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Chapter 11
Blockchain Applications in Cryptocurrency for Technological Evolution
It refers to the association of business partners joined together in sequence. Each partner provides a product or service to the next one which will in return incorporate them into their product or service. This sequence continues until the final product or service is created and delivered to the end user.
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Leveraging Blockchain Technology in the Value Chain and the Supply Chain: Cases on Blockchain Applications Within Chinese Firms
Youssef Elhaoussine (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China), Yuhan Hu (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China), and Yihao Ma (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6247-8.ch011
Abstract
The chapter will discuss and present four Chinese companies leveraging blockchain technology within their value chain and supply chain to strengthen their business and generate sustainable growth. Two of the companies described are service providers: Hyperchain and Huawei. They offer the possibility to their clients to integrate blockchain technology in order to solve business problems and improve processes within their operations. The other two cases will focus on JD e-commerce and Shunfeng express delivery, which are involved in intense supply chain activities. The descriptions will show how blockchain allowed them to develop a better, more secure, and efficient fluidity of information, capital, and goods.
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Chapter 8
How Supply Chain Management Will Change in the Industry 4.0 Era?
The network like structure of companies in which all of them are customer of the preceding and supplier of the succeeding that begins with extraction of raw materials from nature and supplies products and services to end customer.
Published in Chapter: How Supply Chain Management Will Change in the Industry 4.0 Era?; From: Handbook of Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management for the Global Economy
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The Role of Information Technology in Supply Chain Management
Includes all activities which are involved in delivering product from raw material through manufacture and distribution to the end user (e.g. exchange of information among entities in supply chain).
Published in Chapter: The Role of Information Technology in Supply Chain Management; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 7
Organizational Learning and Innovation: Organizational Learning
The network created amongst different companies producing, handling and/or distributing a specific product. Specifically, the supply chain encompasses the steps it takes to get a good or service from the supplier to the customer. Supply chain management is a crucial process for many companies, and many companies strive to have the most optimized supply chain because it usually translates to lower costs for the company. Quite often, many people confuse the term logistics with supply chain. In general, logistics refers to the distribution process within the company whereas the supply chain includes multiple companies such as suppliers, manufacturers, and the retailers.
Published in Chapter: Organizational Learning and Innovation: Organizational Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Knowledge-Based Global Economy
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Chapter 1
Supply Chain Performance in the Industry 4.0 Context: Knowledge Mapping and Analysis
The interconnected activities that have to be efficiently performed in order to deliver the products and/or services to the customers.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Performance in the Industry 4.0 Context: Knowledge Mapping and Analysis; From: Increasing Supply Chain Performance in Digital Society
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Chapter 1
Accelerating the Digitalization of the Supply Chain: An Empirical Research About COVID-19 Crisis
A supply chain is defined as the entire process of making and selling commercial goods, including every stage from the supply of materials and the manufacture of the goods through to their distribution and sale. Successfully managing supply chains is essential to any company hoping to compete.
Published in Chapter: Accelerating the Digitalization of the Supply Chain: An Empirical Research About COVID-19 Crisis; From: Digitalization of Decentralized Supply Chains During Global Crises
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Chapter 9
VUCA Environment in Reverse Logistics: Application in the Final Disposal of Products and Waste
Includes all activities related to the flow and transformation of goods and products, from the raw material stage to consumption by the end user.
Published in Chapter: VUCA Environment in Reverse Logistics: Application in the Final Disposal of Products and Waste; From: Organizational Management Sustainability in VUCA Contexts
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Chapter 1
New Strategy and Thinking in Global Business System: Creating Value Through Supply Chain Management
Entire network of entities, directly or indirectly interlinked and interdependent in serving the same consumer or customer. It comprises of vendors that supply raw material, producers who convert the material into products, warehouses that store, distribution centers that deliver to the retailers, and retailers who bring the product to the ultimate user.
Published in Chapter: New Strategy and Thinking in Global Business System: Creating Value Through Supply Chain Management; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Fit and Design in Business Ecosystems
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Chapter 10
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Agricultural Sustainability: Enhancing Efficiency and Resilience
A supply chain is a network of organizations, resources, activities, and technologies involved in the creation and distribution of goods or services to the end consumer.
Published in Chapter: Artificial Intelligence Applications in Agricultural Sustainability: Enhancing Efficiency and Resilience; From: Convergence of Cloud Computing, AI, and Agricultural Science
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Chapter 41
Facilitation of Supply Chain Decision Processes in SMEs, Using Information Systems
A network of distinct organisations acting together in a coordinated fashion to transform inputs from original suppliers into finished products and services for end consumers.
Published in Chapter: Facilitation of Supply Chain Decision Processes in SMEs, Using Information Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies
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Chapter 111
A Holistic View of the Challenges and Social Implications of Online Distribution: The Case of Pensions
A network of multiple companies (typically manufacturers/suppliers, distributors, transporters, storage facilities and retailers) that participate in the manufacture, delivery and sale of a product to the final consumer.
Published in Chapter: A Holistic View of the Challenges and Social Implications of Online Distribution: The Case of Pensions; From: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
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An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Into Sustainable Supply Chain Management
The transformation of raw materials to the final consumer, along with associated knowledge and communication. A supply chain involves multiple stakeholders and includes material and exchange of knowledge both upstream and downstream.
