Making resources work more efficiently – the importance of supply chain partnerships

Schliephake, Kirsten; Stevens, Graeme R.; Clay, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.03.020

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“…Packaging waste and use of fertilizers has not received much attention so far. For example, regarding fertilizers' use, only two articles were found to investigate this (Dawson andHilton, 2011, Kummu et al, 2012), and similarly, packaging waste was covered in only two articles (Henningsson et al, 2004, Schliephake et al, 2009. The use of abiotic and/or biotic material, water and/or energy was also analysed for the lifecycle phases' raw material procurement, production, use and waste treatment by Gerbens- Leenes et al (2003), Liedtke et al (2010).…”

Section: Supply Chain Management: An International Journalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, supply chain coordination aims at exploring the potential of supply chain integration in reducing the use of raw materials and resources across the supply chain. For example, Mena et al (2011) and Schliephake et al (2009) showed that by exploring the supply chain members' interface, it is possible to identify the main root causes of waste in the supply chain and, consequently, improve waste management practices, eliminate process duplication and achieve greater resource efficiency across the supply chain. From this overview, we may conclude that tactical/operational decisions have not received much emphasis and that more research is needed into analysing the impacts and/or trade-offs of L&SCM decisions in the use of resources and raw materials.…”

Section: Tactical/operational Decisions Production Processes Improvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resource-efficient supply chains: a research framework, literature review and research agenda

Matopoulos

Barros

Vorst

2015

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. J.G.A.J. (Jack) van der VorstOperations Research and Logistics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Abstract Purpose -The study aims to define a research agenda for creating resource-efficient supply chains (RESCs) by identifying and analysing their key characteristics as well as future research opportunities. Design/methodology/approach -We follow a systematic review method to analyse the literature and to understand RESC, taking a substantive theory approach. Our approach is grounded in a specific domain, the agri-food sector, because it is an intensive user of an extensive range of resources.Findings -The review shows that works of literature has looked at the use of resources primarily from the environmental impact perspective. There is a need to explore whether or not and how logistics/supply chain decisions will affect the overall configuration of future food supply chains in an era of resource scarcity and depletion and what the trade-offs will be.Research limitations/implications -The paper proposes an agenda for future research in the area of RESC. The framework proposed along with the key characteristics identified for RESC can be applied to other sectors. Practical implications -Our research should facilitate further understanding of the implications and trade-offs of supply chain decisions taken on the use of resources by supply chain managers. Originality/value -The paper explores the interaction between supply chains and natural resources and defines the key characteristics of RESC.

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Section: Supply Chain Management: An International Journalmentioning

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Section: Tactical/operational Decisions Production Processes Improvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource-efficient supply chains: a research framework, literature review and research agenda

Matopoulos

Barros

Vorst

2015

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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“…Several authors have investigated waste generation and material efficiencies in worldwide manufacturing over several branches, finding that there is significant room for improvement within company borders and along supply chains [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Materials and Energy Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Case Study Analysing Potentials to Improve Material Efficiency in Manufacturing Supply Chains, Considering Circular Economy Aspects

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Abstract:In order to decouple economic growth from global material consumption it is necessary to implement material efficiency strategies at the level of single enterprises and their supply chains, and to implement circular economy aspects. Manufacturing firms face multiple implementation challenges like cost limitations, competition, innovation and stakeholder pressure, and supplier and customer relationships, among others. Taking as an example a case of a medium-sized manufacturing company, opportunities to realise material efficiency improvements within the company borders-on the supply chain and by using circular economy measures-are assessed. Deterministic calculations and simulations, performed for the supply chain of this company, show that measures to increase material efficiency in the supply chain are important. However, they need to be complemented by efforts to return waste and used products to the economic cycle, which requires rethinking the traditional linear economic system.

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“…Figure 2 illustrates the intended functioning of such governance systems, mainly aiming to establish the second order effects in nature and society. Impact measurement takes place on the level of individual businesses in supply chains, either focussing on economic performance (Chan and Qi, 2003;Iles, 2007;Gopal and Cline, 2007;Kovács, 2008;Lozano and Huisingh, 2011;Youn et al, 2013), with a focus on certain aspects of environmental performance (Green et al, 1998;McIntyre et al, 1998;Tsoulfas and Pappis, 2008;Schliephake et al, 2009;Testa and Iraldo, 2010) or on socio-ethical performance (Ciliberti et al, 2008). Cases of integrated assessment of both the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability are available (Keating et al, 2008), but again only on the individual businesses level.…”

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Improving sustainability in global supply chains with private certification standards: testing an approach for assessing their performance and impact potential

Vermeulen

Metselaar

2015

IJBG

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Sustainable supply chain governance approaches aim for improvement of environmental and community living conditions at the developing country's side of the global supply chains. Impact evaluation in remote and multiple sourcing countries is hardly done in practice because of its complexity and costs. Evaluating the impact potential with this methodology enables an easier route for assessing and comparing the fast growing number of standard systems. This article describes a methodology for assessing the system performance and impact potential of 'sustainable supply chain governance (SSCG) systems' and uses two cases of certifying sustainable products in the coffee sector (Fairtrade and Utz Certified) for verification of the method. The approach rests on the assumption that a certification system can have substantial impact reduction if it is well organised in its content and organisation: the governance system impact potential (GSIP). Two exemplary pilot cases show that changes made over the years in both systems are directly visible with the methodology and it can be used for monitoring the progress in markets for sustainable products.

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Making resources work more efficiently – the importance of supply chain partnerships

Cited by 54 publications

References 6 publications

Resource-efficient supply chains: a research framework, literature review and research agenda

Resource-efficient supply chains: a research framework, literature review and research agenda

Case Study Analysing Potentials to Improve Material Efficiency in Manufacturing Supply Chains, Considering Circular Economy Aspects

Improving sustainability in global supply chains with private certification standards: testing an approach for assessing their performance and impact potential

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