IMPACT OF INADEQUATE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

Understand and bring references on the results of inadequate or inefficient supply chain management in sustainability, highlighting the challenges and associated barriers such as lack of commitment from top management or support from governments, explore ineffective sustainability approaches throughout the supply chain cycle, from the raw material extraction phase,  production and use, until the disposal of the product, evidencing the resulting negative impacts, and discussing the practice of greenwashing, a strategy that seeks to mask the true actions and intentions of an organization in relation to the sustainability of its supply chain is the objective of this article. Through a bibliographic research, the perspectives of several authors on the performance, consequences and impacts of inappropriate supply chain management are presented from the point of view of sustainability, not only for the organizations themselves, but also at a global level, whether environmental or socioeconomic, such as depletion of non-renewable resources, aggression to nature,  incorrect waste disposal and even threats to people's lives and safety.