Improving Sustainability In a Start-Up: Supply Chain And Supplier Selection Process: A Case Study with FieldWork Robotics Ltd in Cambridge, The United Kingdom Within Automated Harvesting
2022 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
Start-ups often face different challenges than big or medium companies that have been in the market for a longer time; sustainability is no exception. When it comes to sustainability, the company studied for this thesis, Fieldwork Robotics LTD, prioritizes lead time, price, and quality above all else. This paper addresses how sustainability could be embedded in the company’s requirements at every step of the supply chain and how this could be beneficial in the short, medium, and long term. The data used in this paper was collected over six months in different ways: documents coming from the company, observation of processes, and interviews. This thesis shows that some improvements could be made within the supply chain to have a more sustainable approach; for example, including sustainability as a metric when selecting suppliers could significantly improve the sustainability of the supply chain. The possible implementation of these improvements will be described throughout the thesis. A deeper study on the supplier selection process, using an example from the selection process taken by the company for the 3D printed piece supplier, will be conducted. Finally, some advice and proposals will be presented, including how their implementation could have an impact on the overall sustainability of the supply chain.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 39
Series
JTH Research Reports, ISSN 1404-0018JTH Working Reports ; 1404-0018
Series
1404-0018, ISSN ISSN
Keywords [en]
Automated Harvesting, Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Green SME, Green Start-ups, Supply Chains, Supplier Selection Process
National Category
Business Administration Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-56128ISRN: JU-JTH-IGA-1-20220231OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-56128DiVA, id: diva2:1648471
External cooperation
Eduardo Diaz Lopez
Subject / course
JTH, Industrial Engineering and Management
Presentation
2021-03-04, 19:41 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-04-012022-03-302022-04-01Bibliographically approved