Sustainable supply chain management

Abstract

2014),"Measuring and managing sustainability performance of supply chains: Review and sustainability supply chain management framework", SupplyIf 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. Structured abstract Purpose -Assessing a measure of sustainable supply chain management(SSCM) performance is currently a key challenge. The literature on SSCM is very limited and performance measures need to have a systematic framework. The recently developed balanced scorecard (BSC) is a measurement system that requires a balanced set of financial and non-financial measures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the SSCM performance based on four aspects i.e., sustainability, internal operations, learning and growth, and stakeholder. Design/methodology/approach -This paper developed a BSC hierarchical network for SSCM in a close-loop hierarchical structure. A generalized quantitative evaluation model based on the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) and Analytical Network Process (ANP) were then used to consider both the interdependence among measures and the fuzziness of subjective measures in SSCM.Findings -The results of this study indicate that the top-ranking aspect to consider is that of stakeholders, and the top five criteria are green design, corporate sustainability, strategic planning for environmental management, supplier cost-saving initiatives and market share. Originality/value -The main contributions of this study are two-fold. First, this paper provides valuable support for supply chain stakeholders regarding the nature of network hierarchical relations with qualitative and quantitative scales. Second, this paper improves practical performance and enhances management effectiveness for SSCM.

Blockchain technology and its relationships to sustainable supply chain management

“…If organisations wish to have sustainable supply chains with supporting a new information technology that is adopted by all the supply chain network, they need to embed sustainability practices into their organisational vision and mission (Mathiyazhagan et al 2013). Proactive plans to implement sustainability at all organisational levels and throughout the supply chain are also needed (Tseng, Lim, and Wong 2015). Lack of standard tools, methods, and indicators hinder successful implementation and measurement of sustainability practices (Mangla, Govindan, and Luthra 2017) within a blockchain environment, for a given organisation.…”

Sustainable supply chain management in emerging economies: Trade-offs between environmental and cost performance

“…These increasing global issues indicate an urgent need for manufacturing firms to realign their strategies and operations to undertake environmental initiatives. Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is an increasingly important topic in the operations and supply chain management literature, owing to various factors supporting its acceptance and favouring its adoption such as: social pressures, heightened customer expectations, corporate image, tighter governmental regulations, competitive pressures, the scarcity of natural resources and so forth (Tseng et al, 2015;Govidan et al, 2014a). From a holistic perspective, the notion of SSCM is generally deemed as a synergistic conflation of corporate social responsibility, environmental management, and supply chain management (Linton et al, 2007;Tseng and Chiu, 2013).…”

“…The goal is to minimise negative environmental impacts and wasted resources, from the acquisition of raw materials up to the final use and disposal of products (Hsu et al, 2013). This paper defines SSCM as the management of raw materials, components and processes from manufacturers to suppliers to final customers along with the product being taken back through the lifecycle stages with the purpose of having the lowest possible negative environmental impact (Hu and Hsu, 2010;Tseng et al, 2015).…”

“…Studies on SSCM are still at the early stage in developing appropriate measurements of SSCM organisational performance, particularly for economic performance (Tseng et al, 2015). Future research may use other economic factors than costs, such as sales performance.…”

Profit Maximization for Waste Furniture Recycled in Taiwan Using Cradle-to-Cradle Production Programming

“…e attributes were usually developed from qualitative information, and quantitative data were used in decision-making. However, prior studies did not explain how the attributes worked together to enhance the demand for recycled products, and such studies ignored the way the attributes were qualitative in measure and used only quantitative data [4,14,15]. In addition, there was a need to analyze the 3Rs in the optimization solution.…”