Towards a Sustainable Supply Chain : Developing Supplier Sustainability Evaluation as Part of Supplier Evaluation Process
Råman, Terhi (2016)
Råman, Terhi
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605188395
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605188395
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This Thesis focuses on supplier sustainability evaluation. The objective of this Thesis is to propose a supplier sustainability process that can be used in the case company as part of the current supplier evaluation process. As part of this supplier sustainability process, this Thesis creates and proposes a supplier sustainability evaluation template to be integrated in a wider, currently applied supplier evaluation process.
This Thesis first evaluated the current practices for supplier evaluation as conducted by the headquarters, as well as analyzed the current supplier evaluation in both business units of the case company. As a result, these processes were mapped and different practices compared. The proposal for supplier sustainability evaluation combines the preliminary findings from the current practices at the case company with the conceptual framework of best practice from literature, and further builds from them based on stakeholders suggestions.
The outcome of this Thesis is a supplier sustainability process that is integrated in the wider, currently applied supplier evaluation process at the case company. As a practical implication, a template for supplier sustainability evaluation is proposed. This proposal offers the case company concrete measures to move towards its targets of being a sustainability leader in its industry by 2020.
This Thesis first evaluated the current practices for supplier evaluation as conducted by the headquarters, as well as analyzed the current supplier evaluation in both business units of the case company. As a result, these processes were mapped and different practices compared. The proposal for supplier sustainability evaluation combines the preliminary findings from the current practices at the case company with the conceptual framework of best practice from literature, and further builds from them based on stakeholders suggestions.
The outcome of this Thesis is a supplier sustainability process that is integrated in the wider, currently applied supplier evaluation process at the case company. As a practical implication, a template for supplier sustainability evaluation is proposed. This proposal offers the case company concrete measures to move towards its targets of being a sustainability leader in its industry by 2020.