Why is manufacturing not more sustainable? The effects of different sustainability practices on sustainability outcomes and competitive advantage

Fashion is characterised by rapidly changing trends and consumption patterns which have led to complexities and dynamism of the fashion supply chain (SC). Excessive generation of wastes highlights the need for innovative ways to address unsustainable practices by feeding the waste back into the supply chain system. This paper reviews the extant literature on sustainability within the fashion industry’s supply chain to establish available sustainability practices to manage post-consumer textile waste (PCTW) at garment end of lifecycle. Four sustainable practices emerged from the review—education and engagement, recovery and redistribution, reuse, and recycling—and are central to a framework that shows the interaction of garment end of lifecycle practices and could the achievement of strategic competitive advantage. Our findings emphasise the importance for interaction and collaboration between consumers and retailers and further involvement of the entire supply chain. In addition, sustainability paradoxes were evident across the sustainable practices. To avoid this, for retailers are urged to shift towards cradle to cradle (closed loop) lifecycle supply chains. Furthermore, retailers should evaluate the practices they adopt by questioning their aim in the achievement of sustainability. We suggest that firms should consider the entire supply chain when adopting a sustainable practice and each agent’s role in achieving the overall outcome of sustained competitive advantage.

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Maintaining Sustainable Practices in SMEs: Insights from Sweden

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su122410242 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (24) ◽

pp. 10242

Author(s):

Desislava Tsvetkova ◽

Emma Bengtsson ◽

Susanne Durst

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Business Owners ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Sustainable Practices ◽

Sustainability Practices ◽

Practical Implications

By addressing the scarce knowledge of sustainability practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the purpose of the paper is to identify drivers for the maintenance of such practices and their extent. Based on a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with small Swedish firms, our findings reveal certain external (i.e., suppliers and customers) and internal (i.e., employees, organizational culture, and competitive advantage) factors that are strongly linked to the maintenance of sustainability practices. Apart from these, the longevity of the business was identified as an additional sustainability maintenance factor. This factor has not been discussed previously in the literature, so given its strength, we suggest to have it stand separately. The findings further indicate that Swedish SMEs are not limited by size concerning their sustainability practices but they are consciously working on progressing in their efforts. Furthermore, drawing on our findings we provide practical implications that will help business owners’, managers, and policymakers to better enable sustainability practices.

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Personalized Health Recommender Portal : A Competitive Advantage for Businesses and Health Management for Consumers

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e583192013-004 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Neesha Jothi ◽

Wahidah Husain ◽

Nasriah Zakaria

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Health Management ◽

Personalized Health

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Tingkat Kepuasan Nasabah Pada Bank Syariah Mandiri Cabang Bogor

Jurnal Ilmiah Binaniaga ◽

10.33062/jib.v4i2.210 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Priyo Wismantoro ◽

Fika Dwiyanti

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Service ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Quality ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Customer Service ◽

General Level ◽

Customer Focus ◽

Quality Improvements ◽

Level Of Satisfaction

Business banking is a service business based on principles of trust and t5he customer is a major asset. Under conditions of business competition among banks strict bank that has resulted in only a competitive advantage (compatative advantage as well as a competitive advantage) who can reach the highest position in the eyes of cusmers or the public. Competitive advantage can be obtained from the quality of customer servicr, so the focus on customers (customer focus), responsive to the development of customer desires and continuously innovate is an acitivity that can be done to anticipate the cimpetitive conditions. In this case, the bank should always evaluate the quality of service given to customers and is reflected in the level of customer satisfaction obtained. Rate the quality of service branch of bank syariah mandiri bogor whole is still under service, because it still was below expectations, this is evident also that the general level of service is still not meeting customer expectations, because the level of hope (expectation0 the customer is generally higher than the level of performance (perfromance) or perception(perception)customer. Empathy dimension of service quality dimensions are most critical or have any impact on the most powerful influence on the level of satisfaction. In this case, the willingness og bank syariah mandiri branch bogor provide individual attention in serving its clients is crucial. Empathy dimension attributes inclide individual attention, operational time , personal attention, giving interests, and understand the needs. These attributes is the main priority of service quality improvements are intensive and comprehensive. Customer service strategy to be implemented by the management of bank syariah mandiri in perspective five dimensioris of service quality(tangibles, realiability,responsiveness, assurance and empathy) looks not optimal. In an effort to provide the best service (service excellence) and focus to the customer(customer focus), then the customer satisfaction can be obatained with significantly improved and the improvement of quality of serivice aspects and impticalions of the strategy need to be consldered

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The Knowledge Creation Organization: The Case of Alphana

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2012.14.01.04 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 78-90

Author(s):

Thang Nguyen Ngoc

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Future Research ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

The Future

Knowledge and the capability to create and utilize knowledge today are consid- ered to be the most important sources of a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. This paper aims to advance understanding of the knowledge creation of firm in Vietnam by studying Alphanam Company. The case illustrates how knowledge- based management pursues a vision for the future based on ideals that consider the relationships of people in society. The finding shows that the case succeeded because of their flexibility and mobility to keep meeting to the changing needs of the customers or stakeholders. The paper also provided some suggestions for future research to examine knowledge-based management of the companies in a different industry segments and companies originating in other countries

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