Integrated chain management in Germany – identifying schools of thought based on a literature review

Seuring, Stefan; Müller, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.12.005

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“…While the three levels are presented in related publications, in particular on integrated chain management [13,14,23], previous frameworks have rather stayed on the company level and usually told (success) stories about how companies implemented related actions. Seuring and Müller [33] points to the need for inter-organizational arrangements and related costs, but also stays on an in-between company analysis. It should also be mentioned again that a similar framework was put forward by Smit and co-authors [21] within a quite different setting.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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“…The first one is taken up from integrated chain management [1], a concept mainly developed against national political initiatives in The Netherlands [13,28] and Germany [14]. The three levels are mentioned in related definitions, such as the one provided by the Enquete Commission of the German Bundestag on the "Protection of Humanity and the Environment" [29]: "Integrated Chain Management (Stoffstrommanagement) is the management of material flows by stakeholders [to be] the goal-orientated, responsible, integrated, and efficient manipulation of material flows.…”

Section: A Brief Literature Review and A Three Level Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is acknowledged that in a similar manner the societal level plays an important role in the overall sustainability debate and has even been instrumental in starting the related research on integrated chain management [33]. This is also a current debate as it leads to the adoption of related environmental and social standards [23].…”

Section: Societal Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Three Level Framework for Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management—Linking Society, Chain and Actor Level

Morana

Seuring

2011

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Supply chain management and closed-loop supply chain management (CLSCM) have developed into established concepts in recent years. The related material cycles and product returns form an important part of all related processes with high potential for reducing environmental burden. The paper proposes a framework for (environmentally triggered) closed-loop supply chain management, spanning three different levels: the societal or governance, the chain and the actor level. Within each level, a set of activities or processes can be identified. Taken together, the levels allow a comprehensive analysis of a closed-loop supply chain system. This is illustrated building on two case studies in the textile and apparel industry, where closed-loop supply chains have been designed to take specific apparel products back. The case studies are analyzed against all three levels and allow exemplification of related challenges and interrelations among the three levels. The three levels contribute to the further comprehension of the multiple issues having to be taken into account for successfully implementing closed-loop supply chains.

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Section: A Brief Literature Review and A Three Level Frameworkmentioning

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2011

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“…This has led to an increasing amount of research and in particular publications in the fi eld. The related expansion of the fi eld can also be seen in how fi rst attempts are being put forward to summarize such research (still, such attempts are limited: Kleindorfer et al (2005) just take one journal, Production and Operations Management, into account, while Seuring and Müller (2007) just look at related developments in German literature). Such papers aiming to refl ect on the development of the fi eld are thereby taking a wider perspective.…”

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Core issues in sustainable supply chain management – a Delphi study

2007

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Sustainable supply chain management has emerged as a growing topic, receiving increasing interest in the sustainability and supply chain management area. So far, the fi eld is dominated by either case or survey based research. Few attempts have been made to take a broader look at the overarching issues, which form core topics of sustainable supply chain management. This paper presents the fi ndings from a Delphi study where experts were asked to contribute their opinion. The Delphi study allows an aggregation of these opinions and extracts underlying topics in a structured manner. Four major topics were identifi ed, which are (1) pressures and incentives for sustainable supply chain management, (2) identifying and measuring impacts on sustainable supply chain management, (3) supplier management (particularly addressing issues at the supplier-buyer interface) and (4) supply chain management (dealing with issues across all companies involved in the supply chain). The research presented contributes to substantiating and consolidating the fi eld of sustainable supply chain management.

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“…In a literature review (Seuring and Müller, 2007) three "integral chain management" schools were presented: material and information flow school, strategy and cooperation school, and regional industrial network school. This regional industrial network school focuses on regional (not global) networks from the perspectives of different industrial actors.…”

Section: Analyzing the Implementation Of Sustainability In Supply Netmentioning

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Sustainability strategies in industrial supply networks : an innovation approach concerning enrivonmental and social aspects in the clothing industry

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Born on the 18th of May 1957 in Bladel en Netersel, the Netherlands I DANKWOORD (IN DUTCH)Onderzoek doen is voor mij altijd vanzelfsprekend gerelateerd geweest aan het verzorgen van onderwijs. Kennis overdragen aan en studenten begeleiden bij het doen van praktijkgericht onderzoek in projecten, stages en bij het afstuderen is prachtig. Maar zelf ook onderzoek doen om nieuwe kennis en inzichten te ontwikkelen is nog mooier. En toen binnen de hogeschool de mogelijkheid zich voor deed door de ontwikkeling van lectoraten en het beschikbaar komen van promotieplaatsen heb ik dan ook direct aangegeven daar graag gebruik van te willen maken.Na jarenlange betrokkenheid vanuit de opleiding milieukunde bij het beheersen van milieuaspecten bij bedrijven op locatieniveau intrigeerde mij vooral de vraag hoe deze aandacht zich verder ontwikkelt in de toeleveringsketens van die bedrijven. Omdat in een globaliserende economie bedrijven in toenemende mate verantwoordelijk gehouden worden voor de maatschappelijke effecten in hun toeleveringsketens. Maar hoe reageren bedrijven op die druk en hoe ontwikkelen ze een strategie om invulling te geven aan die verantwoordelijkheid ? De maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid betreft naast de milieuaspecten ook de sociale aspecten en die zijn daarom ook in het onderzoek betrokken. Het onderzoek richt zich op de kleding sector. Een sector die maatschappelijk sterk in de belangstelling staat met betrekking tot duurzaamheid en waar mede daardoor vele activiteiten plaats vinden om de milieu-en sociale aspecten te verbeteren.Naast de wetenschappelijke conclusies en aanbevelingen die het onderzoek heeft opgeleverd heb ik ook erg veel geleerd van de organisatie en complexiteit van de kleding sector en hoe daar door vele actoren aan de verbetering van de sociale en milieuaspecten wordt gewerkt. Het is erg leerzaam gebleken om me een aantal jaren onder te dompelen in de kledingsector in relatie tot duurzaamheid en ik moet zeggen dat het er niet eenvoudiger maar eerder complexer door is geworden. Een vraag die ik vaak kreeg van mijn omgeving (omdat ze wisten dat ik hier onderzoek naar deed natuurlijk) was bij welk bedrijf men het beste verantwoorde kleding kon kopen ? Er werd mij in andere woorden gevraagd om bedrijven in te delen in twee categorieën nl. verantwoord en onverantwoord. Dat blijkt niet zo eenvoudig voor een onderzoeker en mijn antwoord verzande volgens mijn toehoorders dan ook vaak in nuances. Om toch enigszins tegemoet te komen aan dit concrete vraagstuk zal ik proberen een antwoord te geven met behulp van de kleding die ik tijdens de openbare verdediging zal dragen.Dit onderzoek en de opgedane inzichten maken mij ook heel nieuwsgierig en ik kan niet wachten om het vraagstuk van duurzaamheid verder te gaan verkennen in de ketens en netwerken van ook andere industriële sectoren. Ik zal actief betrokken blijven bij onderwijs over en toegepast onderzoek naar de verdere ontwikkeling van duurzaamheid in industriële ketens en netwerken. Een overtuiging die ik al had maar door dit onderzoek no...

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Integrated chain management in Germany – identifying schools of thought based on a literature review

Cited by 45 publications

References 29 publications

A Three Level Framework for Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management—Linking Society, Chain and Actor Level

A Three Level Framework for Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management—Linking Society, Chain and Actor Level

Core issues in sustainable supply chain management – a Delphi study

Sustainability strategies in industrial supply networks : an innovation approach concerning enrivonmental and social aspects in the clothing industry

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