Cloud Computing for Big Data Entrepreneurship in the Supply Chain: Using SAP HANA for Pharmaceutical Track-and-Trace Analytics

Author

Chircu, Alina M. ; Sultanow, Eldar ; Chircu, Flavius C.

Author_Institution

Bentley Univ., Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

June 27 2014-July 2 2014

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

451

Abstract

This paper focuses on the real-world use of cloud-based analytics for supporting medication track-and-trace and monitoring safety and quality in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The paper describes a track-and-trace system developed by German start-up XQS-Service GmbH and adopted by manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies and clinics in Germany. The paper also discusses the benefits of using in-memory computing to process large amounts of big data to support efficient and effective medication track-and-trace.

Keywords

Big Data; cloud computing; pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical technology; supply chain management; supply chains; SAP HANA; XQS-Service GmbH; big data entrepreneurship; cloud computing; cloud-based analytics; in-memory computing; medication track-and-trace system; monitoring safety; pharmaceutical supply chain; pharmaceutical track-and-trace analytics; Big data; Cloud computing; Clouds; Drugs; Innovation management; Supply chains; RFID; SAP HANA; big data analytics; cloud computing; entrepreneurship; pharmaceutical supply chain; start-up; track-and-trace;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Services (SERVICES), 2014 IEEE World Congress on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5068-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SERVICES.2014.84

Filename

6903303