Configured by consumption : how consumption-demand will reshape supply chain operations / Booi Hon Kam (Professor, School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, College of Business and Law, RMIT University, Melbourne) and Peter J. Rimmer (Emeritus Professor, School of Culture, History and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kam, Booi H., author.

Rimmer, Peter J., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Supply and demand.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"With the paradigm shift in consumption habits during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the digital transformation of supply-chain operations, Configured by Consumption offers a timely reflection on the technological evolution of production-consumption cycles since the genesis of industrialization. Digging deeper into the theoretical underpinnings of Industry 4.0, chapters explore consumerism, consumption on demand, consumer connectivity, omnichannel retailing, and social commerce to develop a general theory of supply chain operations. The book examines how logistics and supply chain operations have evolved and merged as a discipline and practice through the combined lens of accommodating technological advancement and supporting consumption. Looking to the future of global industry, it concludes by anticipating further technological advancement, and contemplates the vision, possibilities, realities, and challenges of where logistics and supply chain operations will go beyond automation, robotics, and AI to meet evolving consumer demand. Giving meaning to the coalescence of the physical supply chain and digital commerce, it will prove invaluable to students and scholars of economics and organizational and technology studies. It also offers significant insights for policy makers working at all levels of supply chain and operations management, revealing digital transformations at both the firm (micro) and industry and country (macro) levels"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Introduction to configured by consumption

2. Industrialization: Genesis

3. Consumerism: The force that matters

4. Supply chain 4.0: Technology to the rescue

5. Consumption on demand: Race to meet changing consumption on demand

6. Consumer connectivity: Forging supply chain success in the digital ecosystem

7. Configured by social consumption: Towards a theory of supply chain operations under industry 4.0

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781789905731 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.