 Vaccine supply chain management: An intelligent system utilizing blockchain, IoT and machine learningHui Hu, Jiajun Xu, Mengqi Liu and Ming K. Lim Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 156, issue C Abstract: Vaccination offers health, economic, and social benefits. However, three major issues—vaccine quality, demand forecasting, and trust among stakeholders—persist in the vaccine supply chain(VSC), leading to inefficiencies.The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbatedweaknesses in the VSC,while presenting opportunities to apply digital technologies to manageit.For the first time, this study establishes an intelligent VSC management system that provides decision support for VSC management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The system combines blockchain, internet of things (IoT), and machine learning that effectively address the three issues in the VSC. The transparency of blockchain ensures trust among stakeholders. The real-time monitoring of vaccine status by the IoT ensures vaccine quality. Machine learning predicts vaccine demand and conducts sentiment analysis on vaccine reviews to help companies improve vaccine quality. The present study also reveals the implications for the management of supply chains, businesses, and government. Keywords: Vaccine supply chain; Blockchain; Internet of things; Machine learning; COVID-19 pandemic; Intelligent system (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:156:y:2023:i:c:s0148296322009456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113480 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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