Supply Chain Information Research Articles

Research on Power Battery Recycling in the Green Closed-Loop Supply Chain: An Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Analysis

The used power batteries of new energy vehicles have become a combined issue of environmental pollution, resource scarcity, and economic sustainability. Power battery recycling is inevitably becoming the key link in the formation of the green closed-loop supply chain for new energy vehicles and the green cycle of the new energy vehicles industry. This study establishes a three-party evolutionary game model of “new energy vehicle manufacturers, power battery manufacturers, and power battery recyclers”, simulates the dynamic evolution process of each game player’s strategy, and analyzes the effects of the digital transformation factor and other factors leading to the evolution trend. The main results show that: (i) in the absence of sufficient incentives and constraints, the green closed-loop power battery supply chain cannot be formed naturally; (ii) digital transformation is an important factor in the journey of the green closed-loop supply chain for power battery recycling, and (iii) government rewards and penalties can promote the formation of the green closed-loop supply chain for power batteries. This research innovatively investigates the concept of the green closed-loop power battery supply chain and its formation mechanism, which provides theoretical support to promote the recycling of used power batteries to achieve sustainability.

Supply Chain Information Technology (SCIT) and Organizational performance: Evidence from Nigerian Manufacturing Industry

This research investigates how the dimensions of Supply Chain Information Technology (SCIT) affect the performance of the manufacturing industry, specifically focusing on selected Nigerian manufacturing companies. The study employed a targeted sampling technique to select 20 respondents from the Department of Procurement and Logistics of each of the five chosen manufacturing companies, resulting in a sample size of 100 respondents. Data was collected from the respondents using a structured questionnaire, and path analysis was employed to analyze the collected data. The findings demonstrate that SCIT dimensions, namely ERP, CRM, EDI, and AAS, have a positive and significant correlation with organizational performance. This association is observed in terms of strategic decision-making, improved understanding of customer preferences, needs, and behaviors, and enhanced data accuracy and order processing efficiency. It can be concluded that implementing SCIT in the manufacturing industry will result in increased operational efficiency, better decision-making, better collaboration, and greater supply chain transparency. This enables managers to proactively address challenges, optimize resources, and drive performance improvements across the supply chain.

Dose blockchain-based agri-food supply chain guarantee the initial information authenticity? An evolutionary game perspective.

Guarantee the initial information of the agri-food supply chain (AFSC) authenticity based on the blockchain is a complex problem. This paper develops an evolutionary game model of AFSC participants based on the blockchain and discusses the impacts of the key parameters on the dynamic evolution process of participants. To verify the theoretical results, simulation experiments and sensitivity analysis were conducted through Matlab 2022b. The study results show that: (1) Guaranteeing the initial information authenticity could become the common belief of all AFSC participants, with the scientific design of parameters; (2) Higher reward and synergistic effect, lower information cost and risk contribute to improving the probability of initial true information sharing. (3) when the default penalty is too severe, the enterprise will evolve into not sharing the initial true information. Finally, this study could provide some suggestions and countermeasures for the leading enterprise in the agricultural supply chain and local governments to guarantee initial information authenticity in China. That is the way to realize the sustainability of AFSC in the long run.

Supply Chain Information Operational Model for Sugarcane Production for the Factory in Thailand

The research aimed to develop and to assess supply chain information operational model for sugarcane production for the factory in Thailand A samples are ten experts in the field of information. and supply chain. The data is analysed by means and standardized deviations. The research about supply chain information operational model for sugarcane production for the factory in Thailand consists of seven elements namely main components Suppliers , Factory (Manufacture) Distribution, Wholesaler, Consumers . The assessment about supply chain information operational model for sugarcane production for the factory in Thailand using Black- Box technique. The research findings revealed that supply chain information operational model for sugarcane production for the factory in Thailand is appropriate at the high level and can be develop information system.

