Role of Information and Communication Technology in Green Supply Chain Implementation and Companies’ Performance

Mendoza-Fong, José Roberto; Alcaráz, Jorge Luis García; Macías, Emilio Jiménez; Hernández, Nancy Liliana Ibarra; Díaz-Reza, José Roberto; Blanco‐Fernández, Julio

doi:10.3390/su10061793

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“…As a result customers or consumers lean towards other companies that do respect and help take care of our planet. Currently taking care of the environment is no longer an option if not an obligation companies have taken advantage of the use of good strategies to supply consumers [34].…”

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Prototype for the Management of Engineering Companies and the ICT to Improve the Quality of Services

Toapanta¹,

Picon²,

Gallegos³

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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Information on alternative technologies or new prototypes was analyzed to help improve the quality of business management services. The problem is the lack of application of new technologies that improve the quality of service and reduce disagreements in the management of organizations. The objective is to present a prototype for the management of engineering and ICT companies to improve the quality of services. The deductive method and exploratory research were used to analyze the information. The result was a mixed conceptual model of quality of service approach, a dual-security architecture for business management, control of algorithms with processes for quality of service and control of algorithms with information filter. It was concluded that an information filter with Blockchain is considered a fundamental alternative to provide control, reliability, immutability and improved quality of service.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Quality of Service Provisions for Maritime Communications Based on Cellular Networks [33]. Role of Information and Communication Technology in Green Supply Chain Implementation and Companies' Performance [34]. Service Quality Evaluation by Exploring Social Users' Contextual Information [35].…”

Section: Astesj Issn: 2415-6698mentioning

confidence: 99%

Prototype for the Management of Engineering Companies and the ICT to Improve the Quality of Services

Toapanta¹,

Picon²,

Gallegos³

2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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“…With the sharing of upgraded and corresponding information, companies and end-users can detect new ways to create value in the Circular Economy paradigm. Continuous and real-time data collection, processing and information exchanges, generated by the Industry 4.0 technologies, have the potential to effectively unlock CE concept implementation [42,43]. Knowledge of the information, such as resource condition, location and availability, helps the already well-established circular practices (e.g., performance optimization, predictive maintenance and remanufacturing) to perform better and with increased flexibility.…”

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Overcoming the Main Barriers of Circular Economy Implementation through a New Visualization Tool for Circular Business Models

2019

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There is a huge gap between the broad concept of circular economy (CE) and its practical implementation in the industrial sector due to several types of barriers, which shall be led back to the lack of consistent and precise information about resources, products, and processes. Without a proper information flow, it is impossible to quantify circular initiatives, both in comparison with the actual linear situation or with circular alternative opportunities. A proper quantification of circular initiatives allows the assessment of economic, environmental and social benefits and the preventative identification of potential barriers and relative solutions, monitoring the risk associated with circular investments and supporting the decision-making process. This paper describes a new tool to ensure the quantification of circular initiatives and the method to define it. It is a new Circular Business Model (CBM) visualization tool, which overcomes the main limitations of the existing models able to explain CE concepts but not to boost its practical implementation in industry. The new CBM visualization tool can be adopted in every industrial sector to highlight circular opportunities that are still hidden or unexploited or to select the best CE strategy. The proposed CBM visualization tool differs from the previous diagrams in two main characteristics: (i) the possibility to quantify resource flows and important indicators representing energy consumption, environmental and social impact, and (ii) the focus, which is not only on the product, but on the whole system, involving also the process, the company and the entire supply chain. The methodology to adopt and adapt the proposed model to different scales is described in detail. To provide a practical example, the model was qualitatively applied to a generic technical product to highlight its potential in the identification and quantification of circular activities.

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“…In the SC, the Information Exchange with suppliers facilitates the flow of materials and economic resources [5], where networks of companies, services, and production processes are formed that execute operations where the application of ICT is required, which is defined as a set of elements production due to the lack of timely and reliable information, which leads to uncertain decision making [21]. Due to the above, models have been studied to measure the integration of ICT in the SC [22] where it is mentioned that access to ICT is hindered due to lack of training in its use, ignorance of the usefulness of the exchange of information, and managerial commitment.…”

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Information Sharing with ICT in Production Systems and Operational Performance

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In globalized times the integration of information and communication technologies in companies and their supply chains is required, but there is uncertainty regarding the true impact that these have on efficiency indices or benefits gained in the productive system. This article reports a structural equation model that contains ten hypotheses with five latent variables associated with the integration of information and communication technology in production systems such as information exchange, operations management, production control, distribution activities, and operational benefits obtained. The paper aims to quantify the relationships among those variables, facilitating managers to make decisions in information and communication technologies (ICT) implementation. The model is validated with information from 80 responses to a questionnaire applied to manufacturing companies, and partial least-squares technique is used to statistically validate the hypotheses; the results indicate that the implementation of information technologies facilitates the exchange of information, operations management and production control. This means that ICT integration can create visibility for a supply chain in a material’s flow among partners, facilitate operations management in production lines and distribution activities, and these benefits are ultimately transformed into operational benefits that managers measure as flexibility, low cost and short cycles times with customers.

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Role of Information and Communication Technology in Green Supply Chain Implementation and Companies’ Performance

Cited by 24 publications

References 59 publications

Prototype for the Management of Engineering Companies and the ICT to Improve the Quality of Services

Prototype for the Management of Engineering Companies and the ICT to Improve the Quality of Services

Overcoming the Main Barriers of Circular Economy Implementation through a New Visualization Tool for Circular Business Models

Information Sharing with ICT in Production Systems and Operational Performance

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