Sengupta Tuhin, Narayanamurthy Gopalakrishnan, Moser Roger, Pereira Vijay, Bhattacharjee Devleena
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Ranchi, India.
University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK.
Inf Syst Front. 2022;24(4):1107-1123. doi: 10.1007/s10796-021-10228-3. Epub 2021 Dec 3.
In supply chains where stakeholders belong to the economically disadvantaged segment and form an important part of the supply chain distribution, the complexities grow manifold. Fisheries in developing nations are one such sector where the complexity is not only due to the produce being perishable but also due to the livelihood dependence of others in the coastal regions that belong to the section of economically disadvantaged. This paper explains the contextual challenges of fish supply chain in a developing country and describes how integrating disruptive technologies can address those challenges. Through a positive deviance approach, we show how firms can help unorganized supply chains with economically disadvantaged suppliers by carefully redesigning the supply chain through the integration of satellite imagery and blockchain technology. With COVID-19 in the backdrop, we highlight how such technologies significantly improves the supply chain resilience and at the same time contributes to the income generating opportunities of poor fisherfolks in developing nations. Our study has important implications to both developing markets and food supply chain practitioners as this paper tackles issues such as perishability, demand-supply mismatch, unfair prices, and quality related data transparency in the entire value chain.
在利益相关者属于经济弱势群体且构成供应链分销重要组成部分的供应链中，复杂性会成倍增加。发展中国家的渔业就是这样一个部门，其复杂性不仅在于产品易腐，还在于沿海地区其他属于经济弱势群体的人的生计依赖。本文解释了发展中国家鱼类供应链的背景挑战，并描述了整合颠覆性技术如何应对这些挑战。通过积极偏差方法，我们展示了企业如何通过整合卫星图像和区块链技术精心重新设计供应链，来帮助拥有经济弱势供应商的无组织供应链。在新冠疫情的背景下，我们强调这些技术如何显著提高供应链弹性，同时为发展中国家贫困渔民创造创收机会。我们的研究对发展中市场和食品供应链从业者都具有重要意义，因为本文解决了整个价值链中的易腐性、供需不匹配、不公平价格以及质量相关数据透明度等问题。
