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Big Data in Smart Farming – A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming and identify the related socio-economic challenges to be addressed.
About: This article is published in Agricultural Systems.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1477 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Big data & Supply chain.
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TL;DR: The IoT ecosystem is presented and how the combination of IoT and DA is enabling smart agriculture, and future trends and opportunities are provided which are categorized into technological innovations, application scenarios, business, and marketability.
Abstract: The surge in global population is compelling a shift toward smart agriculture practices. This coupled with the diminishing natural resources, limited availability of arable land, increase in unpredictable weather conditions makes food security a major concern for most countries. As a result, the use of Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics (DA) are employed to enhance the operational efficiency and productivity in the agriculture sector. There is a paradigm shift from use of wireless sensor network (WSN) as a major driver of smart agriculture to the use of IoT and DA. The IoT integrates several existing technologies, such as WSN, radio frequency identification, cloud computing, middleware systems, and end-user applications. In this paper, several benefits and challenges of IoT have been identified. We present the IoT ecosystem and how the combination of IoT and DA is enabling smart agriculture. Furthermore, we provide future trends and opportunities which are categorized into technological innovations, application scenarios, business, and marketability.

814 citations


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  • ...The complexity of the data can range from structured to nonstructured data [11], [34] which can be in the form of text, images, audio, and video....

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  • ...The use of IoT and DA will enable smart agriculture which is expected to deliver high operational efficiency and high yield [11], [12]....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the agronomical variables and plant traits that can be estimated by remote sensing, and describe the empirical and deterministic approaches to retrieve them, and provide a synthesis of the emerging opportunities that should strengthen the role of remote sensing in providing operational, efficient and long-term services for agricultural applications.

631 citations

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that agricultural intensification reduces network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in the root microbiome, and this is the first study to report mycorrhizal keystoneTaxa for agroecosystems.
Abstract: Root-associated microbes play a key role in plant performance and productivity, making them important players in agroecosystems. So far, very few studies have assessed the impact of different farming systems on the root microbiota and it is still unclear whether agricultural intensification influences the structure and complexity of microbial communities. We investigated the impact of conventional, no-till, and organic farming on wheat root fungal communities using PacBio SMRT sequencing on samples collected from 60 farmlands in Switzerland. Organic farming harbored a much more complex fungal network with significantly higher connectivity than conventional and no-till farming systems. The abundance of keystone taxa was the highest under organic farming where agricultural intensification was the lowest. We also found a strong negative association (R2 = 0.366; P < 0.0001) between agricultural intensification and root fungal network connectivity. The occurrence of keystone taxa was best explained by soil phosphorus levels, bulk density, pH, and mycorrhizal colonization. The majority of keystone taxa are known to form arbuscular mycorrhizal associations with plants and belong to the orders Glomerales, Paraglomerales, and Diversisporales. Supporting this, the abundance of mycorrhizal fungi in roots and soils was also significantly higher under organic farming. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report mycorrhizal keystone taxa for agroecosystems, and we demonstrate that agricultural intensification reduces network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in the root microbiome.

573 citations

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TL;DR: A review of current studies and research works in agriculture which employ the recent practice of big data analysis, showing that the availability of hardware and software, techniques and methods for big dataAnalysis, as well as the increasing openness ofbig data sources, shall encourage more academic research, public sector initiatives and business ventures in the agricultural sector.

547 citations

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TL;DR: This editorial reviews key insights from the literature on digital infrastructures and platforms, present emerging research themes, highlight the contributions developed from each of the six articles in this special issue, and conclude with suggestions for further research.
Abstract: In the last few years, leading-edge research from information systems, strategic management, and economics have separately informed our understanding of platforms and infrastructures in the digital age. Our motivation for undertaking this special issue rests in the conviction that it is significant to discuss platforms and infrastructures concomitantly, while enabling knowledge from diverse disciplines to cross-pollinate to address critical, pressing policy challenges and inform strategic thinking across both social and business spheres. In this editorial, we review key insights from the literature on digital infrastructures and platforms, present emerging research themes, highlight the contributions developed from each of the six articles in this special issue, and conclude with suggestions for further research.

442 citations


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  • ...markets, to selling insurance, and even informing commodities trading decisions (Wolfert et al. 2017)....

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  • ...Uses range from powering seasonal labor markets, to selling insurance, and even informing commodities trading decisions (Wolfert et al. 2017)....

