Effects of Frugal Innovation on Supply Chains

Abstract

Concepts related to sustainability issues have gained great intention with the rise of sustainability problems. Solving these problems necessitates radical changes in our daily practices, business models, consumption behavior etc., and open a number of research venues. In this study, it is aimed to understand how supply chains and supply chain management approaches are affected by the integration of frugal innovation approaches into supply chains. With this aim, a bibliometric study based on publications indexed in Web of Science and Scopus is conducted. Main concepts and relationship among these concepts are demonstrated. The results show that frugal innovation is mostly associated with sustainability, closed-loop supply chains, green products, and circular economy. The design concept seems to be neglected in the literature. As frugal innovations are realized with very limited and easily available resources, designers need to be more creative than their colleagues that have more access to required resources. Thus, in future it may be expected to see more studies directed to design processes associated with supply chains.

Keywords

• Frugal Innovation
• Supply Chain Management
• Sustainability

Tedarik Zincirlerinde Tutumlu İnovasyonun Etkileri

Abstract

Sürdürülebilirlik problemlerimizin artması ile birlikte sürdürülebilirlik konularına ilişkin kavramlar da büyük ilgi çekmeye başlamıştır. Bu problemlerin çözümü günlük rutinlerimiz, iş modellerimiz, tüketim davranışımız gibi birçok alanda radikal değişiklikler yapmayı gerektirir ve bir dizi araştırma alanının açar. Bu çalışmada, tutumlu inovasyon yaklaşımlarının tedarik zincirlerine eklenmesi ile birlikte tedarik zincirlerinin ve tedarik zinciri yönetimi yaklaşımlarının nasıl etkilendiğinin anlaşılması hedeflenmiştir. Bu hedef doğrultusunda Web of Science ve Scopus vertabanlarında taranan yayınlara dayalı bibliometrik bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Temel kavramlar ve bu kavramlar arasındaki ilişki ortaya konulmuştur. Sonuçlar tutumlu inovasyonun genellikle sürdürülebilirlik, kapalı çevrim tedarik zincirleri, yeşil ürünler ve döngüsel ekonomi ile ilişkilendirildiğini göstermektedir. Tasarım kavramı yazında ihmal edilmiş olarak görünmektedir. Tutumlu inovasyonlar çok kısıtlı ve kolayca erişilebilir kaynaklarla gerçekleştirildiğinden tasarımcıları da gerekli kaynaklara daha fazla erişimi olan meslektaşlarından daha yaratıcı olmak durumundadırlar. Bu nedenle, ileride tedarik zinciri ile ilişkilendirilmiş tasarım süreçlerine dair daha fazla çalışmanın görülmesi beklenebilir.

Keywords

• Tutumlu İnovasyon
• Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi
• Sürdürülebilirlik

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