@Article{Schnelle+Schöpper+Kersten,
							Cite-key = "Schnelle2023Dez", 
							Year= "2023", 
							Number= "1", 
							 Volume= "Industry 4.0 Science 39", 
							Pages= "72-79", 
							Journal   = "Industry 4.0 Science",
							 Title= "COVID-19: A Catalyst for Digitalization and Transparency? A Study on the Effects of the Pandemic", 
							Author= "Johannes Schnelle, Henning Schöpper and Wolfgang Kersten,
Hamburg University of Technology", 
							Doi= "https://doi.org/10.30844/I4SE.23.1.72", 
							 Abstract= "The COVID-19 crisis had an unmistakable impact on the procurement situation in global supply chains, to which companies had to adapt quickly. The effects make it clear that to reduce risks, companies must address the structure and transparency of supply chains. The following article examines what knowledge the actors have and how digitalization can lead to further improvement. The results show that companies currently have
little supply chain knowledge beyond their direct suppliers, but are increasingly able to obtain the supply chain data they require. At the same time, the results indicate that there is still potential to increase transparency and the use of data.", 
							 Keywords= "Corona, coronavirus, COVID-19, supply chain, digitalization, transparency, SMEs, supply chain transparency, demand forecasting, offshoring, supply chain digitalization", 
							}