Modern traceability technologies promise to improve supply chain management by simplifying recalls, increasing demand visibility, or ascertaining sustainable supplier practices. Managers in the initiatives developing such face a difficult question: which companies should they target as early adopters ensure that their technology is broadly employed? To answer this question, managers must consid...

The production and distribution of counterfeit drugs is an urgent increasingly critical worldwide issue, especially in pandemics. imperfect supply chain system the pharmaceutical industry one reasons for drug counterfeiting. Drugs ownership changes from manufacturers to wholesaler, distributor, then pharmacist before it reaches customer thus making difficult keep track it. In this paper, we hav...

according to the vital role of pharmaceutical industry in health care system, pharmaceutical supply chain security, standard production and distribution of the pharmaceutical products are of great importance for pharmaceutical companies. therefore, applying technology, especially radio frequency identification (rfid), is essential to achieve these goals. moreover, due to the importance of secur...

the future economy would be a network-centric economy. networks yield more meaning to the concept of perfect competition market. the successful presence in the network-centric economy requires identification and application of new technologies. in today’s competitive business environment, everything is continuously changing and the only thing remains intact is change. environment pressures forc...

Sustainability in the supply chain means pushing the supply chain to focus on social, economic and environmental aspects, and addressing the existing problems in the traditional supply chain. Considering the importance of evaluating supply chain networks, especially in the field of perishable commodities, this paper aimed to design a mathematical model for the reverse supply chain of perishable...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess if blockchain technology, which hailed for its potential improve supply chain transparency and efficiency, can deliver promise (Abreu et al., 2021; Mahyuni 2020; Manzoor 2022; Rennie, Yiannas, 2018). Supply chains are increasingly complex full difficult achieve may sometimes be undesired, yet governments worldwide demanding more especially with re...