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TL;DR: Porter and Heppelmann as discussed by the authors provide a framework for developing strategy and achieving competitive advantage in a smart, connected world by providing a broad set of new strategic choices for companies about how value is created and captured.
Abstract: Information technology is revolutionizing products, from appliances to cars to mining equipment. Products once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts have become complex systems combining hardware, sensors, electronics, and software that connect through the internet in myriad ways. These “smart, connected products” offer exponentially expanding opportunities for new functionality, far greater reliability, and capabilities that cut across and transcend traditional product boundaries. The changing nature of products is disrupting value chains, argue Michael Porter and PTC CEO James Heppelmann, and forcing companies to rethink nearly everything they do, from how they conceive, design, and source their products; to how they manufacture, operate, and service them; to how they build and secure the necessary IT infrastructure. Smart, connected products raise a broad set of new strategic choices for companies about how value is created and captured, how to work with traditional partners and what new partnerships will be required, and how to secure competitive advantage as the new capabilities reshape industry boundaries. For many firms, smart, connected products will force the fundamental question: “What business am I in?” This article provides a framework for developing strategy and achieving competitive advantage in a smart, connected world.

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  • ...A general future development is the Internet of Things (IoT) in which all kinds of devices – smart objects – are connected and interact with each other through local and global, often wireless network infrastructures (Porter and Heppelmann, 2014)....

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01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The goal of this dissertation is to find and provide the basis for a managerial tool that allows a firm to easily express its business logic and provide a software prototype to capture a company's business model in an information system.
Abstract: The goal of this dissertation is to find and provide the basis for a managerial tool that allows a firm to easily express its business logic. The methodological basis for this work is design science, where the researcher builds an artifact to solve a specific problem. In this case the aim is to provide an ontology that makes it possible to explicit a firm's business model. In other words, the proposed artifact helps a firm to formally describe its value proposition, its customers, the relationship with them, the necessary intra- and inter-firm infrastructure and its profit model. Such an ontology is relevant because until now there is no model that expresses a company's global business logic from a pure business point of view. Previous models essentially take an organizational or process perspective or cover only parts of a firm's business logic. The four main pillars of the ontology, which are inspired by management science and enterprise- and processmodeling, are product, customer interface, infrastructure and finance. The ontology is validated by case studies, a panel of experts and managers. The dissertation also provides a software prototype to capture a company's business model in an information system. The last part of the thesis consists of a demonstration of the value of the ontology in business strategy and Information Systems (IS) alignment. Structure of this thesis: The dissertation is structured in nine parts: Chapter 1 presents the motivations of this research, the research methodology with which the goals shall be achieved and why this dissertation present a contribution to research. Chapter 2 investigates the origins, the term and the concept of business models. It defines what is meant by business models in this dissertation and how they are situated in the context of the firm. In addition this chapter outlines the possible uses of the business model concept. Chapter 3 gives an overview of the research done in the field of business models and enterprise ontologies. Chapter 4 introduces the major contribution of this dissertation: the business model ontology. In this part of the thesis the elements, attributes and relationships of the ontology are explained and described in detail. Chapter 5 presents a case study of the Montreux Jazz Festival which's business model was captured by applying the structure and concepts of the ontology. In fact, it gives an impression of how a business model description based on the ontology looks like. Chapter 6 shows an instantiation of the ontology into a prototype tool: the Business Model Modelling Language BM2L. This is an XML-based description language that allows to capture and describe the business model of a firm and has a large potential for further applications. Chapter 7 is about the evaluation of the business model ontology. The evaluation builds on literature review, a set of interviews with practitioners and case studies. Chapter 8 gives an outlook on possible future research and applications of the business model ontology. The main areas of interest are alignment of business and information technology IT/information systems IS and business model comparison. Finally, chapter 9 presents some conclusions.

1,913 citations


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  • ...Osterwalder (2004) defines business model as “… a conceptual tool that contains a set of elements and their relationships and allows expressing a company's logic of earning money”....

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TL;DR: In this paper, a roll stand with a hydraulic cylinder constantly transmitting, through the piston, fluid pressure onto the feed device in the direction of feed of the tube being rolled, making it possible to increase the number of double strokes per minute and to roll large-diameter tubes.
Abstract: A feed apparatus has means for conversion of a uniform rotational motion into an intermittent forward movement whose input shaft is imparted a uniform rotational motion by a drive kinematically connected to the drive of a roll stand, and a feed device being imparted an intermittent forward motion by said conversion means through the output member thereof and transmitting this motion to a tube being rolled. To decrease load on the parts of said conversion means at the moment of feed of the tube being rolled, the feed apparatus is provided with a hydraulic cylinder constantly transmitting, through the piston, fluid pressure onto the feed device in the direction of feed of the tube being rolled thereby making it possible to increase the number of the roll stand double strokes per minute and to roll large-diameter tubes.

