How New Business Models Can Address Human Rights Risks in the Cobalt Supply Chain

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serra Cremer Iyi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

Combining E-Commerce and Blockchain Technologies to Solve Problems and Improve Business Results

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-192
Author(s):  
Albérico Travassos Rosário
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Business Results ◽  
New Business ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
New Business Models

The internet and digital transformation have changed our relations with the market. These technologies have been developing continuously, creating opportunities for new business models, and e-commerce has grown overwhelmingly worldwide, changing the consumption process of a large part of the world's population. Companies are increasingly using blockchain technology to improve and create new global trading business models. Blockchain had its first application in cryptocurrencies, but it has quickly become a major solution in all sorts of activity sectors, providing increased security in commercial transactions. An important question is how the blockchain can leverage e-commerce in solving problems and improving business results. It was concluded that blockchain could leverage e-commerce in the four fundamental areas of (1) e-commerce financial transactions, (2) e-commerce supply chain management, (3) e-commerce forecasting and contractual relations, and (4) e-commerce transactions systems' trust and credibility.

scholarly journals Asset Management Business Model for Design, Realization, and Maintenance of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Bridges

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizal Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
New Business ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
New Business Models

This paper particularly addresses the market implementation of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) for bridges. It presents the concept of demand and supply chain innovation as being investigated within two ongoing European collaborative research projects (FP7) titled Trans-IND and PANTURA. FRP has emerged as a real alternative structural material based on various sustainability considerations, among others the reduced life-cycle cost due to less maintenance needs, longer lifetime, and easiness to repair, replace, or recycle the components. The Trans-IND research project aims to develop and demonstrate new industrialized processes to use FRP for civil infrastructure projects at a large scale. In order to be cost effective, a new value-chain strategy for the design, realization, and maintenance of FRP bridges is required to replace the fragmented supply chain and the one-off approach to a construction project. This paper focuses on the development of new business models based on asset management strategy, which covers the entire demand and supply chains. Research on new business models is supported by the insight into the market and regulatory frameworks in different EU countries. This is based on field surveys across the EU that have been carried out as a part of the Trans-IND and PANTURA collaborative research projects.

scholarly journals Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Benjamin Nitsche
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
New Era ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
Planning Approaches

The world of logistics is changing and entering a new era. The advance of digitalization and technologization enables new business models, increased process efficiencies, novel planning approaches, and much more but, on the downside, there is also the risk of being lost in the maelstrom of developments. Within these developments, the automation of logistics processes and ultimately the design of autonomous logistics systems is one of the most defining trends that has far-reaching consequences for the planning and execution of future logistics processes. This Special Issue aims to contribute to the discussion and to get to the bottom of the question of how the path towards automated and autonomous logistics systems should be designed. This editorial lays a foundation by presenting application areas of automation and discussing the theoretical path towards autonomous logistics systems. The articles that follow provide highly practical insights into current research results on the automation and autonomization of informational and physical logistics processes.

scholarly journals Digital transformation in supply chains: Current applications, contributions and challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-55
Author(s):  
Özden Özkanlısoy ◽  
Erkut Akkartal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
New Business ◽  
Near Future ◽  
New Business Models

Digital transformation in supply chain management enables businesses to achieve competitive advantage by using their resources more efficiently, to make every stage of their supply chain smarter, more transparent and more efficient, to be closer to individual customer needs, to provide a significant increase in decision-making quality, and to become increasingly flexible in the near future. and provides the advantages of having new business models that will be efficient.Unfortunately, today digital transformation is at the stage of digitization rather than digital transformation due to the high initial investment cost and concerns about the success of applications. In this study, successful digital transformation applications implemented in supply chain management to guide companies and supply chains that have not yet entered the digital transformation process, the advantages provided by these applications and the difficulties of the digital transformation process are discussed.In the study, using qualitative data analysis, open-ended interview questions were applied to a total of 28 companies, and the answers were separated on the basis of sectors and applications and new business models were grouped according to sectors. The advantages of the companies and their supply chains with digital transformation and the difficulties faced in the transformation process are discussed jointly to cover all sectors. The study ends with an evaluation and brief summary of the findings.

scholarly journals SHAPING OF ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE IN AN UNSTABLE WORLD: POSSIBILITY OR NECESSITY?

