Showing papers on "Supply chain published in 2018"
TL;DR: This paper examines how blockchain is likely to affect key supply chain management objectives such as cost, quality, speed, dependability, risk reduction, sustainability and flexibility and illustrates the various mechanisms by which blockchain help achieve the above supply chain objectives.
1,076 citations
TL;DR: This study provides an analysis of the drivers, barriers and practices that influence the implementation of the circular economy in the context of supply chains through a systematic review and proposes a multi-perspective framework to analyse the circular Economy’s level of implementation.
Abstract: In the last few years, the circular economy has received considerable attention worldwide because it offers an opportunity to optimise and promote sustainable production and consumption through new...
682 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the sustainability performance of the circular business models (CBM) and circular supply chains necessary to implement the concept on an organisational level and propose a framework to integrate circular business model and supply chain management towards sustainable development.
593 citations
05 Jan 2018
TL;DR: The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology and the concept of technology innovation adoption as a foundational framework for supply chain traceability are used and a conceptual model is developed and the research culminates with supply chain implications of blockchain that are inspired by theory and literature review.
Abstract: Blockchain technology, popularized by Bitcoin cryptocurrency, is characterized as an open-source, decentralized, distributed database for storing transaction information. Rather than relying on centralized intermediaries (e.g., banks) this technology allows two parties to transact directly using duplicate, linked ledgers called blockchains. This makes transactions considerably more transparent than those provided by centralized systems. As a result, transactions are executed without relying on explicit trust [of a third party], but on the distributed trust based on the consensus of the network (i.e., other blockchain users). Applying this technology to improve supply chain transparency has many possibilities. Every product has a long and storied history. However, much of this history is presently obscured. Often, when negative practices are exposed, they quickly escalate to scandalous, and financially crippling proportions. There are many recent examples, such as the exposure of child labor upstream in the manufacturing process and the unethical use of rainforest resources. Blockchain may bring supply chain transparency to a new level, but presently academic and managerial adoption of blockchain technologies is limited by our understanding. To address this issue, this research uses the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and the concept of technology innovation adoption as a foundational framework for supply chain traceability. A conceptual model is developed and the research culminates with supply chain implications of blockchain that are inspired by theory and literature review.
564 citations
TL;DR: This article reviews the state-of-the-art of existing DSC literature in detail and identifies key limitations and prospects, summarizes prior research and identifies knowledge gaps by providing advantages, weaknesses and limitations of individual methods.
528 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify key challenges to Industry 4.0 initiatives and analyze the identified key challenges in order to prioritize them for effective Industry4.0 concepts for supply chain sustainability in emerging economies.
503 citations
08 May 2018
TL;DR: AgriBlockIoT is presented, a fully decentralized, blockchain-based traceability solution for Agri-Food supply chain management, able to seamless integrate IoT devices producing and consuming digital data along the chain.
Abstract: The recent, exponential rise in adoption of the most disparate Internet of Things (IoT) devices and technologies has reached also Agriculture and Food (Agri-Food) supply chains, drumming up substantial research and innovation interest towards developing reliable, auditable and transparent traceability systems. Current IoT-based traceability and provenance systems for Agri-Food supply chains are built on top of centralized infrastructures and this leaves room for unsolved issues and major concerns, including data integrity, tampering and single points of failure. Blockchains, the distributed ledger technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, represent a new and innovative technological approach to realizing decentralized trustless systems. Indeed, the inherent properties of this digital technology provide fault-tolerance, immutability, transparency and full traceability of the stored transaction records, as well as coherent digital representations of physical assets and autonomous transaction executions. This paper presents AgriBlockIoT, a fully decentralized, blockchain-based traceability solution for Agri-Food supply chain management, able to seamless integrate IoT devices producing and consuming digital data along the chain. To effectively assess AgriBlockIoT, first, we defined a classical use-case within the given vertical domain, namely from-farm-to-fork. Then, we developed and deployed such use-case, achieving traceability using two different blockchain implementations, namely Ethereum and Hyperledger Sawtooth. Finally, we evaluated and compared the performance of both the deployments, in terms of latency, CPU, and network usage, also highlighting their main pros and cons.
