Supply Chain Management Perspective Research Articles

The impact of corporate social responsibility decoupling on financial performance: the role of customer structure and operational slack

PurposeCorporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling indicates a misalignment between how firms report CSR and what firms actually practice with respect to CSR. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between CSR decoupling and financial performance and the factors affecting this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis paper collects and combines secondary panel data from multiple sources of Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2020 to test the direct impact of CSR decoupling on firms’ financial performance and the moderating role of customer structure and operational slack.FindingsThis paper finds that CSR decoupling is negatively associated with firms’ financial performance. These findings further suggest that the negative relationship can be suppressed by customer stability and operational slack, but amplified by customer concentration. These conclusions remain robust to alternate measures of independent and dependent variables and narrower samples.Originality/valueIn the literature, the effect of CSR on firms’ financial performance is inconclusive. This is the first study to examine the impact of CSR decoupling on firms’ financial performance and the factors affecting this relationship. This paper contributes to the CSR decoupling literature from an operations and supply chain management perspective.

The design of intelligent fuzzy cognitive system of music emotion by product supply chain management

AbstractThe classification of musical emotion is a challenging problem due to the subjectivity of human perception. In order to analyse the emotion contained in music from the perspective of product supply chain management, the psychological model and characteristics of music emotion are introduced. Additionally, the current product supply chain and the composition of the two contracts are analysed based on the characteristics of online music products. Finally, a speech emotion recognition model based on a Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) is proposed. Two corpora containing five emotions (sadness, anger, happiness, surprise, and boredom) are selected to test the performance and characteristics of the network. In order to evaluate the system performance, different acoustic features are extracted, including prosodic features, formant features, marginal spectral features, and Mel‐Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC). The results show that the average recognition rate of MFCC features on the Berlin emotional speech database is 70.36%, which is 0.75% higher than the second‐highest edge spectrum features and achieves better results. Meanwhile, on this database, the Musical Emotion Recognition System based on FCM (MERS‐FCM) is improved by 20.36%, 7.34%, and 4.12% compared with Back Propagation, K‐nearest neighbour, and support vector machine, respectively, which shows that MERS‐FCM has better performance. The research of the music emotion recognition system based on FCM can provide more reference paths for the use and development of music emotion information.

How Does Digital Transformation Facilitate Enterprise Total Factor Productivity? The Multiple Mediators of Supplier Concentration and Customer Concentration

Nowadays, no organization or sector is immune to the influences of digital transformation. It has been generally recognized as a significant promoter of corporate efficiency and effectiveness. However, the literature on whether and how digital transformation can facilitate corporate total factor productivity is scarce. In this case, this paper aims to empirically investigate whether and how digital transformation can boost a firm’s total factor productivity. Using a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2007–2020 and structural equation model analyses in STATA 16.0, this paper identifies that (1) digital technology, one dimension of digital transformation, has no significant effects on enterprise total factor productivity, while digital application, the other dimension of digital transformation, can directly enhance enterprise total factor productivity; (2) both digital technology and digital application can indirectly boost enterprise total factor productivity through the decreasing of supplier concentration; and (3) digital technology adversely affects enterprise total factor productivity through the increasing of customer concentration, and digital application may positively affect enterprise total factor productivity through the decreasing of customer concentration. Our study is one of the first to explore the mediating effect mechanism of the relationship between digital transformation and enterprise total factor productivity from the perspective of supply chain management.

Halal tourism review from a supply chain management perspective

Halal tourism review from a supply chain management perspective

Circular Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework from the Perspective of Triple Bottom Line

Society has demanded sustainable development from organizations with a socially and environmentally responsible attitude in their management. corporate social responsibility (CSR) and circular economy (CE) are necessary to achieve sustainable development. However, organizations have faced difficulties implementing CSR and adopting CE in their supply chain. The literature shows a lack of research on CE as part of companies' strategies and on its relationship with CSR. To fill this research gap, this study aims to develop a first version of a conceptual framework for CSR aiming at the CE from the perspective of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). The methodology used presents a scoping review with an elaboration of the fundamental architecture of the framework. The results obtained are descriptive of the Scoping Review and the framework with guidelines on how to adopt CSR and CE as a proposed artifact.

