Knowledge management for sustainability in operations

Citlalli L�pez-Torres, Gabriela; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo; Maldonado-Guzm�n, Gonzalo; Kumar, Vikas

Knowledge management for sustainability in operations

Citlalli L�pez-Torres, Gabriela; Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo; Maldonado-Guzm�n, Gonzalo; Kumar, Vikas

Authors

Gabriela Citlalli L�pez-Torres

Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzm�n

Professor Vikas Kumar Vikas.Kumar@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) as a platform to enable sustainability in firms’ operations and to provide recommendations for managers to integrate sustainable operations into their business strategies. The urgency to create and implement sustainable operations in local and global firms is also argued. The conceptual framework underlying the prevalent effect of KM on sustainable practices is based on the hypothesis that KM contributes to the achievement of more suitable operations. To test this hypothesis, a model of structural equation was developed with data collected from 345 small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Generally, the empirical evidence supported the hypothesis, indicating that KM represents an important alternative to the challenge of implementing sustainability in firms’ operations. Thus, the results of this study suggest that managers need to improve their firms’ practices, by implementing KM, as they will enable a better understanding and awareness regarding the global dangerous impacts from unsustainable operations mainly focused on sales and cost reduction. For this reason, the paper provides evidence that KM offers an alternative impulse on the quest for more sustainable operations.

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 6, 2017
Online Publication Date	Jun 30, 2019
Publication Date	Jun 30, 2019
Deposit Date	Aug 14, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jul 1, 2020
Journal	Production Planning & Control
Print ISSN	0953-7287
Electronic ISSN	1366-5871
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	30
Issue	10-12
Pages	813-826
Keywords	knowledge management, sustainability, sustainable operations, innovation
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882964
Publisher URL	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tppc20/current
Additional Information	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Production Planning & Control on 30 Jun 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09537287.2019.1582091
Contract Date	Sep 6, 2017

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Production Planning and Control. [Citlalli López-Torres, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Maldonado-Guzmán, G., & Kumar, V. (2019). Knowledge management for sustainability in operations. Production Planning and Control, 30(10-12), 813-826]. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.