A Research on Barriers to Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Supplier Selection Criteria

Abstract

Abstract

Firms have started to become aware of the fact that their suppliers’ responsibility for sustainability has a great impact on their own development and reputation and that any organization’s environmental sustainability is impossible without incorporating sustainable supply chain management applications into their activities. In this study, a survey was conducted on the firms that issue sustainability reports in Turkey. The purpose of the study is to examine issues that businesses see as obstacles to sustainable supply chain management and to search rankings of the criteria that can be used in sustainable supplier selection. According to the results of the study, supplier firm culture and financial costs are seen as obstacles to sustainable supply chain management, and amongst the criteria given for sustainable supplier selection, three criteria identified to have the highest importance value are, respectively, abolition of child labor and working conditions, quality, and reliability. According to the overall rankings of the criteria, economic criteria rank first, followed by environmental and social criteria.

Keywords: Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Keywords

• Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, Supply Chain Management

SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR TEDARİK ZİNCİRİ YÖNETİMİ İÇİN ENGELLER VE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR TEDARİKÇİ SEÇİM KRİTERLERİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

İşletmeler tedarikçilerinin sürdürülebilirlik konularındaki sorumluluklarının kendi gelişim ve itibarları üzerindeki etkisinin ve herhangi bir örgütün çevresel sürdürülebilirliğinin, sürdürülebilir tedarik zinciri yönetimi uygulamalarını içermeden imkânsız olduğunun farkına varmaya başlamışlardır. Yapılan çalışmada, Türkiye’de sürdürülebilirlik raporu yayınlayan işletmeler üzerine anket yoluyla bir araştırma yapılmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı, işletmelerin sürdürülebilir tedarik zinciri için engel olarak gördükleri konuları ve sürdürülebilir tedarikçi seçimi için kullanılacak kriterlerin önem derecelerini araştırmaktır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre, tedarikçi firma kültürü ve finansal maliyetler sürdürülebilir tedarik zinciri yönetimi için engel olarak görülmektedir, sürdürülebilir tedarikçi seçimi için verilen kriterlerden en yüksek önem derecelerine sahip olan üç kriter ise sırasıyla, çocuk işgücü çalıştırmama ve çalışma koşulları, kalite ve güvenirlilik olarak tespit edilmiştir. Sürdürülebilir tedarikçi seçiminde kullanılabilecek kriterler genel ortalamalarına göre sıralandığında, ekonomik kriterlerin ilk sırayı aldığı ve bunu çevresel kriterler ve sosyal kriterlerin takip ettiği görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Sürdürülebilirlik, Üç Boyutlu Sorumluluk, Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi, Sürdürülebilir Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi

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