Topic Name:
Digital Transformation Impacts on Sustainable Business Practices with respect to Energy Perspective of the Supply Chain
Acronyms of Topic Name:
SUSTENCHAIN

Objectives profound:
- To analyze the impact of energy sustainability initiatives in supply chain agility and responsiveness.
- To identify key digital technologies that contribute to energy efficiency in supply chains.
- To study the digitisation Impacts in the Energy conservation methods in the manufacturing sector.
- To study the digitisation Impacts in agility of supply chain in manufacturing sector in terms of factors affecting their implementation
- To develop a decision making framework for manufacturing sector businesses to balance energy sustainability and supply chain agility
- To examine industry specific case studies to validate the findings and framework
Issues Involved:
Objective 1:
- Balancing Sustainability and Agility
- Stakeholders’ (suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, etc) alignment to avoid conflict regarding energy sustainability and agility requirements.
- Non availability of Performance Metrics for evaluation of impact of sustainable initiatives
Objective 2:
- Energy efficient technology Adoption Barriers,
- Data Integration issues from multiple sources to monitor real time data,
- Difficulties in scaling energy optimization technologies across supply chain,
Objective 3:
- Limited access to advanced technologies,
- Integration of Automation into manufacturing to increase energy efficiency
- High cost of investments and perceptions
Objective 4:
- Factors contributing to resistance to change,
- Availability of digital infrastructure for agility of supply chain,
- Cybersecurity concerns,
- Availability of skilled personnel to manage digital technologies in supply chain.
Objective 5:
- Generalization for adapting to various industries and scales of operation,
- Challenges to selection of decision criteria to balance supply chain agility and energy efficiency.
Objective 6:
- Data availability from industries,
- Challenges in comparative analysis across different industries and organizations of different scales,
- Identifying appropriate benchmarks and matrices to access effectiveness of framework
Team Lead
Name: Dr. Nishita Parekh
Email ID: Nishita.Parekh@nmims.edu
Team Members
Name: Dr. Jinu Kurian
Email ID: Jinu.Kurian@nmims.edu
Name: Dr. Rajesh Patil
Email ID: Rajesh.Patil@nmims.edu