scholarly journals A Study on Sustainable Usage Intention of Blockchain in the Big Data Era: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10670
Author(s):  
Kwang O. Park
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Supply Chain Process ◽  
Sustainable Usage

The adoption of blockchain technology (BT) is becoming increasingly important to the logistics industry. It is expected to make the entire supply chain process more efficient and competitive by providing visibility, reliability, and economic viability. This study aims to explore factors influencing the adoption of blockchain in the logistics industry and examine the effects of the reciprocal causal relationship between the identified factors. Empirical research aimed at understanding the functional characteristics of BT and bolstering its application is considerably lacking. This study, therefore, aims to examine the concepts and the types of BT based on a literature review related to blockchain. Factors affecting blockchain adoption are identified using a model, which was developed using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and the technology-organization-environment (TOE) frameworks as well as a literature review. The results provide fundamental insights into the adoption of BT in the logistics industry by increasing the understanding of associated factors and underscoring the functional characteristics of this emerging technology.

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

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.

An Assessment for Classification of Distribution Network Design

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Gökçe Çiçek Ceyhun
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Network Design ◽  
Distribution Network ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Distribution Network Design ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Supply Chain Process ◽  
Definition Of

Distribution consists of moving and storing a product from the supplier to customer during the supply chain process. Distribution process is crucial decision of a company due to its effects on supply chain cost and customer satisfaction. In the competitive environment of the business, all companies aim to minimize delivery costs and maximize customer satisfaction by applying optimum distribution network design. The design of effective distribution network requires critical decisions as the location and the capacity of distribution centers together with logistic activities, which consist of transportation and inventory process. The purpose of this research is to define a deep literature review regarding definition of distribution network, distribution channels, selection of distribution, and the factors affecting distribution network design. After reviewing a comprehensive literature on distribution network design, this chapter includes suggestions.

Adoption of Blockchain Technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 210-225
Author(s):  
Minky Sharma ◽  
Pawan Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
World Society ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
System A ◽  
Supply Chain Process

In today's world, society has become totally digitalized where technology is playing a very important role in everyone's life. Blockchain is a method that is useful in recording information and makes its difficult to change, hack, or fraud system. A blockchain is fundamentally a digital ledger of volume of transactions that is distributed across the overall network of IT system on the blockchain. This technology acts as a reliable layer in the evolution of e-commerce. Walmart has been working with IBM on a food safety blockchain solution to add transparency to the decentralized food supply ecosystem by digitizing the food supply chain process. This chapter will cover the concept and origin/emergence of blockchain technology and implications of blockchain technology in supply chain (Walmart), the significance and role of blockchain technology for the users and the stakeholders, the implications for the users, challenges faced by Walmart during the adoption of blockchain technology, and the approachability of Walmart to IBM for the implication of blockchain to their organization.

scholarly journals The Literature Review of Blockchain Adoption

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-50
Author(s):  
Sukina Almekhlafi ◽  
Nagi Al-Shaibany
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Adoption Studies ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Tam Model

Blockchain is an emerging technology that depends on distribution, decentralization, and encryption. Recently, it has gained wide interest in various fields of studies. Several considerable research on blockchain adoption has appeared in international journals across different disciplines, however, a review of literature on the adoption of blockchain remains rare. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive literature review of the current blockchain adoption studies that use individual adoption models or theories. This paper included the papers that are published in the 7 Scopus database from 2017-2021. Studies were analyzed to determine the adoption models or theories that are used, industry, country, methodology, and identify the most important influencing factors that drive the user to accept the adoption of blockchain technology. The results showed that there are still limitations in adoption studies in various fields such as health and education however, the field of supply chain management is one of the areas that received the most attention in the studies. Common studies relied on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) model as well as the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Moreover, perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU) are considered the most important factors affecting the intention of users in adopting blockchain technology in different fields. The research findings have implications on blockchain adoption research. In terms of theory, the findings provide a guideline for the other researchers to put their own research in a better context and thus contribute to understanding the relevant blockchain adoption issues that require further investigation.

scholarly journals Blockchain-Based Model to Improve the Performance of the Next-Generation Digital Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10008
Author(s):  
Sumit Kumar Rana ◽  
Hee-Cheol Kim ◽  
Subhendu Kumar Pani ◽  
Sanjeev Kumar Rana ◽  
Moon-Il Joo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Supply Chain Process

In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, all aspects of the industrial domain are being affected by emerging technologies. Digitalization of every process is taking place or under process. One of the most important components common to every domain is the supply chain process. Organizations employ a digital supply chain to track the delivery of their products or materials. The digital supply chain is still suffering from a few issues such as no provenance, less transparency, and a trust issue. Blockchain technology, one of the emerging technologies, can be integrated with the supply chain to deal with the existing issues and to improve its performance. In this paper, a model is proposed to integrate blockchain technology with the supply chain to improve performance. The proposed model uses the combination of the Ethereum blockchain and the interplanetary file system to maintain the traceability, transparency, and trustworthiness of the supply chain.

Integrating Cognitive Antecedents to UTAUT Model to Explain Adoption of Blockchain Technology Among Malaysian SMEs

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Khazaei
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Utaut Model ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Encrypted Database

Blockchain technology is gaining consideration more and more and will potentially revolutionize most of the industries. Bitcoin cryptocurrency which uses Blockchain platform, has even promoted this technology more. Blockchain is a decentralized source and encrypted database for storing transaction information. Instead of being dependent on a centralised mediator like bank, by using blockchain, parties can transfer fund promptly trough connected ledgers called blocks. Using this method transactions will significantly be more transparent for both parties. Consequently, transactions are performed based on the distributed trust among other blockchain users in the network. Blockchain will promote transparency in every industry, yet implementation of blockchain technology is still limited. This study focuses to study the possible factors affecting adoption of blockchain technology by focusing on literature review and using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology as a theoretical basis.

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-65 ◽  
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.

How novice analysts understand supply chain process models: an experimental study of using diagrams and texts

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joerg Leukel ◽  
Vijayan Sugumaran
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Textual Representations ◽  
Scor Model ◽  
Supply Chain Process ◽  
Diagram Group

PurposeProcess models specific to the supply chain domain are an important tool for the analysis of interorganizational interfaces and requirements of information technology (IT) systems supporting supply chain decision-making. The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of supply chain process models for novice analysts in conveying domain semantics compared to alternative textual representations.Design/methodology/approachA laboratory experiment with graduate students as proxies for novice analysts was conducted. Participants were randomly assigned to either the diagram group, which worked with “thread diagrams” created from the modeling grammar “Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) model”, or the text group, which worked with semantically equivalent textual representations. Domain understanding was measured using cognitively demanding information acquisition for two different domains.FindingsDiagram users were more accurate in identifying product-related information and organizing this information in a graph compared to those using the textual representation. The authors found considerable improvements in domain understanding, and using the diagrams was perceived as easy as using the texts.Originality/valueThe study's findings are unique in providing empirical evidence for supply chain process models being an effective representation for novice analysts. Such evidence is lacking in prior research because of the evaluation methods used, which are limited to scenario, case study and informed argument. This study adds the diagram user's perspective to that literature and provides a rigorous empirical evaluation by contrasting diagrammatic and textual representations.

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