Big Data Analytics and IoT-Driven Supply Chain Performance Measures in Indian Coal Industry: A Framework for Implementation

Indian coal industry has very significance importance in Indian economy. In Indian economy core sectors like thermal power plant, cement industry, steel industry, and paper industry are still very much coal dependent. The use of big data analytics and internet of things (IoT) are still at very nascent stage for Indian coal industry. In this chapter, a framework for implementation of big data analytics and IoT in the Indian coal industry and across its supply chain is proposed. At present very limited research is undertaken in the field of application of Industry 4.0 in Indian coal industry and across its supply chain. Big data-driven supply chain and suggesting performance measures will give immense opportunity for coal industry and its consumer to improve the supply chain. The enablers, barriers of big data analytics, and IoT are identified across supply chain of Indian coal Industry.