Categorizing the barriers in adopting sustainable supply chain initiatives: A way-forward towards business excellence

Cogent Business & Management

Muhammad Abrar¹  Sajjad Ahmad Baig¹  Muhammad Nazim²  Ali Raza³  Muhammad Hashim³  Muhammad Nazam⁴  Hakeem Ur Rehman⁵ 

[1] Government College University Faisalabad;Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology;National Textile University Faisalabad;University of AgricultureFaisalabad;University of the Punjab;

关键词: supply chain initiatives;    barriers;    fuzzy ahp;   

DOI  :  10.1080/23311975.2020.1825042

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable supply chain initiatives (SSCI) increasingly attract the interest of industrialists, policy makers and academia in achieving business excellence. There is a tremendous pressure from stakeholders to adopt sustainable supply chain practices in manufacturing of hygienic products. Agro-based industries in emerging economies like Pakistan are at initial stage in tackling with many barriers to implement (SSCI). The purpose of this study is to categorise the barriers and formulate a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework based on fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) which effectively handles the subjectivity and complexity of experts’ inputs. The top seven barriers regarding the implementation of (SSCI) in this study were identified namely: (1) lack of sustainable outsourcing, (2) lack of sustainable production and distribution, (3) fear and resistance towards sustainable competitiveness and innovation, (4) trust deficit on sustainable buyer–supplier relationship, (5) lack of sustainable marketing and organizational culture, (6) difficulty in sustainable knowledge sharing (7) complexity in adopting sustainable technology practices. The key findings highlight that lack of sustainable outsourcing factor is key barrier for adopting (SSCI). Finally, the sensitivity analysis is applied to confirm the suitability among the ranked barriers. The outcome of this research would be supportive measures for the stakeholders by providing insights on barriers to implement (SSCI) concept for achieving sustainable development goals in line towards business excellence.

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