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Preconditions and Challenges in the Digital Transformation of Supply Chains: Findings from Academia and Practice

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Digital technologies are omnipresent in today’s world, and successful involvement in the digital transformation becomes increasingly important to companies from all industries. To stay competitive, companies are pressured to rethink their supply chains and adapt. However, the topic of digital supply chains is still in its infancy. The goal of this paper is to shed light on the preconditions and challenges regarding the transformation. The different areas of the digital transformation of supply chains, namely the strategic, organizational, process & method, and technological area are considered. Preconditions and challenges for companies in the digital transformation of their supply chain are extracted from literature with literature reviews and followingly discussed with practitioners to capture the magnitude of the transformation process. Furthermore, differences between academia and practice are revealed, and future research opportunities are identified.

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    Frauke Hellweg, Luis Meierkort, Tim Severin & Bernd Hellingrath

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Hellweg, F., Meierkort, L., Severin, T., Hellingrath, B. (2021). Preconditions and Challenges in the Digital Transformation of Supply Chains: Findings from Academia and Practice. In: Buscher, U., Lasch, R., Schönberger, J. (eds) Logistics Management. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85843-8_2

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