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Integrating Emerging Technologies: Enhancing Supply Chain Optimization Through AI, IoT, and Blockchain

Title
Integrating Emerging Technologies: Enhancing Supply Chain Optimization Through AI, IoT, and Blockchain
Creator
Irfan, Mohammad; Verma, Jatin; Parameswaran, S.; Sheikh, Irfan Ahmed
Description
The rapid rise of technologies like AI, IoT, and blockchain is transforming supply chain management by boosting efficiency, transparency, and resilience. This paper examines how these technologies optimize supply chains, focusing on predictive analytics, real- time monitoring, and secure data exchange. AI excels in automation and decision- making, IoT enables real- time data gathering, and blockchain ensures trust and transparency. Case studies from Amazon, Maersk, Walmart, and Pfizer illustrate improvements in efficiency, risk reduction, and cost savings. Additionally, challenges like high costs, data privacy, and lack of standardization are discussed, along with future trends in edge computing, quantum computing, and digital twins. The study highlights AI, IoT, and blockchain as essential to building smarter, adaptable supply chains capable of thriving in todays global economy. 2025, IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
Source
Enhancing Social Sustainability in Manufacturing Supply Chains;pp.199-220
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
IGI Global
Coverage
Irfan M., Christ University, India; Verma J., Christ University, India; Parameswaran S., Christ University, India; Sheikh I.A., Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISBN: 979-836939742-8; 979-836939740-4;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Book chapter

Citation

Irfan, Mohammad; Verma, Jatin; Parameswaran, S.; Sheikh, Irfan Ahmed, “Integrating Emerging Technologies: Enhancing Supply Chain Optimization Through AI, IoT, and Blockchain,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/25155.

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