{"title":"Uncovering the role of sustainable value chain and life cycle management toward sustainable operations in electricity production technologies","authors":"Ahmad Al-Kuwari, Murat Kucukvar, Nuri C. Onat","doi":"10.1007/s12063-024-00510-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sustainable value chain management (SVCM) incorporates the social, economic, and environmental aspects (known as the triple-bottom-line) of production systems, offering significant potential for sustainable operations. By broadening system boundaries and including triple-bottom-line sustainability indicators, SVCM can improve the existing literature on sustainable operations management. Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) identifies sustainability hotspots within value chains but is often underutilized in the practical design of sustainable operations. This paper presents a three-phase framework that combines SVCM and LCSA to enhance sustainable operations, using electricity production as a case study due to its substantial carbon footprint. The authors reviewed 443 articles from an initial 1649 documents on electricity production technologies, emphasizing the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) models to achieve responsible operations in the energy sector. The study highlights the benefits of the proposed integrated framework in achieving sustainable operations through sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, transparent procurement, global value chain management, corporate social responsibility, integrated decision-making, circular economy, and carbon footprint management. Future research should focus on developing circular production systems, integrating socioeconomic indicators, and aligning sustainable development goals with value chain hotspots.</p>","PeriodicalId":46120,"journal":{"name":"Operations Management Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Operations Management Research","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-024-00510-3","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Sustainable value chain management (SVCM) incorporates the social, economic, and environmental aspects (known as the triple-bottom-line) of production systems, offering significant potential for sustainable operations. By broadening system boundaries and including triple-bottom-line sustainability indicators, SVCM can improve the existing literature on sustainable operations management. Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) identifies sustainability hotspots within value chains but is often underutilized in the practical design of sustainable operations. This paper presents a three-phase framework that combines SVCM and LCSA to enhance sustainable operations, using electricity production as a case study due to its substantial carbon footprint. The authors reviewed 443 articles from an initial 1649 documents on electricity production technologies, emphasizing the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) models to achieve responsible operations in the energy sector. The study highlights the benefits of the proposed integrated framework in achieving sustainable operations through sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, transparent procurement, global value chain management, corporate social responsibility, integrated decision-making, circular economy, and carbon footprint management. Future research should focus on developing circular production systems, integrating socioeconomic indicators, and aligning sustainable development goals with value chain hotspots.
期刊介绍:
Operations Management Research is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on rapidly publishing high-quality research in the field of operations management. It aims to advance both the theory and practice of operations management across a wide range of topics and research paradigms. The journal covers all aspects of operations management, including manufacturing, supply chain, health care, and service operations. It welcomes various research methodologies, such as case studies, action research, surveys, mathematical modeling, and simulation. The goal of Operations Management Research is to promote research that enhances both the theory and practice of operations management, as it is an applied discipline. The journal also publishes Academic Notes, which are special papers that address research methodologies, the direction of the operations management field, and other topics of interest to academicians. Additionally, there is a demand for shorter and more focused research articles in operations management, which this journal aims to fulfill.