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Title Influence of Green and Lean Upstream Supply Chain Management Practices on Business Sustainability
ID_Doc 78515
Authors Azevedo, SG; Carvalho, H; Duarte, S; Cruz-Machado, V
Title Influence of Green and Lean Upstream Supply Chain Management Practices on Business Sustainability
Year 2012
Published Ieee Transactions On Engineering Management, 59, 4
DOI 10.1109/TEM.2012.2189108
Abstract Green and lean paradigms have been adopted by companies in order to manage their relationships with suppliers in a supply chain management context, but nearly always separately and with little understanding of their influence on company performance. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the analysis of the influence of green and lean upstream supply chain management practices on the sustainable development of businesses. To attend this objective, a set of performance measures covering economic (operational cost, environmental cost, and inventory cost), environmental (business wastage, green image, and CO2 emission), and social (corruption risk, supplier screening and local supplier) perspectives is proposed. An explanatory case study was conducted at a Portuguese automaker to test qualitatively the validity of the proposed theoretical framework. From the case study, a model is suggested, which encompasses the relationships between green and lean upstream supply chain practices and sustainable business development.
Author Keywords Automotive industry; green and lean supply chain practices; performance measurement
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000310155900022
WoS Category Business; Engineering, Industrial; Management
Research Area Business & Economics; Engineering
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