494 citations
TL;DR: The reasons and mitigation strategies for the ripple effect in the supply chain are observed and a ripple effect control framework that includes redundancy, flexibility and resilience analysis is presented.
Abstract: In this study, the ripple effect in the supply chain is analysed. Ripple effect describes the impact of a disruption propagation on supply chain performance and disruption-based scope of changes in...
469 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, several cooperation contracts within a green product supply chain and investigate their environmental performance are investigated. But, the authors do not consider the impact of the cooperation on the overall supply chain performance.
Abstract: Environmental sustainability has become an important metric for assessing the success of supply chain management. We study several cooperation contracts within a green product supply chain and investigate their environmental performance. Stakeholders’ environmental responsibilities are considered in a two-echelon supply chain in which consumers are environmentally conscious, a manufacturer designs and produces a green product, and a retailer promotes the green product in its marketplace through green marketing. This problem is analyzed and modeled under three contracts in order of increasing cooperation level: price-only, green-marketing cost-sharing, and two-part tariff contracts. The analytical results show that cooperation among partners can help the supply chain achieve environmental improvements. Cooperating contracts are valuable in practice because consumers are now paying more attention to sustainability and have become more environmentally conscious. A counterintuitive but interesting result is that cooperation may not always profitably benefit all partners; manufacturing becomes more profitable when the manufacturer shares the green-marketing cost with the retailer, whereas the retailer is worse off under the cost-sharing contract than under the price-only contract. This result is more significant when consumers’ green awareness increases. The results on social-welfare performance show that the supply chain’s social welfare increases with the increase of the supply chain’s cooperation level.
426 citations
TL;DR: Observations and insights from this paper could provide the guideline for academia and practitioners in implementing big data analytics in different aspects of supply chain management.
373 citations
TL;DR: An integrated fuzzy AHP-VIKOR approach-based framework for sustainable global supplier selection that takes sustainability risks from sub-suppliers (i.e., (1 + n) th-tier suppliers) into account is presented in this article.
TL;DR: Analysis of data from 191 global firms indicates that both demand and supply visibility are associated with the development of analytics capability, and analytics capability is shown to be more strongly associated with operational performance when supply chain organizations also possess organizational flexibility.
Abstract: Many businesses are seeking to develop and exploit analytics capabilities today. Using organizational information processing theory (OIPT), we study demand visibility and supply visibility as foundational resources for analytics capability, and organizational flexibility as a complementary capability. We further examine relationships among these factors under varying conditions of market volatility, a type of environmental uncertainty. The results from our analysis of data from 191 global firms indicate that both demand and supply visibility are associated with the development of analytics capability. In turn, analytics capability is shown to be more strongly associated with operational performance when supply chain organizations also possess organizational flexibility needed to act upon analytics-generated insights quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, the empirical results indicate that analytics capability and organizational flexibility are more valuable as complementary capabilities for firms who operate in volatile markets, rather than in stable ones. These findings extend OIPT to create a better understanding of contemporary applications of information processing technologies, while also providing theoretically grounded guidance to managers in the development of analytics capabilities within their firms.
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TL;DR: Insight is provided into some of the main dimensions of blockchain technology, an overview of the use cases and issues, and some general research areas for further investigation.
Abstract: Blockchain technology is an inchoate technology whose current popularity is peaking. Some of the most pervasive blockchain technology use cases exist for supply chains. Sustainable, and especially green, supply chains can benefit from blockchain technology, but there are also caveats. The sustainability and environmental management research and academic literature is only starting to investigate this emergent field. This paper seeks to help advance the discussion and motivate additional practice and research related to green supply chains and blockchain technology. This viewpoint paper provides insight into some of the main dimensions of blockchain technology, an overview of the use cases and issues, and some general research areas for further investigation.
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors adopted a systematic literature review methodology combined with bibliometric, network and content analysis based on 348 papers identified from mainstream academic databases, which provided insights not previously fully captured or evaluated by other reviews on this topic, including key authors, key journals and the prestige of the reviewed papers.
TL;DR: The paper discusses how the Blockchain will help in reducing the logistics costs and in optimizing the operations and the research challenges, and creates a standard methodology to design Blockchain technology use cases, which are not related to finance applications.
