Agricultural supply chains and industry 4.0 : technological advance for sustainability / / Stella Despoudi [et al.]

• Autore: Despoudi Stella
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (111 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 658.7
• Soggetto topico: Business logistics; Agricultural informatics
• Altri autori: SpanakiKonstantina Rodríguez-EspíndolaOscar ZamaniEfpraxia D
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction to This Book -- Chapter 2: Definition, Current Issues and Areas for Improvement in Agricultural Supply Chains -- 2.1 Definition of Agricultural Supply Chain (ASC) -- 2.2 The Need for Value-Addition in ASC -- 2.3 Key Issues in Agricultural Supply Chains -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: From Industry 4.0 to Agriculture 4.0 -- 3.1 The Evolution of Industry 4.0 -- 3.1.1 Definition of Industry 4.0 -- 3.1.2 The Evolution to Industry 4.0 -- 3.1.3 Technological Applications of Industry 4.0 -- 3.1.4 Big Data and Analytics -- 3.1.5 Autonomous Robots -- 3.1.6 Simulation -- 3.1.7 Horizontal and Vertical System Integration -- 3.1.8 The Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) -- 3.1.9 Cyber Security and Cyber Physical Systems -- 3.1.10 The Cloud -- 3.1.11 Additive Manufacturing -- 3.1.12 Augmented Reality -- 3.2 The Emergence of the Agriculture 4.0 Concept -- 3.2.1 Agriculture 4.0 -- 3.2.2 The Evolution of Agricultural 4.0 Technology -- 3.3 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Technological Applications of Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chains -- 4.1 Smart Farming -- 4.2 Smart Devices and Platforms -- 4.3 IoT -- 4.4 Temperature Control Applications -- 4.5 Blockchain Applications -- 4.6 Tracking and Tracing Technologies -- 4.7 Autonomous Land Farming Robots -- 4.8 Autonomous Aerial Farming Robots -- 4.9 Smart Monitors -- 4.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Data Sharing and the Transformation Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chain Operations -- 5.1 Data Sharing in Agriculture 4.0 -- 5.2 The Transformation of the Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chain Operations -- 5.2.1 Farmers Operations -- 5.2.2 Processors Operations -- 5.2.3 Distributors Operations -- 5.2.4 Retailers Operations -- 5.2.5 Consumers -- 5.3 Summary -- References. ; Chapter 6: Sustainability in Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chains -- 6.1 Sustainability Definition -- 6.2 The Triple Bottom Line Concept -- 6.3 Sustainability in Agricultural Supply Chains -- 6.4 Sustainable Performance -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Circular Economy in Agricultural Supply Chains -- 7.1 Definition of Circular Economy -- 7.2 The Need for Circular Economy in Agricultural Supply Chains -- 7.3 Towards Sustainable and Circular Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chains Through Agriculture 4.0 -- 7.3.1 The Relationship Between CSR, Sustainability, CE, and Agriculture 4.0 -- 7.3.2 Circular Economy Practices -- 7.3.2.1 Reduce -- 7.3.2.2 Reuse -- 7.3.2.3 Recycle -- 7.3.3 Circular Economy and Agriculture 4.0 -- 7.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Opportunities of Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chains -- 8.1 Real-Time Data Analysis and Decrease of Operational Costs -- 8.2 Increase in Revenue and Production Flexibility -- 8.3 Improves Sustainability and Enables Circular Economy -- 8.4 Enhances Reliability and Uptime -- 8.5 Self-Optimisation and Quality of Service -- 8.6 Improves Infrastructure -- 8.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Challenges of Agricultural 4.0 Supply Chains -- 9.1 Sector Heterogeneity -- 9.2 Farm Size -- 9.3 Validation and Collaboration -- 9.4 Safety and Security -- 9.5 Investment Costs -- 9.6 Design and Compatibility -- 9.7 Concluding Remarks -- 9.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusion and the Way Forward -- 10.1 Summary -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the impact of industry 4.0 on agricultural supply chains, exploring how changes such as increased digitisation, automation, and the digital value chain, will impact food production globally. At a time when increasing population and environmental degradation puts stress on food supply chains, traditional farming operation models struggle to maintain both sustainability and transparency. Industry 4.0 could lead to digitalised ways of farming and agricultural production processes that will transform the traditional operating and process models to digital, data-intensive methods focusing on analytics and decision-making practices. This book aims to provider the reader with an understanding of the concept of Agriculture 4.0 in relation to supply chain management. Different applications of Agricultural 4.0 supply chains are discussed in relation to their respective advantages and disadvantages.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agricultural supply chains and industry 4.0
• ISBN: 3-030-72770-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488720203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II