New technological trends continue to emerge, and businesses adopt them in different capacity in a pursuit of improving current ways of doing things and to gain competitive advantages over rivals. One of the key business functions that is impacted by the implementation of different disruptive technologies is the supply chain management. As a result, there is a continuous need to identify where digitalizing supply chains may provide businesses with benefits to capitalize such gains. This study aims to examine potential impacts of digitalizing supply chains on five selected lean operations practices through the identification of key areas and benefits under each of these practices.,Data were collected from 74 participants mainly from the academic community and who were university scholars through the use of an online survey. The used online survey consists of six main parts in total, but three were included in this paper and these were designed to gather data about participants’ general information, level of influence of seven technological trends on supply chain performance and management and potential impact of digitalizing supply chains on five lean operations practices.,The authors were able to confirm the significant impact of digitalizing supply chains on the five examined lean operations practices. Most of the examined potential impacts were found to improve certain areas that directly improve the practices of the explored five lean operations practices as well as the overall supply chain and business performance. They were also able to determine the level of influence of the seven examined enabling technologies on supply chain performance and management.,To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of its kind. Although some literature explored different aspects related to the concept of Industry 4.0 and digitalizing supply chains, no study has specifically explored potential impacts of digitalizing supply chains on lean operations. The results from this study can be beneficial to academic scholars interested in the researched themes, business professionals specializing in supply chain management and lean operations, organizations within different industrial sectors particularly manufacturing where lean thinking is adopted and any other party interested in understanding more about the impact of digitalizing supply chain on lean operations and on an overall business performance.

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数字化供应链对精益运营的潜在好处和影响

新的技术趋势不断涌现，企业以不同的方式采用它们，以寻求改进当前的做事方式并获得相对于竞争对手的竞争优势。受不同颠覆性技术实施影响的关键业务功能之一是供应链管理。因此，不断需要确定数字化供应链可以在哪些方面为企业提供收益以将这些收益资本化。本研究旨在通过确定每种实践下的关键领域和收益，研究数字化供应链对五种选定的精益运营实践的潜在影响。 数据来自 74 名参与者，主要来自学术界，他们是大学学者，通过使用在线调查。所使用的在线调查总共由六个主要部分组成，但本文包括三个部分，旨在收集有关参与者的一般信息、七种技术趋势对供应链绩效和管理的影响程度以及数字化的潜在影响等数据。供应链对五种精益运营实践的影响。,作者能够确认数字化供应链对五种审查的精益运营实践的重大影响。大多数被审查的潜在影响被发现可以改善某些领域，这些领域直接改善了所探索的五种精益运营实践以及整体供应链和业务绩效的实践。他们还能够确定七项经过检验的使能技术对供应链绩效和管理的影响程度。据作者所知，这项研究是同类研究中的第一次。尽管一些文献探讨了与工业 4.0 概念和供应链数字化相关的不同方面，但没有研究专门探讨供应链数字化对精益运营的潜在影响。这项研究的结果可能有益于对研究主题感兴趣的学术学者、专门从事供应链管理和精益运营的商业专业人士、不同工业部门的组织，尤其是采用精益思想的制造业，以及任何其他有兴趣了解更多有关数字化供应链对精益运营和整体业务绩效的影响。尽管一些文献探讨了与工业 4.0 概念和供应链数字化相关的不同方面，但没有研究专门探讨供应链数字化对精益运营的潜在影响。这项研究的结果可能有益于对研究主题感兴趣的学术学者、专门从事供应链管理和精益运营的商业专业人士、不同工业部门的组织，尤其是采用精益思想的制造业，以及任何其他有兴趣了解更多有关数字化供应链对精益运营和整体业务绩效的影响。尽管一些文献探讨了与工业 4.0 概念和供应链数字化相关的不同方面，但没有研究专门探讨供应链数字化对精益运营的潜在影响。这项研究的结果可能有益于对研究主题感兴趣的学术学者、专注于供应链管理和精益运营的商业专业人士、不同工业部门的组织，特别是采用精益思想的制造业，以及任何其他有兴趣了解更多有关数字化供应链对精益运营和整体业务绩效的影响。没有研究专门探讨数字化供应链对精益运营的潜在影响。这项研究的结果可能有益于对研究主题感兴趣的学术学者、专门从事供应链管理和精益运营的商业专业人士、不同工业部门的组织，尤其是采用精益思想的制造业，以及任何其他有兴趣了解更多有关数字化供应链对精益运营和整体业务绩效的影响。没有研究专门探讨数字化供应链对精益运营的潜在影响。这项研究的结果可能有益于对研究主题感兴趣的学术学者、专门从事供应链管理和精益运营的商业专业人士、不同工业部门的组织，尤其是采用精益思想的制造业，以及任何其他有兴趣了解更多有关数字化供应链对精益运营和整体业务绩效的影响。