Published in Chapter: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Into Sustainable Supply Chain Management; From: Handbook of Research on Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Development
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Chapter 184
Improving Transportation Planning Using Machine Learning
Link between the manufacturer and the consumer that involves various people, modes, and systems.
Published in Chapter: Improving Transportation Planning Using Machine Learning; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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Chapter 503
Inter-Organizational Information Systems in the Supply Chain
Two or more organizations that are involved in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, information, and money from sources to final consumers.
Published in Chapter: Inter-Organizational Information Systems in the Supply Chain; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 2
Impact, Reaction, and Learning From Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis: Cases From Small-Scale Businesses in Bangladesh
A network of entities involving individuals, organizations, activities, processes, information, and technology involved in sourcing, production, and transporting goods from supplier to end user.
Published in Chapter: Impact, Reaction, and Learning From Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis: Cases From Small-Scale Businesses in Bangladesh; From: Cases on Small Business Economics and Development During Economic Crises
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Chapter 6
Economic Impacts of Closed-Loop Supply Chains
The supply chain is a network that procures raw materials, converts these raw materials into intermediate goods and final products, and distributes final products to customers.
Published in Chapter: Economic Impacts of Closed-Loop Supply Chains; From: The Circular Economy and Its Implications on Sustainability and the Green Supply Chain
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Chapter 21
Green Supply Chain Management Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
Any production which creates a chain from raw material, to production, to consumer. Any production process must go through a supply chain. For example, the object that a consumer has in hand after purchase, that is the end result of a chain of steps the object took to get produced and then finally purchased by the consumer. The steps in between are the supply chain.
Published in Chapter: Green Supply Chain Management Post-COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Handbook of Research on Supply Chain Resiliency, Efficiency, and Visibility in the Post-Pandemic Era
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Chapter 44
Factors for Effective E-Collaboration in the Supply Chain
Two or more directly dependent organisations vertically aligned such that the outputs of one provides goods or services that are essential inputs to the value chain of the other. Physical supply chains are inventory-based; virtual supply chains are information-based.
Published in Chapter: Factors for Effective E-Collaboration in the Supply Chain; From: Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration
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Chapter 481
A Review of Advances in Supply Chain Intelligence
Dynamic, interconnected and collaborative group of companies working jointly on planning, management and execution of cross-company business processes spanning from the first tier suppliers to the end-customers.
Published in Chapter: A Review of Advances in Supply Chain Intelligence; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 10
Cost-Effective Solutions Using Smart Contracts in Blockchain for Commercial Residential Midrise Building Developers and Consumers
A supply chain is a complex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products which later being distributed to end-consumers. Meanwhile, supply chain management deals with the flow of goods within the supply chain in the most efficient manner.
Published in Chapter: Cost-Effective Solutions Using Smart Contracts in Blockchain for Commercial Residential Midrise Building Developers and Consumers; From: Handbook of Research on Designing Sustainable Supply Chains to Achieve a Circular Economy
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Chapter 6
Role of Technology in Supply Chain Management for a Circular Economy
Integration of essential business activities from end users to the original supplier that delivers production, services, or information that increases the value for consumers and stakeholders.
Published in Chapter: Role of Technology in Supply Chain Management for a Circular Economy; From: Handbook of Research on Designing Sustainable Supply Chains to Achieve a Circular Economy
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Chapter 11
Optimal Strategy Selection in a Supply Chain
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Optimal Strategy Selection in a Supply Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Applied Optimization Methodologies in Manufacturing Systems
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Chapter 1
Numbers Can Restrict Results?: Qualitative Research Methods as Information and Knowledge Management Support in Supply Chain and Logistics Sectors
Set of activities which implements logistics specifications, goals and definitions, using calculation methods and technological resources, as information technology, for example.
Published in Chapter: Numbers Can Restrict Results?: Qualitative Research Methods as Information and Knowledge Management Support in Supply Chain and Logistics Sectors; From: Handbook of Research on Information Management for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains
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Chapter 2
Supply Chain and Inter-Organizational Information Systems Role
Is an integrated process for the aim to deliver products or services to the final clients.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain and Inter-Organizational Information Systems Role; From: Global Supply Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Chapter 3
A Tale of Two Hyperlocal Family-Run Stores: Targeted Sector Supports for SMEs in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
The processes related to the manufacturing and distribution of a particular good or commodity.
Published in Chapter: A Tale of Two Hyperlocal Family-Run Stores: Targeted Sector Supports for SMEs in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era; From: External Events and Crises That Impact Firms and Other Entities
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Chapter 2
Modeling the Design Phase of Sustainable Supply Chains
A complex and dynamic network of agents (suppliers, producers, distributors, retailers, and customers), activities, resources, and technology involved in moving a product or service from suppliers to customers. The agents are interconnected by material, financial, information, and decision flows.
Published in Chapter: Modeling the Design Phase of Sustainable Supply Chains; From: Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 154
Optimization Approaches to Assess Manufacturing Agility
Flow of product from raw material to customer.
Published in Chapter: Optimization Approaches to Assess Manufacturing Agility; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 218
Tourism Networks and Clusters
A network of suppliers, storage facilities, distributors, transporters, and retailers that participate in the sale, delivery and production of a product either for a particular firm or as part of a particular industry.
