Reverse Logistics in the Age of Digital Transformation for Circular Economy and Halal Logistics Through the Leadership of Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-103
Author(s):  
Khairunnisa Musari ◽  
Zaroni Zaroni
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Business World ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
The World

Asia is changing rapidly. Realizing the nature of change, Asia can influence the value of change to the world. At the same time, digital technology is transforming the economic and business world. In the logistics industry, not only digitalization, but the circular economy is also disrupting. However, there is great potential for the logistics business to develop efficiency opportunities through reverse logistics. Asia has a chance to spread the value of reverse logistics as one form of a circular economy. Asia has opportunities also to bring the value of reverse logistics into halal industry. This chapter will show empirical studies from several leading companies based in Asia that implementing reverse logistics and halal logistics. All of them reinforces the opportunity of Asia's leadership to influence the reverse logistics values to the world. Through blockchain, Asia may lead the reverse logistics in the age of digital transformation for circular economy and halal logistics.

scholarly journals The Leading Digital Technology Companies and Their Approach to Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6612
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Martin Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Sustainable Future

The increasingly stellar attraction of the digital technologies and the growing, though not universal, consensus of the need to build a sustainable future, are two powerful trends within society. The aim of this article is to offer an exploratory review of how the leading companies within the digital transformation market have addressed sustainable development. As such, the article’s originality and value lie in offering a review of current corporate thinking within that market. The study adopts an inductive, qualitative approach based on an examination of published company reports, and identifies six major sustainability themes being actively promoted and supported. The article concludes that the current sustainability objectives of the technology companies are driven as much by commercial reality as any altruistic motives, and that support and promotion of the circular economy may offer the best opportunity for digital technologies to meaningfully impact sustainable development.

scholarly journals Management of the Innovative Digital Technology Implementation in the Regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 04017
Author(s):  
Irina Ershova ◽  
Anna Obukhova ◽  
Olga Belyaeva ◽  
Oleg Aseev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Economic Growth

The article defines the goals of digital transformation of companies, highlights the main distinctive elements of digitalization of enterprises, and classifies the factors that affect the speed of digital transformation. The authors assessed the level of digital economy development in Russia, Ukraine and developed countries over the period of 2007-2020 according to the International Digital Economy and Society Index (I-DESI) as well as the Global Innovation Index (GII). The change in the ranking of individual countries according to the GII is presented, top ten leading countries in each group are identified. The authors compare the most popular innovative technological trends, present the expected payback periods for investments in digital solutions in Russia and the world, determine the barriers that hinder the development of digitalization in companies. The analysis carried out shows that against the background of a significant slowdown in the global economic growth, there are concerns about a reduction in R&D, venture capital and intellectual property.

Digital Transformation in Ship Operations and Management

2022 ◽  
pp. 116-139
Author(s):  
Murat Selçuk Solmaz ◽  
Cihat Aşan ◽  
Aydın Şıhmantepe
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
The World

Many businesses around the world have begun to take advantage of digital technology in recent years. Making use of digital technology enables one to do things in less time, need fewer employees, reduce costs, use information and resources effectively, produce the most products with the least resources, and consequently, increase the profitability of the enterprises. The shipping sector is one of the building blocks of the maritime industry. It aims to increase its profitability by digitizing in today's increasingly competitive conditions. In recent years, digital twin (DT) technology has been used extensively for the digitalization of the sector. This chapter introduces the current and potential uses of DT technology in ship operations and management and gives an idea about how DT technology will create an opportunity to develop the shipping sector.

An Analytics Architecture for Procurement

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-98
Author(s):  
Sherif Barrad ◽  
Stéphane Gagnon ◽  
Raul Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Business World ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Business Function ◽  
Skill Shortages

Procurement transformation and pure cost reduction are no longer a novelty in today's modern business world. Procurement, as a core business function, plays a key role given its ability to generate value for the firm. From maximizing supplier value to minimizing contract leakage, challenges seldomly lack in this department. In fact, both resource and skill shortages and technology limitations are typically “top-of-mind” for Procurement Executives. Many research articles around the concept of cost reduction however, limited literature has been published in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, analytics and Rules-Based Systems and their specific application in Procurement. This article proposes a new enterprise architecture, leveraging emerging technologies to guide procurement organizations in their digital transformation. Our intent is to discuss how analytics, business rules and complex event processing (CEP) can be explored and adapted to the world of procurement to help reduce costs. This article concludes by suggesting an approach to implement the proposed architecture.

scholarly journals Digital Transformation and Marketing Activities in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2512
Author(s):  
Marta Joanna Ziółkowska
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Marketing Concept ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Critical Literature

Digital transformation which impacts business operations is one of the most fundamental social and economic occurrences of our times. The paper seeks to find out how digital transformation impacts marketing activities in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to examine overall changes triggered by digital technology in the marketing concept, its instruments, and activities in SMEs in Poland. The main research question focuses on the direction in which marketing activities performed by organisations evolve nowadays. Analyses and considerations are based on logical inference, examination of results of empirical studies, critical literature review, and author’s market observations. Conducted analyses have demonstrated that, in enterprises covered by the study, digital technologies are deployed in marketing rather widely, although in many instances these technologies belong to the category of traditional tools. IT technologies and digital tools also impact marketing, helping to build relationships with clients and creating the value of each organisation.

