scholarly journals Logistics Information Systems (LIS) on the Go-Mobile Apps and Social Media

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-73
Author(s):  
Hermann Gruenwald
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Past ◽  
Planning Software ◽  
The Right

Logistics has evolved over the past few decades from transportation and warehousing to global Supply Chain Management (SCM). This requires the coordination of the flow of material, money and information. The velocity of doing business has increased and manual operations have been automated. Modern Logistic Information Systems (LIS) with all its logistics related sub systems are replacing muscle power with brain power and pencil and paper with smart phones and social media. The virtual aspect of logistics has become equally important to the physical realm of transportation and warehousing. Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with getting the right stuff to the right people at the right time in the right amount. To accomplish this task there are a number of more or less integrated logistics software application. Demand forecasting models based on historical data from data marts and data warehouses with built in seasonality and pricing models. Load planning software to appropriately palletize, containerize and load trucks, trains and vessels. Route planning software with real time traffic and weather updates combined with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to reduce transportation time and fuel costs. Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to receive, put-away, store, receive and marshal the shipment. Electronic documents accompany the shipment from purchase order, letter of credit to customs clearing and back-haul charges. While these applications in the past have been mostly desktop applications used in the office at the management level, the move is to mobile applications. The footprint of LIS is getting smaller and is moving from the desktop to the Smartphone. At the core of any logistic information systems (LIS) is electronic communication. With the advent of the internet and social media personal communication has taken on other forms. With smart phones and tablets like the I-Phone and I-Pad e-commerce advanced to m-commerce. While technology enables the global supply chain, how do future logistics professionals feel about applying this cutting edge communication technology in their personal and professional lives? This quantitative study compares the aptitude of Thai logistics management students towards the use of social media and modern mobile telecommunication technology in their personal lives and in the context of professional use in connection with logistics information systems (LIS).

“We have always been responsible”

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Brunninge ◽  
Helgi-Valur Fridriksson
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Social Memory ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right ◽  
Memory Perspective

Purpose The aim of this study is to discuss what implications referencing to the past can have on how firms manage their supply chains and communicate about them, drawing on the social memory literature. Design/methodology/approach In a conceptual manner, the authors connect the field of responsible supply chain management to the growing literature on corporate heritage and social memory in organizations. Findings The authors develop seven propositions related to the communication of the past and its connection to responsible supply chain management. Research limitations/implications A social memory perspective can inform supply chain management research, by helping to better understand how and with what consequences the past can be used in communication about supply chains. This paper is conceptual in nature and empirical investigations would be needed to support and/or modify the literature-based findings. Practical implications Managers should be aware that both opportunities and risks are associated with communicating the past in connection to responsible supply chain management. Deployed in the right way, such communication can be valuable both in marketing and in internal management processes. Originality/value This article introduces the social memory perspective to the supply chain management field and shows what implications it can have for research on responsibility in supply chains.

scholarly journals Masters Degree In Management Information Systems With A Supply Chain Management Focus

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kizhanatham V. Ramaswamy ◽  
Joseph L. Boyd ◽  
Mayur Desai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Graduate Curriculum ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Supply Chain Management System ◽  
The Right

A graduate curriculum in Management Information Systems with a Supply Chain Management focus is presented. The motivation for this endeavor stems from the fact that the global scope of modern business organizations and the competitive environment in which they operate, requires an information system leveraged supply chain management system (SCM) to ensure the efficient delivery of the right product, at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity, and at a competitive price to the customer.

scholarly journals Distributed Interoperable Records: The Key to Better Supply Chain Management

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Annegret Henninger ◽  
Atefeh Mashatan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future State ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology

The global supply chain is a network of interconnected processes that create, use, and exchange records, but which were not designed to interact with one another. As such, the key to unlocking the full potential of supply chain management (SCM) technologies is achieving interoperability across participating records systems and networks. We review existing research and solutions using distributed ledger technology (DLT) and provide a survey of its current state of practice. We additionally propose a holistic solution: a DLT-based interoperable future state that could enable the interoperable, efficient, reliable, and secure exchange of records with integrity. Finally, we provide a gap analysis between our proposed future state and the current state, which also serves as a gap analysis for many fractional DLT-based SCM solutions and research.

Supply Chain Modernization

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasin Galip Gencer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Core ◽  
Operational Costs ◽  
External Entity

The global supply chain applications are evolving and changing globally. In order to increase success, some processes are now transferred to other firms. By such implementations, it is aimed to focus on the core business and to be successful. 3PL is the use of an external entity to perform some or all of the operations. The 4PL approach is a revolutionary approach to supply chain management. 3PL and 4PL activities are used for many purposes by multinational companies for increasing the productivity and efficiency and for decreasing the overall operational costs. Like all countries, Turkey also faces strategic organizational changes in terms of logistics activities. Modernization of logistic professes are widely examined in the literature. The scope of this chapter is the logistics modernization processes of Turkish companies, and it aims to inform about the modernization processes in Turkey by examining successful real-life examples.

Blending Green With Lean - Incorporating Best-of-the-Breed Practices to Formulate an Optimum Global Supply Chain Management Framework

2018 ◽  
pp. 230-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhanshu Joshi ◽  
Manu Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Green Practices

This chapter identifies potential areas in which firms can integrate green into current business practices based on the existing literature. An extensive literature review was conducted to examine research and practice with respect to the concurrent implementation of green, lean, and global supply chain strategies. The applied literature analysis identifies that lean not only serves as a catalyst but is also synergistic for green. Lean is beneficial for green practices, and the implementation of green practices, in turn, also has a positive influence on existing global business practices (Dües, Tan, & Tim, 2013). The chapter provides an assessment of existing academic research on the relationship and links between lean and green supply chain management practices. Existing explanatory frameworks are explored and discussed, primarily based on objectives including: (a) identification processes where lean practices are synergized with a go-green philosophy of business, (b) advocating green practices as an essential element in the lean value chain, and (c) developing a green-lean framework based on existing literature for competitive advantage for business firms.

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