Upstream Supply Chain Visibility and Complexity Effect on Focal Company’s Sustainable Performance: Indian Manufacturers’ Perspective

Understanding supply chain sustainability performance is increasingly important for supply chain researchers and managers. Literature has considered supply chain sustainability and the antecedents of performance from a triple bottom line (economic, social, and environmental) perspective. However, the role of supply chain visibility and product complexity contingency in achieving sustainable supply chain performance has not been explored in depth. To address this gap, this study utilizes a contingent resource-based view theory perspective to understand the role of product complexity in shaping the relationship between upstream supply chain visibility (resources and capabilities) and the social, environmental, and economic performance dimensions. We develop and test a theoretical model using survey data gathered from 312 Indian manufacturing organizations. Our findings indicate that supply chain visibility (SCV) has significant influence on social and environmental performance under the moderation effect of product complexity. Hence, the study makes significant contribution to the extant literature by examining the impact of SCV under moderating effect of product complexity on social performance and environmental performance

Pricing strategies of remanufacturing business with replacement purchase

\u3cp\u3eA special feature of remanufacturing business is the existence of large proportion of replacement customers. This is due to the fact that many durable product markets are highly saturated and customers who return their end-of-life products need to do replacement purchase. At the same time, pricing strategies have been widely adopted by remanufacturing companies to balance supply and demand. In this study, the joint decision of acquisition, trade-in, and selling price is considered. The objective is to maximize the expected profit. It is shown that a remanufacturing firm should offer higher rebates to replacement customers when this customer segment has high return quality and high price sensitivity. The optimal pricing policies under uncertain return yield rate are studied. The profitability of different pricing schemes is also investigated.\u3c/p\u3