Developing and validating an instrument to measure the impact of digital supply chain activities on sustainable performance

Amouei, Mahdieh Ahmad; Valmohammadi, Changiz; Fathi, Kiamars

doi:10.1108/jeim-12-2021-0520

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“…a combination of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)], the SEM approach was used to organise the PYSCIs into structured clusters based on correlations, reliability, building constructs and hypothesis validation. This approach is used by numerous researchers in the literature such as to explore business preference relationships for encouraging product development at small enterprise levels (Dayan et al, 2016), to deliver intended quality food via supply chain integration (Siddh et al, 2021), to observe the validity of PYSC enablers for revenue generation (Priyadarshi et al, 2022a(Priyadarshi et al, , 2022b, to observe the construct between digital supply chains and performance over sustainability aspects (Ahmad Amouei et al, 2023) and to verify the applicability of blockchains in the PYSC (Sharma et al, 2023).…”

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Observation of post-yield supply chain impediments for spoilage mitigation and revenue generation opportunities at countryside

Priyadarshi

2023

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Purpose The countryside population has always been depended on the revenues earned from agricultural yields. These yields often suffer losses in the absence of coordination guidelines in the post-yield supply chains (PYSC). This study aims to identify, address and mitigate the post-yield supply chain impediments (PYSCIs) that lead to enormous amounts of waste and revenue losses. These are the parameters that require government and stakeholders’ attention for alleviation from losses. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling (SEM) was performed to categorise the identified PYSCIs as “standard measures”. The motive for SEM results is to attract the stakeholders’ attention toward PYSCIs for business sustainability. The PYSCIs were clustered into three “standard measures” (i.e. strategic, tactical and operational measures) for revenue generation and reduced fresh produce spoilage in the countryside. Findings The SEM results suggest that the focus should be on revising minimum support prices and government support for initiatives, subsidy schemes and incentives at the strategic level. Tactical initiatives focus on linking markets including exports, research and development, attitude towards certification, value addition process adoption and reduced number of stages in the supply chain. The operational initiatives are attitudes towards agriculture and entrepreneurship, transportation infrastructure, supply chain coordination, information visibility, scientific design for packaging and handling and storage space availability for both long and short term at the village level. Research limitations/implications This study was performed in India; thus, the research outcomes of this study are restricted to adaption into the developing sub-continents with sub-tropical climates. Practical implications The existing level of losses in the PYSC demands introspection and policy changes at the farm level. In the era of cold chains, the Internet of Things, and other advanced mechanisms, a few elementary parameters must be worked upon to reduce PYSC losses. These parameters were identified as impediments to PYSC, requiring public, government and stakeholders’ attention. There is an urgent need for guidelines to be issued to mitigate losses. SEM was performed to attract the public, government and stakeholders’ attention toward impediments to fresh produce spoilage, opportunity generation and business sustainability. Originality/value This study uses a novel SEM approach where the PYSCIs were identified and empirically validated in an Indian context. The SEM approach will help in effective decision-making. Similar studies to manage the PYSCIs to reduce fresh produce spoilage with standard measures have not been reported in the literature.

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Observation of post-yield supply chain impediments for spoilage mitigation and revenue generation opportunities at countryside

Priyadarshi

2023

JGOSS

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“…Today’s growing trend toward sustainable operations has resulted in the tightening of social and environmental regulations and increasing pressure from stakeholders on the shipping industry (Amouei et al. , 2023; Wang et al.…”

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“…Today's growing trend toward sustainable operations has resulted in the tightening of social and environmental regulations and increasing pressure from stakeholders on the shipping industry (Amouei et al, 2023;Wang et al, 2023;Wan et al, 2016). The specific response of shipping firms to this pressure is to implement sustainable shipping strategies, including providing differentiated and sustainable shipping services to shippers (Zhou et al, 2023), using more environmentally-friendly technologies and materials to save energy and control pollution, and demonstrating corporate social responsibility to enhance their reputation and image (Di Vaio et al, 2022).…”

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Digital transformation as the fuel for sailing toward sustainable success: the roles of coordination mechanisms and social norms

Pang,

Cai,

Wang

et al. 2024

JEIM

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PurposeSailing toward sustainability is becoming the strategic focus of shipping firms. Drawing on organizational information processing theory (OIPT) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we investigated the impact of digital transformation (DT) on shipping firms’ sustainable management performance and the boundary conditions guiding this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examined the hypotheses by employing hierarchical linear modeling on two-wave time-lagged data from 189 shipping firm employees in China.FindingsThe results suggest that a shipping firm’s DT is positively associated with its sustainable management performance and that the relationship is strengthened by having better cross-functional and customer coordination mechanisms. Furthermore, our three-way interaction analyses show that while injunctive norms in a shipping firm’s networks can strengthen the contingency roles of both cross-functional and customer coordination mechanisms, descriptive norms alone significantly influence customer coordination.Originality/valueDrawing on organizational information processing and planned behavior theories, the present research provides new insights into leveraging DT for sailing toward sustainable success. Moreover, this study extends the current understandings of the boundary conditions of the relationship between DT and sustainable management performance by showing the two-way and three-way interaction effects of coordination mechanisms and subjective norms. The findings of the present research can be utilized as effective strategies for promoting sustainable management performance.

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Assessing the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on the social sustainability of agrifood companies

Cricelli,

Mauriello,

Strazzullo

et al. 2024

Bus Strat Env

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Industry 4.0 technologies present new opportunities for the sustainable development of companies in the agrifood industry. The extant literature on this topic suggests that innovative technologies can support agrifood companies in addressing environmental, economic and social sustainability issues. While the environmental and economic benefits of technological innovations in the agrifood industry have been widely investigated, few studies sought to explore the impact of the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies on long‐standing social issues. This research addresses this knowledge gap, the data were gathered from 116 Italian agrifood companies that utilized Industry 4.0 technologies. The findings from structural equations modelling partial least squares (SEM‐PLS) show that adopting Industry 4.0 technologies helps agrifood companies to improve human resources management, supply chain management and stakeholder relationships. Finally, this contribution puts forward implications for practitioners, as it raises awareness on the benefits of using technological innovations to promote social sustainability outcomes.

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Developing and validating an instrument to measure the impact of digital supply chain activities on sustainable performance

Cited by 11 publications

References 54 publications

Observation of post-yield supply chain impediments for spoilage mitigation and revenue generation opportunities at countryside

Observation of post-yield supply chain impediments for spoilage mitigation and revenue generation opportunities at countryside

Digital transformation as the fuel for sailing toward sustainable success: the roles of coordination mechanisms and social norms

Assessing the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on the social sustainability of agrifood companies

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