Affiliation:
1. University of London, UK
Abstract
Big data analytics has played an enormous role in supply chain operations in recent years. Today, web-applications, social media, intelligent machines, sensors, mobile phones, and other innovative information technology devices generate big data in supply chain operations. These data often provide new digitized services that improve supply chain performance. In this operating environment, heterogeneous enterprise applications, manufacturing processes, or supply chain management, either inside a single enterprise or among network enterprises, require sharing of data-driven information. Thus, data management and its analytical interpretation have become significant drivers for management, product development, and provision of relevant services in network enterprises that function as mediators in effective and sustainable supply chain operations. This chapter reviews the effect of big data analytics on the supply chain operation literature, highlights how modern supply chains can manage sustainability, and presents a conceptual information system architecture.