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Composite sustainable manufacturing practice and performance framework: Chinese auto-parts suppliers? perspective
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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:15 authored by Zhen Wang, Nachiappan SubramanianNachiappan Subramanian, Angappa Gunasekaran, Muhammad D Abdulrahman, Chang LiuSustainability is increasingly becoming the main objective of most forward-looking organisations. However, the selective and disconnected examinations of sustainable manufacturing practices and dimensions have denied stakeholders an overall understanding of sustainability initiatives. Practitioners and policymakers are sceptical about the relationships between sustainable manufacturing practices and sustainability dimensions such as environmental, economic and social from the perspective of the triple bottom line (3BL). Furthermore it is evident that practitioners are only interested in following few practices to achieve 3BL performance. Past studies either proposed new methodologies to examine sustainability dimensions or suggested few sustainable manufacturing practices such as quality and green practices that consider one or two dimensions of sustainability. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has yet established a relationship between composite sustainable manufacturing practices and 3BL performance. This gap suggests a need for a theoretical framework to examine sustainable manufacturing in relation to three sustainability dimensions and study the impact of this relationship on 3BL performance. Using explanatory case studies carried out at two local Chinese auto-parts companies we examine the extent and effectiveness of composite sustainability manufacturing practices including lean, green, and social responsibility implementation and their relation to 3BL performance. Based on our literature review and the findings of the case studies, a composite sustainable manufacturing practices and performance framework are proposed. Findings indicate that the lean practice of ‘continuous improvement’, social practice of ‘health and safety’, and green practices of ‘use of fuel efficient tools’ and ‘machines utilisation’ contributed most to composite sustainability manufacturing practices in the investigated Chinese auto-parts companies. From the practitioners? points of view we formulated an optimisation model to select a few sets of practices among the composite sustainable manufacturing practices that would aid firms to achieve their targets.
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International Journal of Production EconomicsISSN
0925-5273Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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Part AVolume
170Page range
219-233Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2016-11-28Usage metrics
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