Mishra, JL, Hopkinson, PG and Tidridge, G (2018) Value creation from circular economy-led closed loop supply chains: a case study of fast-moving consumer goods. Production Planning & Control, 29 (6). pp. 509-521. ISSN 0953-7287
Abstract
The role of closed loop supply chains (CLSC) for creating and recovering value is widely acknowledged in supply chain management and there are many examples, mainly in the business-to-business sector, of successful OEM remanufacturing. The integration of value creation and recovery activities into retail customer value propositions is, however, under researched and raises many challenges, especially in FastMoving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail where few real-world examples have been published. The recent emergence of the term ‘circular economy’ has initiated further debate about closed loop value propositions and closed loop supply chain implications. This paper selects four circular economy-led closed loop product case examples from a major European FMCG company, and assesses, at a high level, how these cases created value, for whom value was created, and key challenges in their implementation. The findings highlight that each case is different. Closing loops and creating successful value propositions is complex and requires simultaneous reconfiguration of key building blocks to ensure customer acceptance and business viability. The paper proposes the term ‘circular supply chain’ for cases where circular economy principles are explicitly incorporated in CLSC for value creation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Production Planning and Control. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Closed loop supply chain; circular economy; case study; value creation; circular supply chain; supply chain managemen |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Logistics, Info, Ops and Networks (LION) (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2019 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 21 May 2019 00:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09537287.2018.1449245 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144111 |