Why people matter far more than digital technology or capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gale ◽  
Chris Aarons
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sales Performance ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Lack Of Sleep ◽  
Commercial Organizations ◽  
Southwest Airlines

Purpose Fifty-five per cent of executives at large corporations are extremely concerned about digital startups becoming significant competitors in their market. If the best technology these startups use is available to everyone and larger companies have the budgets to buy more, how can startups cause such a lack of sleep for leaders? Could the reason be the people, as startups generally are run and staffed by Millennials? Design/methodology/approach The evidence for this comes via three separate research efforts and hundreds of hours of intense interviews with transformation leaders in commercial organizations such as USAA, Southwest Airlines, Citi, Hallmark, MIT and government agencies such as the GSA and the FCC. This research looked at how organizations were changing the way they think, organize, invest and act in pursuit of digital transformation success. Findings Sixteen per cent of larger organizations saw a real return on their digital transformation efforts. Successful digitally transforming organizations could cut OPEX three times more effectively than other organizations. Successful digitally transforming organizations (56 per cent of them) saw sales performance and customer satisfaction rise in unison. Forty-two per cent of these organizations revealed and solved new digital challenges that they had not recognized before; 87 per cent of these organizations saw enhanced growth in demand. Originality/value Technology is a huge part of digital transformation. IDC has predicted that in 2017, $1.7tn will be invested on digital transformation technology and processes alone. That is the size of the tenth largest economy in the world.

scholarly journals Leveraging Digital Technology to Transform Accounting Function: Case Study of a SME

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Gary Pan ◽  
Benjamin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Rapid Infusion

Digital transformation is taking hold of the processes and systems in accounting at a rapid pace and in a drastic way. With its emphasis on data and analysis, accounting entity is well suited to reap the benefits digital technologies have to offer. With the rapid infusion of digital technologies in accounting entity, the accounting literature has been calling for more empirical studies to examine the way accounting function leverages digital technology to enhance its analytical capabilities so as to obtain deeper business insights. This paper conducts an empirical study to examine the process of a SME’s accounting function leveraging data analytics to enhance its financial analysis capability and revenue growth prediction in developing its future business strategy. In this study, we have used Lewin’s (1951) change theory as our analytical perspective. We have drawn on Food Co’s data analytics adoption experience by interviewing relevant internal stakeholders and reviewing secondary data extensively. Our analysis identified three stages of “unfreeze-change-refreeze” digital transformation process and several intervention actions that were instrumental in enacting the implementation of data analytics platform.

scholarly journals A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR RESEARCH OF A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SOLUTION TO CORPORATE GRC-MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Chen ◽  
◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Future Research ◽  
General Argument ◽  
The World ◽  
Governance Risk ◽  
Responsibility System ◽  
Dramatic Growth

This society has faced many sorts of global challenges, especially the world of business and technological innovation, there's no greater aroused general argument nowadays than digital transformation (DT). Among production-oriented Corporates which many of them have begun to integrate digital technology into most areas of their business. How to well fulfill Corporate Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) while expanding existing businesses in the dramatic growth in DT environment has become a major challenge for all Corporates. Through a review of previous studying works and based on existing gaps the author evaluated whether there could be the feasibility of a blockchain-based technology being integrated as a solution to Corporate GRC-Management together with the theory of entire personnel's GRC responsibility system which would be parts of an agenda for the future research on this field and also contribute to Corporates in an overall strategic height level to embrace the coming of DT.

scholarly journals WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN MACROMETRÓPOLE PAULISTA: LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE SERVICE OF REVERSE LOGISTICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAUÊ LOPES DOS SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Weee Recycling ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

Abstract The increase in the production of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) became a widely discussed issue around the world in the early 21st century. If, on the one hand, this type of waste draws attention due to the risks that its improper management can generate to the environment and human health, on the other hand, it represents a concrete possibility of implementing reverse logistics. The objective of this paper is to understand the WEEE recycling conditions in the dynamic Macrometrópole Paulista. Thus, through a methodology that involves the survey and analysis of diverse secondary sources, It can be considered that the recycling of WEEE in the studied region is still in the structuring phase, so that some normative and technical challenges need to be overcome to ensure the establishment of the circular economy.

scholarly journals DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE SPECIAL ISSUE: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work - Definitions, Dimensions and Forms

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Editors: Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, et al
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Digital Capitalism ◽  
Specific Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
The Eu

This special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique aims to contribute to building a theoretical framework for the critical analysis of digital labour, virtual work, and related concepts that can initiate further debates, inform empirical studies, and inspire social struggles connected to work and labour in and beyond digital capitalism. The papers collected in this special issue (a) provide systematic definitions of digital labour, (b) analyse its specific dimension, and (c) discuss different forms of digital labour.Theorising digital labour, as labour that produces or makes use of digital technologies, can help to understand its problems, limits, potentials, and contradictions. It can therefore highlight the need for social change and inspire political action. However, the act of freeing digital technology from being an instrument for the domination of labour requires to go beyond just interpreting the world and to engage in social struggles that want to change it.Acknowledgement: This special issue has been published in the context of the EU COST Action IS1202 Dynamics of Virtual Work, http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/Cover image: By Jonny White (G20 April 1st) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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