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Digitalization of Bio-Based Value Chains

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Bioeconomy is one of the key areas to find new approaches to manage bio-based resources by sustainable and efficient way. Sustainable chains have to be efficient to use recourses by optimized way and to return nutrients back to field for future agriculture. The important issue also is to process biowaste as biofuels. Biomaterial chains are often long and complex including processing, transportation, storages side flow and energy. Because of this it has not been possible to optimize the value chain and production the same way as in manufacturing industry.

To create efficient bio-based value chains, organizations need to create value and share the information to partners in the ecosystem. Standardization as well as harmonization of data is needed to make it possible. All the data should be integrated and processed to optimize operations of the whole chain. Industry 4.0- framework provides standardization, RAMI architecture, as a reference databased business architecture for this development.

The aim of this article is to create an innovation ecosystem concept for the development of bio-based value chain more efficient and enable a more efficient circular economy. This article introduces as a case study an implementation of a framework on digitalization of farming ecosystem.

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Ruohomaa, H., Pöykkö, T., Salminen, V. (2021). Digitalization of Bio-Based Value Chains. In: Kantola, J.I., Nazir, S., Salminen, V. (eds) Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 267. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_16

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