A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THE FORMATION OF MULTI-LEVEL SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL BASED ON CYBERNETIC MODELING OF VIABLE SYSTEMS

Iryna Fedotova 
 E-mail: irina7vf@gmail.com 
 Associate Professor Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University 
 Kharkiv, Ukraine
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-0224
 
 Nadiia Bocharova 
 E-mail: bocharova.n.a.xnadu@gmail.com 
 Associate Professor Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University 
 Kharkiv, Ukraine
 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4371-0187
 The article discusses the structure and levels of supply chain formation as a logistics system from a systemic approach perspective. Research on the formation of logistics systems is important both theoretically and practically. The goal of the research is to improve the theoretical foundations of the formation of a multi-level supply chain model based on the concept of modeling viable systems. A supply chain model based on the methodological apparatus of cybernetic modeling of viable systems is proposed. The supply chain model is presented in the form of a subject (metasystem) and an object of management (operational element), which is proposed in the form of links-elements of the supply chain. This allows coordinating material and other flows in the supply chain, providing viable means of development and maintaining long-term business relationships, and achieving synergistic effects from the interaction between system links. Flows in this system are formed into a logistics chain, which generally combines producers, intermediaries, carriers, and consumers. Based on the structural-level and metasystemic approaches, the main levels and structure of the supply chain are defined. To form a multi-level supply chain model, a differentiation criterion for levels is proposed, which allows, in accordance with the metasystemic approach, to identify five levels of the supply chain - element, component, subsystem, system and metasystem. The multi-level model of an integrated supply chain requires the integration of various functional areas and their participants at all levels within a single supply chain for its optimization and can be applied to any enterprises. The proposed theoretical foundations make it possible to coordinate such management objects in the logistics system as interaction between chain participants, logistics functions, business processes, and create their specific structure and determine integration levels. The structure of the mechanism for forming the supply chain is proposed, which is based on five functions: planning, procurement, production, sales, returns. The feature of the proposed mechanism is that special attention is paid to information support. Generalizing the structure of the supply chain mechanism will improve the effectiveness of establishing logistics links for the enterprise.

Supply chain information integration, supply chain innovativeness and supply chain resilience among manufacturing firms in a developing context

Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically explore the influence of supply chain information integration (SCII) on supply chain innovativeness (SCI) and supply chain resilience (SCRE).Design/methodology/approach Data from 403 manufacturing companies in Uganda were analyzed using Analysis of Moments of Structures version 27. Unmeasured common latent factors were used to minimize the bias of common methods.Findings SCII, SCI and SCRE have significant positive relationships. About 41% of SCII and SCRE are partially mediated by SCI.Research limitations/implications Considering variations in perception of SCRE, the cross-sectional nature of the study limits generalizability and transferability. Experiments and interviews are recommended to explore differences between firms in SCRE.Practical implications SCII and SCI capabilities buffer a firm’s SCRE.Originality/value This study establishes SCI as a mediator between SCII and SCRE by studying manufacturing firms in a developing country context.

Customers’ managerial expectations and suppliers’ asymmetric cost management

This paper investigates how managers in the upstream firm (i.e., supplier) adjust their allocations of cost resources in response to managerial expectations of the downstream firms (i.e., customers) on the future demand and prospects. We conduct an empirical analysis to examine the impact of the tone of customers’ forward‐looking disclosures (FLDs) contained in the Management Discussion and Analysis section of 10‐K filings on suppliers’ asymmetric cost behaviors, characterizing costs decreasing less for sales fall than increasing for equivalent sales rise (i.e., “cost stickiness”). We show that the degree of suppliers’ asymmetric cost management is positively associated with their customers’ tone of FLDs. Moreover, such an association is stronger when the suppliers produce more unique products for their major customers. Our inferences remain robust after controlling for the strategic disclosure behavior of the customer firms, ruling out an alternative mechanism of suppliers’ own managerial expectations and managerial empire‐building incentives. Lastly, using a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 as a quasi‐natural experiment setting, we show that the effect of customers’ tone of FLDs on suppliers’ cost stickiness becomes stronger when FLDs are more informative. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to introduce cost stickiness in the operations management context to capture management's operational decision intervention regarding resource allocation. We also contribute to information sharing literature by highlighting the importance of channels other than the traditional explicit information sharing channel in obtaining demand‐relevant information in supply chains.

