The sustainability of the supply chain for fresh potatoes in Britain

Vasileiou, Konstantinos; Morris, Joe

doi:10.1108/13598540610671761

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“…While an intra-organisational focus has the potential to decrease the environmental impact from one company, researchers have highlighted the need for a more holistic approach (van Hoek, 1999;Vasileiou and Morris, 2006). Previous research into the inter-organisational aspects of GSCM has to a large extent focused on upstream parts of the supply chain, i.e.…”

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Towards greener supply chains: Inclusion of environmental activities in relationships between logistics service providers and shippers

Martinsen¹

2013

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It is well-recognised that companies are under pressure to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their operations. Logistics service providers (LSPs), who through their transport and logistics operations have a large negative impact on the environment, are one type of supply chain actor that is under such pressure. However, in order for LSPs to be able to lower their environmental impact sufficiently, their customers, the shippers, also need to take responsibility. This thesis takes its starting point in the relationships between LSPs and shippers and argues that in order for LSPs' environmental activities to reach their full potential, the shippers must be included in the activities.The purpose of this thesis is to describe and explain how supply chain actors, with a specific focus on logistics service providers and shippers, can include environmental activities in their relationships with each other. This comprises identifying those environmental activities that are relevant for relationships between LSPs and shippers, as well as describing the extent to which environmental activities are included in such relationships. By means of the theoretical perspective of power between supply chain actors, the thesis also sets out to further understand how power balances between LSPs and shippers can influence the extent to which they include environmental activities in their relationships with each other. Finally, the use of the theoretical perspective of coordination aims, through the analysis of coordination mechanisms, to shed light on how environmental activities are included in LSP-shipper relationships.The research in this thesis has mainly descriptive and explanatory aims, although due to the novelty of research into LSP-shipper relationships in an environmental context, the research process as such is mainly exploratory. Following an abductive approach, the insights from literature are combined with empirical data from two cases studies, a homepage scan, a survey and a study of city logistics projects. Most of the applied research methods take a dual perspective of relationships between supply chain actors and thus include both LSPs and shippers.One conclusion from the research conducted for this thesis comprises the identification of environmental activities as well as a suggestion for a classification based on the activities' role in the business between LSPs and shippers. With a starting point in the identified activities, a comparison of a market perspective and a relationship perspective of environmental activities in LSP-shipper relationships indicates that LSPs are able to fulfil the requirements set by shippers and that shippers' requirement thus are met. The research does, however, point to a passiveness among LSPs in their relationships with shippers, who in turn would like the LSPs to be more proactive.Further, based on an analysis of power balances in LSP-shipper relationships, it is suggested that in an LSP-shipper relationship in which the shipper has a power advantage, the s...

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Section: Figure 11 a Green Supply Chain Including Stages And Relatimentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards greener supply chains: Inclusion of environmental activities in relationships between logistics service providers and shippers

Martinsen¹

2013

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“…The dimensions of sustainable development are critical depending on the stage of development of a country. In developing countries, the economic and environmental sustainability are important while in developed countries all the three dimensions are crucial (Magutu et al, 2015;Rosen & Kishawy, 2012;Vasileiou & Morris, 2006). This study only looked at economic and environmental sustainability since the focus was in Kenya a developing economy.…”

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Constraints management and value chain performance for sustainable development

Nyaoga¹,

Magutu²

2016

10.5267/j.msl

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Managers are ever seeking for better ways of managing their constraints to improve their company's value chain performance and competitiveness. Although previous literature explored constraint management, it was inconclusive as to how constraint management could affect the value chain performance in tea processing chains. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between constraint management and firm value chain performance of tea processing firms. This study undertook an empirical study using survey questionnaire design to collect data. The respondents were production managers who have experience in production activities. The study applied multiple correlation and regression models to test the hypothesis. The results indicate that constraints management had a significant positive impact on improvement in quality, time, flexibility, cost and resource utilization in tea firms. This study provides a broad analysis of how organizations can improve their value chain performance for sustainable development by managing various constraints in the internal value chain. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first empirical study of the relationship between constraints management and value chain performance using data from tea processing firms operating in Kenya.

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“…Despite the greater importance given to social and environmental practices, the main concern of companies is related to market and economic factors (Vasileiou & Morris, 2006). Fearne, Martinez, and Dent (2012) show that most businesses are focused on economic sustainability, and pay little attention to the social and environmental consequences of their production processes.…”

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The influence of triple bottom line on international operations management

Flores

Gavronski

Nardi

et al. 2017

JOSCM

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This paper takes a triple bottom line perspective to analyze how the international operations literature integrates economic, social, and environmental issues. Additionally, it shows the main drivers of and barriers to the adoption of triple bottom line practices by companies in an international context. We conducted a literature review in English language journals which publish research of production and operations management and sustainability, resulting in a final sample of 29 papers. Results show that social and legal pressure for companies to adopt a responsible behavior prompts an isomorphic process that leads them to conduct their operations on behalf of triple bottom line goals. Behavioral differences between spin-offs in various countries caused institutions to create mechanisms that can press and change private standards through regulation and enforcement. There is room for progress in studies that seek to analyze the company's relationships in its international experience and its multi-institutional relations.KEYWORDS | Triple bottom line, international operations management, sustainable operations, legal and social pressure, literature review.

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The sustainability of the supply chain for fresh potatoes in Britain

Cited by 132 publications

References 26 publications

Towards greener supply chains: Inclusion of environmental activities in relationships between logistics service providers and shippers

Towards greener supply chains: Inclusion of environmental activities in relationships between logistics service providers and shippers

Constraints management and value chain performance for sustainable development

The influence of triple bottom line on international operations management

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