Virtualization of food supply chains with the internet of things
By Cor N. Verdouw, J. Wolfert, Adrie J. M. Beulens, A. Rialland. 2016
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Internet technologies allow supply chains to use virtualizations dynamically in operational management processes. This will improve support for food companies in dealing with perishable products, unpredictable supply variations and stringent food safety and sustainability requirements. Virtualization enables supply chain actors to monitor, control, plan and optimize business processes remotely and in real-time through the Internet, based on virtual objects instead of observation on-site. This paper analyses the concept of virtual food supply chains from an Internet of Things perspective and proposes an architecture to implement enabling information systems. As a proof of concept, the architecture is applied to a case study of a fish supply chain. These developments are expected to establish a basis for virtual supply chain optimization, simulation and decision support based on on-line operational data. In the Internet of Things food supply chains can become self-adaptive systems in which smart objects operate, decide and learn autonomously.
Subfields: Food Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Information Systems
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Citations in the corpus
- Internet of Things (IoT) and its impact on supply chain: A framework for building smart, secure and efficient systems (2018, background): “– Other applications The internet of things (IOT) also applied in various research areas such as pharmaceutical supply chain [41], construction industry [42], petrochemical industry [43], retail industry and food supply chains [44].”
- Digital twins in smart farming (2021, background): “3 The case study was carried out as part of the European IoF2020 project in close interaction with involved business partners (Verdouw et al., 2017).”
- IoT in Agriculture: Designing a Europe-Wide Large-Scale Pilot (2017, background): “Data-driven services could help logistics and supply chain by enabling optimal route planning, facilitating recalls in food crisis scenarios ordering processes [6].”