Smart Supply Chain Management : Design, Methods and Impacts

This book unravels the multifaceted role of smart supply chain. Taking a holistic approach, it explains how smart supply chain could contribute to the apex supply chain performance parameters like supply chain resilience, sustainability, and visibility. It explains the application of smart supply chain, particularly supply chain digital twin, in mapping the end-to-end supply chains. The book also discusses linkage of smart supply chain with supply chain ambidexterity, a topic not much explored. Further, there is discussion on usage of smart supply chain to employ latest developments like physical Internet, for transportation optimization and so on. It will also explore the role of human factor, relationships and business processes, operationalized as intellectual capital. The book is of interest to supply chain managers, researchers, and academicians looking to understand diverse aspects of smart supply chain. Business leaders who have their eyes on future business managers, and managers who want to be conversant with cutting edge knowledge on the topic, would also find many takeaways in this volume.

Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik is Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK, and has previously served as a Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. With an extensive academic and leadership background, Dr. Mubarik has held key positions, including Professor and Dean of the College of Business Management at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi. He also serves as the President of the Karachi Chapter of The Association of Management Development Institutions in Pakistan (AMDIP). His research interests span both behavioural and technological dimensions of supply chains, with a strong focus on intellectual capital, sustainability, and digital transformation. His work explores the role of supply chain mapping and digital twin technologies in enhancing the triple bottom line (economic, environmental, and social sustainability) of supply chains. Dr. Mubarik’s research has been published in leading journals, including Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Business Strategy and the Environment, among others. He has authored three books and edited two books and has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI on multiple research projects funded by various agencies. Beyond academia, Dr. Mubarik is a frequent media commentator, regularly appearing on television to provide expert insights on national and international economic and business affairs.

Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan is Assistant Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, SK, Canada. Prior to joining University of Regina, Dr. Khan has worked more than twelve years with Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management department at University of Sharjah (UoS), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates where he has served as Assistant Professor (Sept. 2019 to Dec. 2021) and Lecturer (Sept. 2009 to Aug. 2019). Dr. Khan has more than 100 archival publications to his credit in high impact factor journals, as well as conference papers/proceedings, and books chapters. He's published in various journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Production Planning and Control, Experts Systems with Application, Journal of Operation Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, and Knowledge-Based Systems etc. He also attended several international conferences such as POMS, IEEE-IEEM, IEOM, GOL etc. Sharfuddin has also guest edited special issues of prestigious international journals in the areas of Supply Chain Management and Decision Making.