Huge-Brodin (2018) Greening logistics by introducing process management-a viable tool for freight transport companies going green, Supply Chain Forum:
An African proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. Writing a thesis also requires a lot of support and help. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the people that made this thesis possible. First and foremost, I want to thank my supervisors, Peter Cronemyr and Maria Huge-Brodin. Thank you, Peter, for all the supervising meetings and for always inspiring me to become a better researcher. I have to specially thank you for the meetings you started with a taste of your music, I have actually started to like metal. Maria, thank you for all the times you agreed to my "just two minutes for a question" and for challenging me with your questions. I honestly believe they help me flourish as a researcher. You both have encouraged and guided me in every step of the way and for that I will be forever grateful. You have made this process fun and filled with learning experiences and I could not have asked for better supervisors. I also want to thank Mats Abrahamsson for his contribution to my thesis. Mats, your questions, comments and suggestions were crucial for improving my thesis. I would also like to thank Lars Witell and Mattis Elg for taking the time and effort to read earlier versions of my thesis. Your input definitely helped me shape my thesis into what it is today. This research would not have been possible without the help of management and employees from Haulier and Forwarder. Thank you for opening your doors to my research and allowing me to study your work. Your availability, honesty and engagement in the research project were key to achieving the results. Furthermore, I would like to thank the Kamprad Family Foundation for being the entity financing my research. The LQ division is also part of that village that supported me in this journey. A work environment is fundamental for keeping the motivation and ambition at the top. You all have been role models of what a researcher should be and what teamwork is all about. You have thought me a lot, from what is consider as knowledge contribution to the importance of respecting the arrangements for fika. Thank you for all the enriching discussions, meetings and brown bags. Thank you, Kristina Dalberg for all the administrative help for the thesis and Jason for helping me with the refinements of the language in some parts of the thesis. But, not everything in life is work, so I should thank you all for the parties, after works and fun moments as well. A special thank you for my PhD colleagues and friends, both inside and outside the LQ division. Our lunches, fika and after works have made this experience more exciting and fun. To my friends outside of the university, thank you for keeping me sane. I will be eternally grateful for being able to call you my friends and for listening to me in my moments of doubt and frustration. Most importantly I thank you for all the laughs and amazing moments shared. To Mom and Dad, even when you are not here, I feel the need to thank you for always showing me that hard work gave the best results. Thank you for bein...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to revisit lean manufacturing and process management to review how these have targeted environmental sustainability and determine whether these have the potential to achieve environmental sustainability in small- and medium-sized companies within the freight transport sector. Design/methodology/approach The methodology for this paper was divided into three steps. The first step involved a narrative literature review, including previously designed search strings. The second step involved a snowball approach, where the identification of new sources departed from previously selected articles. The third step included a completing narrative review to search for the most recent articles published related to the purpose. The analysis was based on the identification of benefits, challenges and the potential of lean and process management to deal with environmental demands among transport companies. Findings The findings suggest a potential of lean and process management for achieving environmental sustainability, if adapted appropriately. The potential is on the operative and strategic levels, respectively. Research limitations/implications This study included two of the concepts from the quality movement from a literature perspective. Hence, there is a need for research to evaluate these results empirically. Additionally, other aspects should be studied within the quality movement for achieving environmental sustainability. Originality/value This paper aims to be a basis and a path for further theoretical and empirical research for the quality movement to support environmental sustainability. This paper particularly aims to fill part of the gap in the literature on how the freight transport sector can enhance environmental sustainability in its operations.
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