**6. Conclusion**

The next generation of supply chain management needs to integrate automation of processes from manufacturing, distribution, retailing to customers through Industry 4.0. The capability gives the supply industry compelling arguments to shift from traditional supply chain models to a supply web for enhanced collaboration and efficiency. The supply web paradigm offers the supply industry to generate and transfer business data internally, externally, and between PBPP. The chapter presented and defined *Supply Web* (SW) and suggested the basic tenets. Firms need to have their business operation participate in the three collaborative levels to integrate SW. Primarily, firms need to maintain an internal Collaborative Dimension with other firms that add value to the primary product or service. Next, a firm must maintain another level with firms external to the main product or service. Lastly, firms will equally require a collaborative dimension that impacts internal and external operations.

## **Acknowledgements**

I wish to thank IntechOpen for considering the chapter.

## **Conflict of interest**

None.
