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Neue Wertschöpfungsprozesse und Geschäftsmodelle, die durch umfangreiche Datennutzung und überbetriebliches Datenteilen geprägt sind, werden für Unternehmen immer wichtiger. Viele Barrieren und Hemmnisse verlangsamen jedoch vor allem für den Mittelstand den Weg zu einer datenbasierten Wertschöpfung. Den Unternehmen fehlt es an konkreten Datennutzungs- und Umsetzungsideen und/oder an Digitalisierungs- und Datenanalysekompetenzen. Dadurch bestehen ungenutzte Wertschöpfungspotenziale in Unternehmen – selbst wenn bereits Daten vorhanden sind. Mit diesem Beitrag werden durch die Beschreibung eines Reallabors mit Realexperimenten Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten für Unternehmen aufgezeigt, um den eigenen „Datenschatz“ zu identifizieren und zu heben.

Due to its transformative potential, artificial intelligence is considered to be of growing importance for supply networks. As supply chain management faces a multitude of challenges, innovative organizational and technological concepts are required. As the application of artificial intelligence for supply chain collaboration has increased over the last years, a comprehensive overview of past and current developments in this heterogeneous and fragmented field could provide relevant insights into the main research streams and their developments. This paper presents a systematic literature review comprising 83 articles to assess the last decade of research and application of artificial intelligence for supply chain collaboration. The review adds clarity and richness to the field by enabling researchers and practitioners to navigate this topic and by facilitating the identification of future research avenues. The review outcomes are summarized in a conceptual framework of artificial intelligence inspired supply chain collaboration and a research agenda is derived.

Introduction: The German health and care system is transforming due to advancing digitalization. New technological applications in nursing, such as social and assistance robotics, artificial intelligence and legal framework conditions are increasingly focused in numerous research projects. However, the approaches to digitalization in nursing are very different. When integrating technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence into nursing, it is particularly important to ensure that ethical and human aspects are taken into account. A structured classification of the development of digitalization in nursing care is currently hardly possible. In order to be able to adequately deal with this digital transformation, the acquisition of digital competences in nursing education programs is pivotal. These include the confident, critical and creative use of information and communication technologies in a private and professional context. This paper focuses on the question which specific training offers already exist at national and international level for nursing professions to acquire digital competences. Methods: A scoping review according to the PRISMA scheme was conducted in the PubMed and CINAHL databases. The search period for the scoping review extended from 2017 to 2024. Results: The selection of the studies took place by inclusion and exclusion criteria and the content-related orientation of the publications. After reviewing the titles and abstracts, eight studies were included. Of these, four were published in German-speaking countries and another four in international English-language journals. Discussion: The topic of digitization of the nursing professions and the question of how nurses can acquire digital competences is gaining international attention. Nevertheless, the research on explicit continuing education programs for nursing professions is still undifferentiated. No specific continuing education offer for the development of digital competences of nursing professionals was identified. Many authors remained at the meta-level when developing methodological concepts for the acquisition of digital competences. The systematic integration of digitalization into higher education and continuing vocational training is mentioned in the publications. The development of theory- and research-based educational frameworks, which can be used as a basis for curricula in nursing studies and continuing education, is highly recommendable.

The purpose of this paper is to explore which sustainability complexities firms see in their supply chains. As supply chains consist of various actors and the consideration of sustainability requirements in supply chains adds to the complexity of the management of the supply chains, we apply the social systems theory as a theoretical framework enlighten inherent complexities. For investigating the research purpose, this study carried out multiple case studies with firms in the agriculture sector as these firms rely on the natural habitat and produce or source agricultural products face high expectations but also pressures from various actors. The interviewed firms were from textiles, beverages, coffee, food, non-food, cosmetics, ingredients and chemical branches. In total, this study conducted 26 semi-structured interviews with sustainability responsibles. The findings show, which different sustainability complexities firms in different branches see. By that, this study contributes to the literature as it is to the best of our knowledge the first utilizing social systems theory in the context of sustainable supply chain management. Second, for reducing sustainability complexities firms need to view and understand their relevant sustainability complexities first. Third, this paper contributes with managerial implications as firms can use our research as a starting point for identifying sustainability complexities and coping with them.