Supply Chain Information Systems Research Articles

Management of drug supply chain information based on "artificial intelligence + vendor managed inventory" in China: perspective based on a case study.

To employ a drug supply chain information system to optimize drug management practices, reducing costs and improving efficiency in financial and asset management. A digital artificial intelligence + vendor managed inventory (AI+VMI)-based system for drug supply chain information management in hospitals has been established. The system enables digitalization and intelligentization of purchasing plans, reconciliations, and consumption settlements while generating purchase, sales, inventory reports as well as various query reports. The indicators for evaluating the effectiveness before and after project implementation encompass drug loss reporting, inventory discrepancies, inter-hospital medication retrieval frequency, drug expenditure, and cloud pharmacy service utilization. The successful implementation of this system has reduced the hospital inventory rate to approximately 20% and decreased the average annual inventory error rate from 0.425‰ to 0.025‰, significantly boosting drug supply chain efficiency by 42.4%. It has also minimized errors in drug application, allocation, and distribution while increasing adverse reaction reports. Drug management across multiple hospital districts has been standardized, leading to improved access to medicines and enhanced patient satisfaction. The AI+VMI system improves drug supply chain management by ensuring security, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency and safety of drug management, and elevating the professional competence and service level of pharmaceutical personnel.

The Role of Blockchain Technology in Securing Supply Chain Information Systems

This research aims to analyze the role of blockchain technology in securing supply chain information systems. The research method used involves literature study and qualitative analysis of blockchain implementation in the context of existing supply chain information systems. The research results show that blockchain technology can play an important role in strengthening the security and integrity of supply chain information systems. By using characteristics such as decentralization, transparency, and reliability, blockchain can help fight security threats such as cyberattacks, counterfeiting, and data manipulation. Through the use of blockchain, information can be secured, verified and safely accessed by stakeholders in the supply chain. Apart from that, blockchain can also increase efficiency and accountability in supply chain information systems. In conclusion, blockchain technology has significant potential in securing supply chain information systems and can contribute to increasing trust between stakeholders.

Supply Chain Information Systems and Service Delivery of the Public Health Care Sector in the County Governments of Western Region, Kenya

The healthcare sector has undergone significant changes within the past decades, and amidst these changes, attaining efficient and effective healthcare service delivery has remained a distant prospect. This study, therefore, sought to find out the effect of supply chain information systems on service delivery in the public health care sector in the county governments of the western region. The study was anchored on the theory of human service delivery and health network metrics. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy and a descriptive survey research design, and the target population was 284 respondents from the four level 5 county hospitals in the western region. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used for data collection and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The data was presented using tables. 258 respondents participated in the study, and preliminary data checking, screening, and cleaning were done. Validity and reliability statistics were done, and they indicated that the research instruments were adequate for their purpose. Regression analysis shows that supply chain information systems had a significant effect on service delivery in the public health care sector in the county governments of Western Region, Kenya (t = 6.442, p<0.050). The supply chain information system accounted for 14.0% of the changes in service delivery. The study recommended that in the selection of a hospital information system, it should be cost-effective, integrative, high-performance, reliable, responsive, fast, and sustainable. Beyond the infrastructure for information systems, they should invest time and resources in the training of their staff members.

An Interdisciplinary Survey on Information Flows in Supply Chains

Supply chains form the backbone of modern economies and therefore require reliable information flows. In practice, however, supply chains face severe technical challenges, especially regarding security and privacy. In this work, we consolidate studies from supply chain management, information systems, and computer science from 2010–2021 in an interdisciplinary meta-survey to make this topic holistically accessible to interdisciplinary research. In particular, we identify a significant potential for computer scientists to remedy technical challenges and improve the robustness of information flows. We subsequently present a concise information flow-focused taxonomy for supply chains before discussing future research directions to provide possible entry points.

Supply chain transparency: theoretical perspectives for future research

PurposeThis paper lays the groundwork for future research in supply chain transparency in two ways. First, the authors delineate the construct and explore how it is shifting the business landscape. Second, the authors connect nine theories to the construct to guide future scholars in this growing research area.Design/methodology/approachThe authors explore the practical implications for the future of supply chain transparency research through the application of nine theories: stakeholder theory; the technology acceptance model; transaction cost theory; commodity theory; competing values theory; ambidexterity; the natural-resource-based view of the firm; actor-network theory and neo-institutional theory. The authors also consider the blending of theories to provide further insights into the ways firms engage in supply chain transparency.FindingsThis analysis relates theories from several disciplines (i.e. marketing, supply chain management, economics, information systems and organizational behavior) to add theoretical insights to the concept of supply chain transparency, with suggestions for using these theories in conjunction to address complex emerging issues. The authors offer guidance and direction for cross-disciplinary research to help supply chain and logistics influence other fields.Originality/valueSupply chain transparency is a boundary-spanning phenomenon swiftly proliferating multiple aspects of business. This research applies nine theoretical perspectives to guide future researchers and lays the foundation for managers looking to adopt transparency into their supply chains.

