Digital Supply Chains

This book provides a practical guide to digital supply chain modelling, demonstrating an agile approach to how they can be applied to any manufacturing company to build competitive advantage, facilitate new business models and drive towards Industry 4.0. The agile approach of the book provides an attractive alternative to the conventional country-by-country deployment of S/4 Hana and other relevant technologies.

This book contains the expertise Götz Wehberg has amassed over 20 years as a senior partner in a leading consulting company, working across industries and with globally recognized clients, advising on digitization. In it, he explains the scientific roots of digital supply chain management such as Holism, Cybernetics, Self-Organisation and Evolutionary Theory to inform a deep understanding that can drive a supremely innovative strategy for Industry 4.0.

Beyond strategy, Wehberg introduces the practical tools and technologies used in supply chain modelling,...