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adam_text | TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................................................................
V
A
BSTRACT..................................................................................................................VII
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG.................................................................................................IX
TABLE OF
CONTENTS.................................................................................................
XIII
LIST OF
TABLES.........................................................................................................XIII
LIST OF
FIGURES.........................................................................................................XV
LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS..........................................................................................
XVII
1
1NTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................1
1.1 RESEARCH TOPIC AND RELEVANCY
.............................................................
1
1.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE, QUESTIONS AND
SCOPE........................................3
1.3 OUTLINE OF THE
DISSERTATION...................................................................4
2 CONTEXTUALIZATION AND THEORETICAL
BACKGROUND.........................................7
2.1 IMPORTANT
DEFINITIONS............................................................................7
2.1.1 SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY
CHAIN..........................................................7
2.1.2
COLLABORATION............................................................................
13
2.2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
...............
14
2.2.1 SCOPE 1: ACTING IN
....................................................................16
2.2.2 SCOPE 2: ACTING O U
T.................................................................18
2.2.3 SCOPE 3: ACTING
BEYOND..........................................................20
2.3 SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN
PRACTICES..................................................................................................22
2.3.1 DETERMINATION OF FOCUS OF REVIEW
......................................
22
2.3.2 PREPARATION FOR THE LITERATURE
SEARCH..................................23
2.3.3 SEARCH FOR LITERATURE
...............................................................
23
2.3.4 SELECTION OF PERTINENT
LITERATURE..........................................25
2.3.5 ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF LITERATURE
....................................
28
3 INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN
PRACTICES..............................................................................................................
31
3.1 METHODOLOGY FOR FRAMEWORK BUILDING
..............................................
31
3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE
FRAMEWORK............................................................34
3.3 SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP............................................................................
38
3.3.1 SUPPLIER
SELECTION.....................................................................
38
3.3.2 SUPPLIER
ASSESSMENT...............................................................
41
3.3.3 SUPPLIER
COLLABORATION.............................................................43
3.4
GOVERNANCE............................................................................................
47
3.4.1 COMPANY S
POLICIES...................................................................48
3.4.2 BUSINESS ALIGNM ENT
.................................................................
49
3.4.3 SUSTAINABILITY
CONTROL.............................................................. 53
3.4.4 EXTERNAL
RELATIONSHIP..............................................................
55
3.5
PROCUREMENT...........................................................................................57
3.5.1 PROCUREMENT
PROCESS.............................................................. 57
3.5.2 MATERIALS AND
SERVICES............................................................58
3.5.3
PACKAGING....................................................................................60
3.6 PRODUCTION M ANAGEM
ENT....................................................................62
3.6.1 SOLUTIONS DEVELOPM
ENT...........................................................62
3.6.2
RESOURCES...................................................................................65
3.7
DISTRIBUTION.............................................................................................
66
3.7.1 STRUCTURE AND
NETWORK............................................................67
3.7.2 TRANSPORT
MODES......................................................................
70
3.7.3 EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES
.........................................................
71
3.7.4 DISTRIBUTION
PROCESSES.............................................................73
3.8 WASTE M ANAGEM
ENT.............................................................................
75
3.8.1 REUSE AND
RECYCLE....................................................................76
3.8.2 WASTE
DISPOSAL..........................................................................78
3.8.3 POLLUTION C
ONTROL......................................................................
78
3.9 CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP
........................................................................
80
3.9.1 DEMAND
......................................................................................
80
3.9.2 ENGAGEMENT
..............................................................................
80
3.10
CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................82
4 BENCHMARKS PRACTICES BANK
87
4.1 METHODOLOGICAL
APPROACH..................................................................88
4.1.1 SOURCES OF DATA - CSR REPORTS
.............................................
89
4.1.2 SAMPLE OF COMPANIES
.............................................................
91
4.1.3 CATEGORIZATION
PROCESS...........................................................97
4.1.4 TOOL DEVELOPED FOR DATA COLLECTION
.....................................
98
4.1.5 STATISTICAL
TESTS.........................................................................99
4.2 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN GROUPS OF PRACTICES
..................
100
4.2.1
OVERVIEW..................................................................................
100
4.2.2 SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP
............................................................
102
4.2.3 GOVERNANCE
............................................................................
103
4.2.4
PROCUREMENT...........................................................................
104
4.2.5 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
.....................................................
