Supply chain

  1. LLM database tracks battery critical minerals supply chains
    AI-driven database automatically extracts supply chain relationships from multilingual news sources, processing 200,000+ reports to map 5,000+ companies in battery mineral production.
  2. Urban precision fermentation may support decentralized food production
    Research exploring precision fermentation for urban dairy production in Amsterdam, examining technical feasibility and societal requirements for decentralized novel food technologies.
  3. SWOT-AHP-TOWS highlights priority digital strategies for Vietnamese SMEs
    Study identifies top digital transformation priorities for Vietnamese SMEs using expert-weighted SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis, emphasizing government support and workforce development.
  4. Effect of Supply Chain Finance Solutions on Production Planning Under Yield and Lead Time Uncertainty
    Analysis of supply chain financing methods for manufacturers facing yield and lead time uncertainty, comparing APD, bank loans, reverse factoring, and buyer-backed purchase orders.
  5. Some medical drone payloads are classified as dangerous goods
    Analysis of dangerous goods compliance challenges for drone logistics in healthcare, finding 10% of medicines classified as hazardous and current procedures unscalable.
  6. Hierarchical model links supply chain flexibility elements to culture
    Supply chain flexibility framework reveals that customer understanding and organizational culture are foundational to resilience, not technological solutions or redundancy investments.
  7. Digitalisation and circularity are linked to stronger supply chain resilience
    Analysis of 32 emerging economies shows that digitalisation and circular practices jointly build supply chain resilience and sustainability through sequential capability development.
  8. Blockchain features align unevenly with supply chain financing frictions
    Blockchain supply chain financing solutions address transactional frictions through tokenization and smart contracts, revealing gaps between academic theory and practitioner implementation priorities.
  9. Supplier leadership and network ties drive collusive bargaining
    Survey study examining why distributors engage in collusive bargaining with suppliers, its effects on opportunism, and how market uncertainty shapes these dynamics.
  10. Industry 4.0 technologies vary by food supply chain stage
    Study identifies which Industry 4.0 technologies—AI, blockchain, IoT, and others—work best at each stage of food supply chains for minimizing losses and waste globally.
  11. Supply chain shocks raise macro-financial downside risk
    Study examines how global supply chain shocks increase macro-financial downside risk and whether monetary policy can buffer these transmission channels using quantile models and vector autoregression.
  12. Blockchain can support traceability in agri-food systems
    Explore how blockchain technology enhances traceability and sustainability in agri-food systems while addressing governance challenges, interoperability issues, and equity concerns for smallholder.
  13. Government effectiveness is linked to higher logistics performance
    Cross-country panel analysis demonstrates government effectiveness as a stable predictor of national logistics performance, independent of income and trade levels, across 138 countries 2007-2018.
  14. Internal barriers drive green supply chain barriers in Egypt's petrochemical sector
    Study reveals internal barriers drive GSCM adoption obstacles in Egypt's petrochemical sector, with leadership and resources as foundational issues requiring organizational transformation before.
  15. Blockchain-certified Sicilian grains drew consumer interest
    Explore how blockchain certification enhances market value of Sicilian ancient grains through consumer preferences, supply chain transparency, and integrated marketing strategies for heritage crop.
  16. Retailer data analytics choices change under supplier encroachment
    Examines optimal data analytics strategies for retailers managing supplier encroachment risk under two data governance structures using Bayesian persuasion framework.
  17. Reusable packaging options ranked highest in automotive logistics
    Discover sustainable packaging alternatives for automotive logistics using advanced grey incidence analysis, balancing economic, technical, and environmental priorities across manufacturer.
  18. Digitalization and growth are linked to higher greenhouse gases in Saudi Arabia
    Explores how supply chain digitalization, green innovation, and financial globalization affect greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia using frequency domain causality analysis and quantile.
  19. Framework links green skills education with sustainable supply chains
    Explore an industry-education partnership framework for developing green skills in sustainable supply chains, addressing curriculum gaps and competency misalignments.
  20. UAE halal certification blockchain prototype shows practical scalability
    Blockchain-enabled halal food certification framework for UAE using Hyperledger Fabric and IPFS, enhancing transparency, traceability, and operational efficiency in the supply chain.