THE DIGITALIZATION OF

SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
HOW DIGITALIZATION AFFECTS LOGISTIC PERFORMANCE

L. Arneri
S. Farzaliyev
S. Kosova
S.M.J. de With
 “Digitalizing the
supply chain greatly
benefits logistic
performance”.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
THE MAIN TASKS OF TRADITIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT

• Planning: The planning of all the resources needed to meet demand of goods or services.
• Procurement: Acquisition of raw materials needed.
• Production: Activities centred with the manufacturing of products, quality control to
transform them into finished goods.
• Distribution: Managing customer orders, scheduling of deliveries, product dispatching,
invoicing and payment receipts.
• Customer Interface: centres around all customer interaction and fulfilling order
requirements
TRENDS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
TRENDS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

• The sharing economy

• Evolving customer channels
• Regulations and agreements
NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT

• Drone technology
• Robotic process
automation
• Machine learning
• Artificial intelligence
‘THE INTERNET OF THINGS’
DIGITALIZATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA)
BLOCKCHAIN
CONCLUSION

Big changes will come with the digitalization of Supply Chain

Management. New technologies such as Autonomous Robotics, IoT,
RPA and Blockchain can help overcome these challenges.
Digitalization will help improve the visibility of the supply chain. The
use of innovative digital technologies will simplify and standardize
processes.
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