Outputs (29)

Smell the Perfume: Can Blockchain Guarantee the Provenance of Key Product Ingredients in the Fragrance Industry? (2024)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., Das, S., & Ahmed, W. A. H. (2024). Smell the Perfume: Can Blockchain Guarantee the Provenance of Key Product Ingredients in the Fragrance Industry?. Sustainability, 16(14), Article 6217. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16146217

Although many studies have proclaimed the potential benefits of blockchain technology for supply chain traceability, there are very few examples of successfully scaled blockchain traceability solutions. Here, we examine the challenges in adopting blo... Read More about Smell the Perfume: Can Blockchain Guarantee the Provenance of Key Product Ingredients in the Fragrance Industry?.

Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W. A. H., MacCarthy, B. L., & Treiblmaier, H. (2022). Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(12), 1995-2028. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-12-2021-0805

Purpose
Blockchain is increasingly being considered for deployment in operations and supply chain management. However, evidence from practice is still scarce on why, where, and how organizations seek to apply the technology in the supply chain acro... Read More about Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors.

Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How? (2022)
Journal Article
Maccarthy, B. L., Ahmed, W. A. H., & Demirel, G. (2022). Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How?. International Journal of Production Economics, 250, Article 108688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108688

There is now widespread appreciation of the critical role played by supply chains in the global economy. Supply chains are dominant concerns for many organisations, governments, policy makers, and consumers. A primary requirement in addressing many o... Read More about Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How?.

The Digital Supply Chain - emergence, concepts, definitions, and technologies (2022)
Book Chapter
MacCarthy, B. L., & Ivanov, D. (2022). The Digital Supply Chain - emergence, concepts, definitions, and technologies. In B. L. MacCarthy, & D. Ivanov (Eds.), The Digital Supply Chain (3-24). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91614-1.00001-0

Advances in technology, rapid globalization, trade liberalization, and increased regulation have shaped supply chains in the last four decades. We examine the impact of digitalization on contemporary and future supply chains. Digitalization potential... Read More about The Digital Supply Chain - emergence, concepts, definitions, and technologies.

The Digital Supply Chain (2022)
Book
MacCarthy, B. L., & Ivanov, D. (Eds.). (2022). The Digital Supply Chain. Elsevier

The Digital Supply Chain is a thorough investigation of the underpinning technologies, systems, platforms and models that enable the design, management, and control of digitally connected supply chains. The book examines the origin, emergence and bui... Read More about The Digital Supply Chain.

Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks (2022)
Book Chapter
Brintrup, A., Kosasih, E. E., MacCarthy, B. L., & Demirel, G. (2022). Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks. In B. L. MacCarthy, & D. Ivanov (Eds.), The Digital Supply Chain (379-396). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91614-1.00022-8

In this chapter, we define and conceptualize the emerging practice of “Digital Supply Chain Surveillance (DSCS)” as the proactive monitoring of digital data that allows firms to track, manage, and analyze information related to a supply chain network... Read More about Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks.

Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W. A. H., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2021). Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing. Sustainability, 13(19), Article 10496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910496

Supply chain traceability is a dominant concern for many industries, regulators, and pol-icymakers. In the textile and apparel industries, social, environmental, and sustainability issues are frequent causes for concern, highlighting the need for eff... Read More about Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing.

Group decision support for product lifecycle management (2020)
Journal Article
Pasley, R. C., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2021). Group decision support for product lifecycle management. International Journal of Production Research, 59(16), 5050-5067. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1779372

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems support industrial organizations in managing their product portfolios and related data across all phases of the product lifecycle. PLM seeks to enhance an organization's ability to manage its product develop... Read More about Group decision support for product lifecycle management.

Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling (2019)
Journal Article
Demirel, G., Maccarthy, B., Ritterskamp, D., Champneys, A. R., & Gross, T. (2019). Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling. Journal of Operations Management, 65(2), 136-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1005

Supply networks need to exhibit stability in order to remain functional. Here, we apply a Generalized Modeling (GM) approach, which has a strong pedigree in dynamical systems, to study the stability of real world supply networks. It goes beyond purel... Read More about Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling.

Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment (2019)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., Zhang, L., & Muyldermans, L. (2019). Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment. International Journal of Production Economics, 211, 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.037

With the proliferation of omni-channel retailing, Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store (BOPS) retail services have gained increasing popularity as they have benefits for both customers and retailers. However, using conventional retail stores to fulfil orders r... Read More about Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment.