Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers
For organizations to remain competitive, they must now adapt to sustainability requirements, which have become performance criteria for supplier selection for most original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In this sense, environmental performance is now included as a competitive priority throughout t...
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| description | For organizations to remain competitive, they must now adapt to sustainability requirements, which have become performance criteria for supplier selection for most original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In this sense, environmental performance is now included as a competitive priority throughout the supply chain. Therefore, this study aims to verify, through two case studies, the competitive priorities of two first-tier suppliers from the automotive chain that have adopted lean and green practices. The findings show that the quality priority is the main source of competitive advantage and the focus of the operations that are analyzed here, while the environmental priority is not considered the most important by the companies. However, it is still included as a priority. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that lean practices could generate compatibility for the environmental priority, even indirectly, while trade-offs can arise between priorities. Therefore, the integration between lean and green practices can facilitate the inclusion of the environmental priority into the operations strategy and management systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-849fdd21b1e5497692b7134cd174097b2023-11-30T23:11:11ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022023-01-011115010.3390/machines11010050Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ SuppliersGeandra Alves Queiroz0Alceu Gomes Alves Filho1Isotilia Costa Melo2Engineering Department, Production Engineering, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG), Passos 37900-106, Minas-Gerais, BrazilIndustrial Engineering Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, São Paulo, BrazilEscuela de Ingeniería de Coquimbo (EIC), Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Coquimbo 25803-35, ChileFor organizations to remain competitive, they must now adapt to sustainability requirements, which have become performance criteria for supplier selection for most original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs). In this sense, environmental performance is now included as a competitive priority throughout the supply chain. Therefore, this study aims to verify, through two case studies, the competitive priorities of two first-tier suppliers from the automotive chain that have adopted lean and green practices. The findings show that the quality priority is the main source of competitive advantage and the focus of the operations that are analyzed here, while the environmental priority is not considered the most important by the companies. However, it is still included as a priority. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that lean practices could generate compatibility for the environmental priority, even indirectly, while trade-offs can arise between priorities. Therefore, the integration between lean and green practices can facilitate the inclusion of the environmental priority into the operations strategy and management systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/1/50lean–greensustainabilitycompetitive priorityoperations strategysupplier |
| spellingShingle | Geandra Alves Queiroz Alceu Gomes Alves Filho Isotilia Costa Melo Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers Machines lean–green sustainability competitive priority operations strategy supplier |
| title | Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers |
| title_full | Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers |
| title_fullStr | Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers |
| title_short | Competitive Priorities and Lean–Green Practices—A Comparative Study in the Automotive Chain’ Suppliers |
| title_sort | competitive priorities and lean green practices a comparative study in the automotive chain suppliers |
| topic | lean–green sustainability competitive priority operations strategy supplier |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/11/1/50 |
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