Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework
Blockchain technology has received wide attention during recent years, and has huge potential to transform and improve supply chain management. However, its implementation in the SSCM (Sustainable Supply Chain Management) strategy is sophisticated, and the challenges are not explored very well, espe...
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| author | Omar Boutkhoum Mohamed Hanine Mohamed Nabil Fatima El Barakaz Ernesto Lee Furqan Rustam Imran Ashraf |
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| description | Blockchain technology has received wide attention during recent years, and has huge potential to transform and improve supply chain management. However, its implementation in the SSCM (Sustainable Supply Chain Management) strategy is sophisticated, and the challenges are not explored very well, especially in the Moroccan context. To this end, the chief objective of the current endeavor is to investigate the barriers that hinder the adoption of blockchain technology in SSCM from the Moroccan industry and service sectors’ perspective. Based on a comprehensive literature search and the use of experts’ viewpoints, the barriers affecting the successful implementation of blockchain are classified into three categories called TEO: technological and system, environmental, and intra-organizational dimensions. In this context, a fuzzy group decision-making framework is organized by combining DEMATEL (Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) and IFAHP (Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process). The IFAHP technique helps to determine the importance/priorities of barriers affecting blockchain adoption, while the DEMATEL technique forms the cause–effect interconnections between these barriers and classifies them concerning the degree of importance and relationships. The results reveal that ‘government policy and support’ and ‘challenges in integrating sustainable practices and blockchain technology through SCM’ are significant adoption barriers of blockchain in Moroccan SSCM. The proposed solution can support industrial decision makers to form flexible short- and long-term decision-making strategies to efficiently manage a sustainable supply chain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b92eb4003081423a99aceaeb161bbf252023-11-22T04:19:22ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902021-07-01914160110.3390/math9141601Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL FrameworkOmar Boutkhoum0Mohamed Hanine1Mohamed Nabil2Fatima El Barakaz3Ernesto Lee4Furqan Rustam5Imran Ashraf6LAROSERI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida 24000, MoroccoLTI Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications, Networks, and Informatics, ENSA, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida 24000, MoroccoLAROSERI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida 24000, MoroccoLAROSERI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida 24000, MoroccoDepartment of Computer Science, Broward College, Broward County, FL 33332, USADepartment of Computer Science, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Punjab, PakistanDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, KoreaBlockchain technology has received wide attention during recent years, and has huge potential to transform and improve supply chain management. However, its implementation in the SSCM (Sustainable Supply Chain Management) strategy is sophisticated, and the challenges are not explored very well, especially in the Moroccan context. To this end, the chief objective of the current endeavor is to investigate the barriers that hinder the adoption of blockchain technology in SSCM from the Moroccan industry and service sectors’ perspective. Based on a comprehensive literature search and the use of experts’ viewpoints, the barriers affecting the successful implementation of blockchain are classified into three categories called TEO: technological and system, environmental, and intra-organizational dimensions. In this context, a fuzzy group decision-making framework is organized by combining DEMATEL (Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) and IFAHP (Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process). The IFAHP technique helps to determine the importance/priorities of barriers affecting blockchain adoption, while the DEMATEL technique forms the cause–effect interconnections between these barriers and classifies them concerning the degree of importance and relationships. The results reveal that ‘government policy and support’ and ‘challenges in integrating sustainable practices and blockchain technology through SCM’ are significant adoption barriers of blockchain in Moroccan SSCM. The proposed solution can support industrial decision makers to form flexible short- and long-term decision-making strategies to efficiently manage a sustainable supply chain.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/14/1601blockchainsustainable supply chainmulticriteria decision-making analysisIFAHPDEMATEL |
| spellingShingle | Omar Boutkhoum Mohamed Hanine Mohamed Nabil Fatima El Barakaz Ernesto Lee Furqan Rustam Imran Ashraf Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework Mathematics blockchain sustainable supply chain multicriteria decision-making analysis IFAHP DEMATEL |
| title | Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework |
| title_full | Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework |
| title_short | Analysis and Evaluation of Barriers Influencing Blockchain Implementation in Moroccan Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Integrated IFAHP-DEMATEL Framework |
| title_sort | analysis and evaluation of barriers influencing blockchain implementation in moroccan sustainable supply chain management an integrated ifahp dematel framework |
| topic | blockchain sustainable supply chain multicriteria decision-making analysis IFAHP DEMATEL |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/14/1601 |
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