Supply Chain with Metaverse: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
暫譯: 元宇宙供應鏈：創新、挑戰與機會

本書將帶領讀者深入探討元宇宙對供應鏈營運、物流、採購及永續發展工作的影響。

主要特色：
- 討論適用於供應鏈管理領域的元宇宙技術，以及其在各種供應鏈網路中的應用。
- 涵蓋虛擬倉儲、數位孿生（digital twins）在物流與倉儲中的應用、區塊鏈（blockchain）的運用，以及擴增實境（augmented reality，AR）與虛擬實境（virtual reality，VR）技術在供應鏈管理領域的應用。
- 強調在供應鏈管理領域中探索元宇宙所面臨的各項挑戰。
- 展示如何導入數位供應鏈解決方案，以提升食品安全與可追溯性。
- 說明如何運用區塊鏈與智慧合約（smart contracts）進行透明且安全的交易。

《結合元宇宙的供應鏈》主要 dành cho製造工程、工業工程、生產工程、工程管理、機械工程及工程設計等領域的高年級大學生、研究生與學術研究人員。

Lokesh Vijayvargy serves as Professor and Pan Jaipuria Area Chair of Operations Management & Decision Science at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur. He has a Doctoral degree in Green Supply Chain Management from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jaipur, M.Tech in Industrial Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and B.Tech in Production Engineering from Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur. He has 21 years of experience in teaching and research. He has more than 30 research papers in ABDC, Scopus, WOS and UGC Care Journals to his credit. His areas of interest are Green Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.O, Supplier Selection, Operations Management, and Operations Research. He has published four edited books in different areas.

Ajit Kumar Singh serves as Assistant at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur. He has received his M. Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management from National Institute of Technology Raipur and PhD in quality management from the same institution (NIT Raipur). He has published many research papers in reputed journals and attended many international conferences. Dr. Singh has also published two books with renown publishers. He is a life member of Global Institution of Flexible System Management (GIFT), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) Mumbai, Institution of Engineer India (IEI). His areas of research are Management of Engineering Education, Quality Management, Strategic Management, Optimization, etc.

Gunjan Soni holds B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from The University of Rajasthan, M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) from IIT-Delhi and PhD (Industrial Engineering) from Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani. He joined MNIT as an Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering) in 2012 and is now serving as an Associate professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering along with Joint faculty at Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering). At MNIT Jaipur he has developed several new courses such as Applied Machine Learning, Six Sigma, Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems, Applied Probability and Statistics at UG and PG level. He has also established Intelligent Automation and Robotics Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has published more than 120 papers in various international journals. He has guided 12 PhDs and over 24 Masters' theses. He is doing four research projects in which two are international and other two are at national level. His major research contributions are in the areas of supply chain optimization, predictive maintenance and AI applications in manufacturing systems.

Mangey Ram obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, in 2008. With over fifteen years of academic experience, he has taught a wide range of courses in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. He currently serves as a Research Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun. A prolific scholar, he has published more than 400 research works and over 60 books with leading international publishers, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, CRC Press, and De Gruyter. He is the Editor-in-Chief of several reputed journals and Series Editor for multiple international book series. His research interests include reliability theory and applied mathematics. Prof. Ram has received numerous awards, including the Young Scientist Award (2009), Research Excellence Award (2015), Emerging Mathematician of Uttarakhand, and the Distinguished Service Award (2023).

Lokesh Vijayvargy 擔任 Jaipuria Institute of Management（Jaipur）的教授，以及營運管理與決策科學領域的 Pan Jaipuria Area Chair。他於 National Institute of Technology（NIT）Jaipur 取得綠色供應鏈管理博士學位，於 Indian Institute of Technology（IIT）Delhi 取得工業管理 M.Tech 學位，並於 Jai Narain Vyas University Jodhpur 取得生產工程 B.Tech 學位。他擁有 21 年的教學與研究經驗，並已在 ABDC、Scopus、WOS 和 UGC Care 期刊發表超過 30 篇研究論文。他的研究興趣包括綠色供應鏈管理、Industry 4.0、供應商選擇、營運管理與作業研究。他已在不同領域出版四本編著書。

Ajit Kumar Singh 擔任 Jaipuria Institute of Management（Jaipur）的助理。他於 National Institute of Technology Raipur 取得工業工程與管理 M.Tech 學位，並於同一所機構（NIT Raipur）取得品質管理博士學位。他已在知名期刊發表多篇研究論文，並參與多場國際 конференция。Singh 博士也與知名出版社合作出版了兩本書。他是 Global Institution of Flexible System Management（GIFT）、Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering（IIIE）Mumbai 及 Institution of Engineers India（IEI）的終身會員。他的研究領域包括工程教育管理、品質管理、策略管理、最佳化等。

Gunjan Soni 取得 The University of Rajasthan 的機械工程 B.E. 學位、IIT-Delhi 的工業工程 M.Tech. 學位，以及 Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani 的工業工程博士學位。他於 2012 年加入 MNIT，擔任機械工程助理教授，目前則擔任副教授（隸屬機械工程系，並兼任人工智慧與資料工程系的聯合教職）。在 MNIT Jaipur 任職期間，他在大學部與研究所層級開設了多門新課程，例如應用機器學習、Six Sigma、製造系統中的人工智慧，以及應用機率與統計。他也在機械工程系成立了智慧自動化與機器人實驗室。他已在各類國際期刊發表超過 120 篇論文，並指導 12 名博士生及超過 24 篇碩士論文。目前他正進行四項研究計畫，其中兩項為國際計畫，另外兩項為國家層級計畫。他的主要研究成果集中於供應鏈最佳化、預測性維護，以及 AI 在製造系統中的應用。

Mangey Ram 於 2008 年取得 G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology（Pantnagar）的數學博士學位，副修 Computer Science。他擁有超過 15 年的學術經驗，曾在大學部、研究所及博士班層級教授多種純數學與應用數學課程。目前他擔任 Graphic Era（Deemed to be University）（Dehradun）的研究教授。作為一名多產的學者，他已發表超過 400 篇研究成果，並透過 Elsevier、Springer Nature、CRC Press 和 De Gruyter 等國際知名出版社出版超過 60 本書。他是多本知名期刊的主編，以及多個國際叢書系列的系列編輯。他的研究興趣包括可靠度理論與應用數學。Ram 教授曾獲得多項獎項，包括青年科學家獎（2009 年）、研究卓越獎（2015 年）、Uttarakhand 新興數學家獎，以及傑出服務獎（2023 年）。