Digital Supply Chain Adoption Curve (DSCAC)

“数字供应链采用曲线”-DSCAC-项目的目的是提供一个产品路线图，帮助实现完全集成的数字供应链的愿景。虽然这一愿景并不新鲜，但由于缺乏采用，它被扼杀了。尽管这样的整合可以在效率、敏捷性和安全性方面带来显著的价值。-然而，由于工具不能解决供应链参与者，特别是中小企业的需求和恐惧，这一愿景受到了阻碍。挑战包括：(A)公司对共享知识产权的担忧，以及(B)数字工具的不足，特别是在中小企业层面，以及相关需求。通过之前对互联制造执行系统的工作和与轻型数字供应链工具相关的研究，Authentise发现了大量潜在的提供价值的机会，在未能实现全面融合的情况下，应解决阻碍实现全面融合的一些挑战。在满足特定需求的中间产品的同时限制信息需求，可以加快采用完全数字化的供应链。重要的是要从整体上考虑这些工具，以确保它们有助于实现完全集成的供应链的愿景。因此，在这项可行性研究中，主要目标是了解(包括审查现有的解决方案和文献，询问关键的供应链利益相关者)，设计(包括确定潜在的产品领域--包括服务和未服务的--并对每个领域进行完整的产品定义)，以及测试(包括与行业访谈的高水平测试和在TWI试验台上的细粒度测试)。结果不仅是一份报告，而且是一套完整的产品定义，行业参与者可以用来识别和降低潜在的市场机会。这种类型的全面审查产生了产品路线图，这是以前没有的。研究机构(JI4C，TWI)与软件供应商(Authentise)和认证机构(Lloyd‘s Register)的结合将确保这些解决方案具有监管和学术严谨性，同时保持软件供应商可以用来提供现实世界结果的面向行动的方法，这可以通过后续的工业研究应用程序来实现。

The aim of the "Digital Supply Chain Adoption Curve" - DSCAC - project is to provide a product roadmap that helps deliver the vision of a fully integrated, digital supply chain. While the vision is not new, it has been stifled by a lack of adoption. That's despite the fact that such an integration could deliver significant value in terms of efficiency, agility and security.-Yet, the vision has been held back by the fact that tools don't address needs and fears of supply chain participants, particularly SME's. Challenges include, among others, (a) companies fears related to sharing intellectual property, as well as (b) the inadequacy of digital tools, particularly at SME level, and the related necessity.Through its previous work on both connected Manufacturing Execution Systems and research related to light weight digital supply chain tools, Authentise discovered a myriad of opportunities potentially exist that deliver value but, in falling short of full integration, address some of the challenges that have prevented this full integration from occurring. Intermediate products that address a particular need while limiting the information requirement, the adoption of a fully digital supply chain can be sped up. It is important that these tools are considered holistically to ensure that they are contributing to the vision of a fully integrated supply chain.Thus, in this feasibility study the main aim is to learn (including reviewing existing solutions and literature and questioning key supply chain stakeholders), design (including identifying potential product areas - both served and unserved - and compiling full product definitions on each of them), and test (including high level test with industry interviews and granular test in the TWI test bed) an integrated digital supply chain.The result is not just a report but a full set of product definitions that industry participants can use to identify and de-risk potential market opportunities. This type of holistic review yielding a product roadmap has not been available previously. The combination of research organisations (JI4C, TWI) with a software vendor (Authentise) and a certification agency (Lloyd's Register) will ensure that these solutions have both regulatory and academic rigor whilst maintaining an action oriented approach that software vendors can use to deliver real-world results, which may be pursued through a follow on Industrial Research application.