This book discusses the problems and difficulties that the facilitators of the supply chain confront, in addition to the possible solutions to such problems and difficulties. Also, a multifaceted perspective for the general public, including topics such as computer science, the food business, hotel management, fashion, medical, etc.

Preface

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain Approaches for Applications in Supply Chain Management by V. Padmavathi and R. Saminathan

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Fundaments of IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain Approaches

1.3 The Intersection of Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Management

1.4 IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain-Based Supply

1.5 Case Studies

1.6 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 2 Blockchain, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for

Supply Chain Management: Bibliometric Analysis by Esra Ozmen and Nurbahar Bora

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Background of the Study

2.3 Related Works

2.4 Methodology

2.5 Findings

2.6 Discussion

2.7 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 3 Complete Scenario for Supply Chain Management Using IoT and 5G by Jay Kumar Pandey, Vandana B. Patil, Kukati Aruna Kumari, Santanu Das, Arpit Namdev, Praful Nandankar, and Ankur Gupta

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Literature Review

3.3 Research Methodology

3.4 Proposed Work

3.5 Findings

3.6 Significance of Research

3.7 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 4 Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Agriculture Value Chain Performance: Agritech Perspective by C. Ganeshkumar, Jeganthan Gomathi Sankar, and Arokiaraj David

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Review of Literature

4.3 Research Methodology

4.4 Results and Discussion

4.5 Conclusions and Implications

Chapter 5 Applications of Artificial Intelligence of Things in Green Supply Chain Management: Challenges and Future Directions by Arshi Naim, Hamed Alqahtani, Sadaf Fatima, and Mohammad Faiz Khan

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Literature Review

5.3 Research Methodology

5.4 Results and Discussion

5.5 Analysis

5.6 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 6 Effects on Supply Chain Management due to COVID-19 by Shipra Gupta and Vijay Kumar

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Literature Review

6.3 Material and Methods

6.4 Results and Discussion

6.5 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence from Vaccine Development to Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management in Post-COVID-19 Period by Abhishek Dadhich and Priyanka Dadhich

7.1 Introduction to Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

7.2 Literature Review

7.3 Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Antiviral Drug Discovery

7.4 Vaccine Development with AI Application

7.5 Predicting Viral Mutation Through AI Applications

7.6 Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Transformation with AI

7.7 AI and Blockchain Technology Role in Implementing an Intelligent Supply Chain

7.8 AI Application Challenges and Limitations in Health Care

7.9 Case Study: How Blockchain Technology Preventing Counterfeit Drugs in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain System

7.10 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 8 Blockchain for SCM: A Prospective Study Based on a Panel of Literature Reviews by Mostafa Qandoussi and Abdellah Houssaini

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Conceptual Framework of the Study

8.3 Research Methodology

8.4 Basic Features and Factors Influencing the Adoption of Blockchain Technology in SCM

8.5 Basic Projections

8.6 Analysis and Results

8.7 Limitations of the Study

8.8 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 9 A Blockchain-Based Framework for Circular Plastic Waste Supply Chain Management in India: A Case Study of Kolkata, India by Biswajit Debnath, Ankita Das, Adrija Das, and Abhijit Das

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Methodology

9.3 Existing Plastic Waste SCN in India

9.4 Case Study

9.5 Discussion and Analysis

9.6 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 10 Supply Chain Management-Based Transportation System Using IoT and Blockchain Technology by Ahmed Mateen Buttar, Mahnoor Bano, and Amna Khalid

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Blockchain and Supply Chain Management Trends in a Business Life Cycle

10.3 Literature Review

10.4 Analysis and Discussion

10.5 Case Study

10.6 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 11 Perspective Analysis of Three Types of Services on a Queueing-Inventory System with a Sharing Buffer for Two Classes of Customers by K. Jeganathan, K. Prasanna Lakshmi, S. Selvakumar, T. Harikrishnan, and D. Nagarajan

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Description of the Mathematical Model

11.3 Solution of the Mathematical Model

11.4 System Characteristics

11.5 Cost Analysis of the Model

11.6 Numerical Discussions

11.7 Conclusion and Future Scope

Chapter 12 Ensuring Provenance and Traceability in a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Using Blockchain and Internet of Things by Anna N. Kurian, P.P. Joby, Tomina Anoop, and Allen Mathew

