Sustainable and resilient supply chain management : scale development

Paper delivered at the 21st Logistics Research Network annual conference 2016, 7th-9th September 2016, Hull. Abstract Purpose: This paper reports on the status of an ongoing empirical study to enhance our understanding of factors contributing to better supply chain performance in the context of sustainable and resilient supply chain management, and updates the literature review and research framework presented in Joradon et al. (2015). That paper operationalized eight firm practices that are now being tested in a quantitative study to investigate how sustainable and resilient supply chain management might improve supply chain performance. Sustainable and resilient supply chain management requires firms to consider supply chain performance within environmental, economic, social, vulnerability, and capability parameters. This paper presents the scale development for this study which will analyse the current level of sustainable and resilient supply chain management practices in firms and help guide them to assess and amend their procedures and processes to become more sustainable and resilient in future. Research approach: The empirical study contains measurement scale and constructs developed according to Churchill (1979) two-phase framework. The first phase was based on data gathered from interviews with nine managers across four electronic companies and two distributors in Thailand using semi-structured interviews. The data from the interviews as well as the extant literature was then used to develop measurement scales and constructs for the next phase, which was a survey with approximately 500 electronic companies in Thailand. Findings and Originality: At the date of writing semi-structured interviews have been conducted and some opportunities to shape the measurement scale and constructs have been identified. The survey is currently being completed and the conference presentation will provide results from analysis to date. While the investigation of sustainable and resilient supply chain management together has yet to be explored in a focused way, this paper is original since it offers an investigation of these two topics and their relationship with supply chain performance. Research Impact: The study will produce new performance measurement scales for sustainable and resilient supply chain management as well as an agenda for future research to validate the findings across other sectors and contexts. Mixed-methodologies were applied in this study to ensure face, content and construct validity. Practical Impact: The study will provide direction for firms to measure their supply chain performance in the context of sustainable and resilient supply chain management practices, as well as a proposed set of measurement scales based on sustainable supply chain management and supply chain resilience management practices to measure the impact of these practices to the firm. The findings will help firms to understand their level of sustainable and resilient supply chain management in order to improve and adjust their procedures to be more sustainable and resilient in future

THE EFFECT OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES ON SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE OF INDONESIAN SMEs

This research was carried out in Malang, Indonesia, focusing on Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs) and involving a sample of 100 participants. It explores the complex relationships between competitive advantage, green innovation, knowledge management, green supply chain management, and sustainable performance. The direct impact of competitive advantage and knowledge management on sustainable performance is revealed. Nonetheless, it seems that green supply chain management has little impact as a link between green innovation and sustainable performance, suggesting that environmentally friendly practices may not be widely or efficiently implemented in the supply chain management of small and medium-sized enterprises in Malang. The study points out that green innovation may not have a direct impact on sustainable performance, possibly because of difficulties in implementing innovative environmentally friendly solutions throughout the entire supply chain. Tailored strategies are crucial for overcoming barriers to the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices in Malang, in order to strengthen the long-term sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises. This involves enhancing the spread and integration of knowledge related to sustainability and stressing the significance of incorporating sustainability goals alongside considerations of competitive advantage

Investigating green supply chain management practices and performance: the moderating roles of supply chain ecocentricity and traceability

Sustainable supply chain management has become an increasingly important driver of business performance. Understanding the contingent nature of how performance is improved in this context is therefore a critical task for management. We explore the moderating effects of two practices unique to sustainable supply chain - ecocentricity and supply chain traceability - on a firm’s environmental and operating cost performance. Design: Survey data were collected from 248 UK manufacturing firms and analyzed using moderated hierarchical regression. Findings: The results suggest that green supply chain management practices are associated with improvements in both environmental and cost-based performance. Further, higher levels of ecocentricity and supply chain traceability are associated with stronger relationships between green supply chain management practices and cost performance. Contrary to expectations, high levels of supply chain traceability were found to negatively moderate the relationship between green supply chain management practices and environmental performance. Limitations: Our research design was survey-based and cross-sectional. Future studies would benefit from longitudinal research designs that capture the effects of GSCM practices on performance over an extended period. Our survey data is also perceptual; using secondary data to capture environmental performance outcomes, for example, would be another opportunity for future research. Practical Implications: We provide additional support to findings that green supply chain management practices benefit both environmental and cost performance dimensions. In this context, we show that investments by firms in working with a broader set of eco-system partners (ecocentricity) and building supply chain traceability and leads to improved environmental sustainability outcomes. We encourage managers to carefully consider how they conceptualize and monitor their supply chains. Not applicable. Originality: This paper offers several contributions to the research in this area. First, we develop and validate a measurement scale for ecocentricity and supply chain traceability. Second, we show how these two variables – unique to sustainable supply chains – can positively influence firm and environmental performance

Sustainability Performance of the Retail Business and Supply Chain Collaboration-UK Perspective: A Literature Review

The ever increasing pressure from the supply chain management stakeholders including governmental and non-governmental organization has indeed created the concerns for the firms to be more sustainable in their operational processes. The retail industry is considering potential solutions to enable them to be more sustainable and greener. This has called for a vertical collaboration within the supply chain stakeholders to promote the sustainable performance management. This research has analysed the article publications of years span period, which was from 2012 to 2018. To compare the research endeavours with the practices, this thesis also scrutinized the sustainable retail practices of top ten retail shop in the world. The findings of this research shows that supply chain collaboration and sustainable practices are correlated to the performance optimization efforts Keywords: Sustainability Performance, Risk Management, Transparency, Triple Bottom Line, and Supply Chain Collaboratio

