Circular Supply Chain Management and Circular Economy: A conceptual model

Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin; Ahmad Rais Mohamad Mokhtar; Preecha Wararatchai; Rafeah Legino

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.3762

Authors

Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin Smart Manufacturing Research Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia
Ahmad Rais Mohamad Mokhtar Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Preecha Wararatchai College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Rafeah Legino Formgiving Research Group, College of Creative Art, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.3762

Keywords:

Circular, Closed-Loop, Open-Loop, Sustainability, Supply Chain

Abstract

This study develops a circular supply chain management model. The review shows how CSCM promotes green supply chain management and sustainability by extending its sustainable dimension beyond the original producer. Closed-loop and open-loop supply chains are CSCM components. Using contingency theory and transaction cost theory, the CSCM model proposes that product circularity in closed-loop and open-loop supply chains affects a company's circular economy performance. This model explains CSCM's popularity in current literature, which supports the circular economy.

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