Digital Supply Chains : Key Facilitator to Industry 4. 0 and New Business Models, Leveraging S/4 HANA and Beyond.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- To get started - three videos on digital supply chains -- In a nutshell - ten theses on digital supply chains -- PART 1 Why supply chain complexity matters -- 1 The complexity issue -- 2 Need for a framework -- Literature -- PART 2 Where we come from -- 1 Existing approaches -- 2 Resilient understanding -- 2.1 Roots -- 2.2 Integration as core -- 2.3 Complex eco-systems -- 2.4 Key enablers: technology and change -- 3 Frame of reference: digital twin of supply chains -- Literature -- PART 3 What a digital supply chain is -- 1 Cultural aspects -- 1.1 Supply chain philosophy -- 1.2 Mindset, openness, orientation and attitude -- 2 Supply chain information -- 2.1 Complexity, information and coordination -- 2.2 Pattern recognition -- 2.3 Big data, predictive analytics and sensors -- 2.4 Master data and contextualization -- 3 Supply chain planning -- 3.1 Target setting -- 3.2 Basic supply chain strategies -- 3.2.1 Competitive advantage -- 3.2.2 Sales &amp -- operations planning -- 3.2.3 Learning -- 3.3 Functional strategies -- 3.3.1 Configuration -- 3.3.2 Transport -- 3.3.3 Packaging -- 3.3.4 Warehousing -- 3.3.5 Information logistics -- 3.3.6 Logistics for the circular economy -- Literature -- 4 Relevance of the digital twin of a product -- 4.1 Marketing logistics -- 4.2 Service competition and pioneer marketing -- 5 Coordination along the chain -- 5.1 Supply chain coupling -- 5.2 Mastering the digital twin -- Literature -- PART 4 How to develop digital supply chains -- 1 Typical paths of supply chain evolution -- 1.1 Trend-sonar digital supply chains -- 1.2 Market development and supply chain evolution -- 1.3 Technology development and supply chain evolution -- 1.4 New business models and digital supply chains.

1.5 LogTechs - start-ups in the logistics service provider market -- 1.5.1 Asset-light business models -- 1.5.2 Typical LogTech clusters -- 2 Key principles of supply chain evolution -- 2.1 Perspectives of organizational theory -- 2.1.1 Industry perspective -- 2.1.2 Corporate perspective -- 2.1.3 Self-organization and autopoiesis -- 2.1.4 Cybernetics -- 2.2 Integration of perspectives and key design principles -- 2.2.1 Umbrella for key design principles -- 2.2.2 Design principles of self-organization -- 2.2.3 Supply chain fitness -- 2.2.4 Strategies of supply chain evolution -- 3 Next steps for the digital supply chain -- 3.1 Overall approach to digitalization of the supply chain -- 3.2 Baselining and assessing maturity -- 3.3 Defining the target operating model -- 3.4 Planning the implementation roadmap -- Literature -- PART 5 Over and beyond digital supply chains -- The ten biggest errors as to digital supply chains -- Index.

This book provides a practical guide to digital supply chain modelling, demonstrating an agile approach to how they can be applied to any manufacturing company to build competitive advantage, facilitate new business models and drive towards Industry 4.0.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.