scholarly journals Analyzing and Designing Business Processes in the Ghana Cocoa Supply Chain for Supporting Inclusiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12440
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Ahoa ◽  
Ayalew Kassahun ◽  
Bedir Tekinerdogan ◽  
Cor Verdouw
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Farmer Livelihoods ◽  
Cocoa Farmers ◽  
Fair Access

Ghana produces 20% of global cocoa output and is the second-largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans in the world. The Ghana cocoa industry is, however, challenged by a lack of adequate decision support systems across the supply chain. Particularly, cocoa farmers have limited access to information, which impedes planning, pricing, benchmarking, and quality management. In order to address this asymmetric access to information and ensure fair access to information that will allow the making of informed decisions, the supply chain stakeholders need to adapt their business processes. For identifying the requirements for better information flow, we identified the existing (as-is) processes through a systematic survey study in Ghana. We then identified the main problems and bottlenecks, designed new (to-be) business processes, and showed how IT systems support and enable inclusive business models in the Ghana cocoa industry. To enable inclusiveness, we incorporated IT solutions that improve information flows towards cocoa farmers. The results show that there are many opportunities (e.g., improving farmer livelihoods and a potential increase in export earnings) in the cocoa sector for Ghana and all stakeholders that can be utilized when there is chain-wide collaboration, equitable access to services, and proper use of IT systems.

Digitalization to Reduce Tasks Without Added Value or Human Contact in a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Md. Masudul Hassan ◽  
Samira Islam Resmi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Sales Channels ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Operational Costs

Digitalization is the use of technological innovations within the business context with a major influence on products, services, business processes, sales channels, and supply channels. The associated potential advantages include, among others, increased sales or productivity, innovations in price creation, and new sorts of client interaction. Global enterprises are facing supply chain issues, and consequently, potentially higher operational costs, lower inventory, and the prospects of lower demand will make them reluctant to disburse resources and time to connect in M&A and financing activities, predominantly if valuations of targets remain high. Digitalization of the supply chain (DSC) could be a way that companies can start to strategize and accomplish trade strength against supply chain disturbance. The main focus of this chapter is that digitalization enhances prosperity without human contact in a pandemic, will alter labor markets, and impacts business models.

scholarly journals The Role of Internet of Things on the Development of Ports as a Holder in the Supply Chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Mladen Jardas ◽  
Čedomir Dundović ◽  
Marko Gulić ◽  
Katarina Ivanić
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Weak Links

The new technology greatly affects the way of production, consumption, communication, service delivery and ultimately on the entire supply chain. All stakeholders in the business process must invest in new knowledge and develop new business models to adapt to the changing business environment. Connecting devices over internet (Internet of things) and stakeholders’ synergy open up opportunities for new market achievements as well as for the improvement of business processes both in the supply chain and in ports. The development of information technologies has an impact on the reduction of errors, costs, time of information transfer and transport, inventory reduction and thus on better customization. There should be no weak links in the supply chain, which is especially related to the port and port processes that are the basis of the supply chain network. The port is the core of all activities of the supply chain and is also a place where supply and demand meet.

E-Business Risk Management in Firms

2011 ◽  
pp. 448-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganesh Vaidyanathan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Integrated Supply Chain

In order to understand the different types of e-business risks, this chapter uses a framework focusing on five dimensions of e-businesses. This chapter examines e-business risk management in a broader context by integrating various functions within firms. Primary consideration is given to characteristics of the integrated supply chain functionalities of a firm and their associations with information technology (IT), business models of firms, business processes that have become important to e-business, services that have been interlocked into e-business, the relative importance of partnerships, trust, and the necessity of adaptation in managing the supply chain in order to attain competitive advantage. The purpose of this chapter is to understand how to identify and manage various online risks.

E-Business Risk Management in Firms

2011 ◽  
pp. 267-291
Author(s):  
Ganesh Vaidyanathan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Integrated Supply Chain

In order to understand the different types of e-business risks, this chapter uses a framework focusing on five dimensions of e-businesses. This chapter examines e-business risk management in a broader context by integrating various functions within firms. Primary consideration is given to characteristics of the integrated supply chain functionalities of a firm and their associations with information technology (IT), business models of firms, business processes that have become important to e-business, services that have been interlocked into e-business, the relative importance of partnerships, trust, and the necessity of adaptation in managing the supply chain in order to attain competitive advantage. The purpose of this chapter is to understand how to identify and manage various online risks.

