Seminar Lineth Rodríguez

Lineth Rodríguez (GBSB Global Business School) will present her paper “Linking secondary plastics suppliers and consuming companies: The Role of Purchasing” (joint with Katia PICAUD-BELLO, ESSCA School of Management).

The invited speaker is interested in a tenure-track job in the department (Area: Operations).

Abstract:

This paper focuses on the drivers and barriers of buying plastics in secondary markets and the role of purchasing in facilitating the link between secondary plastics suppliers and consuming companies. Supply chain literature has largely investigated secondary markets with a closed-loop systems perspective. Plastic is one of the materials that has been long associated with the circular economy in open loop systems and is considered a valuable resource in the secondary market. A relevant issue for companies buying in the secondary plastic market is the low degree of control over the quality of the incoming material delivered from suppliers, especially in the case of multiple suppliers providing the same waste. Recent studies point out the critical role that cross-tier supplier coordination plays in increasing the production and use of recycled plastics. Aligning material properties, production techniques, and product designs for recycling thus calls for greater sharing of information practices. The role of purchasing in facilitating information-sharing practices between secondary plastics suppliers and consuming companies is explored.