The Effect of Supply Chain Integration, Management Commitment, and Sustainable Supply Chain Practices on Non-profit Organizations Performance Using SEM-FsQCA: Empirical Evidence in Afghanistan

This study investigates the impact of supply chain integration, management commitment, and sustainable supply chain practices on non-profit organization performance. The research, centered on non-profit organizations in Afghanistan, employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (FsQCA) to untangle intricate connections, involving a sample size of 169 participants. The findings suggest that integrating the supply chain positively affects sustainable practices, emphasizing the role of consistent integration in enhancing overall performance. Moreover, higher management commitment leads to improved supply chain performance. Additionally, supply chain challenges significantly influence non-profit performance, underscoring the importance of efficient supply chain management in enhancing overall organizational performance. The FSQCA of Non-Profit Organization Performance (NPOS) identified critical factors contributing to positive outcomes, including Supply Chain Practice (SSCP) and Management Commitment (MC) with high raw coverage values. The Integration of Supply Chain (SCI) combined with the absence of Supply Chain Challenges (SCC) demonstrated strong links to positive outcomes, highlighting the importance of overcoming challenges within an integrated supply chain framework and providing valuable insights for non-profit organizations

Green Supply Chain Practices and Sustainable Performance: Moderating Role of Total Quality Management Practices in Electronic Industry of Thailand

This study examines and empirically investigates the green supply chain practices and sustainable performance. The study examines the impact of green supply chain practices on sustainability of performance of electronic industry of Thailand. Green supply chain management impact on environmental, economic and intangible performance of firms. Organizations follow GSCM practices as business strategy to achieve their long-term goals to enhance performance. Data was collected from firms of electronic industry of Thailand with GSCM activities and determine their performance. Data was collected through questionnaire to analyze the relationship between constructs of the study; GSCM entails Green Purchasing, Green Logistics, and Legislation for green environment and sustainable performance. Total quality management practices plays vital role in determine the performance, present study investigated moderating role of TQM practices between GSCM practices and sustainable performance at electronic industry of Thailand

Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Practices: Antecedents and Outcomes on Sustainable Supply Chain Performance

Degradasi alam sekitar, kemiskinan global, kelemahan dalam hak asasi manusia, defisit kesihatan yang melampau dan tata urus korporat telah membolehkan lestari pengurusan bekalan rantai menonjol sebagai pendorong utama untuk organisasi memberi tumpuan dalam mengurangkan masalah alam sekitar, membawa manfaat ekonomi dan sosial. Environmental degradation, global poverty, lack of human rights, far-reaching health deficits, and corporate governance resulted in sustainable supply chains management (SSCM) to emerge as key enabler that could push organization to focus on alleviating environmental issues, providing economic and social benefit

An Extended Model of Sustainable Development from Sustainable Sourcing to Sustainable Reverse Logistics: A Supply Chain Perspective

Supply chain management is a holistic corporate strategy which involves decisions concerning sourcing, manufacturing, transporting, consumption, and reverse logistics. Although these processes influence competitive advantage, supply chain and organizational performance, they can however, cause sustainability issues if not management holistically. These supply chain processes also put serious burden on the environment with theatrical economic and social costs. The pressures manifest in form of depletion of the natural resources, endangered environment, negative societal norms, and unemployment. However, literature fail to capture the whole process of sustainable supply chain. A break down in one process will affect the performance of others and thus the whole sustainability issue. This study is a literature review where data was taken from previous literature. The finding of this study is an extension of the popular supply chain sustainability framework. It is shown that stakeholder pressure and the pillars of supply chain management such as sustainable practices include sustainable sourcing, sustainable design, sustainable production, sustainable packaging, sustainable transportation, sustainable consumption, and sustainable reverse logistics could be used to improve the theory of sustainable supply chain management. The study concludes with contributions to theory and practice

An Evaluation of Supply Chain Management and Total Quality Management (TQM) Practices in Bangladesh Ready-made Garments Industry: A Conceptual Model

Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Total Quality Management (TQM) are interrelated quality practices toward achieving better quality performance. For Bangladesh Ready-Made Garments had grown significantly over the last decades in every term but unfortunately quality of locally produced goods is still an issue. Total quality management (TQM) is increasingly being adopted by garments companies as an initiative to solve quality problems and to meet the needs of the final customer. However, TQM should incorporate the integrated quality management activities of members in the supply chain. This supply chain context is especially salient in the quality assurance of Bangladesh RMG sector. Therefore, this paper aims to delineate the supply chain management issues in TQM practices to gain the sustainability in Bangladesh RMG sector where HRM (Human Resource Management) play the mediating role. As, it is notable to mention that in case of Bangladesh RMG sector most of the existing literature give more emphasis and discuss about the infrastructural and strategic matters whereas TQM,SCM(Supply Chain Management) and HRM practices in an attempt to improve sustainable competitive advantage is still a debate both theoretically as well as empirically. In order to bridge this gap and to generate a more comprehensive argument, this paper further proposes and aims at providing a tool, a procedural framework, to ensure organizational sustainable competitive advantage. The proposed conceptual framework for the RMG industry provides a novel approach for decision makers of TQM practices and supply chain components to review and appraise the performance toward fulfillment of ultimate goals, i.e. producing high-quality garments product, and reducing the wastage of human labor, time and money. Proposed research direction and conclusion are discussed in conclusion of this paper. Keywords: Supply Chain Management, Total Quality Management, Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Human Resource Management practices, Ready-made Garments (RMG)