Several technologies drive digital trends and bring about change in SCM. They include AI and robotics, cloud computing, 3D printing, advanced analytics, blockchain, AR, RFID, IoT, and cloud technology. These technologies are changing the face of the industry, transforming many aspects of business models, supply chains, products, sales, and services. This paper conducts a literature review that aims to identify current research and directions in terms of how these technologies can enable or enhance and streamline digital supply chain (DSC) performance. This paper underscores the importance of these technologies for supply chains and logistics, examines their trends and challenges in supporting digital supply chain performance, and explores the implementation and managerial challenges of creating a new integrated paradigm of the digital supply chain. The research will also explore potential barriers to digitising procurement and supply chains and ways to overcome them. Finally, the paper reviews the role of 5 G as a significant technology for growing industry digitisation.

Patients and healthcare practitioners are faced with the challenge of accessing, managing, integrating, and sharing health records securely. Patients should be able to manage their health records anywhere in the world, keep track of medical background, give access to data, and share those with any healthcare professional securely. Direct access to data for patients and a more robust data-sharing infrastructure could better prepare the healthcare system to manage public health threats during the emergence of deadly disease outbreak such as COVID-19. Current technologies in use by the healthcare industry do not adequately address these requirements due to limitations related to privacy, security, and full ecosystem interoperability. This paper conducted a literature review to find out the pivotal roles blockchain technology play in solving some of the most critical and challenging issues facing the healthcare industry. This paper identifies challenges and opportunities for implementing blockchain technology in healthcare and summarizes health-related blockchain products and key players offering solutions across different applications. In doing this, our research extends and complements existing blockchain research in healthcare.

Cloud computing technology (CCT) is a revolutionary new way of leveraging the power of the Internet to provide software and infrastructure solutions to businesses around the world. 2017 is predicted to be a major breakout year for this technology, with many organizations small and large making a shift to this platform. Employing this technology empowers communication between companies and has the potential to generate significant financial and operational benefits for small businesses. The key objective of this article is to propose a conceptual model for successful implementation of CCT in small businesses. This article also examines some of the potential benefits of CCT as applied to small businesses and explores implementation challenges that can be expected. Furthermore, this study reviews key attributes of successful CCT and illustrates some of the routes that might be taken to implement this technology in small businesses. Finally, this article examines the specific application of CCT to small businesses, highlights developing technologies and trends, investigates the deployment of CCT in different types of small businesses, and provides a case example of success.