Business Management

Supply Chain Fragmentation
Multiple Suppliers, Manufacturers and distributors

Editors: Mohammad Irfan, PhD
Pratik Maheshwari, PhD

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Supply Chain Fragmentation

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Supply chains have garnered attention in recent years due to a number of factors, including catastrophic weather occurrences, foreign conflicts, and worldwide shutdowns. Contemporary clients require guarantees from companies that premium products will be delivered on time. Additionally, companies must move proactively to establish effective and affordable supply chain management procedures in order to preserve their reputations and satisfy their clientele in the fiercely competitive world of online shopping. However, corporations are limited to addressing the issues they can recognize. The most significant supply chain obstacles and provides advice on how businesses might overcome them.

Supply chain fragmentation happens when a business produces and distributes its goods and services across a range of manufacturers and suppliers for specific, regional, or risk-reduction reasons. A corporation might, for example, choose to procure part of its raw materials from one nation and some from another; it might hire producers in a third nation to make the items; and it might choose to sell the finished goods in a fourth nation.

There are several types and degrees of supply chain fragmentation. The most obvious kind of fragmentation is caused by geographic and supplier fragmentation, which is when production is outsourced to many nations or businesses. However, there are further ways to split up the supply chain, such as through organizational, operational, and technological fragmentation.
As products or information move through the supply chain, fragmented operations can conceal inefficiencies and cause delays. When companies use several manufacturers, suppliers, and/or distributors, supply chain fragmentation frequently results, particularly when operations are dispersed across international borders. For instance, coordinating data amongst various entities can be difficult when a company sources parts from all over the world and then assembles them in an American factory. Businesses are able to connect their segmented operations and make themselves more visible to stakeholders by improving collaboration and data exchange amongst various teams. In the end, this improves supply chain efficiency and lowers lead times while streamlining operations.

Proposed Chapters
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Ch:1, Increased Material Scarcity:
Ch:2, Lack of Supply Chain Visibility:
Ch:3, Increased Freight Prices:
Ch:4, Restructuring:
Ch:5, Cases of firms facing supply chain finance issues:
Ch:6, Challenges faced and lessons learned from real examples of firms:
Ch:7, Maintaining open communication:
Ch:8, Complex Demand Forecasting:
Ch:9, Port Congestion,
Ch:10, Environmental and Social Impacts:
Ch:11, Data Sharing in Supply chains,
Ch:12, Customer Behavior and Demands
Ch:13, Supplier Relationships
Ch:14, Digital Transformation
Ch:15, Clearing Warehouses


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Mohammad Irfan, PhD
Associate Professor, Christ University, Bengaluru, India

Dr. Mohammad Irfan is presently working as an Associate Professor at School of Business and Management, Christ University, Bengaluru, India. Dr. Irfan has done his Ph.D. from the Central University of Haryana. He is MBA (Finance), M.Com (Account and Law), and MA (Economics). He has qualified UGC-JRF/SRF/NET in Management and Commerce. Dr. Irfan certified NSEs (NCFM) and BSEs certification. He has experience of more than sixteen years in the area of SAPM, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Engineering, Fintech, Green Finance, and Alternative Finance. He has to his credit more than 40 Scopus Indexed articles, includes The Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development (Q2), International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), International Journal of Economics and Management (IJEM), Montenegrin Journal of Economics (Q2), Cogent Business & Management (Taylor & Francis) (Q2), Indian Journal of Finance (IJF) and Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance (JIMF). His citations reached 316+ along with 12 H-index. Dr. Irfan has published 10 books in Springer, IGI Global Publication (Scopus indexed), Bentham Science, and Apple academic Press.

Pratik Maheshwari, PhD
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India

Dr. Pratik Maheshwari is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Supply Chain area at Indian Institute of Management, Jammu. He received his doctorate from Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (NITIE Mumbai). His research interest is inclined towards understanding the impact of emerging technologies such as Digital Twin, IoT, Industry 4.0 and Data Analytics on sustainable supply chain performance. He is aquatinted with optimization techniques to solve linear programming and Mixed-integer linear programming problems using python with Gurobi Optimizer. He is also interested in simulation modelling, including tools Anylogic and Anylogistix. His work has been published in high-impact journals such as the International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, and Annals of Operations Research. He also presented papers in several renowned Scopus indexed conferences such as IEOM, IFAC, and IEEE. He is a reviewer of several reputed journals, such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Production & Manufacturing Research, Technology Forecasting and Social Change and Total Quality Management & Business Excellence.




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