Agricultural Supply Chains and Industry 4.0
Agricultural Supply Chains and Industry 4.0

Author: Stella Despoudi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-02

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 303072770X

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This book explores the impact of industry 4.0 on agricultural supply chains, exploring how changes such as increased digitisation, automation, and the digital value chain, will impact food production globally. At a time when increasing population and environmental degradation puts stress on food supply chains, traditional farming operation models struggle to maintain both sustainability and transparency. Industry 4.0 could lead to digitalised ways of farming and agricultural production processes that will transform the traditional operating and process models to digital, data-intensive methods focusing on analytics and decision-making practices. This book aims to provider the reader with an understanding of the concept of Agriculture 4.0 in relation to supply chain management. Different applications of Agricultural 4.0 supply chains are discussed in relation to their respective advantages and disadvantages. Dr. Stella Despoudi is Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chan Management at Aston University and Adjunct Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece. Dr. Konstantina Spanaki is a Lecturer in Information Management at Loughborough University, UK. Dr. Oscar Rodríguez-Espíndola is a Senior lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Aston University and a member of the Aston CRISIS centre, UK. Dr. Efpraxia Zamani is a Senior Lecturer of Information Systems at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Agri-Food 4.0
Agri-Food 4.0

Author: Rahul S. Mor

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2022-03-28

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1801174989

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Agri-Food 4.0: Innovations, Challenges and Strategies addresses new research on digital technologies in the Agri-Food industry, including smart packaging, smart warehousing, effective inventory control, blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and other Industry 4.0 concepts.

OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9264251057

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OECD and FAO have developed this guidance to help enterprises observe standards of responsible business conduct and undertake due diligence along agricultural supply chains in order to ensure that their operations contribute to sustainable development.

Logistics 4.0
Logistics 4.0

Author: Turan Paksoy

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1000245101

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Industrial revolutions have impacted both, manufacturing and service. From the steam engine to digital automated production, the industrial revolutions have conduced significant changes in operations and supply chain management (SCM) processes. Swift changes in manufacturing and service systems have led to phenomenal improvements in productivity. The fast-paced environment brings new challenges and opportunities for the companies that are associated with the adaptation to the new concepts such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Physical Systems, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, cyber security, data analytics, block chain and cloud technology. These emerging technologies facilitated and expedited the birth of Logistics 4.0. Industrial Revolution 4.0 initiatives in SCM has attracted stakeholders’ attentions due to it is ability to empower using a set of technologies together that helps to execute more efficient production and distribution systems. This initiative has been called Logistics 4.0 of the fourth Industrial Revolution in SCM due to its high potential. Connecting entities, machines, physical items and enterprise resources to each other by using sensors, devices and the internet along the supply chains are the main attributes of Logistics 4.0. IoT enables customers to make more suitable and valuable decisions due to the data-driven structure of the Industry 4.0 paradigm. Besides that, the system’s ability of gathering and analyzing information about the environment at any given time and adapting itself to the rapid changes add significant value to the SCM processes. In this peer-reviewed book, experts from all over the world, in the field present a conceptual framework for Logistics 4.0 and provide examples for usage of Industry 4.0 tools in SCM. This book is a work that will be beneficial for both practitioners and students and academicians, as it covers the theoretical framework, on the one hand, and includes examples of practice and real world.

Food Supply Chain Management
Food Supply Chain Management

Author: Madeleine Pullman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-28

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 100037291X

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This fully updated new edition of a respected text retains the original’s comprehensive and practical approach to food supply chain management, and introduces a global perspective and a wide range of new material. More than ever, this is the food supply chain management textbook. With an introduction that speaks to academic and non-academic audiences alike, the second edition of Food Supply Chain Management covers all-new topics such as cold chain management, “last mile” logistics, blockchain and traceability in the food supply chain, and the implications of global trade and climate change. Case studies examine the farm-to-table movement, sustainable co-ops, and more, with “quick facts” and mini-cases that are engaging and thought-provoking. This textbook is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of agricultural business, natural resources, and food science, as well as supply chain management students. Supporting online materials include lecture slides, test banks, and instructor manuals.

