Identification and evaluation of the contextual relationship among barriers to the circular supply chain in the Pakistani context - an interpretive structural modelling approach

• Published in: Production planning & control Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 1148 - 1163
• Main Authors: Shaikh, Abdul Rehman, Qazi, Asad Ali, Appolloni, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 26-07-2024; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: circular supply chain management; Context; CSCM barriers; Developing countries; Fast moving consumer goods; Identification; Interpretive structural modelling; LDCs; MICMAC; Modelling; Supply chain management; Pakistan
• ISSN: 0953-7287; 1366-5871
• DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2022.2159896

This paper aims to identify the potential barriers to the implementation of circular supply chain management (CSCM) in developing countries by considering a case of the Pakistani fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. By using literature review and expert panel input, this study found fourteen barriers to the implementation of the circular supply chain (CSC) and established the contextual relationship among the identified and validated barriers using interpretive structural modelling (ISM). The barriers were then classified into different categories using the MICMAC technique based on their driving and dependence power. The results helped to explore the direct and indirect effect of barriers on each other. The study also developed a hierarchical relationship among the barriers using an integrated ISM-MICMAC methodology in an emerging economy context. The results of the hierarchical model shall help to understand the impact of one particular barrier over others. Managers and organizations can use this study to inhibit the effects of barriers for successful implementation of the CSC.