Assessing the level of collaboration in the Egyptian organic and fair trade cotton chain

作者：Rota Cosimo^*; Pugliese Patrizia; Hashem Shadi; Zanasi Cesare

来源：Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 170: 1665-1676.

DOI：10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.011

• Supply chain collaboration
• Factor analysis
• Organic
• Fair trade
• Sekem
• Egypt

There is rising interest in collaboration among supply chain partners in food and fibre supply chain management studies. In organic and fair-trade chains, collaboration is rooted in both principles and current practices. A tool for assessing collaboration in the food and fibre sector has not been developed to date. To fill this gap a collaboration index has been adapted to the Egyptian organic and fair trade cotton supply chain. A factor analysis has been performed to this end. Two factors emerged within each of the three constructs defining the collaboration index: information sharing (price information and logistics), decision synchronization (exception management and general management) incentive alignment (risk sharing and technical support). The study contributes to defining a method for designing specific collaboration indexes in different food and fibre chains. The index provided relevant context-related information supporting the collaboration strategies in the Egyptian organic cotton chain.

• 出版日期2018-1-1