Supply Chain Integrity: A Key to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

As stakeholders continue to increasingly hold firms accountable for environmental and social performance in their supply chains, the importance of understanding how firms can be more sustainable becomes more prescient. Based on the underlying premise of stakeholder theory that business and ethics decisions are intertwined, the current research introduces the concept of supply chain integrity (SCI) to explore how the interdependence of business and ethics decisions can lead to improvements in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices. Exploratory analysis employing secondary data sources in an elastic net (EN) logistic regression provides support for the proposed construct, by providing preliminary empirical evidence that SCI, measured through two subdimensions of structural and moral SCI, can be linked to firm sustainability. The research contributes to the supply chain management literature by: (1) introducing the concept of SCI; (2) performing an exploratory econometric analysis to provide initial validity of the SCI construct; and (3) providing a research agenda to guide further research on the concept of SCI and its role in SSCM.     

供应链管理实践、供应链敏捷性对企业绩效的影响研究

市场竞争逐渐由企业间的竞争转化为供应链间的竞争,供应链管理日益受到关注。文章采集163家企业信息进行实证分析,探索供应链管理实践和供应链敏捷性对企业绩效的影响与作用机制。研究结果表明：供应链管理实践对企业绩效具有直接正向影响,供应链管理实践对供应链敏捷性具有直接正向影响,供应链敏捷性对企业绩效具有直接正向影响且在供应链管理实践与企业绩效之间发挥部分中介作用。     

An Empirical Taxonomy of Supply Chain Management Practices

We develop an empirical taxonomy of supply chain management (SCM) practices grounded in the capability‐based view. Three groups—transactional SCM, translational SCM, and relational SCM—were identified using cluster analysis of data collected from over 200 U.S. manufacturing firms. We explain the differences among these groups and their relationship to improvements in supplier and buyer performance. Finally, we discuss implications for research and practice in SCM.     

Managerial Commitment to Sustainable Supply Chain Management Projects

Most companies are under pressure to improve the environmental sustainability of their supply chains. However, there is considerable variance in companies' ability to successfully deploy environmental management projects. One important factor, according to articles in the academic and business press, is the ability of champions of sustainable supply chain management (SCM) projects within organizations to gain the commitment of colleagues (e.g., other managers from a variety of functions) to help these projects succeed. Therefore, this paper examines variables that affect a project champion's ability to gain this commitment from colleagues. In particular, building on existing research, this research employs a video‐based experimental design to examine the effect of the influence approach that the project champion employs, the values of the person the champion is trying to influence, and the organizational climate. The results suggest that organizational climate and certain individual values directly affect commitment. There are also interactions between values and influence tactics. The research adds to the field's growing knowledge on the antecedents of sustainable SCM within companies while providing valuable guidance for environmental champions and for top managers.     

可持续供应链管理模式研究

随着人们对环境污染关注的深度和广度的提高,生产过程中的污染防止和污染最小化问题被提到很高的地位,而不是到最后环节才考虑污染的控制及防治。在提供产品和服务的过程中,存在着一个用最少资源产生最少污染的最优化损益平衡点,即生态效率平衡点(Eco-efficiency)。传统的供应链是一个开放式的供应链,较少考虑废弃物的再污染问题,可持续供应链在考虑生态效率平衡点后形成了一个闭合式供应链,能够使废弃物得到再利用和最终处理,对环境保护的作用更大。     

供应链的责任标尺

企业社会责任已成为供应链竞争力中一个新的目标参数，而且将企业社会责任延伸至整个供应链，为企业带来的是更稳定、持久、高效的竞争优势，也是“中国制造”实现转型升级，在更深程度参与国际竞争的新方向。     

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Integration: A Qualitative Analysis of the German Manufacturing Industry

Firms are increasingly integrating sustainability into their supply chain management (SCM) practices. The goal is to achieve sustainable flows of products, services, information and capital to provide maximum value to all corporate stakeholders. Prior research on SCM integration has insufficiently addressed sustainability. The objective of this research is to provide for a coherent and testable model of sustainable supply chain management integration (SSCMI). By drawing on four cases from the German manufacturing industry, we seek to identify the most important factors that enable or impede the integration of sustainability into SCM.     

