Identifying Trends of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Nurhayati Sembiring*, Mangara M Tambunan and Elizabeth Ginting

Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara,

Jalan Almamater Kampus USU, Medan, Indonesia 20155

Keywords: Sustainable Supply Chain Management, SSCM.

Abstract: This paper discusses the role of sustainable supply chain management is still a new thing of manufacturing

companies. This review papers of SSCM is done from period 2018-2019. From the results of the review it

can be seen the trends of the sustainable supply chain model that could be used as a reference for future

research. This study discusses the concepts that have been applied to previous studies of sustainable supply

chains involving organizations, based on assessment and study of literature on supply chains. In this journal

there are several parts, namely the first part which contains the research background. The second section

contains a literature review that is the literature that supports research and about the results of a review of

several research journals about SSCM from 2018 and 2019. The third section contains the methods used in

the research, which contain the stages of research. The fourth part contains a summary of research, the

results of research on SSCM. The manufacturing industry is always related to chemical processes at the

stages of the production process. This also always influences the environment. That is why the sustainable

topic becomes an important thing to study and to find the solutions.

1 INTRODUCTION

Today's manufacturing industry companies need to

be aware of environmental and social impacts which

are important things to observe and act on. Because

of this, the company needs to consider all decisions

that will have further impact. This can be done by

paying attention to the network in the supply chain,

product design, and purchasing material which is an

important part of the manufacturing company. A

continuous, objective objective supply chain model

that involves social, economic and environmental

aspects is a crucial part of the supply chain (Lin,

Tseng, & Pai, 2018). The manufacturing industry is

always related to chemical processes at the stages of

the production process. This also always influences

the environment.

Supply chain management always involves

consumers, distribution networks, and company

internal communication. Therefore SCM is very

influential on social sustainability that involves the

sustainability of the organization's performance and

its impact on the environment outside the company.

With the increasing globalization and increasingly

fierce competition, the company develops a strategy

for its interests in the supplier of basic resources to the

distribution of finish goods for consumers which is

the company's main focus (Bastas & Liyanage, 2018).

This review papers of SSCM is done from period

2018-2019. From analyzing the paper that reviewed

it can be seen the trends of the SSCM model that can

be used as a reference for next research.

2 PAPER REVIEW

Research on SSCM focuses on the close

relationships of social, economic and environmental

aspects that have specific objectives. SSCM is

designed to manage the source sequence from basic

sources/ materials to sustainable materials. In

SSCM, the flow of capital, materials, and

information, is designed in relation to source, as well

as delivery the product after the production in order

to achieving the high profit, affordability and

organizational performance in the long run. SSCM

involve the social environment and the natural

environment. This shows that SSCM does not only

involve relationships between suppliers, but also

relationships with other agencies and managers. In

using a sustainable supply chain, it is necessary to

identify factors that influence the triple bottom line,

Sembiring, N., Tambunan, M. and Ginting, E.

Identifying Trends of Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

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economic, social, and environmental aspects and

impacts that can be expected to avoid negative

impacts that harm the company and consumers.

(Kot, 2018).

This study discusses the concepts that have been

applied to previous studies of SSC involving

organizations in the supply chain, based on specific

assessment and study from literature on supply

chains.

In this journal there are several parts, namely the

first part which contains the research background.

The second section contains a literature review that

is the literature that supports research and about the

results of a review of several research journals about

SSCM from 2018 and 2019. The third section

contains the methods used in the research, which

contain the stages of research. The fourth part

contains a summary of research, the results of

research on SSCM.

Table 1: Review from Previous Literature.

Author

Variable

Findings

Zhu et al (2019)

Mathematical model

of the food supply

chain

• Publication of

research has

contributed to the

important field of

sustainable food

• There are

significant

challenges and

valuable research

questions

considering

Ding, Huang, &

Tang (2018)

• Financial Viability

• Environmental

constraints

• Governmental

policy

• Environmental

externalities,

governments are

motivating good

relationship among

the supply chain

partners, scale of

economic

production.

