Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13116372
Keywords
blockchain; RFID; IoT; order management; digital technologies; disruption events; sustainability; simulation; supply chain
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The study demonstrates that utilizing emerging technologies such as IoT, RFID, and blockchain can improve performance in order management and disruption event handling, while also positively impacting sustainability aspects.
The digital transformation of supply chains should revolutionize entire management processes and improve various aspects of sustainability. In particular, the plans of Industry 4.0 aim towards a digitization of several procedures by exploiting emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, RFID and blockchain. The purpose of this study is to highlight how order and disruption events processes can be improved with the adoption of emerging technologies and how this reflects on the improvement of sustainability aspects. The study is based on the comparison of two simulation scenarios between three actors in the cheese supply chain. In particular, a first traditional scenario as is is simulated without the use of new technologies and is compared to a second scenario to be that adopts IoT, RFID and blockchain. The results show an improvement in time performance for managing both perfect and non-compliant orders. The developed framework highlights the impact of new technologies on sustainability aspects, showing further managerial implications.
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