Published in Chapter: Tourism Networks and Clusters; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 11
Social Management of Pharma Products for Sustainable Development
A supply chain is the final product which goes to the consumer.
Published in Chapter: Social Management of Pharma Products for Sustainable Development; From: Positive and Constructive Contributions for Sustainable Development Goals
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Chapter 17
Risk Management in Supplier Selection: A FMEA-Based Approach for Retail Supply Chain
All interactions involved and adding value to the whole processes between the point of production of goods or services and the point of delivering those goods or services to the end customer.
Published in Chapter: Risk Management in Supplier Selection: A FMEA-Based Approach for Retail Supply Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
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Chapter 10
Economic Impact of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities
It’s a network or a system that exists between company and its suppliers involved in production and distribution of specific products and services.
Published in Chapter: Economic Impact of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities; From: Bankruptcy and Reorganization in the Digital Business Era
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Chapter 7
Fuzzy Logic in Health Services: Integrated Fuzzy Method for Multi-Criteria Inventory Classification
It is the collection of steps that a company takes to transform raw components into final products and deliver them to customers.
Published in Chapter: Fuzzy Logic in Health Services: Integrated Fuzzy Method for Multi-Criteria Inventory Classification; From: Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Applications in Healthcare Management Science
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Chapter 13
Management and Organization in Transportation and Logistics
A network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers.
Published in Chapter: Management and Organization in Transportation and Logistics; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 193
Sentiment Analysis in Supply Chain Management
Sequence of activities conducted in separate companies transporting a materials flow to consumers while progressively transforming it into the desired products. Information from the market flows to the producers.
Published in Chapter: Sentiment Analysis in Supply Chain Management; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 10
Knowledge Management in Agro-Industrial Productive Chains: An Initial Discussion
A supply chain comprises a company and all the organizations with which it interacts directly or indirectly through its suppliers and customers, from the point of origin of the materials to the point of consumption of the final products.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge Management in Agro-Industrial Productive Chains: An Initial Discussion; From: Role of Information Science in a Complex Society
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Chapter 64
The B2B Market Place: A Review and a Typology
Refers to the suppliers for a given organizations.
Published in Chapter: The B2B Market Place: A Review and a Typology; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 13
Using Six Sigma to Achieve Sustainable Manufacturing
The workflow that involves different stakeholders in order to produce satisfactory result-service, physical products.
Published in Chapter: Using Six Sigma to Achieve Sustainable Manufacturing; From: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
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Chapter 23
New Approaches to Business Strategies After COVID-19
It is the process that covers the distribution of the products and services produced through the network created between suppliers and companies.
Published in Chapter: New Approaches to Business Strategies After COVID-19; From: Handbook of Research on Global Networking Post COVID-19
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Chapter 69
Leveraging Supply Chain Management in the Digital Economy
A network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers.
Published in Chapter: Leveraging Supply Chain Management in the Digital Economy; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
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Chapter 30
Supplier Selection in the Healthcare Sector: A Multi-Criteria Proposal
Refers to a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. The activities involved the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.
Published in Chapter: Supplier Selection in the Healthcare Sector: A Multi-Criteria Proposal; From: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
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Chapter 6
Supply Chain and Warehouse Management Systems: A Case Study From an International Company
Materials, information, and people involved in the process of transforming raw materials into finished goods.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain and Warehouse Management Systems: A Case Study From an International Company; From: Using Information Technology Advancements to Adapt to Global Pandemics
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Chapter 5
Digital Manufacturing and the Fifth Industrial Revolution
A sequence of process that covers all aspects of product’s life starting from design and ending at its disposal.
Published in Chapter: Digital Manufacturing and the Fifth Industrial Revolution; From: Analyzing Future Applications of AI, Sensors, and Robotics in Society
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Chapter 10
Values and Administrative Practices for Generations Associated With Organizational Innovation
It is an industrial or a commercial network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product o service to the final consumer.
Published in Chapter: Values and Administrative Practices for Generations Associated With Organizational Innovation; From: Entrepreneurial Innovation for Securing Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term Economy
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Chapter 222
The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains
Network of companies that serve the same end consumer. It comprises all companies from the raw-material supplier to the retailer.
Published in Chapter: The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 280
Human-Centric E-Business
In its basic form, a buyer-centric chain or network of independent companies that are loosely interlinked by activity along a manufacturing, servicing, and distribution channel of a product service specialty, from sources of raw material to delivery to an end customer. Supplementary to this supply chain management is a set of approaches utilized to integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, retail stores, and so on. Consequently, merchandise is produced and distributed in right quantities, to right locations at the right time, to minimize system-wide costs while at the same time satisfying service-level requirements.
Published in Chapter: Human-Centric E-Business; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 13
Green Logistics and Transport Processes: Mitigating the Sixth Extinction
This is the composition of single parties or organizational entities depending on the number of participants involved through the upstream and downstream flow of goods, works or services with distinct activities such as procuring,production and distribution from the source to the consumer.
Published in Chapter: Green Logistics and Transport Processes: Mitigating the Sixth Extinction; From: Multidisciplinary Approaches in AI, Creativity, Innovation, and Green Collaboration
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Chapter 9
Advancing Supply Chain Efficiency and Sustainability: A Comprehensive Review of Data Envelopment Analysis Applications
A network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer. It includes all processes involved in the production and distribution of goods.
