Sustainable Supply Chains in Bolivia: Between Informality and Political Instability
Sustainable Supply Chains in Bolivia: Between Informality and Political Instability
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玻利维亚的可持续供应链：非正规性与政治不稳定之间
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10.1007/978-3-031-07742-5_3
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2022
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P.-M. Zurita-Lara
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B.C. Herbas-Torrico;B. Frank;C.A. Arandia-Tavera;P.-M. Zurita-Lara
如今，玻利维亚正在经历巨大的社会和经济变革。由于强劲的经济增长和深刻的政治变革，玻利维亚社会对更美好的未来抱有很高的期望。多种因素促使人们意识到发达国家和发展中国家供应链管理和可持续性的重要性，这些因素大多植根于不断变化的消费者现实。越来越多的消费者也在寻求制造商的保证，确保他们购买的商品是在环境、社会可持续和安全的方式下采购和生产的。因此，预计未来将出现更多的国家法规来反映这些新的消费者需求。由于社会和政治的不稳定，在玻利维亚实现供应链的可持续性远非现实。然而，制造商应该采取一些措施来解决一些限制他们控制供应链的因素。玻利维亚公司将不得不降低供应商的复杂性，提高供应链的透明度，整合第三方，并改善材料采购实践。因此，我们的研究分析了玻利维亚食品和饮料行业的可持续供应链管理实践。在本章中，我们研究了玻利维亚的案例，并试图总结玻利维亚公司在可持续供应链发展中面临的挑战和机遇。特别地，我们从食品和饮料行业的九家食品和饮料制造商收集了数据。我们发现，可持续发展实践在玻利维亚供应链的实施仍处于早期阶段。此外，由于高度的政治不稳定和庞大的非正规经济，玻利维亚的供应链高度不确定，管理起来极具挑战性。
Nowadays, Bolivia is experiencing big social and economic changes. Due to strong economic growth and deep political changes, the Bolivian society has high expectations for a better future. Multiple factors, most rooted in changing consumer realities, are driving the awakening to the importance of the management and sustainability of supply chains in developed and developing countries. More consumers are also looking for reassurance from manufacturers that their purchased goods are sourced and produced in an environmentally, socially sustainable, and safe fashion. As a consequence, more national regulations are expected to appear in the future to reflect these new consumer demands. Due to social and political instability, attaining supply chain sustainability in Bolivia is far from realistic. However, manufacturers should take several steps to address some of the factors that limit their control over supply chains. Bolivian firms will have to reduce suppliers’ complexity, improve supply chain transparency, integrate third parties, and improve material procurement practices. Therefore, our study analyzes sustainable supply chain management practices in the foods and beverage industry of Bolivia. In this chapter, we study the case of Bolivia and attempt to summarize the challenges and opportunities faced by Bolivian firms in the development of sustainable supply chains. In particular, we collected data from nine foods and drink manufacturers of the foods and beverage industry. We find that the implementation of sustainability practices in Bolivian supply chains is still at an early stage. Moreover, due to high political instability and a huge informal economy, supply chains in Bolivia are highly uncertain and extremely challenging to manage.