Digital Transformation in the Pharmaceutical Compounds Supply Chain: Design of a Service Ecosystem with E-Labeling

Mobile supply chain management in the Industry 4.0 era

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify avenues for future research in mobile supply chain management (mSCM) in the advent of Industry 4.0.

Design/methodology/approach

A systematic literature review was used to identify, classify, and analyze current knowledge, identify trends, and propose recommendations for future research.

Findings

Other research fields, such as operations, production, industrial engineering, and computer science, seem to have a head start in research into Industry 4.0. Several avenues are suggested for investigation under an information systems lens.

Research limitations/implications

Despite the care taken in the systematic literature review, the language (English), the selected keywords, and selected databases represent a natural limitation.

Practical implications

With Industry 4.0 at the top of the agenda of managers and countries, it is important to identify relevant research avenues.

Originality/value

A gap between the extant literature on mSCM and new concerns raised by Industry 4.0 is presented, and some research opportunities to close those gaps are proposed.