Predicting supply chain management of e-waste recycling behavior using an extended theory of planned behavior model

This study aims to examine the supply chain management perspective of subjective norms, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and intention on e-waste recycling behavior, and the mediating role of intention in the relationship between the factors of extended theory of planned behavior and e-waste recycling behavior. The research sample was students at some universities in Jakarta, Indonesia with data collected through an online questionnaire. The results of the analysis show that subjective norms, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and intentions have significant effects on e-waste recycling behavior. In addition, intention can mediate the relationship between attitude and perceived behavioral control on e-waste recycling behavior. The implication highlighted the importance of the role of subjective norms, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and intention in influencing one's e-waste recycling behavior. Therefore, public awareness can pay attention to the factors of extended theory of planned behavior in helping to increase the awareness of e-waste recycling. From a theoretical point of view, the findings show that the Theory of Planned Behavior is a useful theoretical framework for understanding the behavior of e-waste recycling. Practically speaking, significant findings about the role of subjective norms, attitudes, perceived behavioral controls, and intentions in influencing e-waste recycling behavior can inform policies and programs aimed at promoting more responsible e-waste management.

Impact, benefits and challenges of IoT for Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Smooth flow, integrity, and traceability of the processes in supply chain (SC) and logistics management is vital for Supply Chain Management (SCM). Companies are looking for and utilizing new technological applications for end-to-end management of the entire set of SC processes and assets to ensure on-line and real-time monitoring across processes and partners. Therefore, this article comprehensively addresses the role and impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on SCM via a comprehensive literature review. The applications of the IoT term in the SC are examined in detail, and its benefits and challenges are discussed from SCM perspective. The findings reveal the dramatic impact that IoT has on SC processes as one of the most essential technologies of the twenty-first century.

An operations and supply chain management perspective to product innovation

An operations and supply chain management perspective to product innovation

Carbon emission scenario forecast and emission reduction path of China's logistics industry from the perspective of green supply chain management

Green logistics is an important part of green supply chain management, and its green and low-carbon level greatly affects the level of green supply chain management. In order to achieve China's targets of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and to study the emission reduction path of the logistics industry under green supply chain management, this paper uses the scalable STIRPAT model and ridge regression to analyze the influencing factors of carbon emissions in the logistics industry; Taking the relevant data from 2000 to 2020 as an example, combined with the scenario analysis method, this paper conducts an empirical study on the development trend of carbon emissions in China's logistics industry in the future. The results show that: under the low-carbon and enhanced low-carbon scenarios, China's logistics industry can achieve the carbon peak target of 876.6 MtCO2 and 817.02 MtCO2 respectively. Carbon emissions can be reduced to 234.9 MtCO2 by 2060 in the Enhanced Low Carbon Scenario. There is still a certain distance between neutralization. In the meantime, according to the forecast results, this paper, from the perspective of green supply chain management, from the three directions of carbon trading, reverse logistics and emission reduction costs, gives suggestions on the emission reduction path of China's logistics industry under the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals: consider early Incorporate the logistics industry into the carbon trading market; increase support and accelerate the development of reverse logistics; increase scientific research investment in clean energy, and promote new energy vehicles. This paper innovatively stands in the perspective of supply chain management, and improves the analysis of influencing factors. For the single industry of logistics industry, the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals goal is put in a model, which can better reflect the complete trend and target Provide low-carbon directions and suggestions. In all, these findings contribute to the formulation and implementation of sound policies to help China achieve the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.

