Back to a resilient future: Digital technologies for a sustainable supply chain

Stephanie Winkelmann (), Rajae Guennoun (), Frederik Möller (), Thorsten Schoormann () and Hendrik Valk ()
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Stephanie Winkelmann: TU Dortmund University
Rajae Guennoun: TU Dortmund University
Frederik Möller: TU Braunschweig
Thorsten Schoormann: TU Braunschweig
Hendrik Valk: TU Dortmund University

Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2024, vol. 22, issue 2, No 4, 315-350

Abstract: Abstract Economic, political, and societal pressure forces companies to act more sustainably. New legislation and regulation such as the Supply Chain Act, mandates companies to take responsibility for their actions as well as those of their supply chain collaborators. Meeting these requirements demands transparency. Digital technologies along the supply chain have the potential to collect diverse types of data and raise awareness for sustainability purposes. For example, data obtained from multiple supply chain participants can be used to estimate CO2 emissions or optimize resource utilization. Following guidelines for systematically reviewing a body of literature, this paper therefore investigates the distribution of digital technologies in supply chains for sustainability. Based on a collected corpus of 70 articles, we identify seven key digital technologies and indicate how they can be employed to contribute to economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The results show that (1) blockchain is the most used technology for sustainability within the supply chain and (2) the majority of articles on digital technologies in our corpus address the social dimension of sustainability. Our findings advance the understanding of how digitalization can transform supply chains into more sustainable entities and help practitioners decide which technology fits a certain sustainability dimension.

Keywords: Sustainability; Technology; Supply chain; Logistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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