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Sustainable supply chains in the heavy vehicle and equipment industry: A multiple-case study of four manufacturers
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Benchmarking, Volume 31, issue 6, pp. 1853-1875
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Purpose: Recently, interest in sustainability has grown globally in the heavy vehicle and equipment industry (HVEI). However, this industry's complexity poses a challenge to the implementation of generic sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices. This study aims to identify SSCM's barriers, practices and performance (BPP) indicators in the HVEI context. Design/methodology/approach: The results are derived from case studies of four multinational manufacturers. Within-case and cross-case analyses were conducted to categorise the SSCM BPP indicators that are unique to HVEI supply chains. Findings: This study's analysis revealed that supply chain cost implications and a deficient information flow between focal firms and supply chain partners are the key barriers to SSCM in the HVEI. This analysis also revealed a set of policies, programmes and procedures that manufacturers have adopted to address SSCM barriers. The most common SSCM performance indicators included eco-portfolio sales to assess economic performance, health and safety indicators for social sustainability and carbon- and energy-related measures for environmental sustainability. Practical implications: The insights can help HVEI firms understand and overcome the typical SSCM barriers in their industry and develop, deploy and optimise their SSCM strategies and practices. Managers can use this knowledge to identify appropriate mechanisms with which to accelerate their transition into a sustainable business and effectively measure performance outcomes. Originality/value: The extant SSCM literature has focused on the light vehicle industry, and it has lacked a concrete examination of HVEI supply chains' sustainability BPP. This study develops a framework that simultaneously analyses SSCM BPP in the HVEI.
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Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the interviewees from the case companies and the Academy of Finland that has supported this research through InStreams profiling funding (grant No. 326291). Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Ehsan Shekarian, Anupama Prashar, Jukka Majava, Iqra Sadaf Khan, Sayed Mohammad Ayati and Ilkka Sillanpää.
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Shekarian, E, Prashar, A, Majava, J, Khan, I S, Ayati, S M & Sillanpää, I 2024, 'Sustainable supply chains in the heavy vehicle and equipment industry: A multiple-case study of four manufacturers', Benchmarking, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1853-1875. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-07-2022-0474