Managing the Risks of Outsourcing IT Security in Supply Chain

2013 ◽  
pp. 477-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodosios Tsiakis ◽  
Panagiotis Tsiakis
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Increasing Risk ◽  
Information Assets ◽  
Share Information

Enterprises are expeditiously outsourcing the non-core business processes and functions. This is happening in order for new efficiencies to be found and costs to be reduced along with the increase of shareholder value. Enterprises in a supply chain use networks to share information assets. Information Systems and Information Technology are essential for their business operations. Organizations resort to outsourcing, in order to balance the infinite requirements with organisational assets. Supply chains that are relying upon sourced Information Systems (or/and IT) are vulnerable from Information Security (IS) specific types of risks to supply chains. These systems and their components are at increasing risk of supply chain. The process of securing all elements of IT systems (whether it is hardware, software, or services) throughout their life cycle is critical. The scope of the chapter is to identify the basic process of outsourcing Information Security functions/processes in Supply Chain and moreover to adduce the practice of it.

scholarly journals A BPM-based framework for the impact assessment of blockchain to the midstream LNG supply chain

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios V. Lyridis ◽  
Georgios O. Andreadis ◽  
Christos Papaleonidas ◽  
Violetta Tsiampa
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe current study addresses how blockchain can deal with the challenges that the midstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain poses combined from a management standpoint. Such challenges are: the volume of transactions, communication hurdles and the lack of contemporary management tools. The paper proposes a comprehensive framework to assess the impact of blockchain implementation in the midstream LNG supply chain in order to tackle those barriers.Design/methodology/approachThe basis of the research is the business process modelling (BPM), through which entities, roles, tasks, resources and transactions can be modelled and simulated. The modelling of the midstream LNG supply chain, via BPM, is based on guidelines of the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGGTO) and common industry business models. A quantitative analysis is employed to support the motivation and the potential impact of blockchain implementation. The methodology is used to identify (1) inefficiencies related to large volume of transactions between stakeholders and (2) critical areas of an LNG shipping company, where blockchain can be implemented.FindingsProcess repeatability, numerous shared documentation forms, excessive paperwork and communication imbroglios are mapped from the modelling section. Up to 327 processes are repeated during a typical vessel voyage, and up to 122 shared documentation forms are exchanged. Excessive paperwork and communication imbroglios are tracked through, which correspond to 25 severe errors as detected. By implementing the methodology, stakeholders can quantify the possible impact of blockchain on the operational performance of each stakeholder's operations separately and the supply chain as a whole in terms of real-time monitoring, transparency and paperwork reduction, time and cost savings.Research limitations/implicationsThe research has certain limitations deriving from its conceptual nature. The business processes' modelling is based on standard procedures described in the guidelines by SIGGTO and may need further adjustment for specific use cases. A structured case study has not been realisable as corporate data for an LNG shipping company regarding processes and other commercial sensitive information are required.Practical implicationsPotential practitioners may exploit the proposed framework as a low cost and seamless tool to evaluate how blockchain could disrupt their operations. Thus, the blockchain implementation's improvements or weaknesses can be pinpointed, and enabling the interested stakeholder of the LNG supply chain with specific feedback, it can guide them towards informed decisions on their operations.Originality/valueThe research has a novel approach as it combines the creation of practical management framework, with a comprehensive visualization of the midstream LNG supply chain. Thus, the reader can identify in which parts of the midstream LNG supply chain can blockchain be implemented, and what impact it could have in terms of supply chain operations.

Accelerating the Digitalization of the Supply Chain

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Mohammed Merimi ◽  
Atour Taghipour
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
General Effect ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
It Systems

The chapter proposes ways to improve the digitalization of supply chains during global crises. After a survey conducted on a sample of 49 logistics professionals, the authors find that today it has become necessary to accelerate the deployment of an advanced digitalization of the supply chain as a whole. Due to the problems encountered during pandemic crises throughout history, especially the COVID-19 crisis, and in today's computerized world, it is needed to transform the supply chains towards 100% digital. In order to do that, first the authors need to study the fluctuations in supply and demand during crises in order to understand the general effect of pandemics on the supply chain. Thereafter, it is necessary to adopt and improve the appropriate IT systems, especially to digitalize the interaction between buyers and suppliers. This will change the purchasing contracts because the buyers have more transparency on the situation of their suppliers since access to information is easier in a digital environment where everything is connected.

A Platform for Collaborative Outbound Logistics

2014 ◽  
pp. 243-266
Author(s):  
Yves Wautelet ◽  
Isabelle Mirbel
Keyword(s):  
Global Optimization ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Electronic Collaboration ◽  
Data Semantics ◽  
Share Data

Electronic collaboration in the field of Supply Chain Management notably allows enhanced visibility for each of the involved actors through information sharing and global optimization through coordination. The proper achievement of these advantages is nevertheless not trivial since it implies the development of rather complex IT systems. Each actor is indeed mostly dealing with his own data semantics and custom processes so that data centralization and sharing is seldom achieved. Moreover, even if there would be a willingness to share data, this inherent heterogeneity would constitute a serious burden for software developments. The present chapter presents the results of a research aimed to partially solve these issues. It indeed presents the analysis and design of a platform for e-collaboration among the main Outbound Logistic (OL) actors based on a common conceptualization (including unified data semantics) and a set of services (supporting business processes realization). The chapter briefly presents the generic processes but mostly focuses on the representation of these services at a strategic level through an analysis of their added value and risk for OL actors potentially adopting the software solution.

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