Ramkumar T

Department of Computer Applications

School of Information Technology and Engineering

Vellore Campus

Manupati V.K

Schoenherr T

Wagner S.M

Pabba S.K

Inder Raj Singh R.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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A blockchain-based approach for a multi-echelon sustainable supply chain

International Journal of Production Research

Computers & Industrial Engineering

Optimization of a multi-echelon sustainable production-distribution supply chain system with lead time consideration under carbon emission policies

The lack of industrialization, inadequacy of the management, information inaccuracy, and inefficient supply chains are the significant issues in an agri-food supply chain. The proposed solutions to overcome these challenges should not only consider the way the food is produced but also take care of societal, environmental and economic concerns. There has been increasing use of emerging technologies in the agriculture supply chains. The internet of things, the blockchain, and big data technologies are potential enablers of sustainable agriculture supply chains. These technologies are driving the agricultural supply chain towards a digital supply chain environment that is data-driven. Realizing the significance of a data-driven sustainable agriculture supply chain we extracted and reviewed 84 academic journals from 2000 to 2017. The primary purpose of the review was to understand the level of analytics used (descriptive, predictive and prescriptive), sustainable agriculture supply chain objectives attained (social, environmental and economic), the supply chain processes from where the data is collected, and the supply chain resources deployed for the same. Based on the results of the review, we propose an application framework for the practitioners involved in the agri-food supply chain that identifies the supply chain visibility and supply chain resources as the main driving force for developing data analytics capability and achieving the sustainable performance. The framework will guide the practitioners to plan their investments to build a robust data-driven agri-food supply chain. Finally, we outline the future research directions and limitations of our study. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.

International Journal of Production Economics

Achieving sustainable performance in a data-driven agriculture supply chain: A review for research and applications

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Blockchain and supply chain relations: A transaction cost theory perspective

Computers in Industry

Blockchain technology in agri-food value chain management: A synthesis of applications, challenges and future research directions

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Blockchain technology: implications for operations and supply chain management

Journal	International Journal of Production Research
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
ISSN	0020-7543
Open Access	0