Economic and environmental performances of natural gas for heavy trucks: A case study on the French automotive industry supply chain

Energy Policy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 112019
Author(s):  
E. Ravigné ◽  
P. Da Costa
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Heavy Trucks

scholarly journals Transparency for Multi-Tier Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of a Multi-tier Transparency Approach for SSCM in the Automotive Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain J. Fraser ◽  
Martin Müller ◽  
Julia Schwarzkopf
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sustainability Problems

Sustainability in supply chain management (SSCM) has become established in both academia and increasingly in practice. As stakeholders continue to require focal companies (FCs) to take more responsibility for their entire supply chains (SCs), this has led to the development of multi-tier SSCM (MT-SSCM). Much extant research has focused on simple supply chains from certain industries. Recently, a comprehensive traceability for sustainability (TfS) framework has been proposed, which outlines how companies could achieve MT-SSCM through traceability. Our research builds on this and responds to calls for cases from the automotive industry by abductively analysing a multi-tier supply chain (MT-SC) transparency case study. This research analyses a raw material SC that is particularly renowned for sustainability problems—the cobalt supply chain for electric vehicles—and finds that the extant literature has oversimplified the operationalisation of transparency in MT-SSCM. We compare the supply chain maps of the MT-SC before and after an auditing and mapping project to demonstrate the transparency achieved. Our findings identify challenges to the operationalisation of SC transparency and we outline how FCs might set to increase MT-SC transparency for sustainability.

scholarly journals Supply chain mapping initiatives in the Brazilian automotive industry: challenges and opportunities

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Ikuo Miyake ◽  
Alvair Silveira Torres Junior ◽  
Cleber Favaro
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Intrinsic Complexity ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Performance Gains

Leading manufacturers that have advanced in the streamlining of internal processes are realising that the accomplishment of further performance gains implies stretching the deployment of process improvement efforts beyond their boundaries. In this context, there is a growing interest in extending mapping activities to inter-plant and inter-firm levels. However, research on the conditions under which such an initiative has actually been tackled in industry is still incipient. Based on multiple-case study method, this paper discusses some supply chain (SC) mapping initiatives undertaken in the Brazilian automotive industry. The study examines the major motivations, difficulties, and outcomes observed in the cases, as well as the methodological approach adopted in their realisation. The cases reveal that despite its intrinsic complexity, the SC mapping process provides invaluable opportunities to strengthen the SC capabilities. However, its adoption as a formal management method with strategic implications will depend on clearer understanding of its relevance and potentials.

A distribution planning model for natural gas supply chain: A case study

Energy Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Hamedi ◽  
Reza Zanjirani Farahani ◽  
Mohammad Moattar Husseini ◽  
Gholam Reza Esmaeilian
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Planning Model ◽  
Distribution Planning ◽  
Gas Supply

scholarly journals Proposing a Supply Chain Collaboration Framework for Synchronous Flow Implementation in the Automotive Industry: A Moroccan Case Study

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imane Ibn El Farouk ◽  
Imane Moufad ◽  
Youness Frichi ◽  
Jabir Arif ◽  
Fouad Jawab
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Collaborative Relationship ◽  
Lean Supply Chain ◽  
Successful Collaboration ◽  
Decision Making Tool

The present paper reports on studying synchronous flow implementation, as a lean supply chain tools, through a collaborative relationship with suppliers. This involves consolidating with a new contribution to the development and application of a supply chain collaboration framework between automotive constructor and first-tier equipment suppliers to achieve the synchronous flow of components. The objective is to provide the automotive companies with a decision-making tool for selecting strategic suppliers to collaborate with, examining the collaboration context in terms of motivators, drivers, and barriers and evaluating the collaboration performance. Therefore, our contribution is structured as follows. As a first step, an overview of papers reporting on collaboration, lean supply chain, and synchronous flow is provided to identify the key elements of successful collaboration relationships. As a result, a preliminary framework is elaborated. The second step described the case study of a leading automotive firm “RENAULT” and its suppliers in Morocco. Based on semi-structured interviews conducted with participants from these companies, the preliminary framework was improved. The next section discusses the obtained results as well as the improved framework. Finally, conclusions and suggestions for further works are included.

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