Reconfiguration of Supply Chains in Today’s Digital Era: A Review Paper

Abstract

This paper is intended to provide a critical literature review on the current research practices and the existing progress research published in the fields related to supply chain design and supply chain digitalisation. The study aims to reveal the adaptability of digital technologies to supply chain design and further explain the issues and requirements for dynamic reconfiguration of the supply chain in the digital era. The review study comprises articles appearing in the major journals related to the topic, and detailed analysis as to the approaches and findings of these works. The contribution of this study lies in the taxonomy study, and findings are revealed that digitalisation of supply chain design followed and shedding light on future research. Further need for research is identified regarding framework development, and reconfiguration of supply chain design in the digital era is more important to mitigate the risk level and improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the supply chain.

Analysis on the effects of global supply chain reconfiguration on China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry

“…Tziantopoulos et al (2019) investigated GSC reconfiguration opportunities arising from additive manufacturing technologies in the digital era through a critical taxonomy of existing research efforts. Saad and Ubeywarna (2022) identified the trend of digitization during GSC reconfiguration by reviewing the extant literature and pointed out that SC designers must utilize digital technologies to mitigate risk and improve the SC's efficiency and responsiveness.…”