scholarly journals Growth of Additive Manufacturing Due to Global Pandemic and its Effect on Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Drumil Newaskar ◽  
Shubham Gandhi ◽  
Preet Aligave
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Material Layer ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Manufacturing Sectors ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is a revolutionary technology because of its ability to creates objects by adding material layer by layer rather than removing material from a block or by moulding procedure. Additive manufacturing has been around for more than three decades but still, traditional manufacturing is the dominant method for manufacturing. COVID-19 pandemic has been a torment globally and has brought distress and instability to the global economy. Due to this, the manufacturing sectors are badly affected. In this time of crisis, additive manufacturing has played a major role. This paper discusses the upsurge of Additive manufacturing due global COVID-19 pandemic and its worldwide impact on supply chain management.

Design and Operating for the Logistics Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 3101-3105
Author(s):  
Yan Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Product Introduction ◽  
Supply Chain System ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Chain System

Logistics supply chain system management is the integration of key business processes from end user through original logistics suppliers that provides products, services, and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders. Due to the emergence of the global economy and intensified competition, many modern firms in the industry have recognized the importance of managing their logistics supply chains for fast product introduction and service innovations to the markets since the introduction of the term logistics supply chain management. For improved competitiveness, many modern firms in the industry have embraced the logistics supply chain management to increase organizational effectiveness and achieve such organizational goals as improved customer value, better utilization of resources, and increased profitability, through suitable design and effective operating of logistics supply chain system.

Framework of Virtual Private Supply Chain Management

2006 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 1064-1067
Author(s):  
Xiao Yong Wu ◽  
Yu Hua Ni ◽  
Ying Kai Sun ◽  
Hui He
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Operation Efficiency ◽  
Legacy Applications ◽  
Cooperation System ◽  
The Web

In the process of global economy development and competition, how to strengthen the cooperation of enterprises in the supply chain environment plays a very important role to the success of enterprises. As well known, the IT technology is one of the quite essential factors to provide quicker and more accurate information for the enterprises, and therefore enhance the enterprises’ operation efficiency. In order to adapt to the supply chain (SC) environment and support for other enterprises’ common development in SC, we have to develop more powerful and unified IT technology. What is elaborated in this paper is the framework of the information cooperation system which is SC oriented. It does not deny or overthrow the legacy applications of enterprises, but to put forward a framework based on the old applications in SC. It also unifies the Web Service and references the principles of VPN. We call it the framework of Virtual Private Supply Chain Management (VPSCM). The principle, the model and the use of VPSCM as well as some other related issues are going to be explained in this paper.

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