Information and Communication Technology for Managing Supply Chain Risks.

The article discusses the use of information and communication technology to encourage ethical behavior among links in the global supply chain. Topics covered include the different reasons for enforcing various supply chain initiatives, the communication and coordination risk caused by the unethical...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 7; pp. 27 - 30
Autores principales: Tang, Christopher S., Zimmerman, Joshua
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2013
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Sumario:The article discusses the use of information and communication technology to encourage ethical behavior among links in the global supply chain. Topics covered include the different reasons for enforcing various supply chain initiatives, the communication and coordination risk caused by the unethical behavior of suppliers, and the information technology (IT) security breach. Also mentioned are the drug safety, IT for exposing unethical behavior of suppliers, and the integrated service co-developed by Savi and Qualcomm to manage, monitor and secure container shipments.