Sustainable packaging and its effect towards sustainable supply chain performance
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2023
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KNUST
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The study sought to examine sustainable packaging and its effect towards sustainable supply chain performance using coa manufacturing company as a case study. This methodology involves conducting an empirical investigation into a particular situation or phenomenon within the organization. Members targeted from the procurement department include a procurement director, procurement managers, senior procurement officers and procurement officers while an operations manager, senior operations officer and, warehousing officers and floor supervisors are form the warehousing department and transport officers are in the transport department. A sample of 22 respondents were then selected and found that a lack of suitable infrastructure that supports economically viable solutions for collection and recovery of medical supplies from waste materials is one of the major challenges the department faces. Additionally, the warehousing, transport and distribution managers also identified a problem with the lack of clear sustainable packaging practices in the organization. Owing to the fact that the study found less use of sustainable packaging practices were adopted by coa manufacturing company limited, the researcher inquired on what qualified as best strategies that the organization can adopt. The study therefore found that besides reduced inputs in terms of materials used to package of the medical supplies, the organization will lower on disposal costs considering that sustainable packaging leads to interviewed for purposes of collecting data. The results were analyzed using content analysis. It was reduction in waste materials. The study therefore concluded that coa manufacturing company limited does not have a concrete reliable sustainable packaging practice in place. It was, however, established that the organization could benefit from having such a practice in place to a great extent. It was also established that a lack of suitable infrastructure that supports economically viable solutions for collection and recovery of medical supplies from waste materials is one of the major challenges that affects coa manufacturing company limited. This not only increases the costs associated with procuring medical supplies but also reduces the performance of the department due to increased losses. It is recommended that organizations reduce the amount of filler materials used to package a product for shipment to customers since this will reduce the cost to the manufacturer, who in this case is the supplier. In the long run, sustainable companies reduce the cost of shipping products by increasing the number of products shipped at one time.
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A thesis submitted to the department of department of supply chain and information systems, institute of distance learning, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of degree of master of science (procurement and supply chain management)