Supply Chain Information System for Revenue Collection of the Revenue Department in Thailand

The article about supply chain Information system for revenue collection of the Revenue Department in Thailand aim to present tax management through a supply chain applying for better effective tax management The tax management needs to be appropriate to changes of globalized economy and society. The processes consisted of Suppliers, The revenue department , Finished tax, Customers ,All component connect with information communication technology in the Thailand with the supply chain. This truly added the revenue department in Thailand .The supply chain and information system may be applied in the tax to support the tasks.

Supply Chain Information System for Revenue Collection of the Revenue Department in Thailand

The article about supply chain Information system for revenue collection of the Revenue Department in Thailand aim to present tax management through a supply chain applying for better effective tax management The tax management needs to be appropriate to changes of globalized economy and society. The processes consisted of Suppliers, The revenue department , Finished tax, Customers ,All component connect with information communication technology in the Thailand with the supply chain. This truly added the revenue department in Thailand .The supply chain and information system may be applied in the tax to support the tasks.

Retraction Note: Construction of fast retrieval model of e-commerce supply chain information system based on bayesian network

Retraction Note: Construction of fast retrieval model of e-commerce supply chain information system based on bayesian network

Traceability System in Halal Procurement: A Bibliometric Review

Background: The increasing Muslim population worldwide will increase the Islamic market share in the future. Thus, the higher demand for halal food has caused the food industry to pay attention to the quality control system for the ingredients used. This paper aims to review the previous literature regarding the traceability system for halal suppliers in the food supply chain to achieve the specified halal standards. It discusses the literature review as a method for conducting research and offers an overview of different types of reviews, as well as some guidelines to both conduct and evaluate a literature review. Methods: The method uses a sample of about 200 articles from the structured literature study period in 2007–2021. We use Perish application to identify journals, articles, citations, authors, and keywords. Results: The analysis reveals five research topic clusters: traceability, halal supply chain, food supply chain, halal logistics, and halal lifestyle. There is a strong relationship between procurement and traceability. Procurement is related to the food industry and halal traceability. The food product traceability system provides transparency in food manufacturing, enabling customers to trust halal product claims. The results show that food supply chain information systems can enable traceability and transparency. Conclusions: The review of this analysis is related to the supplier traceability system in the halal-food-production supply chain, which can help explore halal supplier issues and trends. For future research, technology can be used within a traceability system in the halal food industry, such as data interchange, radio frequency identification, and blockchain.

The Impact of Supply Chain Information System on The Digital Economics and logistics transportation

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the pattern of human life, one of the impacts of this change is people’s economic activities going digital by utilizing supply chain information systems. The purpose of this study is to examine how much influence supply chain information systems have on the growth of the digital economy of developing countries, in this case Indonesia, along with transportation needs for logistics. This paper uses a systems meta-analysis by conducting a survey and review of several articles related to supply chains, digital economy, and logistics that have been published in reputable international journals. Coupled with 55 respondents, 30 endusers, 10 resellers, market place users and drop shippers, as well as 5 domestic logistics service providers. To test the consistency of the answers to the questions that have been asked, validity and reliability tests were conducted. After being calculated using simple statistics, it was found that the supply chain information system after the COVID-19 pandemic was very influential, although partial to the enormous increase in economic growth towards digital and the growth of logistics services had increased.

Achieving Zero Hunger Goal through Minimizing Waste in Food Supply Chain: Evidence from Asian Emerging Region

Agricultural products have taken center stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic as countries strive to become self-sufficient and independent. Despite this, Agri-products supply chain management has largely been ignored. Farmers are typically in charge of getting these products to market. The local market suffers because of the significant quantity of agricultural products wasted along the Agri-Food supply chain (AFSC), and export revenue is at risk. To address the issue of food waste in AFSC, this study identified the sources of food waste and proposed corrective measures for the local farming industry. Stakeholders from the farming community, transportation companies, and retailers were conducting semi-structured interviews and coding them using open-source coding. Lack of cold storage and improper handling and packaging of products have been found to have a negative impact on the distribution process in developing countries. In this regard, a well-designed supply chain strategy, network design, and information system can alleviate these issues. Farmers and transporters must be taught how to minimize damage during transport. Recycled packaging material can also be used, saving money while reducing the likelihood of product damage. This is among the pioneer studies that focus on the causes of food waste in AFSC in Pakistan.

Factors affecting blockchain adoption in apparel supply chains: does sustainability-oriented supplier development play a moderating role?