Published in Chapter: Advancing Supply Chain Efficiency and Sustainability: A Comprehensive Review of Data Envelopment Analysis Applications; From: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Methods for Maximizing Efficiency
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Chapter 6
Environment and Finance Effects in Supply Chains With Alternative Shipment Strategies
A series of manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, distributors, and customers who are linked by flows of materials, payments and information.
Published in Chapter: Environment and Finance Effects in Supply Chains With Alternative Shipment Strategies; From: Strategies for Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain and Production Management
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Chapter 20
Internationalization in Business-to-Business Markets: The Importance of New Product Development
The supply chain includes all the companies or organizations, people and resources involving management of upstream and downstream value-added flows of materials, final goods, and related information among suppliers, company, resellers, and final consumers.
Published in Chapter: Internationalization in Business-to-Business Markets: The Importance of New Product Development; From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Social Dynamics in a Globalized World
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Chapter 18
A Secure Bet in the Maritime Supply Chain: Current Situation and Opportunities for Ports' Attractiveness
A logistic process that includes warehousing and transport activities and involves two or more participants connected by trade transactions.
Published in Chapter: A Secure Bet in the Maritime Supply Chain: Current Situation and Opportunities for Ports' Attractiveness; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 5
CSR Initiatives in the Supply Chain of the Japanese Automotive Industry: The Role of Parts Industry Association
Refers to both the upstream and downstream operations of the target company, and is defined differently from ISO26000.
Published in Chapter: CSR Initiatives in the Supply Chain of the Japanese Automotive Industry: The Role of Parts Industry Association; From: Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain
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Chapter 91
A Review of Advances in Supply Chain Intelligence
Dynamic, interconnected and collaborative group of companies working jointly on planning, management and execution of cross-company business processes spanning from the first tier suppliers to the end-customers.
Published in Chapter: A Review of Advances in Supply Chain Intelligence; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 8
Bibliometric Review on Industry 4.0 in Various Sites: Online Blogs and YouTube
From the product manufacturing stage to product delivery stage the sequence of activities and individuals involved makes a supply chain.
Published in Chapter: Bibliometric Review on Industry 4.0 in Various Sites: Online Blogs and YouTube; From: Handbook of Research on Data Science and Cybersecurity Innovations in Industry 4.0 Technologies
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Chapter 2
The Rise of Digital Transformation Within Businesses in the Pandemic
A network formed by a corporation and its suppliers to manufacture and promote a specific product or service.
Published in Chapter: The Rise of Digital Transformation Within Businesses in the Pandemic; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Transformation Management and Tools
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Chapter 3
Fostering Supply Chain Management in Global Business
The entire network of entities, directly or indirectly interlinked and interdependent in serving the same customer.
Published in Chapter: Fostering Supply Chain Management in Global Business; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 171
Blockchain for Supply Chain Management: Opportunities, Technologies, and Applications
The evolving term that describes a large volume of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information and used in machine learning projects and other advanced analytics applications.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain for Supply Chain Management: Opportunities, Technologies, and Applications; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 20
Adoption of Supply Chain Sustainability in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation
A network of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Adoption of Supply Chain Sustainability in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation; From: Handbook of Research on Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibilities
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Chapter 6
Advocating Information System, Information Integration, and Information Sharing in Global Supply Chain
The entire network of entities, directly or indirectly interlinked and interdependent in serving the same customer.
Published in Chapter: Advocating Information System, Information Integration, and Information Sharing in Global Supply Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Information Management for Effective Logistics and Supply Chains
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Chapter 22
Sustainability, Risk, and Business Intelligence in Supply Chains
The network consisting of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and customers.
Published in Chapter: Sustainability, Risk, and Business Intelligence in Supply Chains; From: Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies
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Chapter 223
Trust in Networks and Clusters
A network of suppliers, storage facilities, distributors, transporters, and retailers that participate in the sale, delivery and production of a product either for a particular firm or as part of a particular industry.
Published in Chapter: Trust in Networks and Clusters; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 17
Integrating Performance Measurement Systems Into the Global Lean and Sustainable Construction Supply Chain Management: Enhancing Sustainability Performance of the Construction Industry
The supply chain is the process of starting all products and services from the supplier to the customer at the last stage; it is one of the crucial points of the companies covering all activities, human resources, technology, company structures and resources.
Published in Chapter: Integrating Performance Measurement Systems Into the Global Lean and Sustainable Construction Supply Chain Management: Enhancing Sustainability Performance of the Construction Industry; From: Ethical and Sustainable Supply Chain Management in a Global Context
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Chapter 521
Supply Chain Simulation
Dynamic, interconnected and collaborative group of companies working jointly on planning, management and execution of cross-company business processes spanning from the first tier suppliers to the end-customers.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Simulation; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 3
Opportunities and Challenges of Circular Economy for Designing Sustainable Supply Chains
Goods flow that start with resources (raw materials), combine a number of value adding activities and finish with the transfer of finished goods to consumers.
Published in Chapter: Opportunities and Challenges of Circular Economy for Designing Sustainable Supply Chains; From: Handbook of Research on Designing Sustainable Supply Chains to Achieve a Circular Economy
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Chapter 13
Tourism Development in Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
Sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity.
