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<p>The article focuses on the challenges of applying big data approaches to logistics and supply chain management in Bulgaria, while also presenting the challenges, opportunities and problems from a broader perspective. This includes a review of big data in logistics and its subsystems in relation to integration and transformation processes, as well as the role of big data and the relevant technologies in supply chain management. The research framework for the study of Bulgarian companies focuses on their experiences, both positive and negative, with big data. Data was collected using an electronic questionnaire. The respondents were from small, medium-sized and large companies alike. The results demonstrate and explain the companies’ experiences with big data and the level of application thereof. The findings showed that the main areas for the use of big data are order processing, communication processes, reporting systems, inventory management and vehicle database management.</p>
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The article focuses on the challenges of applying big data approaches to logistics and supply chain management in Bulgaria, while also presenting the challenges, opportunities and problems from a broader perspective. This includes a review of big data in logistics and its subsystems in relation to integration and transformation processes, as well as the role of big data and the relevant technologies in supply chain management. The research framework for the study of Bulgarian companies focuses on their experiences, both positive and negative, with big data. Data was collected using an electronic questionnaire. The respondents were from small, medium-sized and large companies alike. The results demonstrate and explain the companies’ experiences with big data and the level of application thereof. The findings showed that the main areas for the use of big data are order processing, communication processes, reporting systems, inventory management and vehicle database management.

Supply Chain Management and Logistics Big Data Challenges in Bulgaria

Department of Logistics and Supply Chains

Department of Information Technologies and Communications

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

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The article focuses on the challenges of applying big data approaches to logistics and supply chain management in Bulgaria, while also presenting the...

Supply Chain Management and Logistics Big Data Challenges in Bulgaria

Published Online: Nov 19, 2021

Page range: 171 - 181

Received: Mar 03, 2021

Accepted: Oct 05, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2021-0016

Keywords
Logistics, SCM, big data

© 2021 Nikolay Dragomirov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Supply Chain Management and Logistics Big Data Challenges in Bulgaria

Published Online: Nov 19, 2021

Page range: 171 - 181

Received: Mar 03, 2021

Accepted: Oct 05, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2021-0016

KeywordsLogistics, SCM, big data

© 2021 Nikolay Dragomirov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Logistics, SCM, big data