Information Construction of Hospital Medical Consumables Management Based on SPD Mode

To change the traditional hospital medical supplies rough management mode, the hospitals build an information material management platform which combines suppliers and hospitals, information systems and smart devices, clinical needs and professional operations innovatively. Finally, a lean management system called SPD is formed under the guidance of supply chain integration and supported by supply chain management theory and information technology. It has realized the whole process of consumables circulation information traceability, intelligent service in the hospital, and refined management of consumption settlement. The application of SPD in hospitals effectively improves the informatization level and overall operation efficiency of medical consumables management which is an important part of hospital information construction.

Regional Digital Economy Development, Information Asymmetry, and Enterprise Supply Chain Transparency: An Empirical Study Based on Chinese Listed Companies

The digital economy is an important supporting force for the high-quality development of contemporary economy. Based on the panel data samples of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges from 2008 to 2020, this paper empirically tests the impact of regional digital economy development on the transparency of enterprise supply chain. Research discoveries: The development of regional digital economy has reduced information asymmetry among enterprises, and enterprises no longer have to bear risks to disclose important information, thereby reducing the transparency of their supply chain; Heterogeneity testing found that: (1) the development of the digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on the supply chain information disclosure of upstream or downstream enterprises in the industry value chain; (2) This effect is greater upstream in the industry value chain; (3) The digital economy development level of enterprises in the eastern, central, and northeastern regions of China has reduced their supply chain information disclosure. The research conclusion of this article is helpful in analyzing the policy effectiveness of current corporate information disclosure regulations, and also provides a basis for the subsequent formulation of relevant disclosure policies.

Enhancing Performance in E-Agribusiness through the Adoption of E-Business: A Conceptual Framework for Beijing, China

This conceptual paper explores the impact of E-Business adoption on the performance of E-Agribusiness in Beijing, China. The study conducts a literature review to identify key insights and constructs a conceptual framework to illustrate the relationships between E-Business adoption and performance in the agricultural sector. The findings highlight that E-Business adoption positively influences market access, supply chain efficiency, and customer satisfaction in agribusiness. The proposed framework identifies key variables such as market access, supply chain integration, information transparency, and marketing capabilities, providing a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms through which E-Business adoption enhances E-Agribusiness performance. The implications of the framework for E-Agribusiness in Beijing are discussed, along with recommendations for stakeholders in the agricultural sector. Additionally, possible areas for future research in the domain of E-Business adoption and performance in E-Agribusiness are suggested. Overall, this paper underscores the importance of E-Business adoption for improving performance in the agricultural sector and offers a valuable conceptual framework for enhancing E-Agribusiness in Beijing.

Assessing the role of sports economics and green supply chain management for the coordinative and coupling development of China's green economic growth.

The significance of the sports economy to the national economy is growing as the country develops rapidly. The term "sports economy" is used to describe the economic activities that are directly or indirectly tied to sports. This work introduces a multi-objective optimization model for a green supply chain management system, intending to reduce the economic and environmental impact of storing and transporting potentially dangerous products. This research intends to examine the impact of the sports sector on green economic growth and competitiveness in the China region. An empirical analysis is conducted to determine the relationship between sports economics and green supply chain management by employing data on 25 provinces of the China region for 2000 and 2019. To fulfill this study's objective and determine the effect of carbon emission, this study will use renewable energy, sports economics, green supply chain management, information and communications technology, and waste recycling as explanatory variables. In order to obtain the desired objectives, the current study will use the short run and long run of the cross-sectionally augmented autoregressive distributed lag and pooled mean group tests. Besides, this study uses an augmented mean group, fully modified ordinary least square, and dynamic ordinary least square estimations for the robust check. In contrast, renewable energy, green supply chain management, sports economics, information and communications technology, and waste recycling decrease CO2 emissions and, therefore, facilitate the carbon-abatement agenda of the China region.

