F.S. Tan
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Food supply chains (FSCs) have become global and complex, making them vulnerable to several risks. As the demand for transparency is getting higher than ever, the digitalisation of FSCs is becoming more recognised as a necessity to enable transparency. Research in FSC transparency often builds connections to digital technologies; however, the relationship between these technologies and transparency has rarely been investigated. From the 50 papers included in this systematic literature review, this research reveals the various narratives of transparency in FSC digitalisation through information asymmetry, trust, transparency, food safety and quality, food supply chain management, and sustainability. The theoretical implication of the findings is that technology can have different effects on transparency and is dependent on the implementation and context, although there can be some general effects. Based on the findings, this research initiates a discussion on digital transparency and offers a broad perspective that includes technical, organisational and social considerations.
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Food supply chains (FSCs) have become global and complex, making them vulnerable to several risks. As the demand for transparency is getting higher than ever, the digitalisation of FSCs is becoming more recognised as a necessity to enable transparency. Research in FSC transparency often builds connections to digital technologies; however, the relationship between these technologies and transparency has rarely been investigated. From the 50 papers included in this systematic literature review, this research reveals the various narratives of transparency in FSC digitalisation through information asymmetry, trust, transparency, food safety and quality, food supply chain management, and sustainability. The theoretical implication of the findings is that technology can have different effects on transparency and is dependent on the implementation and context, although there can be some general effects. Based on the findings, this research initiates a discussion on digital transparency and offers a broad perspective that includes technical, organisational and social considerations.
Conference paper
(2022)
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S.H. van Engelenburg, B.D. Rukanova, J. Ubacht, F.S. Tan, Y. Tan, M.F.W.H.A. Janssen
Governmental organisations use a diversity of policy instruments for sustainability goals. In the field of materials, they aim to advance the reuse of materials on the one hand. On the other hand, they also want to control critical raw materials (CRMs) to protect society against scarcity. Information sharing is required to monitor for both objectives. Research into information sharing for the circular economy mainly focuses on using ICT to follow entire products, such as digital product passports. However, research into information sharing for reuse flows and monitoring at the level of materials is limited so far. Therefore, in this paper, we derive the following requirements for information sharing to support the monitoring of materials and CRMs in particular: 1) businesses and government organisations should have access to the complete history of materials; 2) businesses should be able to share information on materials between different supply chains and industries; 3) information on materials should be reliable and tamper-resistant; 4) governments should be able to obtain a complete overview of the pool of CRMs in circulation and of who is responsible for them; 5) the system supporting the information sharing on materials should be highly robust and should not have a single locus of control. Based on this overview of requirements, we present a research agenda in which we identify challenges and related future research questions.
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Governmental organisations use a diversity of policy instruments for sustainability goals. In the field of materials, they aim to advance the reuse of materials on the one hand. On the other hand, they also want to control critical raw materials (CRMs) to protect society against scarcity. Information sharing is required to monitor for both objectives. Research into information sharing for the circular economy mainly focuses on using ICT to follow entire products, such as digital product passports. However, research into information sharing for reuse flows and monitoring at the level of materials is limited so far. Therefore, in this paper, we derive the following requirements for information sharing to support the monitoring of materials and CRMs in particular: 1) businesses and government organisations should have access to the complete history of materials; 2) businesses should be able to share information on materials between different supply chains and industries; 3) information on materials should be reliable and tamper-resistant; 4) governments should be able to obtain a complete overview of the pool of CRMs in circulation and of who is responsible for them; 5) the system supporting the information sharing on materials should be highly robust and should not have a single locus of control. Based on this overview of requirements, we present a research agenda in which we identify challenges and related future research questions.