Economy |
Cost [3, 12, 22, 23] |
Cost of acquisitioning product, including product, inventory, logistic and … |
Technology capability [24, 25] |
Technology and capability of the supplier to meet current and future demand of the firm |
Quality [26–28] |
Meet the quality requirements |
Delivery [3, 4] |
Ability of to fulfill shipping orders within the period of time promised |
Service apability [21, 29, 30] |
Ability to provide added service value |
Flexibility [31–33] |
Ability to tolerate the variability |
Financial capability [34, 35] |
Economic stability and long-term financial health of supplier |
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Environment |
Pollution production [7, 9, 36] |
Air emission pollutant, waste water, solid wastes and harmful materials release |
Resource consumption [36, 37] |
Resource consumption in terms of raw material, energy, and water |
Environmental management system [37, 38] |
Establishment of environmental commitment and policy, certifications, planning and control of environmental activities |
Eco-design [9] |
Design of products for reduced consumption of material/energy, design of products for reuse, recycle, recovery of material, design of products to avoid or reduce use of hazardous material |
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Social |
Employment practices [7, 10] |
The interests and rights of employees |
Health and safety [7, 9] |
Work safety and labour health |
Local communities influence [39] |
Relationship with stakeholders like local communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) |
Contractual stakeholders influence [18] |
Relationship with contractual stakeholders like suppliers and customers |
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Risk management system |
Risk analysis [40, 41] |
Examination of sustainability risk in various degrees of detail |
Risk evaluation [42] |
Consideration of consequence of issues and prioritization of them |
Risk management [40] |
Decision making process to how best to deal with risks |
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Transparency |
Communication [8] |
Communication openness |
Financial [8] |
Timely, meaningful and reliable disclosures about a company's financial performance |
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Culture and strategy |
Relationship [43] |
Strategy of supplier in relationships such as long term relationships |
Management capability [44] |
Capability of top management systems of supplier and strategic fit |
Organizational structure [8] |
Agility in organizational structure and personnel |