Intelligent cognitive evaluation of ice and snow sports training by fuzzy comprehensive evaluation from the perspective of supply chain management

AbstractThis exploration aims to promote the development of ice and snow sports (ISS), strengthen people's physiques and improve people's health level. First, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is adopted to determine the importance weight of the intelligent cognitive factors of ISS. Then, based on the evaluation grade, the membership matrix of intelligent cognitive factors of ISS is constructed, and an individual cognitive ability evaluation model combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis is established. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 25.0 and Smartpls software are further used to determine the questionnaire items about the participation intention in ISS training. A structural equation model among individual participation intention, theoretical factors of planned behaviour and participation behaviour is constructed. After analysing the data obtained from the survey, the final results are as follows. (1) Harbin's largest number of ISS participants is 18–29 years old, accounting for 44.8%. Undergraduate education accounts for 47.5%. The number of participants whose monthly income is 6001–12,000 is the largest, accounting for 25%. (2) The number of people participating in skating is the highest, reaching 59.7%. The proportion of people who have participated in ISS for one year or less is the highest, reaching 45.8%. From the consumption amount perspective, the people spending 1000 yuan and below account for the highest proportion, so the consumption degree of ISS is mainly experiential consumption. (3) The correlation coefficient between subjective norms and individual participation intention is 0.598, indicating that the relationship between the two is significantly positive, that is, subjective norms will have a certain impact on individual participation intention. The correlation coefficient between behaviour attitude and participation intention is 0.697, indicating that the relationship between them is significantly positive. The correlation coefficient between perceived behaviour control and participation intention is 0.745, indicating a significant positive correlation between them. The research content provides a theoretical basis for the follow‐up ISS training intelligent cognition. It can also provide a reference for the further development of ISS in China.

Research on Optimization of Logistics Management Process from the Perspective of Supply Chain Management

With the development of economy, the Internet economy has brought great opportunities to the logistics industry, and at the same time it has brought brand-new challenges to the logistics industry. Logistics industry plays a very important role in economic and social development, and the optimization of logistics management process becomes the key to the healthy and sustainable development of logistics industry and to meet the needs of economic and social development. From the perspective of supply chain management, this paper explores the problems existing in the logistics management process, puts forward the strategy of optimizing the logistics management process, and expounds the positive effects of optimizing the logistics management process, hoping to bring some help to the logistics industry workers.

Renewable hydrogen supply chains: A planning matrix and an agenda for future research

Worldwide, energy systems are experiencing a transition to more sustainable systems. According to the Hydrogen Roadmap Europe (FCH EU, 2019), hydrogen will play an important role in future energy systems due to its ability to support sustainability goals and will account for approximately 13% of the total energy mix in the coming future. Correct hydrogen supply chain (HSC) planning is therefore vital to enable a sustainable transition, in particular when hydrogen is produced by water electrolysis using electricity from renewable sources (renewable hydrogen). However, due to the operational characteristics of the renewable HSC, its planning is complicated. Renewable hydrogen supply can be diverse: Hydrogen can be produced de-centrally with renewables, such as wind and solar energy, or centrally by using electricity generated from a hydro power plant with a large volume. Similarly, demand for hydrogen can also be diverse, with many new applications, such as fuels for fuel cell electrical vehicles and electricity generation, feedstocks in industrial processes, and heating for buildings. The HSC consists of various stages (production, storage, distribution, and applications) in different forms, with strong interdependencies, which further increase HSC complexity. Finally, planning of an HSC depends on the status of hydrogen adoption and market development, and on how mature technologies are, and both factors are characterised by high uncertainties. Directly adapting the traditional approaches of supply chain (SC) planning for HSCs is insufficient. Therefore, in this study we develop a planning matrix with related planning tasks, leveraging a systematic literature review to cope with the characteristics of HSCs. We focus only on renewable hydrogen due to its relevance to the future low-carbon economy. Furthermore, we outline an agenda for future research, from the supply chain management perspective, in order to support renewable HSC development, considering the different phases of renewable HSCs adoption and market development.

The Application of Multimedia Visualization Platform in Business Management from the Perspective of Supply Chain Management

At present, in the process of enterprise operation and development, the implementation of enterprise operation modernization is a necessary condition and an effective measure to raise the management level. With the aim to achieve such enterprise modernization, it is necessary to improve the management’s modernization ability by improving the modernization level of enterprises. Therefore, corporate executives should pay more attention to the construction of informatization and implement informatization through effective methods and measures to further improve management efficiency. It will note the concept and connotation of business management, analyze the significance of the multimedia visualization platform at the level of enterprise business supply chain, analyze the current business management of enterprises and put forward scientific coping strategies, cater to the social development situation, and constantly innovate the development path of enterprise network information and chemical business management; this will help related majors.

