; business-as-usual logistics; no-frills logistics and alternative fuels. Each cluster contributes differently to supply chain strategy. Originality/value – The authors address the major issues and challenges experts expect regarding future supply chains in an energy-constrained, low-carbon world. Five scenario clusters evolved for supply chain strategy development. Finally, the authors make recommendations towards strategic planning in the transportation and logistics industry.

A methodology for analyzing shipyard supply chains and supplier selection

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Vlachakis ◽  
Athanassios Mihiotis ◽  
Costas P Pappis ◽  
Ioannis N Lagoudis
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Lead Times ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on shipyard supply chains in order to identify the processes that take place and evaluate the risks associated with suppliers. Design/methodology/approach – For this analysis two methodologies are applied. The first is the understand, document, simplify, optimize, where the first two steps are used for analysing the processes and the documentation of the best practices, which take place in the daily operations. The second tool is Kraljic’s matrix, which is applied for the identification of supplier selection and associated risks. Findings – The analysis shows that strategic co-operations between shipyards suppliers are essential for improved supply chain performance since supplier improvement in terms of lead times and product quality are achieved. It is also seen that the shipyard supply chain performance can be improved by adjusting the best practices to the needs dictated each time by the project’s specifications. Practical implications – The findings provide valuable insights for practitioners, as well as academicians, policy makers and also integrate supplier selection under the supply chain. Managers can acquire reliable information about those suppliers who exhibit best practice. Originality/value – A number of key processes and best practices have been identified, which are essential for the upstream and downstream coordination of the shipyard supply chain. The present work is an approach to evaluating the risks associated with the shipyard’s suppliers and assists in benchmarking their risk profile.

Sustainable Value Chains

2020 ◽  
pp. 275-296
Author(s):  
Idahosa Igbinakhase ◽  
Vannie Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chains ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Future Supply

This chapter explores sustainable value chains with a focus on sustainable supply chain failures in developed and developing economies. Sustainable supply chains are effective environmentally friendly systems that contribute to the delivery of products and services from suppliers to customers/clients, and there are several challenges that contribute to sustainable supply chain failures such as complexity of supply chains, unfair trade practices, lack of transparency, unfair labor practices, product sustainability, and dependence on multiple suppliers. Supply chain failures have adverse effects such as to wastage of resources. Firms must adopt more sustainable approaches to the design and implementation of their supply chains in order to reduce cases of future supply chain failures.

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