The pressure on companies towards sustainable development is changing the way they are dealing with their supply chain network. Practices are not limited to the company level. They are involving suppliers, customers, government, society and other stakeholders that impact and are impacted by the...

Purpose: The research explores and examines factors for supplier evaluation and its impact on process improvement particularly aiming on a steel pipe manufacturing firm in Gujarat, India. Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual research framework was developed and hypotheses were stated...

Der Transport von Gütern hat einen signifikanten und weiter steigenden Anteil an den globalen Treibhausgasemissionen. Zur Reduzierung dieser Emissionen ist aufgrund des hohen Fremdvergabeanteils im Transport eine zielgerichtete Zusammenarbeit zwischen den ausführenden Logistikdienstleistern...

This publication presents a methodology for planning sustainable supply chain initiatives, consisting of three scopes, each with its appropriate mechanism and background theory. The first one 'Acting In' structures organizational practices in a 'Framework for Managing Sustainable Supply Chain...

The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence has sparked fierce debate about the regulation of supply chains. The directive's objectives are aligned with European values. However, it raises concerns that the compliance costs of social and environmental regulations may be privatised in...

Supply security is threatened by technical, business, natural and policy shocks, as well as geopolitical tensions. Is there a rationale for policy intervention? If yes, what are efficient and effective measures that achieve de-risking? This article first explains why private incentives do not...

Lieferanten übernehmen immer mehr an Wertschöpfung für Originalteilehersteller (OEM) und in der Folge kann der Materialkostenanteil für Zukaufteile bis zu 95 Prozent betragen. Aus diesem Grund kommt der Auswahl der Lieferanten eine strategische Bedeutung zu. In diesem Working Paper stellen...

Little is known about the actual behavior of farmers who are offered forward contracts for renewable resources. The present survey explores farmers' acceptance of sugar beet supply contracts. We find that the farmers' responses are not in line with forecasts that are based on critical prices...

This paper presents the development of a model based decision support system with a case study on solving the supplier selection problem in a chemical processing industry. For the evaluation and selection of supplier, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA) were...