The Analysis and Step-Wise Assessment of the Supply Chain Sustainability Toward Improving the Productive Industries’ Competitive Advantages

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1 Industrial Management Department, Persian Gulf Univ., Busjehr, Iran

2 Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Industrial Management, Department, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran

Abstract

In the past, the industries focused on the economic aspect of their work. Nowadays, they must also consider the supply chain sustainability as a long-term strategy to maintain their competitive advantages. Hence the social and environmental effects of the supply chain are taken into account. The aim of this study is the analysis and step-wise assessment of the supply chain sustainability toward improving the industries’ competitive advantages in the Bushehr province cement companies based on the LARG supply chain competitive strategies. Based on literature review, LARG stands for Lean, Agile, Resilient, and Green, and the dimensions of supply chain sustainability are identified and classified as economic, social, and environmental. The statistical population includes 20 experts in Bushehr province cement companies and among them 10 people are selected due to their experience and background. The questionnaires related to a multi-criteria decision-making technique named the step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) technique, are used for calculating the weight and rank of each LARG competitive supply chain strategies and supply chain sustainability dimensions. The results show that the ‘Green’ strategy is the most important strategy in Bushehr province cement companies supply chain with the weight of 0.41, and the other strategies and their relevant weights are ranked as follows: Lean (0.28), Agile (0.18) and Resilient (0.13). The results also show that in order to gain supply chain sustainability in Bushehr cement industries, the environmental, social responsibility and economic dimensions would have the weights of 0.48, 0.31 and 0.21 respectively, demonstrating the environmental dimension as the most important dimension in the supply chain sustainability.

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Supply Chain Management
Volume 23, Issue 72
February 2022
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  • Receive Date: 23 January 2021
  • Revise Date: 25 October 2021
  • Accept Date: 17 January 2022

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