Big data in Supply Chain Management - Applications, Challenges and Benefits

This paper focuses on Big Data (BD) applications, challenges and benefits (ACBs) in Supply Chain Management (SCM). While BD-related research has attracted a growing number of Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) researchers, SCM-specific research on BD is yet to receive their full attention. By combining relevant frameworks from SCM and BI&A, this paper proposes a new research framework for BD in SCM. The combined framework is then used to identify, classify and analyze ACBs of BD in SCM, using insights from a multi-disciplinary literature review from the fields of BI&A and SCM. Based on the main research findings the paper also suggests further SCM-specific research related to BD, by identifying synergies across business functions and value dimensions of SCM.