Cloud Systems in Supply Chains explores the risks that could face supply chain firms if their implementation of cloud systems is not carefully managed or if not appropriately selected and supported. This volume aids supply chain firms in ensuring that their cloud system activities are positioned to assist and sustain their competitive advantages.

Editorial Introduction Cloud Systems in Demand-Supply Chains; Fawzy Soliman, Australia. 1. Could Cloud Systems drive sustainable competitive advantages in Supply-Demand Chains?; Fawzy Soliman, Australia. 2. Application of a Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management System to Achieve Mass Customization: Best Practices From Automotive Industry; Niksa Alfirevic, Darko Rendulic, and Anita Talaja, Croatia 3. Applying Cloud Computing on Supply Chain Management in the Middle East; Hesham Magd, Oman 4. Service-Oriented Architecture, Agile, Lean and Component Based Software Engineering - Future Solution For cloud computing; Jasmine K.S, India. 5. Strategies for deployment of Cloud Systems in Supply Chain firms; Fawzy Soliman, Australia. 6. SaaS Empowered Innovative On-Demand Software Applications: Potential and Challenges of Cloud; Roma Chauhan and Harjit Singh, India. 7. Evaluating Cloud System Providers: Models, Methods and Applications; Mohamed Firdhous, Suhaidi Hassan, Osman Ghazali, Massudi Mahmuddin, Malaysia. 8. Macroprudential Regulation and Bank Performance: Evidence from India; Lekshmi and Ganesh, India. 9. Changing Needs in Supply Chain Management Curriculum Design to Reflect the Changing Needs; Shirley Yeung. Hong Kong. 10. Banking and Financial Sector in the Cloud Knowledge, Quality and Innovation Management; Mosad Zineldin and Valentina Vasicheva, Sweden 11. An Overview Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Jordan; Anas Al-Bakri, Qatar. 12. Investigating the Role of Knowledge gaps in enhancing quality in cloud environments; Ahmed Mehrez, Qatar. 13. Does Cloud System drive Supply Chain sustainability?; Fawzy Soliman, Australia. 14. Role of knowledge, learning and innovation in enhancing sustainability of cloud based Supply Chains; Fawzy Soliman, Australia. 15. Collaborative Supply Chain Inventory Performance Analysis Using Google Spread Sheet; Nimmy J. S and Madhusudanan Pillai, India. 16. Cloud-based Data Storage for Data Management in Virtual Factory;Yuqiuge Hao, Ahm Shamsuzzoha and Petri Helo, Finland 17. Online Supply Chain Management and Business Ethics; Rajni Singh, India