A Literature Review on The Design of Intelligent Supply Chain for Natural Fibre Agroindustry

Natural fibre is an environmentally friendly raw material that has a great potential to develop, and is abundantly available in nature [1]. Currently, the growth of natural fibre processing industries in the world has been increasingly important [2]. Processing of abundant natural fibre in both upstream and downstream productions requires effective and collaborative supply chain management in terms of information sharing. Thus, an intelligent system would be implemented in supply chain management from upstream to downstream. Based on review of 46 scientific papers discussing on types of natural fibre, process, technology, and methods, as well as application areas of natural fibre in downstream industries. According to review on different aspects in 55 scientific papers, there were 5 aspects mapped, i.e. supply chain analytic, value chain, performance, collaboration, big data, and decision support system. A concept of 4.0 industry underlies utilization of opportunities for application of supply chain analytic [3]. Upcoming research opportunities include mediating relationship in supply chain network by utilizing Internet of things (IoT) and Big data (BD), in a collaborative relationship to use information sharing. The most possibly contributing research is the development of collaboration between supply chain and genetic algorithm [4]. Integration between production and inventory planning becomes an approach that utilizes Particle swarm optimization (PSO) by developing production planning [5], and production and inventory planning [6]. There is a research opportunity in the design of intelligent supply chain for natural fibre agroindustry by implementing IoT and BD as a tool in supply chain analytic, collaboration through Collaboration prediction forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) that occurs between stakeholders with the aim of improving agroindustry supply chain performance in production integration material and inventory, and performance measurement by integrating the Value chain operation reference (VCOR) model developed in supply chain analytic

A Review of Supply Chain Data Mining Publications

The use of data mining in supply chains is growing, and covers almost all aspects of supply chain management. A framework of supply chain analytics is used to classify data mining publications reported in supply chain management academic literature. Scholarly articles were identified using SCOPUS and EBSCO Business search engines. Articles were classified by supply chain function. Additional papers reflecting technology, to include RFID use and text analysis were separately reviewed. The paper concludes with discussion of potential research issues and outlook for future development

Examining potential benefits and challenges associated with the Internet of Things integration in supply chains

Purpose The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to have a huge impact on businesses and, especially, the way we think about supply chain management. However, there is still a paucity of studies on the impact of IoT adoption on supply chains and on different aspects of the business in general. The research aims to examine the perception of the academic community of the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in organizational supply chains with a view to verify potential key benefits and challenges existent in the literature. The research presents the impact on an organization along with the impact across its entire supply chain. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through the use of an online survey and 87 participants completed the survey. Participants were mainly from the academic community and were university scholars based in different countries located in six continents. Participants were authors, or co-authors, of academic papers published in the Decision Science Institute 2015 and 2016 annual conference proceedings, the 21st International Symposium of Sustainable Transport and Supply Chain Innovations, the Supply Chain Management : An International Journal 2016 issues, and the Operations and Supply Chain Management : an International Journal 2016 issues. Findings We were able to confirm the significance of some of the examined potential benefits to individual organizations and their entire supply chains. However, the study identified other potential benefits that were not seen as a direct impact of IoT adoption. Most of the examined potential benefits were found to contribute to a number of critical success factors for implementing successful supply chain management. We were also able to confirm that some of the examined potential challenges were still perceived as key hinders to IoT adoption but examined potential challenges were not seen as hurdles to IoT adoption. Originality/value To our best knowledge, this is the first study of its kind. Although some literature attempted to provide an overview about the IoT management, no study has specifically explored potential benefits and challenges related to the adoption of IoT in supply chains and ranked them based on their significance. The results can be beneficial to; academic scholars interested in the researched topic, business professionals, organizations within different sectors, and any other party interested in understanding more about the impact of adopting IoT on supply chain management

Digital supply chain transformation: emerging technologies for sustainable growth

This book shows how organisations can leverage emerging digital technologies to achieve operational effectiveness, build new capabilities, and develop innovative business models to underpin transformation in their supply chains. The contributing authors provide deep insights not only on how these emerging technologies work, but also how to use them to create value for multiple stakeholders and deliver sustainable supply chain outcomes. The book will be of great value to practitioners, students and academics who want to learn about state-of-the-art digital developments in the supply chain field. It helps readers to appreciate how various digital paradigms and tools can be used to create innovative products and services with supply chain viability. It also develops the reader’s critical ability to assess the range of technological solutions used to address contemporary supply chain issues and problems

An approach for the integration of intelligent maintenance systems and collaborative decentralized spare parts supply chains

