scholarly journals The Impact of Block Chain and Smart Inventory System on Supply Chain Performance at Retail Industry

Author(s):  
Edward Probir Mondol

Blockchain is a trending topic and would be the most significant issue for all industries, manufacturing or services. This study aims to investigate the Impact of Block Chain and Smart Inventory System on Supply Chain Performance at Retail Industry in the UAE. A quantitative research was adapted, and a survey was designed and rolled out by email to all participants. A 202 valid questionnaires were used in the statistical process in order to find out the impact of blockchain technology and smart inventory on supply chain performance in retail industry. The hypotheses testing confirmed the direct impact of blockchain technology on supply chain performance side by side with the mediator role of smart inventory in the indirect impact. The results revealed that blockchain is becoming the real time need of the retail industry and has improved the efficiency of the retail industry.

Today’s business under competitive environment, the organizations must be integrated and maintain their business deliberately within the supply chain network. With the intention to indentified the impact of supply chain strategy (SCS) and supply chain flexibility (SCF)) on performance in a sample of the automobile industry and investigate the direct influence of dimensions of SCS and SCF on performance. With the help of quantitative research, a survey was conducted. Statistical tools were used to investigate the information. The structural equation path modeling approach is used to assess the relationship of the hypothesis. The findings analyzed that SCS and SCF positively influence performance. The result finds an encouraging relationship between SCS and SCF with supply chain performance (SCP) and the result indicate that effective and efficient supply chain flexibility has a positive impact on the firm’s performance. The result also shows that supply chain strategies are related to performance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Thu Hoai Nguyen ◽  
Thi Thai Thuy Nguye ◽  
Thi Thu Hien Phan

This study was conducted with the aim of assessing the impact of corporate social responsibility on supply chain performance through corporate reputation. The study also evaluates the effect of corporate social responsibility on corporate reputation and firm performance. The study made over 507 observations from businesses in the textile, seafood and food industries in Vietnam. The data was analyzed using SmartPLS 3.6 software, and the results showed that corporate reputation plays a full mediator role in the relationship between corporate social responsibility and supply chain performance. Corporate social responsibility has a positive impact on corporate reputation and firm performance. Finally, we offer recommendations to help businesses implement corporate social responsibility more effectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoping Shen ◽  
Yeheng Zhang ◽  
Yumei Tang ◽  
Yuanfu Qin ◽  
Nan Liu ◽  
...  

PurposeThis paper, with the tobacco industry as the background, establishes an indicator system for tobacco supply chain performance evaluation using the FAHP method.Design/methodology/approachBased on the relevant data of tobacco enterprises in Guangxi, the paper calculates the performance values of tobacco companies in various cities of Guangxi, and through the analysis of each indicator and the performance values of each city, the authors find that the improvement ability has a major impact on tobacco supply chain performance. Then, the paper establishes a system dynamics model to further demonstrate the impact of information digitalization on the performance of the tobacco supply chain in Guangxi, thus providing theoretical support for building digital tobacco logistics in Guangxi.FindingsThe findings of the study show that the performance of the tobacco supply chains in various cities of Guangxi is generally at the level of “Pass–Good,” which can barely meet the requirements of tobacco supply chain operation, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.Originality/valueThe authors show that digital and IT-based empowerment can maximize the performance of Guangxi's tobacco logistics performance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 500-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himanshu Shee ◽  
Shah Jahan Miah ◽  
Leon Fairfield ◽  
Nyoman Pujawan

PurposeTheorising from the intersection of supply chain and information systems (IS) literature, this study aims to investigate supply chain integration (SCI) as a multidimensional construct in the context of cloud-based technology and explores the effect of cloud-enabled SCI on supply chain performance, which will eventually improve firm sustainability from a resource-based view (RBV). In addition, the moderating effect of top management is explored.Design/methodology/approachUsing cross-sectional survey data collected from a sample of 105 Australian retail firms, this study used structural equation modelling to test the hypothesised relationship of cloud-enabled SCI with performance in a theoretical model.FindingsResults show that cloud-based technology has positive effect on SCI, and the cloud-enabled SCI is positively related to supply chain performance which eventually influenced firm sustainability. Further, top management intervention moderates the relationship between supplier and internal integration with supply chain performance. But it is found to have no moderating effect on the relationship between customer integration and supply chain performance.Practical implicationsRecognising the potential benefits of emerging cloud-based technologies reported in this study, retail managers need to understand that higher order SCI requires the support of cloud-based technology to improve supply chain performance and firm sustainability.Originality/valueThis research extends prior research of information and communication technologies-enabled SCI and its effect on supply chain performance which overly remains inconsistent. In addition, IS literature abounds with discussion on cloud computing technologyper se, and its adoption in supply chain is overly rhetoric. This study fills this gap by conceptualising the multiple dimensions of SCI enabled by cloud-based technology and the way it affects supply chain and firm sustainable performance. Investigating SCI in context of cloud-based technology is a unique contribution in this study. The moderating effect of top management in this decision also adds to the current body of literature.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1409389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Chari ◽  
Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu ◽  
Jun Guo

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