Real-Time Visibility in Supply Chain Management: Theories, Technologies, and Tensions

by Sławomir Wyciślak

Overview

Real-Time Visibility in Supply Chain Management applies the paradox theory to understand why real-time visibility expectations and aspirations do not meet supply chain realities. Providing an understanding of the governance of industrial digital platforms for real-time visibility, the book identifies paradoxical tensions among platform partners and explores how to navigate them.

The author conceptualizes dynamic patterns of tension evolution among supply chain platform partners and suggests future research directions to advance theorization regarding platform governance and tensions. The successful implementation of digital platforms requires understanding and navigating these paradoxical tensions. The perspective of paradox theory offered in this book can advance our supply chain digitalization understanding as it informs about gaps in thought processes, methodologies, tools, and solutions. The book also explores the role of multiple stakeholders, including platform owners, customers and complementors, in operationalizing real-time visibility to offer new theoretical insights.

This book will appeal to researchers and scholars in the areas of supply chain management, operations and logistics, as well as those interested in digitalization and technology management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032524832
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/12/2024
Series:	Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sławomir Wyciślak, Associate Professor at Jagiellonian University, holds a PhD and brings profound industrial experience to the study of supply chain visibility. His unique perspective, developed through academic research and hands-on experience with leading companies like Unilever, provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary challenges and innovative solutions in the field. His work is dedicated to applying systems thinking to address complex organizational challenges, with a particular focus on digitization and managing dynamic changes.

Table of Contents

1.  Introduction 

2.  The Problem of Visibility in Supply Chain

3. Theories To Help Understand And Leverage The Adaptation of Supply Chain Visibility

4. Digital Platforms As The Solution for Visibility 

5. Methodology

6. Implementing Real-Time Visibility: A Case Study of an FMCG Company.

7. Transportation Ecosystems: Navigating the Paradoxes and System Dynamics. Platform Owners Perspective.

8. Needs And Benefits. Bridging Theory and Practice Through Systems Dynamics 

9. Real-Time Visibility as Paradoxical Tension. 

10. Real-Time Visibility in Supply Chains: Synthesis, Implications, and the Road Ahead