Abstract: The Blockchain technology can be defined as a distributed ledger database for recording transactions between parties verifiably and permanently. Blockchain emerged as a leading technology layer for financial applications. Nevertheless, in the past years, the attention of researchers and practitioners moved to the application of the Blockchain technologies to other domains. Recently, it represents the backbone of a new digital supply chain. Thanks to its capability of ensuring data immutability and public accessibility of data streams, Blockchain can increase the efficiency, reliability, and transparency of the overall supply chain, and optimize the inbound processes. The literature concerning Blockchain in non-financial applications mainly focused on the technological part and the Business Process Modeling, lacking in terms of standard methodology for designing a strategy to develop and validate the overall Blockchain solution and integrate it in the Business Strategy. Thus, this paper aims to overcome this lack. First, we integrate the current literature filling the lack concerning the digital strategy, creating a standard methodology to design Blockchain technology use cases, which are not related to finance applications. Second, we present the results of a use case in the fresh food delivery, showing the critical aspects of implementing a Blockchain solution. Moreover, the paper discusses how the Blockchain will help in reducing the logistics costs and in optimizing the operations and the research challenges.
TL;DR: A new model of supply chain via blockchain via blockchain is proposed, which enables the concept of circular economy and eliminates many of the disadvantages of the current supply chain.
TL;DR: The proposed system of supply chain management will be able to overcome all challenges of traditional SCM and provide secure environment of SCM processes and a framework which integrates DEMATEL and AHP in neutrosophic environment to deal effectively with vague, uncertain and incomplete information is presented.
TL;DR: In this article, a short literature review on sustainable supply chain management and sustainable supply chains in the food industry is provided to give the reader current knowledge on how the past and current research are introduced in this work.
TL;DR: In this article, sixteen important barriers were identified to circular supply chain management adoption in Indian context and the listed barriers were then analysed using an integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling - MICMAC approach.
Abstract: Circular supply chain emphasizes surge in application of reuse, recycling and remanufacturing and thereby promotes the transformation of manufacturing characteristics from linear (‘take-produce-utilize-dump’) to circular model of flow of products, by-products and waste. Supply chains of manufacturing industries have become global in last few decades. Products manufactured in developing nations like India and China are being sent to developed nations for consumption in higher volumes. Developed nations have the regulatory policies, technological knowhow and modern infrastructure to adopt circular supply chain model. Their counterpart is trailing in these aspects. In literature, limited research work has been performed on identifying challenges of implementing circular supply chain management in developing nations and their contextual association. In this article, based on thorough literature review and feedback received from experts, sixteen important barriers were identified to circular supply chain management adoption in Indian context. The listed barriers were then analysed using an integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling - MICMAC approach. This study attempts to identify the contextual interactions among identified barriers and to examine their hierarchical levels in effective adoption and implementation of circular supply chain management. The findings of this research will contribute in transforming supply chains in terms of bringing economic prosperity, addressing global warming issues and generating numerous employment opportunities. Finally, some crucial policy measures and recommendations are proposed to assist managers and government bodies to adopt and manage the concepts of circular supply chains effectively in Indian context.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present preliminary propositions concerning implications for the development of what they term "circular supply chains", defined here as the embodiment of circular economy principles within supply chain management.
Abstract: Circular modes of production, known as the circular economy, are welcomed in political and business circles to overcome the shortcomings of traditional linear operating models. This article presents preliminary propositions concerning implications for the development of what we term ‘circular supply chains’, defined here as the embodiment of circular economy principles within supply chain management. Our propositions are based on the following arguments: a shift from product ownership to leasing and access in supply chain relationships; the relevance of structural flexibility and start-ups in regional or local loops; open and closed material loops in technical and biological cycles; closer collaboration within and beyond immediate industry boundaries and public and private procurement in the service industry as a lever for the scaling up of circular business models. We discuss what these circular economy principles mean in terms of supply chain challenges and conclude with limitations and future research agenda.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined when and how organizations create agility, adaptability, and alignment as distinct supply chain properties to gain sustainable competitive advantage, and provided a holistic study of the antecedents of agility, adaptive and alignment.
Abstract: Purpose: To examine when and how organizations create agility, adaptability, and alignment as distinct supply chain properties to gain sustainable competitive advantage.