Improving supply chain resilience from the perspective of information processing theory

PurposeSupply chain resilience (SCR) has attracted much attention in the context of the high uncertainty caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), local regional conflicts and natural disasters. Based on information processing theory (IPT), this study investigates the role of supply chain information processing capability in enhancing SCR through supply chain governance (SCG), under different conditions of environmental uncertainty.Design/methodology/approachThe hypothetical model is tested by using hierarchical regression on the primary samples collected from the Chinese manufacturing industry.FindingsThe results indicate that supply chain information processing capability has a significant positive effect on SCR. Also, SCG plays a mediating role between supply chain information processing capability and SCR. Furthermore, environmental uncertainty positively moderates the effect of supply chain information acquisition and supply chain information analysis on relational governance. However, environmental uncertainty only positively moderates the effect of supply chain information analysis on contractual governance.Originality/valueThis is the first study to explain the effect of information processing capability on SCR from the supply chain perspective, while also exploring the mediating role of SCG between SCR and supply chain information processing capacity, based on IPT.

Enabling the smart supply chain ecosystems: A multi-parameter decentralized model for Supply Chain 5.0

The paper presents a decentralized mechanism for multiple contract parameters agreement within a group of companies that may act as suppliers or as consumers in the process of Supply Chain Formation (SCF). The suppliers and consumers are acted by agents and each agent has an utility function which provides for different combinations of values of contract parameters a particular utility level. The agents decide on different combinations of the values for the shared parameters during the supply chain construction process. Contracts between the parties include multiple parameters, and each is working to maximize utility, based on the specified contract parameters. The SCF problem is transposed into a cluster graph in which the nodes represent clusters over the agent’s utility function variables. Agents communicate through a message exchange mechanism which provides also constraints propagation from the underlying suppliers. The proposed model enhances the current state-of-the-art for SCF by using multiple contract parameters in the process of decentralized SCF and also provides means for dealing with complementary inputs.

Quantitative evaluation of an information network in a supply chain

Effective supply chain management can be performed by utilizing information owned by each entity in a supply chain. Namely, it is critical for successful supply chain management to build an adequate information network to acquire necessary information among entities. This paper presents a method for quantitatively evaluating the adequacy of an information network in a supply chain. The method divides the information network into several sub-networks based on the types of information, such as demand, and inventory. Each sub-network i is evaluated using a sub-network evaluation index, calculated as the L1 distance between the vectors RIi and RVi, divided by the maximum sum of the ranking differences determined by the number of supply chain entities. RIi denotes the rank of the rate of each entity's information referred to by other entities, while RVi denotes the rank of information value each entity owns. The information network is then evaluated comprehensively as the evaluation index SCV, obtained by summing the weighted values of each sub-network evaluation index. We examined the proposed method through numerical examples using a supply chain model during a recovery process from disruption by a natural disaster, such as a tsunami. Results demonstrate that the method can quantitatively evaluate a supply chain information network based on its structure and the information value each entity owns, providing value for planning and designing information networks.

Modern trends in global supply chains

The article examines the existing global supply chains, which are an element of the world economy and allow companies to determine the most optimal ways of supplying and producing goods in different countries of the world. The features and problems of formation and functioning of global supply chains are identified. The factors that influenced global supply chains in Ukraine during the war are identified. The analysis of global supply chains reveals their sustainability and dependence on various factors, such as the economic and political situation in the participating countries, changes in technology and innovation, crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic and military conflicts. It is proved that the priority of developing clusters and global supply chains is recognized as the most effective tools for the development of national economies.

Supply Chain Information Operation Model for Lifelong Learning in the National Credit Bank Format

The objectives of this research to develop supply chain information operation model for lifelong learning in the national credit bank format and to evaluate the model The sample groups were ten experts in supply chain. The research tool was evaluation form to evaluate supply chain information operation model for lifelong learning in the national credit bank format comprises five main components, namely Suppliers, Manufacturer, education customers and The data analysed by using arithmetic mean and standard deviation The overall evaluation result about supply chain information operation model for lifelong learning in the national credit bank format was a high level. suggesting that supply chain information operation model for lifelong learning in the national credit bank format to support sustainable Information system development.

