1st Edition
Explainable AI and Blockchain for Secure and Agile Supply Chains Enhancing Transparency, Traceability, and Accountability
This book examines the transformative potential of integrating explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and blockchain technology in modern supply chain management.
It explores how these innovative technologies address pressing challenges such as data transparency, traceability, fraud prevention, and operational efficiency in complex global supply chains. With detailed analyses, case studies, and real-world applications, these chapters provide insights into leveraging XAI to demystify AI decision-making and blockchain, ensuring data security and decentralized accountability. Key topics include sustainable practices, smart contract automation, and human-centric approaches to enhancing trust and collaboration among stakeholders.
This comprehensive volume serves as a valuable resource for academics, industry leaders, and policymakers seeking to harness cutting-edge technologies for building resilient and transparent supply chains.
Foreword by Behrouz Aslani
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to Explainable AI (XAI) and Blockchain: Secure and Agile Supply Chains
Narasimha Rao Vajjhala, Mathias Fonkam, and Philip Eappen
Chapter 2. Evolution, Need, and Application of Explainable AI in Supply Chain Management
Nidhi Arora and Yash Gajjar
Chapter 3. A Structural Treatise on the Effects of Explainable AI and Big Data Technologies on Supply Chain Management
Venkata Naga Siva Kumar Challa, Kiran Kumar Thodeti, Shaikh Mahaboob Syed, and PSV Padmalatha
Chapter 4. Integration of Blockchain Technology and Explainable Artificial Intelligence to Supply Chain: Transforming Transparency and Efficiency
Avinash BM, Megha B, and Rajasekhara Mouly Potluri
Chapter 5. Integration of Blockchain Technology and Supply Chain using Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Pankaj Kumar Vaishnav, Sunil Sharma, Rakshit Kothari, and Meenal Joshi
Chapter 6. Advancing Supply Chain with Blockchain-Backed Explainable AI
Adetoba Oluwaseyi Matthew and Olabode Emmanuel Ebiniyi
Chapter 7. Supply Chain Transformation Through Blockchain Technology Adoption using Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Ritesh Kumar Jain, Vishnu Agarwal, Jitendra Sharma, and Upasana Ameta
Chapter 8. Explainable AI in Supply Chain Decision Making
Sunil Sharma, Pankaj Kumar Vaishnav, Ravi Teli, Sandip Das, and Bhupendra Soni
Chapter 9. Application of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Blockchain Technology in Indian Sustainable Green Supply Chain Management Practices
Madhavi Kilaru, Rajasekhara Mouly Potluri, and Rahatullah Khan
Chapter 10. Sustainable Supply Chain Practices with Blockchain and Mitigation Practices in XAI
Seema Babusing Rathod, Sheetal S. Dhande, Harsha R. Vyawahare, and Ajay Kumar Sharma
Chapter 11. Human-Centric Approaches in Blockchain and XAl for Supply Chain Management
Esha Bansal, Manish Saraswat, and Ajay Kumar Sharma
Chapter 12. Perception on Adoption of Explainable Artificial Intelligence-Based Robo Advisory in Supply Chain Systems
Sailaja Nimmagadda, Surapaneni Ravi Kishan, Durga Harun Lodagala, and H.Kanaka Durga
Chapter 13. Assessing Business Prospects of the Role of Blockchain Technology and Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges in Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Jitendra Shreemali
Chapter 14. Future Horizons in Explainable AI and Blockchain for Supply Chain Management
Adeyemi Abel Ajibesin, Eriona Çela, Alexey Vedishchev, and Narasimha Rao Vajjhala
Biography
Ajay Kumar Sharma has over 18 years of academic and research experience and currently serves as the Program Head of the M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering at Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Dabok, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Narasimha Rao Vajjhala currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of New York Tirana in Albania.
Rakshit Kothari is a research scholar at the College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Rajasekhara Mouly Potluri is a Professor of Management/Marketing with thirty-three years of industry/teaching experience in around ten countries and is currently working as a Professor of Marketing at the Business School of Kazakh British Technical University of Almaty, Kazakhstan.
