Loop, virtualization and exchange: operations management practices in the brazilian packaging chain

Authors

  • Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira Streit Centro Universitário Alves Faria - Unialfa, Goiás, (Brasil)
  • Patrícia Guarnieri Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Brasília, (Brasil)
  • Gustavo Yuho Endo Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo, (Brasil)
  • Lechan Colares-Santos Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo, (Brasil)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2023.v15i1.740

Keywords:

Circular Economy, Solid waste, Packaging

Abstract

Objective: this work aimed to analyze the capacity of the Brazilian packaging chain to promote the creation of circuits (loop), virtualization and exchange between participants.

Method: this research is considered qualitative, applied and descriptive. The case study collected data through documentary research and in-depth interviews with a semi-structured script. 53 (fifty-three) stakeholders from the packaging chain were interviewed, including prosecutors, politicians, businessmen, collectors, specialists, civil servants and representatives of non-governmental organizations. For data analysis, content analysis of the thematic categorical type was used.

Results: Manufacturers' insistence on using materials that they do not accept in the recycling market illustrates the problem with Loop. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated virtualization practices, such as “digitization of activities and processes” and “product improvement and periodic maintenance”, most of respondents claim that they do not exist or do not perceive it to have occurred in the Brazilian scenario. Although some companies are concerned about technologies, the 4.0 scenario with big data or machine learning is far from being a reality in Brazil.

Final considerations: the present study brings theoretical and practical contributions that can be extracted from the results of this research. It is expected that these findings serve as guidelines in the decision-making process in the reverse packaging logistics system. To academics, demonstrate the application of a framework already consolidated in the area for investigating socio-environmental practices, in addition to instigating gaps left for further research.

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Author Biographies

Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira Streit, Centro Universitário Alves Faria - Unialfa, Goiás, (Brasil)

Doutor em Administração pelo Programa de Pós Graduação em Administração da Universidade de Brasília - PPGA/UnBsity Center (Unialfa). Docente do Mestrado Profissional em Administração do Centro Universitário Alves Faria - Unialfa, Goiás.

Patrícia Guarnieri, Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Brasília, (Brasil)

Doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Pernambuco, (Brasil). Professora associada do curso de Administração da Universidade de Brasilia - UnB, Brasília.

Gustavo Yuho Endo, Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo, (Brasil)

Doutorando em Engenharia de Produção na Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - UTFPR, Paraná, (Brasil). Professor na Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo. 

Lechan Colares-Santos, Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo, (Brasil)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá  - UEM, Paraná, (Brasil). Professor doutor da Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste, São Paulo.

 

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Published

2023-06-15

How to Cite

Cerqueira Streit, J. A., Guarnieri, P. ., Yuho Endo, G., & Colares-Santos, L. (2023). Loop, virtualization and exchange: operations management practices in the brazilian packaging chain. Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies, 15(1), e0740. https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2023.v15i1.740

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