Supply Chain
Supply Chain

Author: Tamás Bányai

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-07-27

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1803553723

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution has led to revolutionary changes in production and service processes. This book explains and examines the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on supply chain solutions. It discusses the concept, design, and implementation of supply chain solutions using Industry 4.0 technologies. Chapters address such topics as supply webs, open innovation practices, lean manufacturing, the Internet of Things, green supply chain solutions, and much more.

Operations and Supply Chain Strategy in the Industry 4.0 Era: Concepts and Implementation
Operations and Supply Chain Strategy in the Industry 4.0 Era: Concepts and Implementation

Author: Guilherme Francisco Frederico

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-10-27

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781726865661

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Operations and Supply Chain Strategy is crucial for the success of organizations in the context of Industry 4.0. Operations and Supply Chains are a potential field to generate competitive advantages, and then supporting organizations to strongly compete in the market. Nonetheless, considering the context of Industry 4.0, technologies also play an important role on the establishment and implementation of the Operations and Supply Chain Strategy. This book is divided in five chapters: History and Concepts of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, Deploying the Operations and Supply Chain Strategy in Decisions, Measuring the Strategic Performance and Managing Operations and Supply Chain Maturity, and Operations and Supply Chain Strategy in the Industry 4.0 Era. The book aims to create a comprehensive view about Operations and Supply Chain Strategy as well as provide concepts, examples, and methods related to the subjects herein discussed. Along the text some Activities are suggested in order to leverage the learning and incentive the reader to strategically think about Operations and Supply Chain Management. Also, some cases about Industry 4.0 applications and developments are presented. This book can be used by undergraduate and graduate students of Business Management and Industrial Engineering courses. It can also help practitioners and executives of companies in creating a better understanding of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy in the context of Industry 4.0 and supporting them on this Strategy conception, deployment, implementation, and measurement.

Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 2148

ISBN-13: 1799809463

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Business practices are constantly evolving in order to meet growing customer demands. Evaluating the role of logistics and supply chain management skills or applications is necessary for the success of any organization or business. As market competition becomes more aggressive, it is crucial to evaluate ways in which a business can maintain a strategic edge over competitors. Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that centers on the effective management of risk factors and the implementation of the latest supply management strategies. It also explores the field of digital supply chain optimization and business transformation. Highlighting a range of topics such as inventory management, competitive advantage, and transport management, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business managers, supply chain managers, business professionals, academicians, researchers, and upper-level students in the field of supply chain management, operations management, logistics, and operations research.

Collaborative Networks and Digital Transformation
Collaborative Networks and Digital Transformation

Author: Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 3030284646

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2019, held in Turin, Italy, in September 2019. The 56 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 141 submissions. They provide a comprehensive overview of major challenges and recent advances in various domains related to the digital transformation and collaborative networks and their applications with a strong focus on the following areas related to the main theme of the conference: collaborative models, platforms and systems for digital revolution; manufacturing ecosystem and collaboration in Industry 4.0; big data analytics and intelligence; risk, performance, and uncertainty in collaborative networked systems; semantic data/service discovery, retrieval, and composition in a collaborative networked world; trust and sustainability analysis in collaborative networks; value creation and social impact of collaborative networks on the digital revolution; technology development platforms supporting collaborative systems; collective intelligence and collaboration in advanced/emerging applications; and collaborative manufacturing and factories of the future, e-health and care, food and agribusiness, and crisis/disaster management.

Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains
Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains

Author: Pol Antràs

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2023-09-13

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0226829235

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An essential guide to the role of microeconomic incentives, macro policies, and technological change in enhancing agriculture resilience. Climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the vulnerability of global agricultural supply and value chains. There is a growing awareness of the importance of interactions within and between these supply chains for understanding the performance of agricultural markets. This book presents a collection of research studies that develop conceptual models and empirical analyses of risk resilience and vulnerability in supply chains. The chapters emphasize the roles played by microeconomic incentives, macroeconomic policies, and technological change in contributing to supply chain performance. The studies range widely, considering for example how agent-based modeling and remote sensing data can be used to assess the impact of shocks, and how recent shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the African Swine fever in China affected agricultural labor markets, the supply chain for meat products, and the food retailing sector. A recurring theme is the transformation of agricultural supply chains and the volatility of food systems in response to microeconomic shocks. The chapters not only present new findings but also point to important directions for future research.