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The Connection of environmental collaboration in the supply chain and transportation costs of manufacturin and trading companies
Tekijät: Solakivi Tomi, Laari Sini, Töyli Juuso, Lorentz Harri, Ojala Lauri
Toimittaja: -
Julkaisuvuosi: 2013
Kokoomateoksen nimi: WCTR 2013 Conference proceedings
Tiivistelmä
ABSTRACT
1. Objective
For a while, sustainability and environmental questions have been raising awareness. Customers are demanding environmentally friendly and sustainable products, and companies are trying to meet the demand. From the company side, environmental efforts of the companies can be seen in several ways. Some see them purely as additional costs in tightening competition, whereas some see them as an opportunity to create new, more competitive business. Transportation as one of the major contributors on the environmental footprint of the companies is in focus of this paper. Environmental collaboration of manufacturing and trading companies is analysed through their connection with transportation costs.
2. Data/Methodology
To identify the connections between the environmental collaboration and transportation costs self-reported survey data from the Finnish National Logistics Survey 2012 will be analysed. The sub-sample used will consist of 888 Finnish manufacturing and trading companies. In the analysis, three self-reported sets of variables on environmental collaboration in the supply chain are studied against self-reported transportation costs. The research methods used include descriptive analysis, ANOVA and generalized linear models.
3. Results/Findings
In the analysis we were able to identify significant connections between environmental collaboration of the companies and the level of transportation costs. It would seem that some of the companies are able to achieve benefits especially from collaborating with their customers and suppliers. On the other hand, some of the manufacturing companies operating on industries with low value added seem to experience higher costs with increasing environmental collaboration.
4. Implications for Research/Policy
Environmental efforts of the companies can’t be seen just as an extra burden to the
companies. Our results show that in fact some of the companies are able to reduce their costs by increasing their environmental efforts, in this case their co-operation with their customers and suppliers. Further research is needed to deepen the understanding of which ways of co-operation are most beneficial both environmentally and economically.
ABSTRACT
1. Objective
For a while, sustainability and environmental questions have been raising awareness. Customers are demanding environmentally friendly and sustainable products, and companies are trying to meet the demand. From the company side, environmental efforts of the companies can be seen in several ways. Some see them purely as additional costs in tightening competition, whereas some see them as an opportunity to create new, more competitive business. Transportation as one of the major contributors on the environmental footprint of the companies is in focus of this paper. Environmental collaboration of manufacturing and trading companies is analysed through their connection with transportation costs.
2. Data/Methodology
To identify the connections between the environmental collaboration and transportation costs self-reported survey data from the Finnish National Logistics Survey 2012 will be analysed. The sub-sample used will consist of 888 Finnish manufacturing and trading companies. In the analysis, three self-reported sets of variables on environmental collaboration in the supply chain are studied against self-reported transportation costs. The research methods used include descriptive analysis, ANOVA and generalized linear models.
3. Results/Findings
In the analysis we were able to identify significant connections between environmental collaboration of the companies and the level of transportation costs. It would seem that some of the companies are able to achieve benefits especially from collaborating with their customers and suppliers. On the other hand, some of the manufacturing companies operating on industries with low value added seem to experience higher costs with increasing environmental collaboration.
4. Implications for Research/Policy
Environmental efforts of the companies can’t be seen just as an extra burden to the
companies. Our results show that in fact some of the companies are able to reduce their costs by increasing their environmental efforts, in this case their co-operation with their customers and suppliers. Further research is needed to deepen the understanding of which ways of co-operation are most beneficial both environmentally and economically.
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