Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan – författare

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain (SC) mapping appeared as one of the critical SC capabilities that could make a striking difference in organizations’ SC performance and improve sustainable operations. Despite its crucial role in responding to SC disruptions, there is a void in the literature on this topic. This book aims to address this gap demonstrating the importance of SC mapping, sustainability in the Industry 4.0 era. The book explores how SC mapping contributes to sustainability from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, the role of SC mapping in upstream, midstream, and downstream SC sustainability, as well as the role of technology advancement and the impact of blockchain and Industry 4.0 in SC mapping. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this edited collection features international authors from a diverse range of disciplines including SC management, operations management, technology and innovation management, and sustainability. The book will be a valuable resource for global scholars, researchers, and upper-level students across operations, SC management, and logistics, as well as engineering and technology management.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain (SC) mapping appeared as one of the critical SC capabilities that could make a striking difference in organizations’ SC performance and improve sustainable operations. Despite its crucial role in responding to SC disruptions, there is a void in the literature on this topic. This book aims to address this gap demonstrating the importance of SC mapping, sustainability in the Industry 4.0 era. The book explores how SC mapping contributes to sustainability from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, the role of SC mapping in upstream, midstream, and downstream SC sustainability, as well as the role of technology advancement and the impact of blockchain and Industry 4.0 in SC mapping. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this edited collection features international authors from a diverse range of disciplines including SC management, operations management, technology and innovation management, and sustainability. The book will be a valuable resource for global scholars, researchers, and upper-level students across operations, SC management, and logistics, as well as engineering and technology management.

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) is a critical component of the global economy. It helps organizations manage their cash flow through their supply chain by offering early payment options to suppliers, while allowing buyers to extend payment terms.The book is organized into three sections covering the history, current state, and predicted development of SCF. The first section sheds light on the development of SCF via historical data and stresses the importance of ensuring its sustainability. It discusses regional tendencies, illuminating the significance of sustainable practices within supply chain financing while showing the contrasts and similarities throughout global areas. The present state of SCF is explored in the second part, along with the difficulties and obstacles that businesses encounter when trying to set up and manage SCF. It explains why SCF may not be appropriate for all businesses by analyzing cash-to-cash characteristics and investigating factors impacting adoption. The third part deals with its forecasting. It reviews technologies like Blockchain in SCF, covering topics like smart contracts and the effects of Blockchain on management and operations. This part also evaluates the viability of upcoming technologies like Big Data Analytics and dives into the responsibilities of FinTech firms in SCF through the use of machine learning algorithms.The book will be useful to students, professionals, and anyone else curious about the field.

Digital supply chain management (DSCM) is emerging as one of the key innovative strategies ready to transform how supply chains are managed. By enabling a faster and more cost-efficient delivery of products, improving products’ traceability, enhancing coordination between supply chain entities, and helping with access to financing, DSCM is a powerful tool to address the supply chain issues of sustainability, traceability, verifiability and resilience.Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik and Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan provide a comprehensive explanation of the digital technologies driving supply chain management.Detailing the diverse aspects of digitalization in supply chain management, Digital Supply Chain Management helps business managers harness the cutting edge, guiding those early in their careers who seek a challenging new path whilst informing top-level managers who have their eye on the future.

Taking a holistic approach, it explains how smart supply chain could contribute to the apex supply chain performance parameters like supply chain resilience, sustainability, and visibility. It explains the application of smart supply chain, particularly supply chain digital twin, in mapping the end-to-end supply chains.