• The performance

of environmental

Soleimani

(2018)

• Causal loop of

rock waste

• The objective

function

maximized the

model of profit

• Mining industry

applied Sustainable

Approach in closed

loop

• The chain of closed

supply of the stone

quarries loop

Kot (2018)

Research in

sustainable

development field

• SMES using

Sustainability

principles

• Results show that

the SMES sector

acts the imbalance

are better than big

units

Mathivathanan,

Kannan & Haq

(2018)

• The causal

relationship of the

sustained SSCM

sustainable

practices

• The probability the

success of the

implantation in the

practice of the

SSCM

The commitment to

management towards

sustainability and the

triple focus of the

baseline to the

combination in

strategic decision

making is a more

influential practice in

implementing supply

chain management

sustainable

Spariosu (2018)

• Multi-criteria

decision-making

problems

• Identifies the less

and the most

important criteria

• Environment and

its factors is the

highest attention

and government

certification is the

less attention

• Safety and security

of food is affected

by transportation

Kim & Lee

(2018)

The relationship

between the

participation, role,

and perception of the

clients in the SSCM

Financial and

operational

excellence result is

better from the

customer’s that

involvement in SSM

Moktadir, Ali,

Rajesh & Paul

(2018)

The economic aspects

of the casual

relationship

Research proves that

to support the

structural skin

processing industry

managers of industry

can identify the

highest barriers and

focus to eliminate it

Orji (2019)

Using ISM technique

and TOPSIS to

identify the barriers

• Interpretive

structural

modelling

methodology used

for identifying

contextual

relationship

• Inadequate

proactive plans,

inefficient legal

framework, and

lack of sustainable

waste are studied

Rentizelas, de

Sousa Jabbour,

Al Balushi &

Tuni (2018)

Social dimensions of

supplier selection

• Besides of

government

prrssure there must

be an

organization’s

initiative to

develop a socially

sustainable

practice.

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3 METHODS

The research methodology is a stage that contains

steps taken to achieve the research objectives. In the

methodology there is a description, identification,

and evaluation of research. A review of paper mean

is to identify, evaluate, and interpretation reference

journals in a systematic, explicit and reproducible

approach. Figure 1 shows an overview of the

underlying literature review methodology.

• Step 1 - – choosing period of paper publication:

Several studies in the Period between 2018 and

2019 have been chosen as the main references.

The selection of this period of time is considered

to have sufficiently represented thinking that is a

developing science.

• Step 2 – choosing journal: In this step, several

journals were selected to analyze and find

differences in each study.

• Step 3 – choosing article: In selecting articles,

the clear relationship of the content of the article

to the framework of the previously defined text is

important.

• Step 4 – analysis: The analysis aims to find

differences between journals for subsequent

studies.

Figure 1: Methodology of research.

4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This study considers the tepid study, methodology,

and results of previous studies that show the priority

of the broader aspects of SSCM. The use of

theoretical perspectives allows more research to be

applied, while the application of broader sustainable

supply chain theory is limited. Today's

manufacturing industry uses a lot of media to

implement SSCM practices. This has led to a

reflection of the sustainable development approach

in terms of social and environmental aspects (Kot,

2018). The results of the study show that the

pressure from the government, customers and

shareholders is a very important factor in SSCM, so

many companies try to improve supply chain

performance in implementing their strategies. To

achieve this goal, a long-term partnership is very

necessary, a win-win solution for each sustainable

aspect is more emphasized than a trade-off, and the

social dimension of sustainability is not ignored in

the company with the aim of avoiding company risk.

5 CONCLUSIONS

This study shows that the company's paradigm in

supplying raw materials with the goal of

sustainability aspects is very comprehensive on

company behavior because awareness of the level of

competition of companies around the world for

environmental and ethical awareness lies behind the

need for the supply chain to act. Thus, the entire

supply chain component is very competitive. This

has led to the development of the 'collaboration

paradigm' in SCM as an important source of

collaborative supply chain strategies. Traditional

SCM has not yet applied the analysis that will

continue in the sustainable supply chain.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the acceptance of this research with research

contract number 375/UN5.2.3.1/PPM/KP-

TALENTAUSU/2019, on 2 April 2019, this

research was funded by Directorate of Research and

Community Service, Directorate General for

Research and Development at The Ministry of

Research, Technology and Higher Education of

Indonesia.

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