Jörg H. Grimm
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Prof. Dr.
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Grimm
First name
Jörg H.
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joerg.grimm@unisg.ch
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Item type:Publication, Cruising towards Supply Chain Viability: A Tripartite Perspective through Multi-Stage Focus Groups(2025); ; Supply Chain Viability (SCV) is the ability of a supply chain system to survive and adapt in a changing environment over a long period of time, integrating the aspects of leagility, resilience, and sustainability. This study identifies practice concepts that can be implemented by different stakeholder clusters to enable SCV. We adopt a backcasting approach, starting from the vision of SCV derived from the literature review and then conduct eight focus group sessions with experts. Our findings include 69 practice concepts that are assigned to six enabler categories and three stakeholder clusters: Intertwined Supply Network, Society, and Economy & Governance. We discuss how these clusters differ in the nature of their practices, as well as their contribution in achieving SCV. The study contributes to the literature on SCV by providing a comprehensive framework of practices that can assist practitioners and researchers in developing viable supply chains.Type:journal articleJournal:International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Critical factors for sub-supplier management: A sustainable food supply chains perspectiveThe food industry and its supply chains have significant sustainability implications. Effective supply chain management requires careful consideration of multiple tiers of partners, especially with respect to sustainability issues. Firms increasingly approach their sub-suppliers to drive compliance with social and environmental efforts. A number of complexities and unique challenges make sub-supplier management more difficult than direct supplier management, e.g. a lack of contractual relationships to sub-suppliers, few opportunities to put direct pressure on sub-suppliers, or lack of transparency concerning sub- suppliers' involvement in a focal firm's supply chains. The literature has not investigated, either from sustainability or other perspectives, the critical success factors (CSFs) for firms' sub-supplier manage- ment. Therefore, this study seeks to explore and increase understanding of critical factors that help to overcome the complexities and unique challenges of sub-supplier management, with a focus on the food industry. Using data and information from a year-long field study in two food supply chains, the research identified 14 CSFs that influence the success of sub-suppliers' compliance with corporate sustainability standards (CSS). The identified CSFs can be classified into (1) focal firm-related, (2) relationship-related, (3) supply chain partner-related, and (4) context-related CSFs. The present research expands on the theory of critical success factors by applying the theory to the sustainability and sub-supplier manage- ment context. In support of critical success theory, it was found that CSFs do exist and their management will be necessary for effective sub-supplier management success as highlighted and exemplified by field study insights from practitioners. Multiple research avenues are necessary for further evaluation of sub- supplier management in the food industry and other industries who may find similar issues that arose from the food industry.Type:journal articleJournal:International Journal of Production EconomicsVolume:2014Issue:152Scopus© Citations 442