Perspectives on Blockchain Technology and the Digitalization of the Supply Chain (Handbook of Research on Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1668474557 ISBN 13: 9781668474556

Publisher: IGI Global, 2023

Synopsis

Blockchain is a recent technology that is promising to revolutionize the way supply chains are designed and operated. Regarding its role in securing exchanges of data, this technology has remarkably changed the manner of governing the structure of the supply chain relationships and the way that transactions are made. Blockchain technology is likely to influence future supply chain practices by performing electronic integration, supporting partners' connections, and offering real-time information flows. Thus, blockchain technologies are gaining interest among both academicians and professionals. This interest concerns the conceptual level and also the practical and concrete levels of the implementation of blockchain technology in supply chains.

Perspectives on Blockchain Technology and the Digitalization of the Supply Chain presents blockchain's basic concepts and pertinent methods that contributed to meeting key supply chain management objectives. It determines the current trends and challenges in the use of blockchain to enhance supply chain management. Covering topics such as communication systems, documentation systems, and supply chain evolution, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for business leaders and managers, logistics professionals, IT managers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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About the Author

Najar Tharwa (Ph.D., University of Gafsa, Tunisia) is an associate professor in Business Administration and a Doctor in Management Sciences at the University of Gafsa, Tunisia. She's a member of RIGUEUR laboratory. Her works have been published in management journals and supply chain journals. Her research interest includes supply chain management, information systems use, and inter-organizational relationships in B2B environment in the automotive industry. She currently investigates Knowledge Management, open innovation, and open business models in large companies and SME's.

Najar Yousra has an engineering degree in Industrial Computer Systems (INSAT, Tunisia) and a Ph.D in Computer Systems (FST, Tunisia). She is an assistant professor in Computer Systems at the UTM University ( ISI, Tunisia). Her research concerns artificial intelligence, multiprocessor computer systems, deep learning and energy consumption. She is also a professional certified trainer in big data, cloud computing, data analysis and blockchain.

Adel ALOUI has a PhD in management and in industrial engineering. He is associate professor of management at EM Normandie Business School. Aloui's research interests are in supply chain management, organization, design, and innovation.

Edition details

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1668474557
• ISBN 13: 9781668474556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 555
• Editor: Najar Tharwa, Najar Yousra, Aloui Adel