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A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework using Industry 4.0 Technologies in the Healthcare Sector: A Comprehensive Review

Version 1 : Received: 18 November 2023 / Approved: 21 November 2023 / Online: 22 November 2023 (07:39:52 CET)

How to cite: Carole, K. S.; Mohapatra, B.; Tripathy, S.; Singhal, D.; Joo, M. I.; Cheol Kim, H.-. A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework using Industry 4.0 Technologies in the Healthcare Sector: A Comprehensive Review. Preprints 2023, 2023111343. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1343.v1 Carole, K. S.; Mohapatra, B.; Tripathy, S.; Singhal, D.; Joo, M. I.; Cheol Kim, H.-. A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework using Industry 4.0 Technologies in the Healthcare Sector: A Comprehensive Review. Preprints 2023, 2023111343. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1343.v1

Abstract

In modern times, sustainability in supply chain management is one of the keys to boosting the performance of the supply chain, and it enables the accomplishment of SSCM. It has been found in recent years that SSCM with assist of industry 4.0 applications, can benefit splendid productivity and efficiency in the supply chain. The numerous industry 4.0 applications that are involved are Artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) Big Data Analytics (BDA), etc. Industry 4.0 with SSCM has gained a lot of interest from various authors and scholars across the world. Healthcare is one of the most critical sectors due to its importance in handling public health. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and other viruses (SARS and Ebola) have highlighted supply chain vulnerabilities that are further mitigated by their lean and globalized structures. Covid-19 underlined the need for supply chain visibility problems within the healthcare sector. When the need for medical supplies became urgent and global distribution was disrupted, companies faced the consequences of needing the technology, systems, and plans in place to correctly predict the onslaught. One report shows that about 94 percent of Fortune 1000 companies reported supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 global outbreak. Existing studies have discussed supply chain issues and the importance of AI in addressing these challenges. AI, like Industry 4.0 in the healthcare supply chain, is proving to be a game-changer. This paper aims to review and present the various aspects of SSCM and industry 4.0 applications to get a comprehensive literature review, which contains the analysis of multiple articles published from 2010-2020. In addition, the various challenges SSCM and industry 4.0 applications face are identified and discussed. Also, the impact of Industry 4.0 and sustainable practices brings together the healthcare supply chain. This study will help in getting a good understanding of the different industry 4.0 technologies that are important for setting up SSCM.

Keywords

Industry 4.0; healthcare; Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Sustainability; literature review; sustainable chain management(scm); Sustainable Supply Chain Management(SSCM)

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science and Technology

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