Sustainable Rent-Based Closed-Loop Supply Chain for Fashion Products

Abstract

Abstract:The textile and clothing industry generates much pollution and consumes a large amount of resources. Improper uses and disposal of clothing products make the problems much more severe. Fast fashion products shorten the valid lifecycle and generate more waste than regular clothing products. Considering the features of fashion products, a system of a rent-based closed-loop supply chain is developed to improve the sustainability of fashion products. The supply chain processes (fashion design and manufacturing, laundry, logistics and disposal), the operations management issues (inventory management, closed-loop logistics, human-clothing matching, booking system and the rental pricing) and the sustainability promotion aspects (customization, responsive system, culture and policy aspects) are investigated by devising sustainable strategies. The rationalities of the developed system and strategies are reviewed and elucidated in detail. The results may contribute to building sustainable closed-loop fashion supply chains, the related information systems and operational and managerial mechanisms.

The Role of Human Resource Management (HRM) for the Implementation of Sustainable Product-Service Systems (PSS)—An Analysis of Fashion Retailers

“…Short-term employment contradicts the general PSS perspective of long range planning. PSS establishment is costly for traditional fashion firms since it requires them to invest in building up a suitable infrastructure in terms of reverse logistic or distribution channels while facing uncertainties about cash flows and a longer time to market [27,153,254,255]. Firms need to implement new performance measures, significantly invest in training and restructure their organizational culture [236,256].…”

From a Systematic Literature Review to a Classification Framework: Sustainability Integration in Fashion Operations

“…Providing a career path and better skilled human resource management [11,44] Developing programs including working age beyond regulations [11] Protecting female workforce [11] Society Enabling an open book accounting [11] Undertaking philanthropic donations to local communities [11] Rehabilitating ex-LTTE soldiers to work in new plants [11] Appendix D Energy Energy efficiency at supplier facilities [19] The return policy to reduce energy consumption [19,52] Water Minimal impact on water resources at supplier facilities [19] Effluents & Waste The return policy to reduce pollution [19,52] Compliance Environmental certification of suppliers [2,43] Traceability [48] Procurement certification [25] Occupational health and safety [26] Transport Transport optimization [19,25,43,44,51] Use of full-load capacity [25] Closed loop SC [50] Rent based Closed loop SC [63] Automated logistics processes [48] Supplier Environmental Assessment Supplier/partner selection based on green and sustainability practices [43,66,67] Green projects with suppliers [43] Energy and resource management system to advance environmental data collection [51] Social Labour Practices & Decent Work…”

“…Use of organic cotton [7,18,19,25,[43][44][45]50,51] Use of eco-friendly materials [7,18,25,43,45,50] Use of recycled materials (e.g., use of recycled polyester, amongst others) [1,18,19,25,44,45,51,63] Use of the "Considered Index" to compare materials [64] Use of cotton/polyester blends [18] Textile reuse [63] Use of certified raw materials [18,44,51] Reduction of chemical components [25,43] Reduction of colours and colorants used in products [18,45] Water Water stewardship [19,51] Biodiversity Elimination of fur components [45] Effluents & Waste Sustainable packaging [25,43] Products & Services…”

Sustainability in Fashion Business Operations

“…In this special issue, Hu et al [17] study the rent-based closed-loop supply chain system with the goal of enhancing the level of sustainability in the fashion industry. The authors discuss many important activities in the fashion supply chain system, including fashion design and manufacturing, laundry, inventory control, and logistics, and propose some specific promotion measures for improving sustainability.…”