Published in Chapter: Tourism Development in Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Opportunities; From: Handbook of Research on Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
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Chapter 7
A Memetic Algorithm for Integrated Production Distribution Problem in a Supply Chain
The collection of steps that a company takes to transform raw components into final products and deliver them to customers.
Published in Chapter: A Memetic Algorithm for Integrated Production Distribution Problem in a Supply Chain; From: Demand Forecasting and Order Planning in Supply Chains and Humanitarian Logistics
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Chapter 135
Mathematical Model for Designing Supply Chains
A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving products or services from suppliers to customers or clients. The activities of such a system intends at transforming some materials and components into finished products or services.
Published in Chapter: Mathematical Model for Designing Supply Chains; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 104
Hybrid SD/DES Simulation for Supply Chain Analysis
A systemic concept that considers all the activities from procurement of raw materials to the delivery of finished goods as a linked chain of business processes.
Published in Chapter: Hybrid SD/DES Simulation for Supply Chain Analysis; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 5
Extended Quality Processes in Internationalized Agro-Industrial. Rural Collaborative Economy: Capital Accumulation and the Association of Small Farmers
Logistics specially designed to keep the processes of strategically associated primary and final producers aligned.
Published in Chapter: Extended Quality Processes in Internationalized Agro-Industrial. Rural Collaborative Economy: Capital Accumulation and the Association of Small Farmers; From: Quality Management for Competitive Advantage in Global Markets
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Chapter 1
Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience Through Digital Capabilities
This is the sequence of processes and flows of material and information from one member in the link to another, aimed at meeting the final customer requirements.
Published in Chapter: Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience Through Digital Capabilities; From: Handbook of Research on Promoting Logistics and Supply Chain Resilience Through Digital Transformation
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Chapter 1
Quantum Blockchain: A Systematic Review
Is a network of individuals and companies who are involved in creating a product and delivering it to the consumer.
Published in Chapter: Quantum Blockchain: A Systematic Review; From: Advancements in Quantum Blockchain With Real-Time Applications
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Chapter 133
Marketing Decisions with Reference Price Effect
A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Marketing Decisions with Reference Price Effect; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 15
Global Trends in the Construction Industry: Challenges of Employment
Production/construction and value creation chain consisting of all subcontractors/suppliers etc. taking part in the production/construction process.
Published in Chapter: Global Trends in the Construction Industry: Challenges of Employment; From: Handbook of Research on Unemployment and Labor Market Sustainability in the Era of Globalization
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Chapter 2
Lean and Smart Supply Chain Management in Healthcare
It is a process that provides the flow of products/services, money and information from the supplier to the final consumer in order to meet the needs of the customers and make a profit.
Published in Chapter: Lean and Smart Supply Chain Management in Healthcare; From: Handbook of Research on Quality and Competitiveness in the Healthcare Services Sector
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Chapter 5
Organic Cooperatives Facilitating Sustainable Consumption
A way of facilitating the transfer of produce from producer/farmer to end consumer.
Published in Chapter: Organic Cooperatives Facilitating Sustainable Consumption; From: Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiatives and Strategies
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Chapter 82
With the Head in the Cloud
The network created from different companies producing, handling and distributing a specific product.
Published in Chapter: With the Head in the Cloud; From: Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management
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Chapter 4
The Effect of COVID-19 on the Tourism Sector in Turkey: An Evaluation with Financial Statement Analysis
A network of producers and distributors that produce raw materials, deliver them to producers, convert them into intermediate and final products, and distribute final products to customers.
Published in Chapter: The Effect of COVID-19 on the Tourism Sector in Turkey: An Evaluation with Financial Statement Analysis; From: Handbook of Research on the Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 on the Tourism Industry
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Chapter 1
Evolutional Supply Chain Management and Strategy: Pencil Supply Chain Case
A group of companies and activities related to a product. Every product has its supply chain.
Published in Chapter: Evolutional Supply Chain Management and Strategy: Pencil Supply Chain Case; From: Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain
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Chapter 3
A Stochastic Approach to Product-Driven Supply Chain Design
An integrated process wherein a number of various business entities (i.e., suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers) work together in an effort to acquire raw materials, convert these raw materials into specified final products, and deliver these final products to retailers.
Published in Chapter: A Stochastic Approach to Product-Driven Supply Chain Design; From: Handbook of Research on Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Algorithms
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Chapter 17
Lesotho, a Tourism Destination: An Analysis of Lesotho's Current Tourism Products and Potential for Growth
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Chapter 10
SMEs in the Face of Crisis: The Supply Chain Risk Management Perspective
All the activities associated with converting and delivering a product from raw materials until it reaches the customer.
Published in Chapter: SMEs in the Face of Crisis: The Supply Chain Risk Management Perspective; From: Increasing Supply Chain Performance in Digital Society
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Chapter 7
Decision-Making for Biomass Harvesting Routing by using the Simulated Annealing
The management of the activities of businesses, individuals and institutions in delivering natural resources to the end user as a final product.