供应链评价研究评述

在对国内外相关文献进行整理分析的基础上,综述了供应链评价的发展历程及供应链评价的内容;对供应链评价的主要方法和关键评价指标进行了整理分析;在此基础上总结出供应链评价中存在的问题,并对供应链评价的发展趋势做了展望。     

Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain Network by Adopting Relationship Management Strategies

ABSTRACT

Purpose: This paper develops a conceptual framework to analyze the impact of a supply chain network (SCN) structure on relationship management strategies (RMS) that focal firms apply to manage sustainability issues within the SCN.

Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on a comprehensive review and analysis of the industrial marketing and purchasing (IMP), sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), and SCN literature.

Findings: The conceptual framework expands the network perspective in the SSCM context by considering the important role of the SCN structure in the firm’s decision-making process. Four factors (dependency, distance, power, and transparency) were found that are useful in conceptualizing the SCN structure. The conceptual framework also categorizes various sustainability practices into four RMS (noncompliance, transactional, dictatorial, and collaborative), which are needed to make an SCN more sustainable. In addition, 16 propositions are developed based on how firms may identify the most effective RMS to implement appropriate sustainability practices through examining their SCN structure.

Research limitations/implications: The conceptual framework, developed as a result of a comprehensive review of the literature, led to the development of 16 propositions, which can assist in furthering a research agenda on RMS to diffuse various sustainability practices within SCN structures.

Originality/value: The relationship between SCN structure and RMS in the sustainability context remains an under-researched but emerging area of interest. This paper leverages existing research to develop a conceptual framework suitable for empirical testing.     

让可持续发展贯穿供应链——访阿克苏诺贝尔可持续发展部总监Andr é Veneman

I like it",对于记者名片上"责任竞争力成就可持续发展"(responsible competitiveness for sustainable development)的标识,阿克苏诺贝尔企业可持续发展部总监AndréVeneman初见时赞赏之情即溢于言表.     

Sustainable Supply Chain Design in Social Businesses: Advancing the Theory of Supply Chain

A significant conceptual and practical challenge for companies is how to integrate triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability into their global supply chains. In supply chain research, the classic economic perspective—the business of business is to be profitable—still dominates, followed by coverage of the environmental dimension; the social dimension is underrepresented. Stakeholders, however, are calling for a TBL perspective that simultaneously includes environmental, social, and economic gains. While there have been recent theoretical advances on how to characterize supply chains in terms of their structure, how to connect these insights into supply chain design for TBL sustainability has not been studied. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to move the theory of supply chain forward into the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) research agenda. Toward that purpose, the paper analyzes the sustainable supply chain design (SSCD) at social businesses, incorporating the physical chain and the information and financial support chains. Four social businesses located in Haiti are used as cases of innovative supply chain structures for TBL sustainability. By analyzing the supply chain structures and boundaries of these social businesses, three supply chain configurations combining physical and support chains are presented.     

Using Country Sustainability Risk to Inform Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Design Science Study

The sustainability of our global supply chains is an essential concern in strategic supply chain management research. Modern information and communication technologies enable stakeholders to punish buying firms for any sustainability‐related grievances at their suppliers, even in remote locations. This study investigates how the notion of country sustainability risk can inform sustainable supply chain management, in particular with respect to sustainability risk assessment at the individual supplier level. Drawing on institutional theory, we provide insights surrounding the emergence of environmental, social, and governance‐related country‐level sustainability risks and show their implications for and application in sustainable supply chain management. The study employs a design science methodology, based on cooperation with a multidivisional German technology firm, to develop a supply chain sustainability risk (SCSR) map as technological solution design. This article contributes to the study of SCSR by reconciling the scholarly SCSR discourse with the buying firms’ pursuit of efficiency. Moreover, it elucidates the augmentation of a research agenda through a design science approach. In practical terms, the technological solution design can directly inform managers about SCSR at the country level and serves as a decision basis for the management of individual suppliers.     