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Organizational Resilience ◽  
Organizational Efficiency ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
New Business ◽  
Key Participants ◽  
New Business Models

Increased complexity of economic, social and technological systems cause that crises, uncertainty and risk have become an integral part of modern world. Undoubtedly, today’s organizations face the necessity of dealing with a growing number of various risk factors-generators: disasters, sudden bankruptcies of key participants of supply chain, loss of reputation, highly innovative products/technologies entering the market or risk resulting from introducing new legal regulations (Gorzeń-Mitka, 2015). Thus, U.Beck’s statement that the 21st century can be described as the century of risk seems right (Beck, 2009).Operation of companies in the current environment requires effective trade-offs among economic, environmental and social outcomes while maintaining the longevity of organizational efficiency (Eltantawy, 2016). For example, Maslaric et al. (2013) indicate that, modern trends in new business models, which assume a strive for continuous improvement in efficiency by cutting costs and reducing waste in every supply chain processes, create a new risk perspective. In this situation, striving to achieve balance between organizational efficiency and organizational resilience is more than a necessity. This has caused seeking for new approaches to protect value and results of our activities. One of them is creation of resilience. According Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary word "resilience" has two meanings: the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after something unpleasant and the ability of a substance to return to its original shape after it has been bent, stretched or (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 2016).

scholarly journals Major Trends and New Business Models in Supply Chain and Entrepreneurship After the Covid-19 Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Cristian Negrutiu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Model Based ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Business ◽  
Virtuous Cycle ◽  
New Business Models

AbstractThe paper investigates the major trends and business models of the new reality after the Covid-19 crisis. Due to the vastness of the theme, the research will be focused on the areas of supply chain and entrepreneurship. These sectors are probably the most affected today, but, also, the ones that will experience a major change in the future. Building on insights and data from top management consultants, the findings revealed some commons trends, like digitization, transparency, localization, the rising of e-commerce and the contact-less economy. In conclusion, the author proposes a model based on a virtuous cycle of elements that will shape the business models of the future as a contribution to the research in the selected sectors.

Supply Chain Distribution Strategy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanzhi Li
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Distribution Network ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Distribution Strategy ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Right ◽  
New Business Models

Distribution strategy deals with the journey of products, from the completion of production all the way to the hands of customers. It aims to get the products to the right place at the right time, in the right quantity, and at the right price. An effective distribution strategy requires a distribution network that balances the distribution cost with service level. The connectivity empowered by the Internet and particularly mobile broadband accelerates the information exchange in the supply chain, enables new business models, and demands a more connected, customer-driven, and responsive distribution network. Empowered by data technologies, the distribution network is becoming increasingly proactive and integrated. More research is called on to study the new challenges and research issues resulting from technological advancements and new business models.

scholarly journals Applying a Framework for Analyzing the Roles and Relationships of Cybermediaries on Selected Middle East Cases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADIL FATHELRAHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Business ◽  
Clear Idea ◽  
Internet Marketplace ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
Current Stage

<p>e-commerce adoption has caused the marketplace to undergo transformation from intermediation as in the case of traditional retailers who help selling goods for bricks-and-mortar companies, to the disintermediation stage that has resulted from companies selling their products directly over the internet, to the current stage of reintermediation realizing the importance of Internet Intermediaries that have caused disruption to the traditional supply chain and gave rise to new business models. It is evident how Internet Intermediaries –known as cybermediaries - are playing an important role in the internet marketplace and how they generate revenues from their activities and revolutionize the way suppliers manage their supply chain. Past research noted that despite the emergence of new e-commerce business models, little has been done to investigate these business models. In the context of this research (Middle East), it becomes increasingly important to investigate the existing cybermediaries business models which is useful to new entrants to ecommerce fields. Based on a framework adopted from Barnesa and Hinton (2007), business models of selected Middle East cybermediaries and their characteristics will be revealed, evaluated, and documented. Having a clear idea about business models is beneficial for online startup companies as well as existing businesses (Chaffey, 2015).</p>

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