Sustainable Supply Chains: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers

As a result of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, numerous countries have become highly interested in sustainability. Manufacturers have been triggered to develop sustainable supply chain strategies in consideration of their value-added processes and stakeholders. This study was conducted, in the context of s...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-08, Vol.13 (16), p.9059
Main Authors: Leu, Jun-Der, Lee, Larry Jung-Hsing, Huang, Yi-Wei, Huang, Chia-Chi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Competitive advantage
Cooperation
Economic aspects
Environmental aspects
Integration
Kyoto Protocol
Manufacturing
Manufacturing industry
Multivariate statistical analysis
Production management
Small and medium sized companies
Social responsibility
Structural equation modeling
Supply chain sustainability
Supply chains
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable practices
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Summary:As a result of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, numerous countries have become highly interested in sustainability. Manufacturers have been triggered to develop sustainable supply chain strategies in consideration of their value-added processes and stakeholders. This study was conducted, in the context of small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry, in order to examine the relationship between sustainability and business performance from the perspective of the supply chain aspects of business cooperation, operation integration, and enterprise commitment. A total of 290 companies were surveyed and structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the figures from the samples. The results reveal that the implementation of sustainable practices in the context of enterprise commitments, supply chain cooperation, and operation integration has a positive impact on sustainability and business performance. Furthermore, in high-value manufacturing, supply chain cooperation significantly affects sustainable business performance through internal operation integration. These results may serve as a reference for the realization of supply chain sustainability in small- and medium-sized enterprises.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13169059