供应链管理要关注价值链

企业经营范围、企业定位、技术价值评估都需要通过价值链的分析评价和选择,要关注交易价值链、知识价值链、物质价值链的作用,选择合适的合作伙伴,从而实现有效的供应链管理。     

供应链竞争力研究评述

供应链竞争力作为供应链管理的终极目标,引起了国内外学者的广泛关注,并取得了一定的研究成果.文章在对供应链竞争力文献回顾的基础上提出对供应链竞争力概念的再认识,进而对目前供应链竞争力来源及竞争力提升问题的研究现状进行较为深入的探讨,最后指出目前研究中存在的问题以及未来的研究方向.     

创新引领可持续供应链未来

“在未来的投资准则中,原材料来源、供应商企业社会责任等非财务信息在投资决策中的重要性上升,全球36％的CEO认为,供应链、供应商的可持续发展能力位列企业战略价值的前三位.”英特尔公司副总裁兼全球采购部总经理Jacklyn Sturm在9月24日召开的第三届英特尔全球供应商可持续发展领导力峰会上分享了可持续发展的新兴趋势.Jacklyn Sturm 认为,备受关注的环境、社会和公司治理机制(ESG)正在影响整个供应链生态系统,为此,建设良好的ESG体系成为英特尔可持续发展战略的重点.     

供应链环境下电子采购管理浅析

当今商务环境中的激烈竞争和市场不确定性的增加为企业带来了越来越大的压力。企业纷纷转向战略供应管理,加强与供应链上、下游企业的合作,改善与供应商的关系,使供应链流程自动化以降低成本、缩短采购提前期,最终赢得市场竞争优势。电子采购则是企业实现上述运营目标的关键管理模式。本文简要论述了基于供应链管理思想的电子采购的基本内涵及实施必要性,并提出了实施电子采购的基本理论模型。     

物流的供应链管理

供应链管理是进入21世纪后企业适应全球化竞争的一个有效途径,一种新的管理模式。本文阐述了供应链的概念,并指出了供应链管理与传统物流管理的关系,同时提出了供应链管理的核心内容,着重讲述了供应链管理模式的实现。     

美国绿色供应链管理实践及借鉴

近几年,绿色供应链管理正逐步成为国内外企业获得和提升国际竞争力,实现可持续发展的战略和方法。在借鉴美国领先企业绿色供应链管理实践的成功经验,结合中国的实际及实践现状,对我国企业推行绿色供应链管理实践提出几点建议,以便对我国企业的绿色供应链管理实践有所启发。     

供应链知识共享研究综述

供应链知识共享作为供应链知识管理的核心,受到了国内外学者的广泛关注。从增强竞争优势、技术支持、影响因素、共享机制、产品、评价指标体系等方面对国内外供应链知识共享的文献进行了回顾,分析当前研究的不足,指出未来的研究方向,以期我国企业能从供应链知识共享中增强竞争优势。     

The Evolution of Resilience in Supply Chain Management: A Retrospective on Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience

We opened our 2010 paper in the Journal of Business Logistics with a 6th century quote by Heraclitus – “The only constant is change.” This immutable law certainly holds in today's volatile business world, especially for supply chain management, and has been the driving factor behind the interest in resilience. Since the seminal works of the mid‐to‐late 1990s and early 2000s, the supply chain discipline has progressed toward a common understanding of resilience. But we're not there yet. This paper reflects on the impact of our 2010 paper, and envisions future opportunities for advances in resilience that will improve both day‐to‐day business continuity and long‐term sustainability. We are honored to be selected for this 40th Anniversary Issue of the Journal of Business Logistics, and proud that our paper has been recognized as the most cited of the decade.