How smart cities will change supply chain management: a technical viewpoint

Abstract

Smart city initiatives could be expected to radically change the ways businesses are organised. This paper is a first step to understand the role of smart cities in supply chain management, with a specific focus on supplier networks. In this paper, the following question is posed: How will smart cities change supply chain management? Further, a conceptual framework for understanding the important factors that appear to affect the integration of smart city initiatives in the supply chain is developed. Additionally, examples are collected that illustrate the interplay of smart city initiatives with supply chain management. Ultimately, the objective is to identify the key elements driving integration and their influence on supply chain management, as well as provide insights on productive methods for developing, introducing and managing smart city innovation.