Published in Chapter: Decision-Making for Biomass Harvesting Routing by using the Simulated Annealing; From: Optimization and Decision-Making in the Renewable Energy Industry
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Chapter 35
Networks Collaboration in Wine Sector SME: A Study Applied to a Portuguese Wine Region
It is a system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Networks Collaboration in Wine Sector SME: A Study Applied to a Portuguese Wine Region; From: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Success and its Impact on Regional Development
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Chapter 6
Blockchain Arbitration: A Supply Chain Perspective
A complete process of manufacturing and selling products that includes all the steps from the supply of raw materials to the final products’ distribution and sale.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain Arbitration: A Supply Chain Perspective; From: Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology and the Digitalization of the Supply Chain
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Chapter 152
Optimal Collaborative Design in Supply Chains
A set of industrial manufacturers collectively involved in design and production of a set of related products. Each pair of directly interacting manufacturers is related by supplying relationship.
Published in Chapter: Optimal Collaborative Design in Supply Chains; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 10
Best Practices in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management
It is a scheme of organizations, people, information, activities, and resources in the process of transferring a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Best Practices in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management; From: Global Supply Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Chapter 9
Quantum Blockchain for Smart Society: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities
Is a network of individuals and companies who are involved in creating a product and delivering it to the consumer.
Published in Chapter: Quantum Blockchain for Smart Society: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities; From: Advancements in Quantum Blockchain With Real-Time Applications
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Chapter 6
Lean, Green, and Agile Supply Chain Practices
The supply chain of a product includes every entity (individuals, organizations, materials, procedures, and equipment) involved in producing and distributing that product. The supply chain encompasses the entire process from the initial shipment of raw materials to the manufacturer to the final shipment of the finished product to the customer.
Published in Chapter: Lean, Green, and Agile Supply Chain Practices; From: Emerging Trends in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Green Logistics
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Chapter 12
Knowledge Sharing Barriers Affecting Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Performance
A system comprising of organizations, personnel, information, logistics, distribution, and other resources involved in the movement of products and services from the manufacturer to the end customers.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge Sharing Barriers Affecting Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Performance; From: Global Supply Chains in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Chapter 22
Towards Resilient Engineering Business With Five Steps: Implementation of Holistic Sustainability and Circular Economy Strategies Into Business Activities
A group of independent companies that cover all participants along the supply chain, from suppliers of raw materials through numerous producers down to operators and end-consumers.
Published in Chapter: Towards Resilient Engineering Business With Five Steps: Implementation of Holistic Sustainability and Circular Economy Strategies Into Business Activities; From: Handbook of Research on Designing Sustainable Supply Chains to Achieve a Circular Economy
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Chapter 5
Scope for Sustainability in the Fashion Industry Supply Chain: Technology and Its Impact
A network between a firm and its suppliers to produce and distribute goods and services.
Published in Chapter: Scope for Sustainability in the Fashion Industry Supply Chain: Technology and Its Impact; From: Entrepreneurial Innovation for Securing Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term Economy
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Chapter 11
Impact of Sustainability on Supply Chain: Contributions and New Performance Measurements in the Disruptive Technology Era
It consists of businesses, suppliers, and customers. These are the three key factors of the supply chain. Suppliers of suppliers, customers of customers, logistics service providers such as storage, distribution, and transportation, financial institutions, independent marketing institutions, and communication and information service providers can be added to these. Therefore, supply chain members can be listed as suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and customers.
Published in Chapter: Impact of Sustainability on Supply Chain: Contributions and New Performance Measurements in the Disruptive Technology Era; From: Cases on Enhancing Business Sustainability Through Knowledge Management Systems
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Chapter 9
Supply Chain Management and Strategy Implementation for Perishable Goods
A supply chain is the network of all the individuals, organizations, resources, activities and technology involved in the creation and sale of a product, from the delivery of source materials from the supplier to the manufacturer, through to its eventual delivery to the end user.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Management and Strategy Implementation for Perishable Goods; From: Handbook of Research on Strategic Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry
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Chapter 23
A Digital Transformation in International Transport and Logistics: Blockchain
includes the management of the supply and demand of the product, the supply of raw materials, production and assembly, storage, inventory management, order management and distribution of products to customers. The supply chain includes all the products and services from the supplier to the customer at the latest stage and all the activities, human resources, technology, company structures and resources that take place in this path.
Published in Chapter: A Digital Transformation in International Transport and Logistics: Blockchain; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 4
New Product Development and the Challenges of Internationalization
The supply chain involves all the companies or organizations, people and resources involving management of upstream and downstream value-added flows of materials, final goods, and related information among suppliers, company, resellers, and final consumers.
Published in Chapter: New Product Development and the Challenges of Internationalization; From: Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy
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Chapter 5
Blockchain Characteristics and Green Supply Chain Advancement
A network of companies involved in the supply chain activities that aim to create, sell, and deliver goods and services to the customers.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain Characteristics and Green Supply Chain Advancement; From: Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 239
Virtual Logistics from Outsourcing Logistics
A worldwide network of supplier, factories, warehouses, distribution centers and retailers through which raw material are acquired, transformed, and delivered to customers (Fox et al., 2000)
Published in Chapter: Virtual Logistics from Outsourcing Logistics; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 4
Supply Chain Design Including Quality Considerations: Modeling and Solution Approaches based on Metaheuristics
An integrated collection of various business entities, such as suppliers, manufacturing plants, retailers, distribution centers, among others, working together to acquire and transform raw materials and deliver value added products to customers.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Design Including Quality Considerations: Modeling and Solution Approaches based on Metaheuristics; From: Handbook of Research on Novel Soft Computing Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practical Applications
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Chapter 28
Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Food Systems
The network of interconnected activities, organizations, resources, and technologies involved in the production, transformation, and distribution of goods or services from the point of origin to the point of consumption. It encompasses all stages, from sourcing raw materials to delivering the final product to customers.
