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Learn how supply chains can be optimized using the latest research in blockchain technology and case studies of successful implementation and integration.
List of contents
Chapter - 01: Evolution of supply chain - How we got here; Chapter - 02: Supply chains in 2021 - Costly, fragile, and increasingly complex; Chapter - 03: Basics of blockchain; Chapter - 04: Internet of things, data analytics and other information technologies; Chapter - 05: Blockchain strategy - The why, what and how of blockchain; Chapter - 06: What supply chain management processes and metrics will be affected by blockchain?; Chapter - 07: Blockchain projects in practice - Case study; Chapter - 08: Blockchain use cases in supply chain; Chapter - 09: Economic impact and future outlook
About the author
Nick Vyas is the executive director and co-founder of USC Marshall's Center for Global Supply Chain Management and Academic Director of the M.S. Global Supply Chain program. He teaches GSCM and Lean Six Sigma and global supply chain management to leaders from various industries at Cal Polytechnic University, Pomona. Previously Vyas managed global operations for Duty Free International, Sears, Federated Stores, and Toys R Us, where he integrated technology, directed teams, and oversaw strategic transformation initiatives that both optimized speed-to-market and managed cost and quality.
He was awarded the Supply Chain Leader Award of Excellence by APICS, the premier professional association for supply chain management for his contributions to the development of the next generation supply chain ecosystem.Aljosja Beije is is co-founder of Blocklab. He previously held a number of senior and C-level management positions in IT and SCM, within companies such as Kuehne & Nagel, GE and Nokia. He is also a senior researcher at
the lectorate of Supply Chain Finance at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, The Netherlands and visiting lecturer at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.Bhaskar Krishnamachari is director of USC Viterbi Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor in the University of Southern California, LA.
