Blockchain Based Monitoring on Trustless Supply Chain Processes

Global competition has forces companies to continuously innovate by frequently asses and improve their supply chain processes, flexibility and fast delivery as effectiveness required in each supply chain processes. This is to ensure cost efficiency, faster delivery and in the end would lead to customer satisfaction and perform better than competitors. To be able to perform better among competitors and improving firms supply chain performance, firms need the talents who able to manage global resources effectively and understand culture, suppliers/ workers attitude and comply with global regulations. Success implementation of global supply chain has linked with talents capability to maximize manage global resources. The aim of this chapter is to discuss the competency needed of global supply chain managers to support international business expansion.

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A Literature Review of the Emerging Field of IoT Using RFID and Its Applications in Supply Chain Management

The Internet of Things in the Modern Business Environment - Advances in E-Business Research ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2104-4.ch001 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Suvendu Naskar ◽

Preetam Basu ◽

Anup K. Sen

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Object Identification ◽

Future Research ◽

Primary Concern ◽

Chain Management ◽

Space Management ◽

Extant Literature ◽

Chain Processes

The Internet of Things (IoT) envisions an ecosystem where smart and interconnected objects can sense surrounding changes, communicate with each other, process information and take active roles in decision making. Optimizing supply chain performance is a primary concern of manufacturing and logistics organizations. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is helping organizations to build automated and interconnected smart environment by object identification and tracking, motivating the first step towards an IoT-enabled world. This chapter attempts to understand extant literature studying applications of RFID in implementing the IoT in supply chain management. We categorize extant literature, firstly, based on research methodology and secondly, based on supply chain processes. We find that presently academic activity is around conceptualizing the usability of RFID in the IoT with limited analytical and empirical evidence. Supply chain processes such as demand planning, procurement, retail shelf space management and product returns are prospective areas for interesting future research.

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Mastering Change Management for Successful Supply Chain Transformation

Organizational Culture and Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch041 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 841-873

Author(s):

Ehap Sabri ◽

Likhit Verma

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Best Practices ◽

Change Management ◽

Customer Demand ◽

Business Transformation ◽

Chain Processes ◽

Survival And Growth ◽

Chain Transformation ◽

Chain Business

Supply chain transformation is necessary for the survival and growth of an organization; the more effective the transformation, the more likely the company is to thrive. In response to the dramatic changes in the business landscape over the last few years, many companies are launching business transformation programs to drive sweeping changes in their supply chain processes. These transformations are required to match the ever-growing customer demand and drive competition in the market. The supply chain transformation can be evident in exploring new sourcing networks, establishing collaborative forecasting processes, optimizing networks and inventories, reducing supply chain complexities, improving margins, etc. In today's world, it is no longer an option whether or not to opt for supply chain business transformations. Instead, it is a strategic mandate in order to stay relevant in the industry. This chapter provides the analysis of the most common transformation failures and suggests a practical framework leveraging some of the best practices in change management.

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Improving Opportunities in Healthcare Supply Chain Processes via the Internet of Things and Blockchain Technology

Research Anthology on Blockchain Technology in Business, Healthcare, Education, and Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5351-0.ch089 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1635-1654

Author(s):

Raja Jayaraman ◽

Khaled Salah ◽

Nelson King

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

The Internet ◽

Chain Process ◽

Product Recalls ◽

Chain Processes ◽

Blockchain Technology ◽

Compromise Patient Safety ◽

Supply Chain Process ◽

The Internet Of Things

Despite key advances in healthcare informatics and management, little progress to address supply chain process-related problems has been made to date. Specifically, key healthcare supply chain processes include product recalls, monitoring of product supply shortages, expiration, and counterfeits. Implementing and executing these processes in a trusted, secure, efficient, globally accessible and traceable manner is challenging due to the fragmented nature of the healthcare supply chain, which is prone to systemic errors and redundant efforts that may compromise patient safety and impact health outcomes adversely. Blockchain, combined with the Internet of things (IoT), is an emerging technology that can offer a practical solution to these challenges. Accordingly, IoT blockchain offers a superior way to track and trace products via a peer-to-peer distributed, secure, and shared ledger of the blockchain network. This article highlights key challenges related to healthcare supply chains, and illustrates how IoT blockchain technologies can play a role in overcoming these challenges now and in the near future.

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Supply Chain Sustainability in Food and Beverage Industry

Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics - Driving Innovation and Productivity Through Sustainable Automation ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5879-9.ch008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 173-189

Author(s):

Anusha Thakur

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Chain Process ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Chain Processes ◽

Beverage Industry ◽

Food And Beverage Industry ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Food And Beverage ◽

Supply Chain Process

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is defined as the delivery of various products and services from the different manufacturers, suppliers, and end customers through the information flow in terms of environment. Moreover, unlike the conventional supply chain processes, green supply chain process is engaged in the implementation of various environment friendly ideas as well as strategies in it. GSCM includes different ways to amend the negative environmental impacts along with the improvement in efficiency, increased profitability and costs. In today's scenario, the consumers are shifting their preferences from unsustainable products to sustainable food products, thereby opting green for the same. This chapter emphasizes the necessities of the green supply chain processes as well as the strategies adopted by the firms, particularly in India in the food and beverage industry. The chapter focuses on the trends, impacts, challenges, and opportunities of GSCM.

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