Published in Chapter: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Food Systems; From: Fostering Cross-Industry Sustainability With Intelligent Technologies
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Chapter 1
Introduction to International Transportation and Logistics
S upply chain is the network of all the organizations, individuals, activities, resources, and technology from the supplier to the manufacturer or to the end user.
Published in Chapter: Introduction to International Transportation and Logistics; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 92
Supply Chain Information Systems and Decision Support
A supply chain is a network of organisation involved in producing and delivering a finished product to the end-customer. Supply chains exist for goods and services. From the viewpoint of a focal organisation, a supply chain involves a number of tiers of suppliers and of buyers. A supply chain involves the flow of products, funds, and information.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Information Systems and Decision Support; From: Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies
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Chapter 1
Developing Transition Research for Disruptive Technology: 3D Printing Innovation
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Chapter 6
Challenges for Measuring Value Chain Relation Coordination of SMEs of the Textile and Apparel Industry: The Case of a Small Family Industrial Safety Footwear Firm of Ambato, Ecuador
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Chapter 39
Architectural Model for Supply Chain Orchestration and Management
The distribution channel of a product, from its sourcing to its delivery to the end-user (also known as the value chain).
Published in Chapter: Architectural Model for Supply Chain Orchestration and Management; From: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
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Chapter 31
Methodology to Support Supply Chain Integration A Business Process Perspective
A systemic concept that considers all the activities from procurement of raw materials to the delivery of finished goods as a linked chain of business processes.
Published in Chapter: Methodology to Support Supply Chain Integration A Business Process Perspective; From: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 20
Accelerating the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Industrial Digital Technologies in the Manufacturing Business Value Chain
Is the network of all the individuals, organizations, resources, activities and technology involved in the creation and sale of a product, from the delivery of source materials from the supplier to the manufacturer, through to its eventual delivery to the end user.
Published in Chapter: Accelerating the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Industrial Digital Technologies in the Manufacturing Business Value Chain; From: Handbook of Research on Integrating Industry 4.0 in Business and Manufacturing
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Chapter 14
Blockchain Integration Into Supply Chain Operations: An Analysis With Case Studies
Supply chains refer to how a product’s raw materials are sourced, constructed, assembled, distributed, and sold to a customer. These consist of multiple organizations that often span across countries.
Published in Chapter: Blockchain Integration Into Supply Chain Operations: An Analysis With Case Studies; From: Industry Use Cases on Blockchain Technology Applications in IoT and the Financial Sector
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Chapter 4
Evaluation of RFID Tag Anti-Collision Algorithms in Supply Chain Automation
A supply chain is the series of integrated corporates that coordinate the physical execution and share information in order to assure a smooth flow of products and/or services, cash and information through the entire chain. The functions of supply chain are - the supply of products to the manufacturer, work in process, inventory and finished product distribution to the final customer.
Published in Chapter: Evaluation of RFID Tag Anti-Collision Algorithms in Supply Chain Automation; From: The IoT and the Next Revolutions Automating the World
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Chapter 22
The Challenge of Sustainability within the Italian Fashion System
The entire chain of all the organisations involved in producing and marketing a product, starting from the raw materials to the sale of finished products. For example: second level supplier - first level supplier - focal company - distributor - retailer.
Published in Chapter: The Challenge of Sustainability within the Italian Fashion System; From: Handbook of Research on Global Fashion Management and Merchandising
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Chapter 41
An Agent-Based Operational Virtual Enterprise Framework enabled by RFID
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in producing and moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.
Published in Chapter: An Agent-Based Operational Virtual Enterprise Framework enabled by RFID; From: Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
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Chapter 68
Designing Supply Chains Using Optimization
A system involved in transforming and moving products or services from suppliers to customers.
Published in Chapter: Designing Supply Chains Using Optimization; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 75
Empirical Approaches to Assess Manufacturing Agility
Flow of product from raw material to customer.
Published in Chapter: Empirical Approaches to Assess Manufacturing Agility; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 180
Digital Twins, Stress Tests, and the Need for Resilient Supply Chains
Supply chain or a supply chain network refers to all the entities who collaborate to meet the demand with supply. Right from the raw material suppliers to the last mile delivery vans forms a part of the supply chain network.
Published in Chapter: Digital Twins, Stress Tests, and the Need for Resilient Supply Chains; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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Chapter 11
Capability Maturity Model for Agricultural Supply Chain Management Software
A supply chain is a system of producers, consumers, activities, information, and resources aimed at distributing a specific product to the final buyer.
Published in Chapter: Capability Maturity Model for Agricultural Supply Chain Management Software; From: Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era
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Chapter 5
An Integration of Human Resources and Supply Chain Management for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based View
A network in which organizations build strong relationships with suppliers and distributors to provide goods and services.