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção, Florianópolis, 2017.As cadeias de suprimento de peças de reposição são particularmente desafiadas pela baixa previsibilidade da demanda, necessidade de altos níveis de serviço e custo de estoque. Para lidar com esses desafios, através de uma estratégia de sincronização dos participantes de cadeias de suprimentos, o planejamento colaborativo pode ser combinado aos sistemas inteligentes de manutenção que auxiliam na predição das falhas. Porém, modelos hierárquicos de integração têm pouca aceitação dos atores da cadeia, que não desejam compartilhar dados estratégicos. Modelos descentralizados promovem a viabilidade do planejamento colaborativo, entretanto ainda não foram aplicados em cadeias de suprimentos de peças de reposição. Neste contexto, no presente trabalho, uma análise bibliométrica com revisão bibliográfica sobre colaboração e planejamento da cadeia de suprimentos é aplicada com o intuito de verificar os principais conceitos, direções e oportunidades de pesquisa. Foram identificadas lacunas na aplicação de modelos descentralizados em casos reais, bem como uma falta de suporte para a escolha de métodos de resolução. Dessa forma, o objetivo desse trabalho é propor um procedimento estruturado para embasar a aplicação de planejamento colaborativo descentralizado em cadeias de suprimentos de peças de reposição. Para isso, uma tabela de características é construída com o intuito de apoiar a escolha do método de resolução de problemas lineares. Na sequência, é desenvolvido e testado um procedimento estruturado para adequar um conceito de planejamento colaborativo decentralizado a cadeias de suprimentos de peças de reposição integradas a sistemas inteligentes de manutenção. Esse procedimento estruturado desenvolvido é aplicado em um caso teste e como resultado um modelo adequado de planejamento operacional colaborativo é proposto para o aprimoramento dessa cadeia de suprimento. O planejamento descentralizado obteve melhores resultados que uma abordagem clássica de gestão mesmo em cenários de alta variação na demanda, como ocorre nas cadeias de suprimentos de peças de reposição.Abstract : Spare parts supply chains are particularly challenged by the low predictability of the demand, the need for high service levels and the cost of inventory. To address these challenges through a strategy of synchronizing supply chain participants, collaborative planning can be combined with intelligent maintenance systems that help predict failures. However, hierarchical models of integration have little acceptance from actors in the chain, who do not wish to share strategic data. Decentralized models promote the feasibility of collaborative planning but have not yet been applied in spare parts supply chains. In this context, in the present work, a bibliometric analysis with a bibliographic review on collaboration and supply chain planning is applied in order to verify the main concepts, directions and research opportunities. Research opportunities were identified in the application of decentralized models in real cases, and there was a general lack of information to support the choice of a solving method. Thus, the objective of this work is to propose a structured procedure to support the application of decentralized collaborative planning in supply chains of spare parts. For this, a table of characteristics is constructed to support the choice of the method for solving linear problems. A structured procedure is then developed and tested to tailor a decentralized collaborative planning concept to a spare parts supply chain integrated with intelligent maintenance systems. This developed structured procedure is applied in a test case and, as a result, an adequate model of collaborative operational planning is proposed for the improvement of this supply chain. Decentralized planning was identified as having achieved better results than a classical management approach even in scenarios of high demand variation, such as in spare parts supply chains

An Exploratory Case Study of Information-Sharing and Collaboration within Air Force Supply Chain Management

This research sought to identify key elements of the Air Force supply chain as it relates to industry, determine how techniques of information-sharing and collaboration are used to make Air Force Supply Chain decisions, and examine how the resulting impacts on operational readiness may be measured. A multiple case study research design was used to investigate the application of information-sharing and collaboration in two distinct Air Force supply chains. Cross-case comparative analysis of the supply chains supporting the PTO shafts on the F-15 engine and the T-38 engine evaluated each supply chain\u27s characteristics and levels of information-sharing and collaboration. The research highlighted one example of proactive sharing of information and collaborative decision-making to avoid supply chain inefficiencies, and one example of using information-sharing to recover from a decision made without using a collaborative approach. Specifically, the research identified that proactive sharing of information and collaborative decision-making for the T-38 avoided supply chain failures, while the F-15 supply chain was reactive, failing to collaborate or share information, resulting in a failure of the supply chain and an increase in the MICAP rate. The F-15 community used information-sharing to recover from this failure. The culmination of this effort provided insight into the interactions and complexities of the Air Force supply chain and highlighted a need for a more thorough evaluation of the impact of supply chain relationships, information-sharing, and collaborative decision-making on operational readiness

Applications of Contemporary Management Approaches in Supply Chains

In today's rapidly changing business environment, strong influence of globalization and information technologies drives practitioners and researchers of modern supply chain management, who are interested in applying different contemporary management paradigms and approaches, to supply chain process. This book intends to provide a guide to researchers, graduate students and practitioners by incorporating every aspect of management paradigms into overall supply chain functions such as procurement, warehousing, manufacturing, transportation and disposal. More specifically, this book aims to present recent approaches and ideas including experiences and applications in the field of supply chains, which may give a reference point and useful information for new research and to those allied, affiliated with and peripheral to the field of supply chains and its management