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the intention to adopt blockchain technology (BT) in operations and supply chain and to explore the moderating role of sustainability-oriented supplier development on the effects studied.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed a conceptual framework based on the integration of technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory along with several strands of the literature in supply chain management and information systems. Drawing on survey data from 412 supply firms, a novel model using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was empirically tested in the context of the apparel industry of Bangladesh – the world's second-largest apparel supplier nation.FindingsThe findings supported the theoretical framework developed. In particular, the findings suggested that supplier firms' intention to adopt blockchain in supply chains is influenced by relative advantage, compatibility, perceived trust, top management considerations, absorptive capacity, information sharing and collaborative culture, and trading partners' influence. However, regulatory support is yet to play a significant role in blockchain adoption behaviour. The findings also suggest that supplier development for sustainability significantly moderates the relationship between the several drivers' (e.g. relative advantage, compatibility, top management considerations and trading partners' influence) effects on blockchain adoption.Practical implicationsThe findings could help in developing an enabling environment for introducing blockchain-based apparel operations and supply chains.Originality/valueThe study contributes to and expands the embryonic research stream of sustainable supply chain management and BT. In particular, the paper provides neoteric evidence on how supplier development towards achieving sustainability moderates the effects of organizational, technological, and environmental drivers on the intention to adopt BT.

Multiauthority Attribute-Based Access Control for Supply Chain Information Sharing in Blockchain

Information sharing has become an important application in modern supply chain management systems with business technology development. Because traditional supply chain information systems have problems such as easy data tampering, low information transparency, and interaction delays, blockchain has been taken consideration into supply chain information sharing research. Furthermore, blockchain technology is expected to provide decentralized supply chain information sharing solutions to enhance security, availability, and transparency. However, with the in-depth study of the application of blockchain technology in supply chain information sharing, people have found that the data stored publicly in the blockchain are still threatened by privacy leakage. In addition, due to the openness and accessibility of the blockchain, the lack of fine-grained access control is also apparent. In order to improve the security of data, we propose a novel privacy-preserving multiauthority attribute-based access control scheme for secure blockchain-based information sharing in a supply chain. In this scheme, blockchain stores encrypted supply chain information on distributed nodes. Multiple attribute authorities manage different attributes of users to achieve fine-grained access control and flexible authorization. Even if some attribute authorities fail, the user’s private key will not be leaked. In user secret key generation, we adopt an anonymous key generation protocol to realize the secure distribution of user keys by the attribute authorities. Furthermore, in order to meet the protection of communication privacy between blockchain nodes, properties of policy hiding and identity hiding are considered. Finally, we design experiments to analyze the performance of our scheme, including secret key sizes and running time of encryption and decryption.

Sustainable Supply Chain and Business Performance: The Impact of Strategy, Network Design, Information Systems, and Organizational Structure

Technological advancement and the highly competitive nature of business have forced organizations to use multiple strategies to streamline their business operations. Current research investigates the relationship between sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and business performance, focusing on operational and financial performance. It provides insights into the operational structure, resource utilization, and the identification of strategic tools needed to strengthen organizational performance. The researchers conducted unstructured interviews with 41 industrialists and analyzed them via open-source coding and deducing reasoning. A questionnaire was developed by analyzing critical scientific literature and unstructured interviews. Empirical responses were taken from 202 industrial corporations. The structural analyses indicate that the effective execution of SSCM significantly improves firms’ operational and financial performance. The findings also provide detailed information about different components of SSCM, namely supply chain strategy (SCS), supply chain network design (SCND), organizational structure, and information system, and explain how it relates to the previous literature review by using a multivariate statistical analysis, followed by structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings of current research highlight the significant role of SSC in accelerating firms’ operational and financial performance and suggest that SSCM should be taken as a secondary strategy and must be integrated with the overall business strategy.

BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PUBLIC SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC PROCURING ENTITIES IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

This study investigated the barriers to effective supply chain management implementation in the context of Zimbabwean public sector. We aimed to identify strategic barriers affecting supply chain management implementation among public procuring entities in Harare and establish the technological barriers affecting supply chain management implementation among public procuring entities in Harare. It was also premised to uncover the organizational barriers affecting supply chain management and implementation amongst public companies in Harare. The study was a cross sectional survey of selected public procuring entities in Harare. These included the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economic Development. A total of 132 respondents took part in the study. The findings revealed that the government departments under study lacked supply chain management planning that is well synchronized with the respective ministries’ overall strategic planning. Inconsistencies were identified between the departments’ supply chain structure and information systems that had been implemented and it had become difficult to incorporate real-time information sharing into supply chain operations.

