An IoT-based E-business model of intelligent vegetable greenhouses and its key operations management issues
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An IoT-based E-business model of intelligent vegetable greenhouses and its key operations management issues Junhu Ruan1 • Xiangpei Hu2 • Xuexi Huo1 • Yan Shi3 • Felix T. S. Chan4 • Xuping Wang2 • Gunasekaran Manogaran5 • George Mastorakis6 • Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis7 • Xiaofeng Zhao8 Received: 11 December 2018 / Accepted: 26 February 2019 Ó Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2019
Abstract The widespread popularization of Internet has brought about various Internet-based business models as well as well-known Internet giants such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Alibaba. Similarly, the application of internet of things (IoT) is fermenting IoT-based business models in various fields. In our work, we present an IoT-based e-business model of intelligent vegetable greenhouses with details on the basic process and key nodes of the e-business model. Information, capital and logistics flows are recognized in the industry chain consisting of ingredient suppliers, IoT-equipped greenhouses, IoT-based e-business platforms, payment and delivery service providers, and end consumers. The value chain is also analyzed according to Michael Porter’s value chain model, which is helpful for greenhouses to focus on main activities in the business model. Moreover, we recognize key operation issues including big-data-driven pricing, planting structure and time optimization, water and fertilizer integrated control, plant light supplement, and order-driven picking and packing. The characteristics brought about by IoT techniques to these operation issues are analyzed, and corresponding mathematical models are formulated, which may attract more efforts in the future. Keywords Intelligent vegetable greenhouses Internet of things E-business model IoT-based e-business platforms Industry and value chains Operations management
& Xiaofeng Zhao [email protected]
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Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2, Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, China
Junhu Ruan [email protected]
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General Education Center, Tokai University, 9-1-1 Toroku, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan
Xiangpei Hu [email protected]
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hongkong
Yan Shi [email protected]
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University of California, Davis, USA
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Department of Business Administration, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Agios Nikolaos, 72100 Crete, Greece
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Department of Computer Science, University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Avenue, P.O. Box 24005, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus
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School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, No. 199, Handan 056038, Hebei, China
Felix T. S. Chan [email protected] Gunasekaran Manogaran [email protected] George Mastorakis [email protected] Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis [email protected] 1
College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F Universi
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