Digital transformation in supply chains: Current applications, contributions and challenges

Digital transformation in supply chain management enables businesses to gain a competitive advantage by using their resources more efficiently, making every stage of their supply chain brighter, more transparent and more efficient, closer to customer needs, and increasing the quality of decisionmaking. Besides, it ensures that the supply chain will become increasingly flexible and have efficient new business models shortly. Unfortunately, digital transformation is at the digitalisation stage rather than digital transformation due to the high initial investment cost and concerns about applications' success. In this study, successful digital transformation applications implemented in supply chain management to guide companies and supply chains that have not yet entered the digital transformation process, the advantages of these applications and the difficulties of the digital transformation process are discussed. In the study, using qualitative data analysis, open-ended interview questions were applied to 28 companies, and the answers were separated based on industries and applications and were grouped according to industries. The companies' contributions and their supply chains with digital transformation and the challenges faced in the transformation process are discussed jointly to cover all industries. The study ends with an evaluation and a summary of the findings

Tedarik zincirlerinde dijital dönüşüm: Güncel uygulamalar, katkılar ve zorluklar

Tedarik zinciri yönetiminde dijital dönüşüm, işletmelerin kaynaklarını daha verimli kullanarak rekabet avantajı elde etmelerine, tedarik zincirlerinin her aşamasını daha akıllı, daha şeffaf ve daha verimli hale getirmelerine, müşteri ihtiyaçlarına daha yakın olmalarına, karar verme kalitesinde önemli bir artışa ve tedarik zincirinin yakın gelecekte giderek daha esnek hale gelmesini ve verimli yeni iş modellerine sahip olmalarını sağlamaktadır. Ne yazıkki günümüzde dijital dönüşüm, yüksek ilk yatırım maliyeti ve uygulamaların başarısına ilişkin endişeler nedeniyle dijital dönüşümden çok dijitalleşme aşamasındadır. Bu çalışmada, henüz dijital dönüşüm sürecine girmemiş şirketlere ve tedarik zincirlerine rehberlik etmek amacıyla, tedarik zinciri yönetiminde gerçekleştirilen başarılı dijital dönüşüm uygulamaları, bu uygulamaların sağladığı katkılar ve dijital dönüşümün zorlukları ele alınmaktadır. Araştırmada nitel veri analizi kullanılarak toplam 28 firmaya açık uçlu görüşme soruları uygulanmış, cevaplar sektör ve uygulamalar bazında ayrıştırılarak sektörlere göre gruplandırılmıştır. Şirketlerin ve tedarik zincirlerinin dijital dönüşüme katkıları ve dönüşüm sürecinde karşılaşılan zorluklar tüm sektörleri kapsayacak şekilde ortak olduğundan bir bütün olarak ele alınmaktadır. Çalışma, bulguların değerlendirilmesi ve kısa bir özetiyle sona ermektedir.

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