Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning from the German Automotive Industry (Business Guides on the Go)

This book presents the current causes and effects of implementing sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) as well as green supply chain management (GSCM) strategies in the automotive industry. The reader is provided a detailed scientific review on SSCM and GSCM and presented the advantages of sustainable development concepts as well as factors causing the implementation of SSCM such as buyers’ behavior, governmental regulations, and competitiveness. The book then analyses the current situation of SSCM development, particularly in the automotive industry. It shows challenges, barriers, successes, and benefits that automotive companies obtain from implementing GSCM. Through case studies on leading German car manufacturers VW, BMW, and Daimler, the necessary activities of these companies to implement green development in the entire supply chain, including green supplier selection, green materials, green transportation, and reverse logistics, are defined. Moreover, a benchmark with companies from Asian markets such as Toyota from Japan and Geely from China is performed. Preface Contents Abbreviations List of Figures 1: Introduction of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning from the German Automotive Industry 1.1 Introduction of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Implementation in the German Automotive Industry References 2: Traditional Supply Chain Management 2.1 Definition of Traditional Supply Chain Management 2.2 Traditional Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry References 3: Sustainable Supply Chain Management 3.1 Sustainable Development 3.1.1 Definition and Advantages of Sustainability 3.1.2 Sustainability Framework: Triple Bottom Line (TBL) 3.1.2.1 Economic Dimension 3.1.2.2 Environmental Dimension 3.1.2.3 Social Dimension 3.1.3 Regulations for Sustainable Development 3.2 Definition of Sustainable Supply Chain Management 3.3 Driving Force Factors 3.3.1 Customers’ Behaviour 3.3.2 Governmental Regulations 3.3.3 Competitors 3.3.4 Innovative Technology Development in Sustainable Supply Chain 3.4 Performance Measures for Sustainable Supply Chain Management 3.4.1 Economic Performance 3.4.2 Environmental Performance 3.5 Causes for Implementing Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry 3.5.1 Growing Competitive Markets 3.5.2 Green Consumers 3.5.2.1 Survey about Automotive Customers’ View on Sustainable Supply Chain Management 3.5.3 Environmental Global Laws References 4: Green Supply Chain Management 4.1 Introduction to Green Supply Chain Management 4.2 Principles of Implementing Green Supply Chain Management 4.2.1 Green Suppliers Selection 4.2.2 Green Product Design 4.2.3 Green Material Purchasing 4.2.4 Green Manufacturing 4.2.5 Green Distribution 4.2.6 Reverse Logistics 4.3 Benefits of Applying Green Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry 4.3.1 Benefits from Environmental Performance 4.3.1.1 Green Material Sourcing 4.3.1.2 Green Supplier Selection 4.3.1.3 Green Manufacturing 4.3.1.4 Green Distribution 4.3.1.5 Green Recycling 4.3.1.6 Green Product Design and Green Mobility Development 4.3.2 Benefits from the Economic Performance 4.4 Barriers and Challenges of Green Supply Chain Management in the Automotive Industry 4.5 Case Studies: German Automotive Companies Using Green Supply Chain Management 4.5.1 German Automotive Industry 4.5.2 Volkswagen 4.5.2.1 Energy Efficiency in the Production 4.5.2.2 Renewable, Recycled Materials 4.5.2.3 Recycling Batteries of E-Vehicles 4.5.2.4 Friendly and Safe Waste Management 4.5.2.5 Sustainable Requirements on Suppliers 4.5.2.6 Economic Successes from Practising SSCM/GSCM 4.5.3 BMW 4.5.3.1 Encouraging Customers with Incentives to Develop Sustainability 4.5.3.2 Using Technologies as a Solution for Lowering Emissions 4.5.3.3 Compliance with Environmental Regulations 4.5.3.4 Reducing Emissions in Product Development 4.5.3.5 Raising the Sustainability Awareness in the Supplier’s Networks 4.5.3.6 Reduction of the Consumption of Resources, Waste and Usage of Renewable Materials 4.5.4 Daimler 4.5.4.1 Reducing Material Consumption and Using Closed Material Cycles 4.5.4.2 Working with Suppliers for SSCM 4.5.4.3 Implementing Recycling Along the Supply Chain 4.5.4.4 Using Renewable Raw Materials 4.5.4.5 Resource-Efficient Technologies 4.5.4.6 Production Plants with Climate Protection Goals 4.5.4.7 Optimising Transport Logistics 4.5.5 Benchmark Against Automotive Manufacturers in Asian Countries 4.5.5.1 Chinese Automotive Market—Geely’s SSCM Governmental Regulations and Support of Green Development Environmental Performance in the Supply Chain 4.5.5.2 Japanese Automotive Market—Toyota’s SSCM Sustainable Goals of Toyota Environmental Action Plans References 5: Scenarios and Concepts for the Future Development 5.1 Partnerships Between the Manufacturers 5.2 Extending Environmental Initiatives Throughout Supply Chain Actors 5.3 Customer Orientation as a High Influence Factor 5.4 Providing Information to Customers Through SSC Labelling References 6: Conclusion of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Learning from the German Automotive Industry References Appendix Results of Survey on Potential Automotive Customers