Published in Chapter: An Integration of Human Resources and Supply Chain Management for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based View; From: Handbook of Research on Recent Perspectives on Management, International Trade, and Logistics
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Chapter 27
Evaluation of Make or Buy Approaches for Batteries Used in Electric Cars: A Comprehensive Make-Buy Analysis With Qualitative Factors Defending the Decision to Make Batteries
A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
Published in Chapter: Evaluation of Make or Buy Approaches for Batteries Used in Electric Cars: A Comprehensive Make-Buy Analysis With Qualitative Factors Defending the Decision to Make Batteries; From: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
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Chapter 187
Risk and Risk Aversion in Supply Chain Management
A network through which material and information are interchanged in the logistical process stretching from acquisition of raw materials to delivery of finished products to the end users.
Published in Chapter: Risk and Risk Aversion in Supply Chain Management; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 11
The Right Path to SCM-CRM Integration
The sequence of organizations and functions that mine, make, or assemble materials and products from suppliers to manufacturers to distributors to customers.
Published in Chapter: The Right Path to SCM-CRM Integration; From: Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems
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Chapter 12
Investigation of Green Criteria With Clustering Analysis in Green Supplier Selection
The movement of products and services and the chain or network of all the elements involved in this movement.
Published in Chapter: Investigation of Green Criteria With Clustering Analysis in Green Supplier Selection; From: Disruptive Technologies and Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development
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Chapter 3
The Effect of Industrial Automation and Artificial Intelligence on Supply Chains With the Onset of COVID-19
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Chapter 8
Reverse Logistics in the Electronics Waste Industry
Starting with unprocessed raw materials and ending with the final customer using the finished goods, the supply chain links many companies together.
Published in Chapter: Reverse Logistics in the Electronics Waste Industry; From: Handbook of Research on Waste Management Techniques for Sustainability
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Chapter 2
Estimating Export Potential of India to Southeast Asian Countries: Panel Gravity Model Approach
Is the services essential by the organization to deliver goods or services to the consumer, in basic form. A supply chain is a concentrate on the core activities within our organization necessary to transform raw materials or component parts through to finished products or services.
Published in Chapter: Estimating Export Potential of India to Southeast Asian Countries: Panel Gravity Model Approach; From: Evaluating Trade and Economic Relations Between India and Southeast Asia
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Chapter 5
Social Capital Accounting: The Social Capital Protocol and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
The system and resources used to provide goods and services from origin to consumption.
Published in Chapter: Social Capital Accounting: The Social Capital Protocol and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals; From: Green Finance for Sustainable Global Growth
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Chapter 6
Supply Chain Logistics Risk Mitigation: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A web of people, organizations, resources, activities, and technologies associated with the production and distribution of a product.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Logistics Risk Mitigation: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis
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Chapter 3
An Assessment for Classification of Distribution Network Design
The channel of distribution that enables products to be delivered from the supplier to the final buyer.
Published in Chapter: An Assessment for Classification of Distribution Network Design; From: Handbook of Research on the Applications of International Transportation and Logistics for World Trade
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Chapter 6
Food Loss and Waste: A Sustainable Supply Chain Perspective
The set of all parties and activities involved in fulfilling a customer request.
Published in Chapter: Food Loss and Waste: A Sustainable Supply Chain Perspective; From: Disruptive Technologies and Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development
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Chapter 1
Designing Efficient and Effective Reverse Logistics Systems
Supply chain encompasses a network of facilities, functions, and activities associated with procurement, manufacturing, and distribution of products/services in-line with the customer demand requirements ( Chopra and Meindl, 2010 ).
Published in Chapter: Designing Efficient and Effective Reverse Logistics Systems; From: Strategies for Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain and Production Management
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Chapter 29
Diagrammatic Decision-Support Modeling Tools in the Context of Supply Chain Management
It is a “network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers” (Scheer, 1999).
Published in Chapter: Diagrammatic Decision-Support Modeling Tools in the Context of Supply Chain Management; From: Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies
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Chapter 207
Supply Chain Integration in Construction Industry
The set of all business units (firms, organizations), their activities associated with the physical flow and transformation of goods from raw materials to end products, and their activities associated with the information flow transmitted across units.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Integration in Construction Industry; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 7
Assessment on Market Share of Spurious Spare Parts of ABC Earth Moving Equipments Pvt. Ltd., India
the sequential process involved in the production by the manufacturer and distribution of final goods and services to the consumer or end buyer.
Published in Chapter: Assessment on Market Share of Spurious Spare Parts of ABC Earth Moving Equipments Pvt. Ltd., India; From: Civic Engagement in Social and Political Constructs
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Chapter 169
Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management
Dynamic, interconnected, and collaborative group of companies working jointly on planning, management and execution of cross-company business processes spanning from the first-tier suppliers to the end-customers.
Published in Chapter: Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 10
Case Studies
A supply chain is a network of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in the production, handling, and distribution of goods or services from the point of origin to the final consumer. In the context of the healthcare industry, the supply chain encompasses the processes involved in the production, distribution, and delivery of medical products, equipment, and services (OpenAI, 2023 AU27: The in-text citation "OpenAI, 2023" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Case Studies; From: A Critical Examination of the Recent Evolution of B2B Sales
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Chapter 12
Factors Inhibiting Green Supply Chain Management Initiatives in a South African Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The value adding chain of the movement of resources from the procurement phase up until its consumption and disposal by the end user.
Published in Chapter: Factors Inhibiting Green Supply Chain Management Initiatives in a South African Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; From: Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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