Megatrends and Trends Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

Abstract

Companies operate in a macro-environment that is changing considerably due to large, transformative global forces namely megatrends and trends. The wave of these megatrends and trends generates new prospects as well as challenges for the future of supply chains. This chapter provides a review of 23 major megatrends and 72 trends identified in multiple dimensions along Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental (PESTLE) dimensions. The results are based on a systematic literature review and an experts’ workshop, and can be used to generate future supply chain scenarios.

Empowering supply chains with Industry 4.0 technologies to face megatrends

“…In this work, we focus on a set of megatrends among the ones reported in the literature, highlighting their future projections and possible impact on supply chain processes in the following years (Kalaitzi et al, 2021). The trends considered were retrieved from the analysis of several works at the scientific and industrial levels considering geopolitical, social, economic, and environmental aspects (as shown in Table 1).…”

“…Aging population, depletion of resources, and growing urbanization are examples of megatrends that have a major impact on companies with the rise of different challenges (Gunasekaran et al, 2015; Rajesh, 2017). Thus, managers must rethink supply chains (Kalaitzi et al, 2021) and identify success potentials to meet competitiveness (Ben‐Daya et al, 2017; Ivanov & Dolgui, 2020). Beyond creating new business models, specific capabilities are required to focus on reorganizing value creation with partners in the up‐ and downstream network (Bienhaus & Haddud, 2018).…”

Implementing New Supply Chain Management Practices to Improve Industrial Productivity Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

“…The undoubted importance and decisive importance of supply chains for competitive productivity of industrial enterprises in a turbulent economy have caused considerable attention of the scientific community to the issues of improving efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of supply chains (Kalaitzi et al, 2021;Karmaker et al, 2021). In this case, labor productivity, according to modern researchers, is one of the key tenets of economic theory (Radło & Tomeczek, 2022), and, despite the fact that the research interest in the problems of increasing labor productivity has not diminished over the past decades, the problem has not lost its relevance (Adebowale & Agumba, 2022;Radło & Tomeczek, 2022).…”

Perspectivas macroeconómicas al 2029: Perú

“…Los retos del posicionamiento de un país en los mercados globales postpandemia han sido vinculados a las denominadas megatendencias logísticas. Kalaitzi et al (2021), analizan dichas megatendencias impulsoras del futuro de la logística: escasez de habilidades logísticas; reestructuración de las cadenas de valor mundiales; riesgo de suministro y recuperación (resiliencia); transformación digital de las cadenas de suministro; sostenibilidad de las cadenas de suministro; comercio electrónico impulsor de las cadenas de demanda; propiedad e infraestructura logística, y modelos de negocio colaborativos. Obsérvese que el desafío fundamental se encuentra en la sostenibilidad y la innovación.…”