Antecedents and consequences of integration of supply chain information systems into the textile supply chain. A Kenyan textile supply chain perspective

Background: Supply chain information systems remained critical for the performance of the supply chain. A number of information systems have previously been used alongside other supply chain drivers when examining the contribution of the supply chain to overall organisational performance. Nevertheless, factors that enhanced integration of information systems into the supply chain remained unclear.Objectives: This study analysed antecedents and consequences of integration of information systems into the Kenyan textile supply chain.Method: This study leaned towards the positivist research paradigm in adopting a covariance-based confirmatory research design to explain relationship between variables. The study sample was made up of 290 respondents drawn from textile firms in Nairobi County. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the collected data.Results: The findings of the study indicated that implementation of information technology (IT) and knowledge and management of IT were significant antecedents of integration of supply chain information systems. Moreover, the study findings confirmed that the consequence of having these antecedents in place was increased performance of Kenya’s textile firms.Conclusion: This study contributed to existing theory on supply chain management by delineating knowledge and management of IT, together with the capability to implement information technology as the main factors required in overseeing integration of information systems into the supply chain. Practical implication of these findings was that integration of information systems into the supply chain may not be achieved without coming up with good strategic plans and having a good IT infrastructure when knowledge and management of IT and capacity to implement it were lacking.

The Application of Adaptive Operation Decision Technology and Optimization Algorithm Model of Smart Supply Chain Oriented to the Internet of Things

The supply chain is composed of parties that directly or indirectly fulfill customer needs, including not only manufacturers and suppliers, but also transporters, warehouses, retailers, and even customers themselves. The supply chain includes all functions to accept and meet customer needs. This article aims to study the application of intelligence based on the Internet of Things in supply chain adaptive operation decision technology and optimization algorithm models. This paper proposes a supply chain information system based on the Internet of Things technology, operational decision-making model algorithms, Web service technology and information management and support systems, multi-level structure model construction of port logistics supply chains, collaborative supply chain theory and models, and port supply under the Internet of Things Chain service quality evaluation index system, and then analyze the working capital management status and inventory decision value of the production link to explore the application research of the Internet of Things applied to the supply chain decision-making technology. This paper uses 14 standard calculation formulas, and the final experimental results show that through the use of a supply chain information system based on the Internet of Things technology, the supply chain operation decision-making technology can operate efficiently.

Will bots take over the supply chain? Revisiting agent-based supply chain automation

Agent-based systems have the capability to fuse information from many distributed sources and create better plans faster. This feature makes agent-based systems naturally suitable to address the challenges in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Although agent-based supply chains systems have been proposed since the early 2000s; industrial uptake of them has been lagging. The reasons quoted include the immaturity of technology, a lack of interoperability with supply chain information systems, and a lack of trust in Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this paper, we revisit the agent-based supply chain and review the state of the art. We find that agent-based technology has matured, and other supporting technologies that are penetrating supply chains; are filling in gaps, leaving the concept applicable to a wider range of functions. For example, the ubiquity of IoT technology helps agents “sense” the state of affairs in a supply chain and opens up new possibilities for automation. Digital ledgers help securely transfer data between third parties, making agent-based information sharing possible, without the need to integrate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Learning functionality in agents enables agents to move beyond automation and towards autonomy. We note this convergence effect through conceptualising an agent-based supply chain framework, reviewing its components, and highlighting research challenges that need to be addressed in moving forward.

An application of multi-criteria decision-making approach to sustainable drug shortages management: evidence from a developing country

BackgroundDrug shortage is a significant public health problem, especially for drugs related to life threatening conditions. Almost all countries affected by variety of supply problems and spent a considerable amount of time and resources responding to shortage. The aim of present study is to determine and prioritize strategies to achieve best solutions for these considerable healthcare system challenges and to evaluate this strategies base on practical criteria.MethodsTo achieve the study objectives, the research was conducted in two phases. Determining of the strategies to control drug shortage, and comprehensive assessments of priority of possible strategies. For each phase, a self-design questionnaire was developed. The five main managerial strategies dimensions including: regulatory, financial, supply chain, information system and policy-making were set out. Forty-five alternatives were elicited from literature, and were evaluated and trimmed to 37 strategies based on experts’ opinion. The Multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods were applied in second phase. Five important criteria including cost, time, labor, compliance with law and culture were weighed by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. Then, 37 alternatives have been rated base on the five criteria on the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) technique.Results“Creating integrated Supply chain information system to manage medicines inventory in the country”, “Creating and using the databases to predict the shortage of medicines”, “Using track and trace system” are alternatives 20th, 24th and 25th, which related to supply chain (SC) and information system (IS) dimensions have higher priority in the experts’ point of view. The results show IS dimension has 100 percentage of priority; following that policy and supply chain have higher priority, respectively.ConclusionHealth systems rely on consistent supplying of pharmaceuticals to support patient care. The results show that information system, policy-making and supply chain are in the top-ranking priorities. Warning system needs to be improved to the advance system via better collaboration with stakeholders, publish precise and explicit national guidelines for drug shortage management, enforce the guidelines, and improve Iran FDA’s pharmaceutical market control capability.

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