Barriers to achieving sustainability in pharmaceutical supply chains in the post-COVID-19 era

Liza, Sharmine Akther; Chowdhury, Naimur Rahman; Paul, Sanjoy Kumar; Morshed, Mohammad Sarwar; Morshed, Shah Murtoza; Bhuiyan, M.A. Tanvir; Rahim, Md. Abdur

doi:10.1108/ijoem-11-2021-1680

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“…Renata Limited, Plot-1, Milk Vita Road, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh produces various FMCG products, including pharmaceuticals, animal health products and consumer health products (e.g., Sohoz, an affordable hygiene and personal care brand). ACI Limited, ACI Centre 245, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh produces and markets various products, including food items, personal care products and home care solutions (e.g., ACI Pure, Savlon) [76]. Bashundhara Group, plot 125/a Rd 2 Block A, Khilkhet TSO, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Bangladesh, with a presence in FMCG through their production of edible oils, toiletries and tissue products (e.g., Bashundhara Tissue, Bashundhara Edible Oil) [77].…”

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Exploring the Challenges of Industry 4.0 Adoption in the FMCG Sector: Implications for Resilient Supply Chain in Emerging Economy

Shakur,

Lubaba,

Debnath

et al. 2024

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Background: Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) supply chains are experiencing various challenges due to the interactions between consumers and decision-makers during physical distribution, manufacturing, wholesale and retail. One possible strategy to address these challenges for smoothing the supply chain (SC) and logistics operations is to adopt Industry 4.0 (I4.0) based technologies in the FMCG business processes. In this regard, digitalization and automation of the FMCG supply chain can be strengthened by the alluring properties of I4.0 technologies. Methods: This study identified nine significant challenges through a literature review and expert validation. Later, the challenges were evaluated using a novel multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) framework, the Bayesian best worst method (BWM). Results: The findings indicated that “requirement for substantial investment and resources”, “incompatible technological infrastructure” and “poorly structured value chain” are the most significant challenges to implementing I4.0 in the FMCG industry. Conclusions: The study is expected to significantly contribute to improving the FMCG supply chain’s resilience, sustainability, visibility, traceability and responsiveness. Additionally, the research can provide industrial practitioners valuable insights into implementing I4.0 in FMCG and similar sectors and thus promote SC sustainability and resilience in those industries.

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Section: Methodology 21 Study Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Challenges of Industry 4.0 Adoption in the FMCG Sector: Implications for Resilient Supply Chain in Emerging Economy

Shakur,

Lubaba,

Debnath

et al. 2024

Logistics

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“…Previous studies on I4TEs have shown an essential effect on the sustainable productivity of the firm [60,71]. Additionally, DSCs provide agile, collaborative, responsive, and end-to-end visibility; the emerging, resilient S.C.s will reduce overall risk while enhancing preparedness and responsiveness to recover from the disruption [21].…”

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“…Similarly, Kumar et al [65] explained using digital technologies for humanitarian operations through real-time online platforms. Liza et al [71] discussed lean production and the usage of IE 4.0 technologies for sustainable and intelligent operations to obtain sustainable performance. These studies have contributed to insights into the disruption and suggest possible solutions to develop sustainable S.C.s for the long term.…”

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Sustainable Performance through Digital Supply Chains in Industry 4.0 Era: Amidst the Pandemic Experience

Joshi

Sharma

2022

Sustainability

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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic disruption, industry 4.0 technologies (I4TEs) and digital supply chains (DSCs) are reinforcing businesses to gain economic stability and agility to enrich their sustainable performance (S.P.). Survey methods have been deployed based on the constructs obtained from the literature. Data collection through a survey resulted in 202 valid responses. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirms the constructs and the mediating effect of the DSCs through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The study is among the few studies that examine the I4TE impact on DSCs and S.P. The results show that industry 4.0 technologies enhance the sustainable performance of firms. Results also show a complete mediation of DSCs on the inter-relationship between I4TEs and S.P. Those DSCs with I4TE inclusion can transform an organization’s strategic decision-making. For the authors, this study is the first of its kind. Although some of the literature explored different aspects of the concept of industry 4.0 and digitalizing supply chains, studies have yet to specifically evaluate the potential impacts of digital supply chains on sustainable performance. The novelty of DSCs is their support of firms in improving their preparedness, agility, and transparency to strengthen their sustainable performance. These DSCs will provide agile, collaboration, responsiveness, end-to-end visibility, and resilient supply chains to diminish supply risk and enrich preparedness and responsiveness to recuperate quickly from uncertainty amidst the pandemic. The study will help managers re-designing their strategic planning, resulting in new cost reduction and resilience models for supply chains. The study calls for firms to employ multiple DSCs once they have set clear strategic priorities. The overall findings of the work fill the literature gaps of studies in the digitalization of supply chains.

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“…To obtain a holistic solution for the disruptions created by a pandemic, a robust decision framework is needed that addresses all the impacts on apparel SCs during a pandemic and simultaneously provide the practitioners with effective risk management strategies to ensure resilience, agility, and sustainability of future SCs. Therefore, incorporating the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method can provide a holistic solution in developing the relationship between the impacts and possible mitigation strategies (Liza et al 2022 ).…”

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Assessing strategies to mitigate the impacts of a pandemic in apparel supply chains

et al. 2023

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The COVID-19 pandemic has taught global businesses that a pandemic can put business dynamics in unforeseeable turbulence. The disruptions created by the pandemic in the apparel industry exposed the vulnerabilities of apparel supply chains (SCs). To recover the supply chain impacts (SCIs) during an unprecedented event such as the COVID-19 pandemic, apparel SCs need a robust framework that can identify, measure, and mitigate the severity of SCIs by assessing effective mitigation strategies. This study identifies 12 critical SCIs in apparel SCs during a pandemic and 17 mitigation strategies. To assess SCIs and mitigation strategies, a modified grey-based bi-level analytical network process (ANP) is proposed to deal with the complex relationship between the SCIs and mitigation strategies. A real-life case study is conducted from an apparel supply chain for validation purposes. The findings suggest that policymakers in apparel SCs should prioritize implementing government policies and financial aid to deal with increased material and operational costs, the sudden surge in the unemployment rate, cancellation of orders and delayed payment, and increased transportation costs during a pandemic. This study also contributes to the literature by providing a robust decision-making framework for practitioners to deal with the complexity of SCs during future pandemics.

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Barriers to achieving sustainability in pharmaceutical supply chains in the post-COVID-19 era

Cited by 15 publications

References 91 publications

Exploring the Challenges of Industry 4.0 Adoption in the FMCG Sector: Implications for Resilient Supply Chain in Emerging Economy

Exploring the Challenges of Industry 4.0 Adoption in the FMCG Sector: Implications for Resilient Supply Chain in Emerging Economy

Sustainable Performance through Digital Supply Chains in Industry 4.0 Era: Amidst the Pandemic Experience

Assessing strategies to mitigate the impacts of a pandemic in apparel supply chains

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