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One of the key concerns in meat supply chains is to provide chain-wide transparency, whereby food operators capture and share transparency data across the supply chain. To meet this concern a chain-wide transparency software system is needed that is able to address the desired stakeholder requirements. Unfortunately, designing and implementing a ch...
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... The literature identifies SCT as an outcome of the sharing of information analysis, risk prediction and credit assessment among supply chain members while financing alignment boosts this dyadic supply chain information exchange to a more efficient level (Sodhi and Tang, 2019;Malik et al., 2021). Improving SCT through the depth of DT deployment relies on such interfirm coordination (Gelsomino et al., 2022;Kassahun et al., 2016). In other words, financing alignment improves the scale bundling of the depth of DT deployment into SCT. ...
Purpose
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Design/methodology/approach
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Findings
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Originality/value
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... According to Hofstede [9], transparency of a supply chain network is "the extent to which all the network's stakeholders have a shared understanding of and access to, product and process related information that they request, without loss, noise, delay and distortion." Transparency in the food supply chain would mean an architecture where food operators provide data about their products and operations and 3 rd party service provider manages a transparent software system [10]. Access to the data by the 3 rd party system entails trust issues and the risk of data manipulation without the knowledge of other stakeholders in the network. ...
ID: 583833 Abstract Absence of food traceability has led to severe problems like product recall, consumer dissatisfaction, and contamination insecurities in the past. To tackle some of these challenges, we develop a mathematical model that improves the supply chain traceability by optimizing the amount of dispersion among the sausage material batches. The model includes stochastic demand scenario of the batches. It is formulated as a two-stage stochastic program, intended to be solved by an L-shaped method which takes care of feasibility and optimality cuts in order to eliminate infeasible or non-optimal solutions. Furthermore, the data from the model is stored in a blockchain which provides insight regarding the transparency of the supply chain network. Using a simple case study, where an attacker tries to alter or delete data inside the blockchain we quantitatively measure immutability of this decentralized data .. The case study reveals decentralized database could make data accessible to the peers (retailers, suppliers, manufacturers) while mitigating data tampering by virtue of blockchain technology. This not only ensures transparency among the peers but also privacy and security of the data present in the decentralized database of different supply chain networks.
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... application architectures (AAs) based on the identified stakeholder concerns (Tekinerdogan et al., 2005;Kassahun et al., 2016;Tummers et al., 2021). To the best of our knowledge, no study exists on how OSTSs are designed and has developed a reference architecture for the OSTS domain according to the software architecture documentation guidelines. ...
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... Data access is not usually a barrier in simple linear supply chains, as all the actors can be identified a priori and one firm usually dominates (such as a retailer, as in Kassahun et al. 2016). However, in more complex supply networks SCTSs are decentralised and many actors in the network are not known to each other (Lu et al. 2019). ...
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... case study), serves as validation for the RA [139,154]. This approach as described above and depicted in Figure 4.3 , has been used in a variety of other domains such as agriculture [154]supply chains [157], and smart warehouses [151]. ...
... This approach as described above and depicted in Fig. 3 , has been used in a variety of other domains such as agriculture [36], supply chains [39], and smart warehouses [33]. ...
Background
Healthcare relies on health information systems (HISs) to support the care and receive reimbursement for the care provided. Healthcare providers experience many problems with their HISs due to improper architecture design. To support the design of a proper HIS architecture, a reference architecture (RA) can be used that meets the various stakeholder concerns of HISs. Therefore, the objective of this study is to develop and analyze an RA following well-established architecture design methods.
Methods
Domain analysis was performed to scope and model the domain of HISs. For the architecture design, we applied the views and beyond approach and designed the RA’s views based on the stakeholders and features from the domain analysis. We evaluated the RA with a case study.
Results
We derived the following four architecture views for HISs: The context diagram, decomposition view, layered view, and deployment view. Each view shows the architecture of the HIS from a different angle, suitable for various stakeholders. Based on a Japanese hospital information system study, we applied the RA and derived the application architecture.
Conclusion
We demonstrated that the methods of the software architecture design community could be used in the healthcare domain effectively and showed the applicability of the RA.
... Extensive studies have been carried out in the field of supply chain studies, especially the meat supply chain. Literature sought to create transparency in the meat supply chain following international standards (Bresciani et al., 2015a, b;Jafari-Sadeghi et al., 2020b;Kassahun et al., 2016;Mensah et al., 2021). To address this concern, a transparency software system was needed at the chain level designed to be able to meet the needs of the stakeholder. ...
Purpose
In recent years, and especially during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the significant role of agriculture, specifically red meat, in household consumption has been increased. On the other hand, the lack of proper policymaking in the production and pricing of red meat and the lack of a comprehensive study on the beef supply chain has led to a reduction in the role of this protein product in the household food basket. Thus, in this research, comprehensive strategic planning considering the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been illustrated to overcome the aforementioned problems.
Design/methodology/approach
To study the intended objectives, first, using qualitative methods, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) to the studied company's supply chain in Iran were identified and then using the SWOT-Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) technique, the surrounding strategies have been analysed.
Findings
The results indicate that the most important strength of the studied company is the “access to the red meat market of the retirement plan”; the most important weakness is the “lack of required and on-time funding, especially in the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic”; the highest-ranked opportunity is the “access to banking facilities” and the main threat to the company is the “COVID-19 pandemic limitations and health protocols”. In the same vein, by examining the attractiveness score of internal and external factors, it was observed that diversity and competitive strategies would have a higher priority. Finally, the QSPM illustrated that activating the full capacity of existing infrastructure has the highest priority.
Originality/value
According to the red meat supply chain and the link amongst different market levels, identifying, analysing and improving the beef supply chain is of particular importance. One of the threats facing the international community is the emergence of events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which requires businesses to choose the right strategy to deal with the issue. Therefore, the main distinction of this study is to identify, analyse and improve the red meat supply chain of a real case due to the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic.