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Pharmaceutical Ecosystem

12.3 Existing Technologies

12.4 Counterfeit Drug Supply - A Global Threat

12.5 Blockchain - A Distributed Digital Ledger

12.6 Open Challenges and Discussions

12.7 Conclusion and Future Scope

Index

Dr. Priyanka Chawla is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT, Warangal, India. She earned her PhD degree from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India. Apart from the teaching duties, she is also involved in various research activities. She is inspired to strive for success in the three major areas of academe: teaching, research and service. Her research interests lie in the area of Internet of Things, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Data Science and Sustainable development. She has several publications in reputed national and international journals and conferences. She is on the editorial board of many reputed journals. She is also the reviewer for many reputed journals and the member of the organizing committee for several conferences and workshops. She has successfully completed various certifications in the field of education. She is a member of reputed professional bodies like ISTE, ISC etc.

Dr. Adarsh Kumar is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science with University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He received his Master degree (M. Tech) in Software Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India and earned his PhD degree from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Noida, India followed by Post-Doc from Software Research Institute, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland. From 2005 to 2016, he has been associated with the Department of Computer Science Engineering & Information Technology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar-Pardesh, India, where he worked as Assistant Professor. His main research interests are cybersecurity, cryptography, network security, and ad-hoc networks. He has many research papers in reputed journals, conferences and workshops. He participated in one European Union H2020 sponsored research project and he is currently executing two research projects sponsored from UPES SEED division and one sponsored from Lancaster University.

Dr. Anand Nayyar received Ph.D (Computer Science) from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence and Network Simulation. He is currently working in School of Computer Science-Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam as Assistant Professor, Scientist, Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director- IoT and Intelligent Systems Lab. A Certified Professional with 100+ Professional certificates from CISCO, Microsoft, Amazon, EC-Council, Oracle, Google, Beingcert, EXIN, GAQM, Cyberoam and many more. Published more than 140+ Research Papers in various High-Quality Web of Science, ISI-SCI/SCIE/SSCI Impact Factor Journals cum Scopus/ESCI indexed Journals, 70+ Papers in International Conferences indexed with Springer, IEEE and ACM Digital Library, 40+ Book Chapters in various SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE Indexed Books with Springer, CRC Press, Wiley, IET, Elsevier with Citations: 6800+, H-Index: 42 and I-Index: 150. Member of more than 60+ Associations as Senior and Life Member including IEEE, ACM. He has authored/co-authored cum Edited 40+ Books of Computer Science. Associated with more than 500+ International Conferences as Programme Committee/Chair/Advisory Board/Review Board member. He has 18 Australian Patents, 4 German Patents , 1 Japanese Patent, 11 Indian Design cum Utility Patents, 3 Indian Copyrights and 2 Canadian Copyrights to his credit in the area of Wireless Communications, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, IoT and Image Processing. Awarded 38+ Awards for Teaching and Research-Young Scientist, Best Scientist, Young Researcher Award, Outstanding Researcher Award, Excellence in Teaching and many more. He is listed in Top 2% Scientists as per Stanford University (2020, 2021). He is acting as Associate Editor for Wireless Networks (Springer), Computer Communications (Elsevier), International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET) (Inderscience), Frontiers in Computer Science, PeerJ Computer Science, Human Centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), IET-Quantum Communications, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, IET Networks, IJDST, IJISP, IJCINI, IJGC. He is acting as Editor-in-Chief of IGI-Global, USA Journal titled "International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)". He has reviewed more than 2000+ Articles for diverse Web of Science and Scopus Indexed Journals. He is currently researching in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Network Simulation, Big Data and Wireless Communications.

Dr. Mohd Naved is a passionate researcher & educator with 16 years of experience and proven track record of quality research publications and leading teams for the research and overall management of the educational institution. He is a senior member of IEEE and associated with multiple leading research organizations. He is a machine learning consultant and researcher, currently teaching in Amity University (Noida) for various degree programs in Analytics and Machine Learning. He is actively engaged in academic research on various topics in management as well as on 21st century technologies. He has published 60+ research articles in reputed journals (SCI/Scopus Indexed/peer reviewed). He has 16 patents in AI/ML and actively engage in commercialization of innovative products.