International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations ISSN 2348-7585 (Online) Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp: (989-994), Month: October 2019 - March 2020, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Impact of Sustainable Procurement in Supply Chain Management 1
Charan Subramanian, 2Shanmuga Prakash VM MBA (IB) School of Business studies and Social Sciences Christ (Deemed to be University)
Abstract: Research on sustainable supply chain management has attracted more exposure in recent times. Even though SSCM has indeed been examined in both developed and developing countries, there's been little data on the implementation of SSCM procedures in India. This paper presents the insights about sustainable procurement methods and implementation followed by companies in Bangalore. Results showed that there has been a positive effect on implementing sustainable procurement in companies which minimised cost in production and distribution. There was also positive effect on environmental policies adopted by companies in sustainable procurement. This paper concludes by indicating further scope and research in this area. Keywords: Sustainable, Supply Chain, Environmental Policies.
1. INTRODUCTION The supply chain is often a network between a business and its suppliers for the production and distribution of a given product to final purchaser. It comprises a variety of operations, individuals, agencies, resources and information. supply chain often reflects the actions that it requires to get service or product from its initial state to a consumer. In the last Hundred years, the development of supply chain has developed from the original focusing on improving fairly simple yet labour-intensive procedures to the modern technologies and operation of extremely complex multinational networks. Since 1980s, information technology has evolved at an incredible rate that it's far advanced when compared to manufacturing and distribution sector's ability to make sufficient use of new technologies. supply chain requires a number of steps to get a service or product to a consumer. The steps involve transporting and processing raw materials to finished goods, transporting these items and distributing it to end consumer. The agencies involved in supply chain comprise manufacturers, supplier’s distributors, transportation companies, warehouses and retailers. Supply chain elements include those functions which begin with invoice of an order to meet the customer's request. Which include marketing, product development, distribution networks, customer service, operations and finance.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW Sustainability in Procurement is a revolutionary concept in operations and supply chain management. Manufacturing industries are improving their process day by day in switching from cost to quality-based supply chain management approaches centred on the consumer. This becomes an integral component in the supply chain method, with participants being conscious of the customer's rules and requirements (WILSON, 2019). Considering the study results on Eastern African Portal Cement Company it is worth noting that there is a positive relationship between efficient sourcing activities and success in the supply chain. The introduction of green procurement methods, the participation of vendors and the use of automated procurement processes by procurement priorities and reservations; Electronic recruitment by EAPCC has been listed the lowest among the study variables, indicating that the organization has yet to completely realize the benefits that digital procurement will offer from the use of integrated systems (Commitment to sustainable procurement is on the rise, 2020 jan).
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