Abstract
Integrating triple bottom line (TBL) goals into supply chains (SCs) is a challenging task which necessitates the careful coordination of numerous stakeholders’ individual interests. Recent technological advancements can impact TBL sustainability by changing the design, structure, and management of modern SCs. Blockchain technology enables immutable data records and facilitates a shared data view along the supply chain. The Physical Internet (PI) is an overarching framework that can be applied to create a layered and comprehensive view of the SC. In this conceptual paper, I define and combine these technologies and derive several high-level research areas and research questions (RQ) to investigate adoption and management as well as structural SC issues. I suggest a theory-based research agenda for the years to come that exploits the strengths of rigorous academic research, while remaining relevant for industry. Furthermore, I suggest various well-established theories to tackle the respective research questions and provide specific directions for future research.
Highlights
Information technology (IT) is a crucial constituent of modern supply chains (SCs), and their main innovation driver [1,2,3]
In the early 2000s, for example, a major focus of supply chain management (SCM) research was on the implementation of different IT systems including
Two of the most prominent technological innovation drivers to emerge during recent years are blockchain technology and the Physical Internet (PI), both of which have attracted substantial attention among practitioners and academics
Summary
Information technology (IT) is a crucial constituent of modern supply chains (SCs), and their main innovation driver [1,2,3]. It has played an important role in previous research on SCs and value networks, yielding a wide range of topics such as the usefulness and performance of IT, the use of RFID (radio frequency identification), process design, optimization, and inter-organizational orientation [4,5]. SCs that minimize use of scarce resources It is It theisintelligent of combination of physical,and informational, andthat financial flows that enables of thetriple achievement of (TBL).
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