1,293 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the ways in which customer value can be created and delivered through the supply chain and the differences between "lean" and "agile" will be discussed.
Abstract: ToC (new and updated chapters in bold) Chapter 1 : Logistics & Competitive Strategy This chapter will look at how logistics capabilities and supply chain excellence can help companies gain a competitive advantage. It will also look at the relationship between logistics and financial performance. Case Study : Dell (updated from 1998 version) Chapter 2 : Logistics & Customer Value This chapter focuses on the ways in which customer value can be created and delivered through the supply chain. The theme will be demand-driven and responsive supply chain strategies. Case Study : Zara (updated from 1998 version) Chapter 3 : Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance The content of this chapter will be about the need to understand the 'costs-to-serve'. Issues such as customer profitability analysis and benchmarking will be included. Case Study : Wal-Mart/K-Mart (new) Chapter 4 : Creating the Agile Supply Chain The concept of the agile supply chain is developed in this chapter and the building blocks of the agile paradigm explained. The differences between 'lean' and 'agile' will be discussed. Case Study : The challenge of the 3-day car (new) Chapter 5 : Strategic Lead-Time Management Time compression is the focus of this chapter including the search for ways in which non-value adding time can be removed from the pipeline. Case Study : Hewlett Packard CD/RW (new) Chapter 6 : Managing the Global Pipeline The particular challenges of global supply chains will be discussed in this chapter. The pros and cons of global sourcing and offshore manufacturing will be presented. The need to understand the total supply chain impact of globalisations will be emphasised. Case Study : Dyson (new) Chapter 7 : Managing the Supply Chain in an Era of Uncertainty This chapter will examine the ideas of supply chain risk and vulnerability and will explore ways in which supply chain resilience can be improved. Case Study : Nokia/Ericsson (new) Chapter 8 : Managing Networks and Relationships The idea of the supply chain as an interdependent network of organisations that jointly combine to deliver customer value is introduced. The idea of supply chain 'orchestration' is discussed. Case Study : Li & Fung (new) Chapter 9 : Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration The fundamental business transformations that are required to enable supply chain integration to become a reality are examined. The characteristics of effective supply chains will be presented. Case Study : GM/Vectra (new)

915 citations


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  • ...networks are considered to be composed of the actors which vertically and horizontally work together to add value to customers (Christopher, 2005; Lazzarini et al., 2001; Omta et al., 2001)....

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  • ...Chain networks are considered to be composed of the actors which vertically and horizontally work together to add value to customers (Christopher, 2005; Lazzarini et al., 2001; Omta et al., 2001)....

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TL;DR: A unified conceptual framework for the BM concept is argued to be comprehensive and appropriate to the complex nature of businesses today, which leads to fruitful implications for theory and practice and also enables us to suggest a research agenda using this conceptual framework.
Abstract: Recent rapid advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have highlighted the rising importance of the Business Model (BM) concept in the field of Information Systems (IS). Despite agreement on its importance to an organization's success, the concept is still fuzzy and vague, and there is little consensus regarding its compositional facets. Identifying the fundamental concepts, modeling principles, practical functions, and reach of the BM relevant to IS and other business concepts is by no means complete. This paper, following a comprehensive review of the literature, principally employs the content analysis method and utilizes a deductive reasoning approach to provide a hierarchical taxonomy of the BM concepts from which to develop a more comprehensive framework. This framework comprises four fundamental aspects. First, it identifies four primary BM dimensions along with their constituent elements forming a complete ontological structure of the concept. Second, it cohesively organizes the BM modeling principles, that is, guidelines and features. Third, it explains the reach of the concept showing its interactions and intersections with strategy, business processes, and IS so as to place the BM within the world of digital business. Finally, the framework explores three major functions of BMs within digital organizations to shed light on the practical significance of the concept. Hence, this paper links the BM facets in a novel manner offering an intact definition. In doing so, this paper provides a unified conceptual framework for the BM concept that we argue is comprehensive and appropriate to the complex nature of businesses today. This leads to fruitful implications for theory and practice and also enables us to suggest a research agenda using our conceptual framework.

755 citations


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  • ...Another view on business model is the network-centric business model which builds upon value network theories (Al-Debei and Avison, 2010)....

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