Business Analysis of Walmart - Success Factors and Challenges

Nowadays, people will be more inclined to go shopping online rather than opting for offline shopping. Walmart, the world's No.1 for 7 years in a row in the previous years, dropped in the ranking last year. Although part of the reason is the new crown virus, also is it can represent the decline of offline stores and the rise of online stores. This research will analyze the current general environment market by studying the success factors and challenges of Walmart. Through the research, we can find that Walmart's success factors mainly focus on its unique localization and differentiation, Sam's Membership Supermarket, and the powerful information supply chain system behind Walmart's high efficiency and low cost. At the same time, Walmart is currently facing many challenges, such as the super APP, some online products that cannot meet the demand, and the single payment method. All of these can be analyzed to show that Walmart is not prepared for online stores in the current context of the big data era, which has led to Walmart's current declining situation.

How does supply chain transparency affect firm innovation?

The supply chain is an important perspective to understand the company’s business mode and strategic decision-making. It is of great significance to study how supply chain information disclosure affects innovation. Based on the panel data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen, this paper empirically examines the influence of supply chain transparency on enterprise innovation level. It is found that supply chain transparency significantly reduces the innovation performance of enterprises. This conclusion still exists under a series of robustness tests. Among them, the political correlation characteristics of enterprises and the scale of capital investment play an important role in regulating. Further analysis of the mechanism shows that the change of innovation input and its influence on the quality of internal control play an important role in mediating. The results of this paper not only enrich the research results of supply chain transparency on the economic behavior of enterprises, but also have a certain practical significance for scientific evaluation of the significant impact of supply chain transparency on the innovation ability of enterprises.

How Does Supply Chain Information Disclosure Relate to Corporate Investment Efficiency? Evidence from Chinese-Listed Companies

Supply chain information disclosure is a vital factor for corporate investment efficiency and can signal a corporation’s long-term sustainable development. However, little attention has been paid to its significance. In this paper, we investigate how supply chain information disclosure affects corporate investment decisions. Using a sample of Chinese-listed firms, we find that firms that disclose nonfinancial information are more likely to have a high level of investment efficiency. We also identify the mechanism underlying the effect by examining the mediating effect of financial constraints and agency costs. Increasing a firm’s supply chain information disclosure can improve its investment efficiency by reducing its financial constraints and agency costs. We further find that this positive impact is more pronounced for non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) and firms located in regions with a high degree of marketization. Our findings imply that supply chain information disclosure plays an important role in corporate investment efficiency and sustainable development. Our study emphasizes the importance of nonfinancial information disclosure, contributing to the literature investigating the role of supply chain management in corporate decision-making on sustainable development.

Development of the information quality scale for health information supply chain type 2 diabetes mellitus management using exploratory factor analysis.

Research on the quality scale of the healthcare supply chain is still limited. This study aimed to assess the information quality of the supply chain model with a focus on construct validity. Studies related to information quality measurement generally focus on measuring the dimensions of the completeness of medical records and consumer perspectives. We intended to assess the scale based on doctors needed as care coordinators on type 2 diabetes mellitus or the Non-Insulin-Dependent-Diabetes-Mellitus (NIDDM) program in primary healthcare. Sixty-four primary healthcare doctors with an age range of 24-51 years were involved in this research. The scale obtained was formed from the assessment of the point of view of a panel of experts through the content validity index (CVI). The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) method was used to explore the scale of information quality in the information supply chain model for the NIDDM chronic disease management program. The data analysis results indicated three main factors that affected the quality of the information supply chain model of NIDDM, namely accessibility, safety, and efficiency of information related to NIDDM. The results of the validity and reliability of the data showed that the scale used in this research was valid and reliable with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.861. The scale developed in this research could be used to explore the quality of the information supply chain of NIDDM management in primary healthcare. Each item on the scale could explain the variables according to their respective groups.