Digital Platforms and Supply Chain Traceability for Robust Information and Effective Inventory Management: The Mediating Role of Transparency

Muhammad Khan (), Amal Nasser Alshahrani and Julija Jacquemod
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Muhammad Khan: Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, KP, Pakistan
Amal Nasser Alshahrani: Ministry of Education, School 239, Riyadh 11153, Saudi Arabia
Julija Jacquemod: Department of Business, RISEBA University, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia

Logistics, 2023, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: Background: This article’s main goal is to examine how digital platforms and supply chain traceability (SCT) might contribute to robust information and efficient inventory management (EIM); Methods: SmartPLS3 software was used in conjunction with the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PSL-SEM) technique. Using the snowball sampling method, the software was used to collect data from Pakistani supply chain (SC) specialists; Results: According to this study’s conclusions, robust information and inventory management using digital platforms and SC traceability depend greatly on transparency; Conclusions: Even though investing in digital platforms is a complex process including multiple internal and external parties, this study will be helpful for the decision-makers who make such decisions. The paper identifies research gaps and presents the potential for more research while also increasing awareness of digital platforms, traceability, and transparency in the SC system. There is a shortage of empirical evidence on how digital platforms and SCT lead to robust information and EIM through the mediation association of transparency, notwithstanding the abundance of research conducted on SCT and transparency.

Keywords: digital platforms; supply chain; traceability; transparency; robust information; effective inventory management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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