Analysis of enablers for implementation of sustainable supply chain management – A textile case

Diabat, Ali; Kannan, Devika; Mathiyazhagan, K.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.081

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“…As textile/apparel supply chains are becoming increasingly global [1], the rising level of outsourcing to developing countries has placed increasing focus on sustainability [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Therefore, the need to understand how to integrate sustainability into globally fragmented supply chains is highly important [3].…”

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Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

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So far, a vast amount of studies on sustainability in supply chain management have been conducted by academics over the last decade. Nevertheless, socially related aspects are still neglected in the related discussion. The primary motivation of the present literature review has arisen from this shortcoming, thus the key purpose of this study is to enrich the discussion by providing a state-of-the-art, focusing exclusively on social issues in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) by considering the textile/apparel sector as the field of application. The authors conduct a literature review, including content analysis which covers 45 articles published in English peer-reviewed journals, and proposes a comprehensive map which integrates the latest findings on socially related practices in the textile/apparel industry with the dominant conceptualization in order to reveal potential research areas in the field. The results show an ongoing lack of investigation regarding the social dimension of the triple bottom line in SSCM. Findings indicate that a company's internal orientation is the main assisting factor in sustainable supply chain management practices. Further, supplier collaboration and assessment can be interpreted as an offer for suppliers deriving from stakeholders and a focal company's management of social risk. Nevertheless, suppliers do also face or even create huge barriers in improving their social performance. This calls for more empirical research and qualitative or quantitative survey methods, especially at the supplier level located in developing countries.

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Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

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“…To meet stakeholders' increasing expectations and reduce the risk of negative social and environmental externalities, apparel firms across all market levels, such as fast fashion brand H&M, outdoor wear brand Patagonia, and luxury brand Louis Vuitton, have implemented various approaches to enhance the level of sustainability in their supply chain management [6][7][8]. Being more sustainable is now key to developing the textile and apparel supply chain, and a number of issues and innovations relating to this goal have been examined in academic literature so far, including product returns, low carbon supply chain, corporate social responsibility, sustainable design operations, and sustainable competition [3,4,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. However, there is still a lack of further and intensive investigation of many other current issues relating to sustainable supply chain management in today's global textiles and apparel industry.…”

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Sustainability Issues in Textile and Apparel Supply Chains

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Abstract:Incorporating sustainability into the supply chain is becoming a key priority for many textile and apparel companies. For example, H&M, Patagonia, and The North Face have incorporated various approaches to enhance their levels of sustainable supply chain management. Typical approaches include sustainable product strategy, sustainable investment, sustainable performance evaluation, corporate social responsibility, and environmental management system adoption, which contribute to the development of sustainable supply chain management in the textile and apparel industry. In this paper, we introduce the fifteen articles published in this special issue, and summarize the key findings and future research directions in the area of textile and apparel sustainable supply chain management.

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“…Step 1: The aggregated TFN weight vector of each criterion calculated from individual decision makers' opinions (on intensity of importance) is given by W = (w1, w2,…, wj) (8) where j = 1,2,3,…, n…”

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“…To be specific, Diabat et al [8] described that industries, especially in the textile sectors, are under pressure to implement sustainable practices in their operations to amend the environmental performances. They analyzed and revealed that adoption of safety standards, adoption of green practices, community economic welfare, health and safety issues, and employment stability are the five influential enablers to adopt sustainable supply chain management in Indian textile industries.…”

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Supplier Selection Problems in Fashion Business Operations with Sustainability Considerations

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Abstract:In recent years, sustainability has been a major focus of fashion business operations because fashion industry development causes harmful effects to the environment, both indirectly and directly. The sustainability of the fashion industry is generally based on several levels and this study focuses on investigating the optimal supplier selection problem for sustainable materials supply in fashion clothing production. Following the ground rule that sustainable development is based on the Triple Bottom Line (TBL), this paper has framed twelve criteria from the economic, environmental and social perspectives for evaluating suppliers. The well-established multi-criteria decision making tool Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is employed for ranking potential suppliers among the pool of suppliers. Through a real case study, the proposed approach has been applied and some managerial implications are derived.

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Analysis of enablers for implementation of sustainable supply chain management – A textile case

Cited by 290 publications

References 80 publications

Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

Social Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel Industry—A Literature Review

Sustainability Issues in Textile and Apparel Supply Chains

Supplier Selection Problems in Fashion Business Operations with Sustainability Considerations

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