Using e-business technologies to manage supply chains increases the efficiency and performance of logistics, production, distribution and other related activities. E-Business and Supply Chain Integration explains how a number of tools can be used to produce an e-supply chain and achieve higher productivity.
This essential book examines supply chain theories along with real life cases and examples from industry to illustrate how e-business can enhance supply chain integration and highlights the negative outcomes when it is poorly managed. Dr Ozlem Bak and a team of expert contributors from practice and academia assess the impact of e-business on numerous different sectors, such as automotive, healthcare, logistics, higher education, and professional services. E-Business and Supply Chain Integration explains the strategic implications of new technologies and provides guidance on effective supply chains in e-businesses.

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E-Business and Supply Chain Integration
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INDEX
Bold page numbers indicate figures, italic numbers indicate tables.
accountability 137
aged care in residential facilities, e-health for 106
agrifood industry
Australian dairy industry 43
big data 34–37
blockchain technology 40, 41
cloud technologies 37–38
disruptive technologies, impact of 28, 42
e-Mandi, India 42–43
environmental monitoring 33
Internet of Things (IoT) 31–34, 33, 43–44, 45
irrigation 33
livestock management 33–34
mobile computing 28, 29, 42–43
packaging, smart 38–39
perishable products 34
sensors 32–33, 38–39, 43–44, 45
social media 29–30, 43
traceability of products 39, 40, 41
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging 39
waste water management 33
air cargo see e-freight
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Services (ACES) 151, 151–55, 152
Alibaba group, China 150–56, 151, 152
Asset utilization 53, 83
Australia 43
automobile industry
benefits of SCI 171, 174–75
demand-oriented design 169–71
design and development, supplier involvement in 176
e-business applications 191–95
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 01 E-integrated healthcare supply chains: tracking and monitoring medical devices in the National Health Service (NHS), UK
- 02 Smart technologies: disruptive technologies and the agrifood industry – fit for practice?
- 03 Digital technologies in the professional services industry: aligning human capital supply with market demand
- 04 Implementation of e-health to improve healthcare
- 05 E-learning in higher education: a case of doctoral dialogue in a virtual space
- 06 E-government: assessing the impact of e-business technologies on government service supply chains
- 07 Cloud technology: China’s e-business approach to market development – the case of Alisports
- 08 Supply chain integration through e-business-enabled enterprise systems: the case of the UK automobile sector
- 09 The role of business-to-business platforms and their implications for supply chains: a case from the European automotive industry
- 10 E-freight: prospects and challenges of the digitalization of the air cargo supply chain
- 11 E-learning in higher education: an account of student autonomy within the context of a UK-based e-learning environment
- Index
- Backcover
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