Technologies and Trends in the Halal Industry (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)

With recent technological developments, touted also as Industry 4.0, numerous articles published over the years have emphasized the need to investigate the role of technology across all sectors including the halal industry. This book provides a greater understanding of the technologies, trends, and debates associated with the halal industry from different sectors such as food, logistics, pharmaceutical, tourism, medical, cosmetic, and the retail sector.

The book adds substantial discussion to the issues and trends of technology applications in the halal industry as well as the theories underpinning halal technology studies. It is in four sections: an overview of the halal industry, selected theories, technology, and recent issues. The contributors explore how technology has evolved and been applied in industry, and also look at how Industry 4.0 technologies like blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), automation, machine learning, and augmented reality are being integrated in the halal supply chain process. Written by well- regarded scholars and international academics from Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, this book provides expert contributions from research, regulatory, and industry perspectives.

This book will interest upper level students, scholars, academics, and practitioners in the various discipline of tourism and travel, hospitality, food studies, marketing, pharmaceutical and medical, logistics, management, Islamic studies and information technology in the halal industry.

Nor Aida Abdul Rahman is an Associate Professor at Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and currently serves as a Head of Aviation Management at Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology Campus) in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. She is also a Fellow at UKM-MPOB Endowment Chair at National University of Malaysia. Her research interest is in halal logistics and supply chain, logistics and supply chain performance, logistics branding, aviation management and air travel. Her work has appeared in Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Islamic Marketing, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Journal of Quality and Reliability and Management, and others. She has also published a number of book chapters, books, edited books, refereed conference proceedings, and is part of the editorial team of book projects with Routledge and Springer.

Kamran Mahroof is an Associate Professor in Supply Chain Analytics and Programme Leader for MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford. He has extensive practical experience having worked in various positions for leading companies, most recently in retail, where he led business improvement initiatives in logistics and supply chain. His industrial experience has helped shape his research interests, through which he is actively researching in the areas of technology adoption, Industry 4.0 technologies, circular economy, and applied artificial intelligence.

Azizul Hassan is a member of the Tourism Consultants Network of the UK Tourism Society. Hassan’s research interest areas are technology-supported marketing for tourism and hospitality, immersive technology application in the tourism and hospitality industry, technology influenced marketing suggestions for sustainable tourism and hospitality industry in developing countries. Hassan has authored over 100 articles and book chapters in leading tourism outlets.