Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management is getting popular with NGOs operating in Uganda and elsewhere in the world. This enables them to appreciate the need of sustainably carrying out their supply chain operations. The study will therefore help in understanding the best supply chain practices and metrics in having a sustainable supply chain strategy in Uganda a case of Catholic Relief Services, how and why these have failed to prevail. The Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy is the independent variable and best practices and metrics are the dependent variables. The best practices are conceived by through the focus areas of procurement, asset management, warehousing, fleet and transport management and facilities management. This concept builds upon the various insights that have been undertaken by various researchers in the sustainable supply chain field to understand why many NGOs are finding it had to have a sustainable supply chain strategy to their operations.
To Iherobiem A.C. (2023), Supply chain management strategies that are sustainable include an organization’s social, environmental, and economic aspects. According to Abba, Norhayati and Salisu, (2019), Sustainable Supply Chain Management refers to the process by which organizations offers the greatest value to its stakeholders and satisfies all needs in order to achieve a sustainable flow of information, goods, and services among all of its supply chain partners. An article in an issue of Nature (Farman et al, 1985) documented a large seasonal disappearance of ozone from the Earth’s atmosphere over Antarctica. The six major GHGs (Shaw et al, 2010) include CO2, methane (CH4), nitrous oxides (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6); CO2 is the most significant of these greenhouse gases and is the main contributor to global warming. Sustainability is linked to corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a socially responsible firm should ensure its impact on the natural environment is minimized. The concept will therefore be intended to identify the best practices and metrics that NGOs can apply in implementing a sustainable supply chain strategy to gain competitive advantage and see the desired benefits.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Background of the Study
Several studies have concluded that having a sustainable supply chain strategy is best way of incorporating sustainability in your supply chain operations, however this has also, not been achieved in many NGOs in Uganda and all the world. According to Sunday, Michael, Enitan and Kate (2017), the absence of sustainability goals in the corporate vision is a major contributing factor in the failure of many businesses. In order to improve organizational operations, boost the organization’s profitability index, increase customer satisfaction, and contend with the pressure of competition present in the business environment, sustainable supply chain management is required (Abba, Norhayati & Salisu, 2019; Renato, Patricia, Otavio and Silvia, 2019). According to Giannakis and Papadopoulos, (2016), SSCM techniques have a considerable and advantageous impact on organizational performance. Renato, Patricia, Otavio and Silvia, (2019) discovered in their research that SSCM activities like the environmental, social, and economic dimensions have a substantial impact on an organization’s performance. Many scholars therefore agree that there is having a sustainable supply chain strategy is ideal for supply chain operations to sustain an improved performance. Most also argue that the best sustainable supply chain strategy will be dependent on the best practices and metrics put in place by any organisation or entity. The literature and conclusions from the scholars however fail to answer specific questions that related to why many organisations or entities have failed to implement the best sustainable supply chain practices and metrics so as to support the sustainable supply chain strategy in place.
Most of the studies were focused on impact of sustainable supply chain management on organizational performance.
