Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
Gayathri R
Research scholar, Department of Management studies, Annamalai University
amilthinisuresh@gmail.com
Dr.Priya Annamalai
B.E,MBA,Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Dept of Business Administration
Annamalai University (Deputed)
Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 ) | Licensing: CC 4.0 | Pg no: 2930-2938 | Published on: 24-11-2022
Abstract
Sustainable supply chain management, also known as SSCM, is gaining a lot of traction in today's highly competitive corporate environment across all different kinds of industries. The leather industry includes the production of leather, footwear and leather goods, is the country's second-highest export earner and is now attempting to include SSCM into its production process. The owners of companies operating in this area face a great number of obstacles, which prevent them from implementing sustainable business practices in the management of their supply chains. There has not been a sufficient amount of study done to determine the difficulties that SSCM poses for the leather sector. This will provide owners of the business with direction on how to address these difficulties. Within the scope of this study, not only have we isolated the difficulties that SSCM poses for the leather sector, but we have also investigated the connections between these difficulties. In addition to this, a prioritized list of recognized difficulties is presented, which allows owners of businesses in the sector to readily distinguish between important and small challenges. The following is a list of the major functions that are performed along the SC for the leather industry: The inbound logistics of leather footwear industry includes of transportation of raw materials from suppliers for the manufacturing of leather and leather items. The transformation of raw hides, skins, and leather into leather footwear requires a series of processing procedures, which are included in operations. Stirring finished leather footwear from the production to the end customers through a variety of distribution channels (buying houses/exporters/retailers) is an essential part of the outbound logistics process. Throughout the whole of the industrial value chain, marketing, sales, and service are engaged. The construction of infrastructure, the management of human resources, the acquisition of supplies, and the creation of in-house technologies are all examples of support operations for the footwear industry. At each stage of the value chain, more value is created, and this coincides with an increase in profit margin.
Keywords:
Supply chain management, challenges, Footwear Manufacturing Industries and leather industry