Open Supply Chain Data in Greece and the World
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OPEN SUPPLY CHAIN DATA IN GREECE AND THE WORLD School of Economics MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management Supervisor: Tsadiras Athanasios Author: Silvestri Miro Thessaloniki, 2020 Abstract This research is about the Open Data and Visualization techniques. More specifically, an introduction and discussion of the Open Data in Greece and the World will be done, by presenting the eight fundamental principles of the open data, the progress and maturity of the European countries, starting from 2016 all through 2019, the G20's anti-corruption principles and the G8's Open data principles. Also, in order to connect the Open Data with the supply chain, some constraints will be created, so as to collect all Greek Open Data Portals and filter them, in order to collect all the datasets related to the supply chain. Furthermore, the impacts and benefits of the Open data will be discussed, as well as the benefits of the Visualization techniques. Following, with the help of the Tableau and Power BI software, some of the data collected related to the supply chain, will be analyzed and visualized and a comparison of these two software will be done. Finally, in the last chapter, the conclusions of this research will be presented, in addition to some proposals so as to ameliorate the collection and record, process and publications of the Open Data. Keywords: open data, Greece, world, supply chain, portal, gov, Tableau, Power BI, visualization 1 Acknowledgements With this thesis, my course of study has come to an end. It was a path I had in mind since the beginning of my university commitment, when I chose the faculty of Economics and International Commerce with the idea of continuing with a Master in Logistics. My wish came true when I had the honor of being admitted to the prestigious Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a city in which I spent a period of serious and demanding studies and which gave me a broad and updated vision of the subject to which I hope to dedicate my future working activity. I found a group of students, open to discuss and collaborate, with whom I hope to maintain a friendly relationship. Above all, I was able to appreciate the teaching staff, made up of highly qualified Professors. I especially would like to thank Professor Tsadiras Athanasios for his collaboration and availability in following my work. Finally, allow me to express my thanks to my parents, who for many years of studies have always supported and encouraged me, morally and economically, without sparing me praises and criticisms, also constructive in my educations as a young man. 2 Contents Abstract .................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Defined Terms ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1 Chapter One: Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 International historic overview of Open Data ...................................................................................................... 12 1.3 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 1.3.1 Definition of Data .......................................................................................................................................... 15 1.3.2 Definition of Information .............................................................................................................................. 15 1.3.3 Definition of Data processing ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.3.4 Definition of Open Public Data ..................................................................................................................... 16 1.3.5 Definition of Public Data ............................................................................................................................... 16 1.3.6 Definition of Government data ..................................................................................................................... 17 1.3.7 Definition of Open ........................................................................................................................................ 17 1.3.8 Definition of Open Data ................................................................................................................................ 18 1.3.9 Definition of Supply Chain ............................................................................................................................ 18 1.3.10 Definition of Datasets ................................................................................................................................... 19 1.3.11 Data Catalogue Vocabulary – Application Profile ......................................................................................... 19 1.4 Types of Open Data .............................................................................................................................................. 20 1.5 Value of the Open Data ........................................................................................................................................ 20 1.6 Aim and Objectives ............................................................................................................................................... 22 1.7 Research scope ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.8 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.9 Outline of the thesis ............................................................................................................................................. 23 2 Chapter Two: Methodology and Review .................................................................................................................. 25 2.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 2.2 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 2.3 Select keywords and define search strings ........................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Inclusion and exclusion criteria ............................................................................................................................ 30 2.4.1 Inclusion criteria for the websites ................................................................................................................ 31 2.4.2 Exclusion criteria for the websites ................................................................................................................ 31 2.4.3 Inclusion criteria for the datasets ................................................................................................................. 31 3 2.4.4 Exclusion criteria for the datasets ................................................................................................................ 32 2.5 Select data sources ............................................................................................................................................... 32 2.6 Aim and Objectives ............................................................................................................................................... 33 2.7 Results of the research ......................................................................................................................................... 33 3 Chapter Three: Thematic Analysis and Discussion .................................................................................................. 35 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2 The Open Data Principles .....................................................................................................................................