Advanced Technologies and Smart Supply Chains
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 7325
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Interests: supply chain; sustainability; circular economy; industrial symbiosis; eco-innovation
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Interests: sustainability; supply chain management; circular economy; performance measurement
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Interests: lean production; production planning and scheduling; production scheduling in human–robot collaboration; urban logistics; maritime logistics; supply chain management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the need to develop more resilient supply chains based on innovative, digital, and smart technologies that help to strengthen the sustainability of supply chains and business. The “smart supply chain” vision includes a supply chain-wide systematic use of “smart” implementations at different levels, not just considering the single/cross-department and enterprise levels, but also the business-to-business level. This includes the deployment of advanced technologies such as IoT, big data analytics, smart machines/products, augmented reality, and additive manufacturing, among others, within the company's internal processes but also with their suppliers and customers. The objective is to develop a new set of capabilities in supply chain management processes such as interconnectivity and information transparency, fully enabling data collection and real-time communication across all supply chain stages, intelligent decision-making, and efficient and responsive processes. Since the adoption of new technologies needs to be done considering its effects on the supply chain triple bottom line performance (economic, social, and environmental perspective), there is a need to rethink and redesign the way companies create and deliver value to their customers. This Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Advanced Technologies and Smart Supply Chains” intends to encourage exciting and innovative interdisciplinary discussions among researchers with regard to major current trends in advanced technologies and smart supply chain research. Examples of topics include:
- New business models in the context of smart supply chains;
- Supply chain digitalization and automation;
- Drivers, drawbacks, and benefits associated with the implementation of advanced technologies in supporting some supply chain processes;
- Integration of processes within smart supply chains;
- New labor skills and leadership practices required in the context of smart supply chains;
- The role of advanced technologies in developing resilience and sustainability in supply chains;
- Performance measurement systems in smart supply chains;
- Smart supply chain roadmaps;
- Smart supply chain processes;
- Data security in smart supply chains;
- Smart logistics.
Prof. Dr. Helena Carvalho
Prof. Dr. Susana Azevedo
Dr. Carina Pimentel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supply chain
- resilience
- sustainability
- performance
- business models
- digitalization
- automation
- innovation
- autonomous robots
- horizontal and vertical system integration
- augmented reality
- blockchain
- IoT
- big data analytics
- additive manufacturing
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