TY - JOUR
T1 - Unlocking effective multi-tier supply chain management for sustainability through quantitative modeling
T2 - Lessons learned and discoveries to be made
AU - Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta
AU - de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes
AU - Sarkis, Joseph
PY - 2018/9/7
Y1 - 2018/9/7
N2 - Contemporary multi-tier supply chains are increasingly international, complex, and challenging for suppliers and focal companies. In addition to this, internal and external stakeholders, regulators, consumers and non-governmental organizations all now require firms to take responsibility for and action towards mitigating unsustainable practices and misconduct in their supply chains. In dealing with this complex supply chain context, quantitative modeling approaches are relevant in their ability to capture the complexity of problems in order to propose effective and sustainable solutions. The main objective of this study is to review selected literature on the effective management of sustainability in supply chains, and its attendant implications for multi-tier supply chain modeling problems. Previously published modeling research that may directly or indirectly provide lessons for multi-tier sustainable supply chains is investigated utilizing the Scopus database. After analyzing the relevant literature, we deliver the following contributions: (a) a systematization and classification of the selected papers; (b) a description of 16 research gaps that remain in the literature and that may be useful in expanding research efforts in this domain; (c) four lessons for both practitioners and managers dealing with sustainability in multi-tier supply chains; (d) an integrative framework which encapsulates key areas of focus to develop multi-tier sustainable supply chains. Implications for theory and practice are suggested, as well as limitations concerning the scope of this systematic review.
AB - Contemporary multi-tier supply chains are increasingly international, complex, and challenging for suppliers and focal companies. In addition to this, internal and external stakeholders, regulators, consumers and non-governmental organizations all now require firms to take responsibility for and action towards mitigating unsustainable practices and misconduct in their supply chains. In dealing with this complex supply chain context, quantitative modeling approaches are relevant in their ability to capture the complexity of problems in order to propose effective and sustainable solutions. The main objective of this study is to review selected literature on the effective management of sustainability in supply chains, and its attendant implications for multi-tier supply chain modeling problems. Previously published modeling research that may directly or indirectly provide lessons for multi-tier sustainable supply chains is investigated utilizing the Scopus database. After analyzing the relevant literature, we deliver the following contributions: (a) a systematization and classification of the selected papers; (b) a description of 16 research gaps that remain in the literature and that may be useful in expanding research efforts in this domain; (c) four lessons for both practitioners and managers dealing with sustainability in multi-tier supply chains; (d) an integrative framework which encapsulates key areas of focus to develop multi-tier sustainable supply chains. Implications for theory and practice are suggested, as well as limitations concerning the scope of this systematic review.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - Sustainable supply chains
KW - Multi-tiered supply chains
KW - Sustainable operations
KW - Systematic literature review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072701722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.029
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.08.029
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072701722
SN - 0925-5273
VL - 217
SP - 11
EP - 30
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
IS - November
ER -