Majumdar Abhijit, Sinha Sanjib Kumar, Govindan Kannan
Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India.
China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Sustain Prod Consum. 2021 Oct;28:543-555. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.06.021. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
Recent outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has provided strong impetus to supply chain resilience research. In a volatile and uncertain business environment, resilience can be incorporated by developing and implementing effective risk mitigation strategies. In this research, risk mitigation strategies for environmentally sustainable clothing supply chain have been prioritised by considering their efficacy to mitigate various risks. Twelve risks and thirteen mitigation strategies, identified through literature review and experts' opinion, are considered as decision criteria and alternatives respectively. Fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solutions (fuzzy TOPSIS) is implemented under a group decision making scenario for prioritising the strategies. Developing supply chain agility; multiple green sourcing and flexible capacities; adoption of green practices; building trust, coordination and collaboration; and alignment of economic incentives and revenue sharing are found to be dominant risk mitigation strategies for environmentally sustainable clothing supply chain. These strategies have been viewed through the lens of resource dependence, change management and transaction cost theories. Organisation desirous to build resilience in their supply chain can prioritise the risk mitigation strategies and adopt a portfolio of strategies based on the outcome of this research.
近期新冠疫情的爆发为供应链弹性研究提供了强大动力。在动荡且不确定的商业环境中，可以通过制定和实施有效的风险缓解策略来增强弹性。在本研究中，通过考虑其缓解各种风险的功效，对环境可持续服装供应链的风险缓解策略进行了优先级排序。通过文献综述和专家意见确定的12种风险和13种缓解策略，分别被视为决策标准和备选方案。在群体决策场景下，采用模糊理想解排序法（模糊TOPSIS）对策略进行优先级排序。发展供应链敏捷性；多种绿色采购和灵活产能；采用绿色实践；建立信任、协调与合作；以及调整经济激励和收益共享，被发现是环境可持续服装供应链的主要风险缓解策略。这些策略已从资源依赖、变革管理和交易成本理论的角度进行了审视。希望在其供应链中建立弹性的组织可以对风险缓解策略进行优先级排序，并根据本研究的结果采用一系列策略。
