Unveiling the Challenges of Future Supply Chains: An Explorative Analysis

Abstract This chapter focuses on the identification of challenges that supply chains future will most likely face. The primary input in this process are potential optimistic/pessimistic/intermediate scenarios based trends within political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental dimensions. Based such input, we present a list major challenges/opportunities relation to design operations Supply Chains (SCs) near future. preliminary is calibrated validated from industry stakeholders (to account for perspectives different chain actors as buyers, suppliers, policy makers, facilitators) order make sure these indeed practical relevance grounded reality. aforementioned aggregated into several clusters aiming at providing decision makers with tool would enable them quickly easily spot relevant take proper actions mitigate any risk.