Supply Chain Management in the Digital Age: Issues and Challenges (Edition1)

Description

This book covers a wide range of issues related to the supply chain management in the digital age. In this era, most developing countries are witnessing a shift from traditional transaction system to a modern digital system. The book is divided into 13 chapters, highlighting the present scenario, problems and prospects of supply chain management. The first article “Adoption of Supply Chain Technology and Organizational and Environmental Variables” concludes that supply chain management has become an essential part of business firms today and adoption of technology for the same is a crucial decision for every business firm. The use of advanced information technology helps in integrating the information across the entire supply chain and has also led to an increase in accuracy and higher personnel efficiency. The second article “Strategic Human Resource Management and Supply Chain Management” depics that nowadays there is a need for aligning the human resource management strategies with the organizational strategies for the effective supply chain management. Organizations must upgrade their technological infrastructure and train technologically skilled employees for the effective supply chain management.