105
4.2.6
DISTRIBUTION..............................................................................107
4.2.7 WASTE M ANAGEM ENT
.............................................................
107
4.2.1 CUSTOMER
RELATIONSHIP.........................................................109
4.2.2 PRELIMINARY
CONCLUSIONS.......................................................110
4.3 INDUSTRY PATTERNS REGARDING SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN
PRACTICES................................................................................................110
4.3.1
OVERVIEW..................................................................................
110
4.3.2 BASIC MATERIALS AND
ENERGY..................................................112
4.3.3 INDUSTRIAL
MATERIALS................................................................114
4.3.4 AUTOMOBILE AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
..............................
115
4.3.5 CONSUMER
GOODS...................................................................
117
4.3.6 TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
SERVICES.........................................119
4.3.7 PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
......................................................
121
4.4 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDUSTRIES PRACTICES
...................................
124
4.4.1
OVERVIEW..................................................................................
124
4.4.2 OBJECTIVES AND COMPLEMENTARY METHODS........................126
4.4.3 STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
INDUSTRIES.................................................................................127
4.4.4 PARTICULARITIES FROM TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR
REGARDING SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN PRACTICES
..................
129
4.4.5 PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
......................................................
133
4.5 CREATING VALUE BY SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY
CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON.. 136
4.5.1 OVERVIEW
..................................................................................136
4.5.2 MATERIALS AND M ETHODS
........................................................
137
4.5.3 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MATERIALS SECTOR BENCHMARKS
IN BRAZIL AND GERMANY
........................................................
138
4.5.4 CONTENT ANALYSIS WITH GERMAN AND BRAZILIAN
COMPANIES................................................................................141
4.5.5 CROSS-COUNTRY COLLABORATION FRAM EWORK
.........................
143
4.5.6 PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
.......................................................
145
4.6
CONCLUSIONS...........................................................................................
146
5 PRACTICES PORTFOLIO PLANNING M A TRIX
......................................................... 149
5.1 MATRIX STRUCTURE AND
APPLICABILITY...................................................149
5.1.1 X-AXIS -
EFFORT...........................................................................151
5.1.2 Y-AXIS - IM
PACT.........................................................................151
5.1.3 BUBBLE SIZE - CURRENT
LEVEL...................................................152
5.1.4 MATRIX AS A DECISION MAKING T O O L
......................................
152
5.2 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
................................................................
155
5.2.1 QUESTIONNAIRES
TESTING..........................................................155
5.2.2 FINAL VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES
..................................
156
5.2.3 DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
.........
157
5.3 OPPORTUNITIES OF COMBINING SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TOWARDS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ..158
5.3.1 OVERVIEW AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
.........................
158
5.3.2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS FROM CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS
.....
160
5.3.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS FROM CONTENT ANALYSIS OF
COMPANIES REPORTS
..............................................................
162
5.3.4 PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
.......................................................
172
5.4 RESULTS OF THE EIL MATRIX
APPLICABILITY............................................173
5.4.1 GENERAL RESULTS
......................................................................
173
5.4.2 QUADRANT 1 HAVEN T STARTED
YET? .....................................177
5.4.3 QUADRANT 2 BUSINESS PARTNERS
.........................................
178
5.4.4 QUADRANT 3 COMBINATION OF INITIATIVES
..........................
178
5.4.5 QUADRANT 4 SPECIFIC
ANALYSIS ............................................179
5.5 CONCLUSIONS
.........................................................................................
180
6 COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES GERMANY AND BRAZIL
....................................
183
6.1 GERM
ANY...............................................................................................186
6.2
BRAZIL.....................................................................................................
188
6.3 INSIGHTS FROM STATISTICAL TESTS AND CONTENT ANALYSIS
..................
192
6.3.1 IMPLEMENTED BY BENCHMARKS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES
.....
194
6.3.2 NOT IMPLEMENTED BY BENCHMARKS FROM BOTH
COUNTRIES.................................................................................195
6.4 COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES - WORKSHOPS
....................................
200
6.5
CONCLUSIONS..........................................................................................214
7 FINAL CONCLUSIONS AND
OUTLOOK....................................................................217
7.1 MAIN RESEARCH
FINDINGS....................................................................
217
7.2 LIMITATIONS AND FURTHER
RESEARCH...................................................221
8
REFERENCES........................................................................................................225
9
APPENDICES........................................................................................................257
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