Redesigning the supply chain with corporate social responsibility and SDGs for regional revitalization

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14984
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 25010:Social systems engineering-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Nagasawa Keisuke 広島大学, 先進理工系科学研究科(工), 助教 (50758159)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: サプライチェーン / SDGs / CSR / 地方創生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Designing supply chains is the most important management strategy for companies to increase the efficiency of production and logistics in order to pursuit profits. On the other hand, the pursuit of profits has led to the environmental destruction of the earth, poor labor conditions, and non-involvement in local economies, and this has led to a growing awareness of the corporate social responsibility of companies. In recent years, the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) have set goals that seem to conflict with the pursuit of corporate profits. Therefore, there is a need to redesign an optimal closed-loop supply chain that takes into account the environmental aspects and regional revitalization based on the facilities and resources owned, rather than the supply chain design that has been done in conventional research.

Free Research Field

社会システム工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義としては，サプライチェーンの設計の検討に直面している企業において，CSRやSDGsを考慮しながら施設などの資産の売却も考慮したサプライチェーンの修正・再設計を検討可能となると期待される研究である点が挙げられる．また，設計において，需要などの不確実な変動への対策を検討することにより頑健で持続可能なサプライチェーンの再設計が検討可能となると期待されている点が挙げられる．
本研究の社会的意義としては，企業の利益追求のためだけに留まらず，企業と地方において環境に優しく持続可能で混乱などに強いサプライチェーンの再設計への適用も期待できる点が挙げられる．