可持续供应链LARG-P指数:基准测试与案例分析

LARG-P INDEX in Sustainable Supply Chain:Benchmarking Tool and Case Study

近年来,国外学者尝试建立一个新的基准框架即LARG框架,将精益、敏捷、弹性和绿色理念整合在一起,作为企业及其供应链可持续发展政策的战略考量,国内学术界尚未涉及该框架的研究。LARG-P指数模型可从企业和供应链两个层面构建,以德尔菲法通过四轮调研确定相关权重系数,并以一个典型供应链作为案例进行实证检验,通过对供应链上三家企业的调研访谈来验证LARG-P指数作为基准测试工具的可行性。研究发现,在当前供应链可持续实践领域中,理论与实践仍明显脱节,企业及其供应链追求可持续发展过程中仍停留在绿色视角,而理论研究则认为,弹性视角甚至更全面的视角很有必要。供应链层面的可持续实践指数取决于全链成员的可持续实践行为和策略,除企业层面不容忽视的行为协同效应外,供应链层面的实践策略组合同样重要,应将精益实践、敏捷实践、弹性实践和绿色实践纳入统一框架中。在LARG框架下,可以通过调整某一实践策略的权重以应对策略转移的需要,不可顾此失彼或重心不清。基于LARG框架的可持续发展理念可以为管理者提供更全面的信息,以支持他们制定更合理的实践决策,从而推动供应链和企业两个层面经济、环境和社会效益等可持续目标的实现。

In recent years,foreign researchers are trying to establish a new benchmark framework(LARG framework)that integrates lean,agile,resilient and green paradigms as a strategic consideration for the sustainable development of companies and their supply chains;while we haven’t seen any studies on the sustainable supply chain’s LARG-P index in published articles from domestic academic journals yet.The LARG-P index model can be constructed from aspects of companies and the supply chain.The author determines the relevant weights through four rounds of surveys with the help of Delphi study,conducts an empirical test with the help of a typical supply chain case,and validates the feasibility of the LARG-P index as a benchmarking tool through the investigation of three companies in the chosen supply chain.The study found that:there is no consensus between theory and practices in the fields of sustainable supply chain research,companies and their supply chains are still stuck in the“green”perspective in the pursuit of sustainable development,while theoretical research believes that it is necessary to have a“resilient”perspective and even a more comprehensive perspective.The index of sustainable practices at the supply chain level depends on the sustainable practices and strategies of all chain members,in addition to the behavioral synergy effects that cannot be ignored at the individual level,the combination of practices and strategies at the supply chain level is equally important.So,lean strategy,agile strategy,resilient strategy and green strategy should be incorporated into a unified framework.Finally,the weight of a certain strategy can be adjusted to meet the needs of practical strategies transfer under the integrated framework.The philosophy of sustainable development based on the LARG framework can provide managers with more comprehensive information to support them in making decisions,which will promote the achievement of sustainable goals in terms of economy,environment and social benefits at both the supply chain and the individual level.