Is a multiple supply chain management perspective a new way to manage global supply chains toward sustainability?

The imperative for building a sustainable future depends on how organizations manage their supply chains, which are responsible for processing raw materials into finished products. Recently, a new trend has been emerging in some companies, considering not only an entire supply chain but several supply chains inside the organization. This way of approaching sustainability, by focusing on several supply chains, can be called a multiple supply chain perspective, and professionals’ interest in this context has been growing. This study aims to explore essential components needed to manage multiple supply chains toward sustainability from a focal company perspective. Sustainability reports from 25 companies leaders in supply chain management are analyzed using content analysis and correspondence analysis. As a result, a conceptual model is proposed, considering four essential components: supply chain processes; relational mechanisms; monitoring and control mechanisms; and sustainability outcomes. Based on this conceptual model, six propositions are elaborated to be further empirically explored in the literature. The proposed conceptual model helps supply chain and sustainability managers to improve their efforts toward sustainability by revealing what components are needed to manage each different supply chain and by helping to create more focused strategies that are effective in different scenarios.

Smart green supply chain management: a configurational approach to enhance green performance through digital transformation

Purpose While it is known that digital transformation facilitates data flow in supply chains, its importance on green supply chain management (GSCM) has not been investigated concisely. This paper aims to expand the theory of digital transformation in GSCM by investigating the interconnections between these concepts and providing an integrative view of a smart green supply chain management (Smart GSCM). Design/methodology/approach This adopts a configurational perspective on digital transformation and supply chain management (SCM) to investigate the different dimensions of Smart GSCM and their contribution to green performance. Therefore, this paper analyzes data from 473 manufacturing companies using regression techniques. Findings The results show how smart supply chain contributes to green performance through managing green relationships (external GSCM activities) and establishing green operations (internal GSCM activities). Furthermore, this paper finds partial mediating effects for external and internal GSCM activities on green performance. These findings show that smart supply chain (i.e. digital transformation strategy and front-end technologies, supported by several back-end technologies) is directly associated with higher levels of GSCM. It is specifically associated with one of the internal dimensions of green operations, namely, green purchasing activities. Hence, the findings suggest that digital transformation alone is insufficient to achieve green performance, needing a GSCM configuration to mediate this effect. Practical implications This study calls attention to how managers should integrate these at least three different perspectives of SCM: digital transformation, external relationships and internal operations to increase green performance. Originality/value As the main contribution, this study provides a configurational and holistic understanding of the different dimensions and mechanisms in Smart GSCM.

Reprint of: Renewable hydrogen supply chains: A planning matrix and an agenda for future research

Worldwide, energy systems are experiencing a transition to more sustainable systems. According to the Hydrogen Roadmap Europe (FCH EU, 2019), hydrogen will play an important role in future energy systems due to its ability to support sustainability goals and will account for approximately 13% of the total energy mix in the coming future. Correct hydrogen supply chain (HSC) planning is therefore vital to enable a sustainable transition, in particular when hydrogen is produced by water electrolysis using electricity from renewable sources (renewable hydrogen). However, due to the operational characteristics of the renewable HSC, its planning is complicated. Renewable hydrogen supply can be diverse: Hydrogen can be produced de-centrally with renewables, such as wind and solar energy, or centrally by using electricity generated from a hydro power plant with a large volume. Similarly, demand for hydrogen can also be diverse, with many new applications, such as fuels for fuel cell electrical vehicles and electricity generation, feedstocks in industrial processes, and heating for buildings. The HSC consists of various stages (production, storage, distribution, and applications) in different forms, with strong interdependencies, which further increase HSC complexity. Finally, planning of an HSC depends on the status of hydrogen adoption and market development, and on how mature technologies are, and both factors are characterised by high uncertainties. Directly adapting the traditional approaches of supply chain (SC) planning for HSCs is insufficient. Therefore, in this study we develop a planning matrix with related planning tasks, leveraging a systematic literature review to cope with the characteristics of HSCs. We focus only on renewable hydrogen due to its relevance to the future low-carbon economy. Furthermore, we outline an agenda for future research, from the supply chain management perspective, in order to support renewable HSC development, considering the different phases of renewable HSCs adoption and market development.