Design/methodology/approach: The current study utilizes the resource-based view (RBV) under the moderating effect of top management commitment. To test our research hypotheses, we gathered 351 usable responses using a pre-tested questionnaire.
Findings: Our statistical analyses suggest that information sharing and supply chain connectivity resources influence supply chain visibility capability, which, under the moderating effect of top management commitment, enhance supply chain agility, adaptability and alignment.
Originality/value: Our contribution lies in: (i) providing a holistic study of the antecedents of agility, adaptability and alignment; (ii) investigating the moderating role of top management commitment on supply chain agility, adaptability and alignment; (iii) following the RBV and addressing calls for investigating the role of resources in supply chain management, and for empirical studies with implications for supply chain design.
TL;DR: The security of existing industrial and manufacturing systems, existing vulnerabilities, potential future cyber-attacks, the weaknesses of existing measures, the levels of awareness and preparedness for future security challenges, and why security must play a key role underpinning the development of future smart manufacturing systems are discussed.
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices on supply chain (SC) dynamic capabilities and enterprise performance (including economic, environmental and social performance) was investigated.
TL;DR: It is found that Industry 4.0 technologies mainly influence technological, organizational, geographical and cognitive proximity dimensions, which presents benefits and challenges for CSCs.
Stanford University1, Université catholique de Louvain2, University of Wisconsin-Madison3, University of California, Santa Barbara4, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation5, Boston University6, McGill University7, Environmental Change Institute8, World Wide Fund for Nature9, University of Colorado Boulder10, Center for International Forestry Research11, National Wildlife Federation12
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review current supply chain initiatives, their effectiveness, and the challenges they face, and identify knowledge gaps for complementary public-private policies to increase the effectiveness of supply-chain initiatives that aim to reduce deforestation.
Abstract: A major reduction in global deforestation is needed to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss Recent private sector commitments aim to eliminate deforestation from a company’s operations or supply chain, but they fall short on several fronts Company pledges vary in the degree to which they include time-bound interventions with clear definitions and criteria to achieve verifiable outcomes Zero-deforestation policies by companies may be insufficient to achieve broader impact on their own due to leakage, lack of transparency and traceability, selective adoption and smallholder marginalization Public–private policy mixes are needed to increase the effectiveness of supply-chain initiatives that aim to reduce deforestation We review current supply-chain initiatives, their effectiveness, and the challenges they face, and go on to identify knowledge gaps for complementary public–private policies
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework is developed to study supply chain collaboration in circular buildings, which uses theoretical building blocks for visions, actor learning, network dynamics and business model innovation, and a case study is presented where the framework is applied to three cases using semi-structured interviews and document analysis.
TL;DR: In this article, a survey was conducted in Indian manufacturing industries and co-variance-based structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized model, which revealed that there are 18 validated supplier social sustainability measures underlying five social dimensions: labor rights, safety and health, societal responsibility, diversity, and product responsibility.
TL;DR: A qualitative, grounded theory case study approach is employed to help understand what drives supply chain disruption propagation and to provide theoretical insights into this emerging area.
Abstract: When a disruption occurs in a firm, its effects are often felt throughout the supply chain. As supply chains expand globally and companies pursue velocity and efficiency, the probability of disruptions propagating throughout a chain grows. In this paper, we employ a qualitative, grounded theory case study approach to help understand what drives supply chain disruption propagation and to provide theoretical insights into this emerging area. For a more complete perspective, we study three interconnected tiers in seven unique supply chains. Each supply chain triad consists of (1) a focal firm (a manufacturer), (2) a supplier to the focal firm and (3) a customer of the focal firm allowing us to gain perspective from three levels in multiple supply chains. Three aggregate dimensions are defined which help explain the propagation of supply chain disruptions: the nature of the disruption, structure and dependence, and managerial decision-making. Within these dimensions, six themes are identified giving an increa...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have used graph theory and a matrix approach to examine the drivers of sustainable manufacturing practices in the leather industry of Bangladesh, and they have shown that knowledge of the circular economy is paramount to implementing sustainability manufacturing practices.
TL;DR: An integrated fuzzy multi-Criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach is proposed based on the technique in order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and criteria importance through inter-criteria correlation (CRITIC) methods.