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Collaborative closed-loop supply chain framework for sustainable manufacturing: evidence from the Indian packaging industry
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posted on 2023-06-10, 06:32 authored by Usha Ramanathan, Qile He, Nachiappan SubramanianNachiappan Subramanian, Angappa Gunasekaran, David SarpongBusinesses reeling from the impact of COVID are struggling to achieve sustainability, amidst many other challenges, including finance and capacity shortfalls. One of the pathways to achieving 3BL in businesses is to create closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) covering the entire lifecycle of products. CLSC have proven to be important for sustainable supply chain (SC) operations, given the shortage of materials and labour globally following the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is widely acknowledged that the success of CLSC depends on successful collaboration between SC members, factors for successful CLSC collaboration are not sufficiently understood from the literature. Employing an observation-based case study and a survey of SC members, we develop our contribution in the context of an Indian packaging company, to delineate and verify a collaborative CLSC framework. The results confirm that the success of CLSC collaboration lies in the involvement and commitment of SC members. Collaboration for forward and reverse SC operations also facilitate the involvement of SC members in CLSC collaborations. Our research suggests that SC collaborations are enhanced by explicit incentive-sharing schemes and having the same SC members for both forward and reverse SC operations.
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Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeISSN
0040-1625Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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191Page range
a122489 1-13Department affiliated with
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2023-03-21First Open Access (FOA) Date
2023-03-28First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2023-03-21Usage metrics
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