Enhancing Agricultural Supply Chain Sustainability through Digitalization: Insights from Agricultural Waste Recycling Companies in Aswan, Egypt | ||||
| MSA-Management Sciences Journal | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2025, Page 45-73 PDF (459.08 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/msamsj.2024.309775.1071 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Farida Magdy Hassan Ibrahem   ; Ziad Ahmed Abdelsatar Ahmed; Yousif Abdelhaseeb Fathi Ebrahim; Kerolos Zaki Riad Abdelmasih; Tasnim Ahmed Youssef Ali
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| Student at College of International Transport and Logistics, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Aswan, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The research aims to investigate the effect of digitalization on sustainable supply chains, particularly in recycling agricultural wastes in Egypt. The research pursues to assess current collection processes within circular supply chains, look for the opportunities of implementing digital technologies in facilitating the collection of agricultural waste, and analyze the effects of digitalization on the performance of supply chains. Design/methodology/approach: The research utilized an inductive approach and gathered data from recycling company employees through a survey. Correlation and regression analysis was carried out to test the relationship between research variables by using SPSS. The study's findings that there is a significant effect of digitalization on agricultural supply chain sustainability. Also, have shown that the incorporation of applications, information and communication technology, transportation management systems, and cloud computing has a noteworthy effect on the sustainability of the supply chain. This influence is particularly pronounced in the agricultural supply chain. Based on these findings, decision-makers in the agricultural waste industry must follow the following recommendations to reach a more sustainable supply chain., including investing in digital technologies, promoting a culture of improvement and digital literacy, and forming partnerships with technology providers. These measures can enhance operations, minimize waste, and contribute to more sustainable practices, ensuring competitiveness and meeting environmental obligations. The originality value of the Digitalization studies is a subject which has not been reviewed its effect on Agricultural Supply Chain Sustainability in Aswan, Egypt in the literature previously. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Digitalization; Supply chain sustainability; Agriculture wastes; Sustainability; circular supply chain | ||||
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