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The distribution strategy has helped determine the optimal supply chain so as to
satisfy customers wants and needs. For a distribution network to be established the cost of
modelling software and service delivery should be considered. A smart factory is an
intelligent device enabling its efficiency, its self-adjustment in real time or near reality and its
self-governing entire production processes by networked development components and an
efficient production system. The intelligent plant provides collaboration, flexibility,
openness, decisiveness and versatility in contrast with a conventional plant and seeks to
tackle the challenges posed by management.
Literature Review
It is not scandalous that a certain supply chain management principle has been
thoroughly investigated based on the relatively recently developed supply chain literature. ⠀
Over the last 18 years, merous papers have been published concerning SCM theory and
practice, but the subject remains under significant growth and discussion (Rajeev, Pati, Padhi,
and Govindan, 2017). Lean supply is the supply chain management system required to
support lean manufacturing. It may aid in several areas (e.g. improving accuracy and saving
costs). The various models in literature concerning the organization of buyer’s models which
use quantity reductions under a deterministic system, were evaluated and categorized by
Mello, Strandhagen and Alfnes, (2015). The latest literature has been examined on the basis
of this conceptualization by the SCM, to figure out the extent to which these fundamental
elements are present in academic research in supply chain management. In the study the
focus was on production companies and the consumer products sector, with a narrow
definition of the supply chain management process. SCM was also considered a developing
field, and in recent times researchers have witnessed a growing interest. Which allows not
only a more thorough evaluation; it also gives an overview of the maturation of the SCM
sector. The goal of the study is also to predict literature discrepancies and future trends of

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services, stressing the importance and scale of this research (Mello, Strandhagen & Alfnes,
(2015).
The goal was to provide a broader understanding and guidance on future supply
management research for the first three quarters of the Journal of the supply chain. Almost
90% f the papers studied were normative literature, methodological reviews and explanatory
studies. They also noticed that the use of hypothesis testing had significantly increased in the
last 10 years of its study (1989-1999), but claimed it would not be desirable, as a large
application of hypothesis testing as well as the scientific method would need to evolve. The
scholars are suggesting that sourcing and resource management matures as a scientific
discipline, according to Fayezi, Zutshi, & O'Loughlin (2017). Since they have made it
necessary to review the current literature and information, their research represents an early
attempt to define SCM literature. Both in practice and in the theory of supply chain
management, significant growth is achieved. The research methods are finally described and
divided into two dimensions: theory and analysis; the quantity of papers referring to
individual examination stages is not specified. Researchers noticed the major changes in the
last five years of their research era, and two issues saw the most success and supply chain
management growth in recent years. The SMC-related articles have grown significantly in the
late nineties, which suggests an increasing research and development of this field. The supply
chain management: Literature review. This indicates that SCM is a stable and growing
industry and provides numerous scientific opportunities. The literature remains highly
inconsistent in nature and while various studies are being performed to resolve supply chain
issues the majority of current work focuses only on one chain link (Zokaee, Jabbarzadeh,
Fahimnia & Sadjadi, (2017), or rather just one factor in the supplier chain mix.