E-Business and Supply Chain Integration

Strategies and Case Studies from Industry

Ozlem Bak, Ozlem Bak

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Jahr: 2018
• ISBN:
  9780749478469
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Business
• Thema: Supply Chain Management

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.

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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