The strategic role of logistics in the industry 4.0 era

Tang, Christopher S.; Veelenturf, Lucas P.

doi:10.1016/j.tre.2019.06.004

Cited by 349 publications

(183 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

152

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Olson et al (2018) elaborate on the intelligence-connected manufacturing. Moreover, Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical manufacturing have significantly transformed the SCs and increased their intertwining (Liao et al 2017;Ivanov, Dolgui, and Sokolov 2019;Panetto et al 2019;Tang and Veelenturf 2019). Choi, Taleizadeh, and Yue (2020) show different forms of SC interconnections in the sharing and circular economies.…”

Section: Intertwined Supply Network (Isn)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Viability of intertwined supply networks: extending the supply chain resilience angles towards survivability. A position paper motivated by COVID-19 outbreak

Ivanov

Dolgui

2020

International Journal of Production Research

1,158

919

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An intertwined supply network (ISN) is an entirety of interconnected supply chains (SC) which, in their integrity secure the provision of society and markets with goods and services. The ISNs are open systems with structural dynamics since the firms may exhibit multiple behaviours by changing the buyer-supplier roles in interconnected or even competing SCs. From the positions of resilience, the ISNs as a whole provide services to society (e.g. food service, mobility service or communication service) which are required to ensure a long-term survival. The analysis of survivability at the level of ISN requires a consideration at a large scale as resilience of individual SCs. The recent example of coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak clearly shows the necessity of this new perspective. Our study introduces a new angle in SC resilience research when a resistance to extraordinary disruptions needs to be considered at the scale of viability. We elaborate on the integrity of the ISN and viability. The contribution of our position study lies in a conceptualisation of a novel decision-making environment of ISN viability. We illustrate the viability formation through a dynamic game-theoretic modelling of a biological system that resembles the ISN. We discuss some future research areas.

show abstract

Section: Intertwined Supply Network (Isn)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Viability of intertwined supply networks: extending the supply chain resilience angles towards survivability. A position paper motivated by COVID-19 outbreak

Ivanov

Dolgui

2020

International Journal of Production Research

1,158

919

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Concerning the literature on Industry 4.0, the textual and google trends data from 2010 to 2018 show Industry 4.0 trending in SCM [95]. Industry 4.0 comprises technologies that facilitate connectivity and communication between numerous devices; this aspect raises concern for sustainability [93]. The prospect of digitalization overlaps with the design principles of Industry 4.0 and impacts procurement and supply digitalization [94].…”

Section: Industry 40mentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Paliwal¹,

Chandra²,

Sharma³

2020

Sustainability

167

190

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Through a systematic review of publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals, this paper investigates the role of blockchain technology in sustainable supply chain management. It uses the What, Who, Where, When, How, and Why (5W+1H) pattern to formulate research objectives and questions. The review considers publications since 2015, and it includes 187 papers published in 2017, 2018, 2019, and the early part of 2020, since no significant publications were found in the year 2015 or 2016 on this subject. It proposes a reusable classification framework—emerging technology literature classification level (ETLCL) framework—based on grounded theory and the technology readiness level for conducting literature reviews in various focus areas of an emerging technology. Subsequently, the study uses ETLCL to classify the literature on our focus area. The results show traceability and transparency as the key benefits of applying blockchain technology. They also indicate a heightened interest in blockchain-based information systems for sustainable supply chain management starting since 2017. This paper offers invaluable insights for managers and leaders who envision sustainability as an essential component of their business. The findings demonstrate the disruptive power and role of blockchain-based information systems. Given the relative novelty of the topic and its scattered literature, the paper helps practitioners examining its various aspects by directing them to the right information sources.

show abstract

“…Therefore, the results show that advocating production capacity sharing is an effective measure to promote sustainable management of the supply chain. In addition to that, in the context of intelligent manufacturing or industrial 4.0, appropriate governmental and industry policy is important to support and drive sustainable practices [8,39]. Managemental departments of manufacturing industry or governments can design guiding policy referencing this result for production capacity sharing platforms that are in different stages to help them to achieve sustainable development.…”

Section: Discussion and Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The issues of sustainable operations expand the scope of traditional supply chain management and focus on the management of products, information, capital, and cooperation among members to achieve sustainable goals in society, economy, and ecology dimensions [4,5]. The practice of the "production capacity sharing" on production capacity sharing platforms (denoted by "platforms") is used to foster sustainable operations in the context of sharing economy, such as the MindSphere platform (https://www.siemens.com/MindSphere), the General Electric Predix platform (https: //www.ge.com/digital/iiot-platform), and the CASICloud platform (http://www.casicloud.com/) [6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channel Selection and Pricing Decisions Considering Three Charging Modes of Production Capacity Sharing Platform: A Sustainable Operations Perspective

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the context of sharing economy, a manufacturer can source from two alternative channels: sharing and traditional, when facing production capacity constraints and sustainably conscious consumers. The aim of the paper is to analyze channel selection and pricing strategies of the manufacturer for achieving sustainable operations, to investigate the operations of the platform regarding charging modes, access requirements, and commission rates in different stages of development, and to discuss the interaction among all stakeholders for sustainability in the whole system. The game-theoretic approach is adopted. The results provide references for decisions of the manufacturer and surplus production capacity supplier to join in the sharing, as well as corresponding optimal pricing strategies, which guides platforms to keep a balance between profitability and attracting participants by relatively low access requirements and commission rates. Moreover, developing platforms prefer to charge suppliers and set low access requirements while relatively developed platforms tend to charge bilateral sides or manufacturers and set high access requirements. Charging the manufacturer encourages the bilateral participation of the platform most. In addition, as charging mode changes, the trend of changes in consumer surplus and social welfare is the same as that in the market share of products from the sharing channel.More specifically, from the perspective of actual operations, production capacity sharing brings new directions to sustainable supply chain management issues. For example, as consumers have become more sustainably concerned [16,17], production capacity sharing on the platforms is an effective alternative for manufacturing enterprises to ensure competitive advantage by meeting demands of the market, reduce their risk of wasting capacity, no longer face with the selection limitations, optimize business scheduling, and gain new revenue streams [13]. However, production capacity sharing mechanism design considering sharing features is challenging. For example, a capacity-constrained manufacturer or an overcapacity supplier needs to decide whether to join in the sharing considering the cost of the sharing and consumer's consciousness of sustainability comprehensively. In addition, a platform operator needs to design appropriate operational mechanisms particularly the charging mechanisms to balance the relationship between attracting participants of the platform and gaining profits, considering its own development levels and operational goals. Therefore, with regards to production capacity sharing, how to make channel selection decisions and corresponding optimal pricing strategies for manufacturing enterprises and how to design operational mechanisms for platforms from a sustainable operations perspective is important, urgent, and promising. In other words, the aims of this paper are to explore the behaviors of the overcapacity manufacturer and capacity supplier in traditional and sharing manufacturing environments and the ...

show abstract

The strategic role of logistics in the industry 4.0 era

Cited by 349 publications

References 24 publications

Viability of intertwined supply networks: extending the supply chain resilience angles towards survivability. A position paper motivated by COVID-19 outbreak

Viability of intertwined supply networks: extending the supply chain resilience angles towards survivability. A position paper motivated by COVID-19 outbreak

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Channel Selection and Pricing Decisions Considering Three Charging Modes of Production Capacity Sharing Platform: A Sustainable Operations Perspective

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About