Cross-company networking is essential to successfully implement Industry 4.0. In this context, numerous new demands on suppliers arise leading to integration challenges that require specific integration strategies. While these topics are important in business practice, an aggregated holistic...

Purpose: Industry 4.0's potentials can only unfold exhaustively if information is shared across company boarders and along supply chains. Exchanging information, however, implies several challenges for companies. This holds especially true if it is transmitted automatically and digitally, as...

From Industry 4.0 to Digital Industrial Business Models -- I) Digital Supply Chain Management and Business Models -- Digital Transformation of Logistics and SCM – The Long Way from Digitization to Digital Business Models -- Development of a Trend Management Process for Supply Chain Management...