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Challenges to Developing Interoperable Data Architecture to Support Sustainable Consumption and Sustainable Supply Chains

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This chapter focuses on the identification of key challenges to building a data architecture to improve sustainability in supply chains as well as providing consumers with better information for decision support. The chapter builds on the trends of sustainable consumption and sustainable supply chain management and incorporates the views of key stakeholders in the coffee supply chain that we interviewed. Key challenges relate to accuracy and credibility of data in the system, to the availability of technical expertise and infrastructure across the supply chain, as well as with legal aspects related to data ownership, privacy, and confidentiality. Finally, finding appropriate ways of funding the architecture constitutes another important challenge.

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Notes

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    http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jun/10/rana-plaza-fund-reaches-target-compensate-victims

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    Detail description of data collection process can be found in documentations published by third-party certification bodies. For example, for FLO refer to http://www.flocert.net/fairtrade-services/fairtrade-certification/how-it-works/

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    Some roasters also act as retailers by directly selling their product to end consumers, some roasters sell their product to retailers, and some roaster do both.

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    http://www.ecolabelindex.com

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  1. Graduate School of Management, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

    Jing Zhang

  2. Department of Economics and Business, University of Muhammadiyah at Malang, Malang, Indonesia

    Djoko S. Sayogo

  3. Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, 187 Wolf Rd., Suite 301, Albany, NY, 12205, USA

    Djoko S. Sayogo

  4. Department of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA

    Giri K. Tayi

  5. Department of Informatics, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA

    Luis F. Luna-Reyes

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Zhang, J., Sayogo, D.S., Tayi, G.K., Luna-Reyes, L.F. (2016). Challenges to Developing Interoperable Data Architecture to Support Sustainable Consumption and Sustainable Supply Chains. In: Jarman, H., Luna-Reyes, L. (eds) Private Data and Public Value. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27823-0_2

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