Supply chains in circular business models: processes and performance objectives

E-business and Circular Supply Chains

This paper deals with the application of IT in circular supply chains (CSCs). We consider information on the installed base critical, and present an illustrative example. Next we discuss a framework of different kinds of value contained in a return, and IT-applications useful in supporting its recovery or neutralisation in case of negative externalities. Also we show which kind of CSC is needed...

Models for Supply Chains in E-Business

Supply chain management is likely to play an important role in the digital economy. In this paper, we first describe major issues in traditional supply chain management. Next, we focus our attention on the supply chain issues of visibility, supplier relationships, distribution and pricing, customization, and real-time decision technologies that have risen to importance with the prevalence of e-...

Forming Supply Chains in a Business Network

This paper discusses the complexity issues in the formation of supply chains (as sub-networks) in a specific complex business network. Supply chains formed in the network are different from normal ones. They are formed and dis-formed frequently, and the roles of the actors switch rapidly between vendor and client. The relationships and interactions among actors are of a dynamic and paradoxical ...

Discovering Distributed Processes in Supply Chains

Processes such as tendering, ordering, delivery, and paying are executed by several parties in almost all supply chains. However, none of these parties has a proper overview over the whole set of activities executed. Therefore, none of the parties can take the lead in business process redesign. Business processes are often not described in an explicit manner, and therefore they are not availabl...

Impact of Hybrid Business Models in the Supply Chain Performance