Internet of things enabled the control and optimization of supply chain cost for unmanned convenience stores

In the context of “new retail“, various new retail models have appeared in the market one after another, such as unmanned retail, and unmanned convenience stores, which are based on a model in the unmanned retail industry. At present, unmanned convenience stores still have to deal with the challenges in operations, including difficulty in landing site selection, immature technology, and low public awareness. The most important issue is the supply chain cost control. It seems that operating methods that reduce costs through technical support cannot effectively control their costs. This article not only combines cost analysis methods such as flexible budgeting method to calculate and analyze the supply chain cost of unmanned convenience stores, but also proposes cost control methods from the perspective of supply chain management, and gives suggestions on the future development direction of unmanned convenience stores.

Do consumers care about companies’ efforts in greening supply chains? Analyzing the role of protected values and the halo effect in product evaluation

Widespread efforts are being made to mitigate environmental degradation driven by human activities. From a supply chain management perspective, companies aim at improving their environmental and organizational performance along their supply chain simultaneously. Since consumers are the sources of manufacturing companies’ profitability, companies are interested in understanding the extent to which consumers care about their green practices. However, while some consumers would have a higher willingness to pay a premium (WPP) or purchase intention (PI) for environmentally differentiated products, others would not. Moreover, there is scant evidence regarding the integrated effects of intra- and inter-organizational green supply chain practices on green consumerism. Therefore, this study adopts two psychological approaches (i.e., protected values and halo effect) to describe this relationship based on two models that encompass mediation and moderation effects. Data were collected from 351 Colombian university students through a behavioral experiment with three product-based conditions, and the hypotheses were tested using two-instance repeated-measures linear regressions and non-parametric tests. The results indicate that perceived product performance mediates the effect of green supply chain practices on consumers’ WPP and PI (halo effect). Additionally, consumers’ moral orientation toward the environment (protected values) moderates the effects of green supply chain practices on consumers’ WPP, PI and perceived product performance. The study found that people who hold protected values evaluate products better not just for its green attributes, but because of their increased perception of the products’ performance. The contributions are centered on the role of psychological approaches in green supply chain studies to understand consumers’ preferences.

The Impact of Supply Chain Management Practices on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries: A Case of Agro-Dealers in Zambia

The Agro-sector in Zambia has evolved over the years contributing about twenty percent (20%) of the gross domestic product (GDP). Today organizations encounter with environment of global competition and for prosperity in this environment, we need radical changes and creativity in work. Supply chain management (SCM) is a thunderstruck organization with higher and lower relationship that is involved in process and activities and like presentation product and services to final customers to create value. It is important in organization. In this research the aim was checking the influence that the adoption of supply chain management practices has in business performance through competitive priorities. The concept of SCM has received increasing attention from academicians, consultants, and business managers alike (Tan, Lyman, & Wisner, 2002). Various theories have offered insights on specific aspects or perspectives of SCM, such as industrial organization and associated transaction cost analysis, resource-based and resource-dependency theory, competitive strategy, and social-political perspective (Stern & Reve, 1980). However, despite the increased attention paid to SCM, the literature has not been able to offer much by way of guidance to help the practice of SCM. This has been attributed to the interdisciplinary origin of SCM, the conceptual confusion, and the evolutionary nature of SCM concept. Much of the current theoretical/empirical research in SCM focuses on only the upstream or downstream side of the supply chain, or certain aspects/perspectives of SCM. This identified a research gap to be filled by looking at both the downstream and upstream sides of the supply chain and linking such activities to both competitive advantage and organizational performance. The target population was Small and Medium Agro-dealers in Lusaka with a calculated sample size of 151. Regression Analysis was used to answer the hypothesis. Research findings indicate that application of supply chain management influences performance according to competitive priorities.

Challenges of Social Sustainability: Supply Chain Management Perspective

Challenges of Social Sustainability: Supply Chain Management Perspective