TY - JOUR
T1 - Operational safety
T2 - The hidden cost of supply-demand mismatch in fashion and textiles related manufacturers
AU - Fan, Di
AU - Zhou, Yi
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the editor and referees for their comments on the earlier versions of this manuscript. This study was supported by Macau University of Science and Technology Foundation ( FRG-17-041-MSB ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Inventory management is a focus for operations management scholars and operations managers. Previous literature mainly investigated the relations between firm's inventory and financial performance. However, the relation between firm's inventory and non-financial performance (e.g., social outcome) is less clear. This study takes a fresh perspective to examine the impacts of supply-demand mismatch on firm's safety performance. Based on a sample set from fashion and textiles related manufacturers, the analysis suggests that supply-demand mismatch (measured by inventory volatility) associates with a higher likelihood of safety incidents. The impact is more salient where the firms are operating in complex (labour intensive) and tightly coupled (high production capacity utilization) environments. This study provides significant contributions to the inventory management literature, occupational health and safety management literature and operational managers.
AB - Inventory management is a focus for operations management scholars and operations managers. Previous literature mainly investigated the relations between firm's inventory and financial performance. However, the relation between firm's inventory and non-financial performance (e.g., social outcome) is less clear. This study takes a fresh perspective to examine the impacts of supply-demand mismatch on firm's safety performance. Based on a sample set from fashion and textiles related manufacturers, the analysis suggests that supply-demand mismatch (measured by inventory volatility) associates with a higher likelihood of safety incidents. The impact is more salient where the firms are operating in complex (labour intensive) and tightly coupled (high production capacity utilization) environments. This study provides significant contributions to the inventory management literature, occupational health and safety management literature and operational managers.
KW - Empirical study
KW - Fashion and textiles
KW - Inventory management
KW - Occupational health and safety
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.01.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.01.008
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85041899737
SN - 0925-5273
VL - 198
SP - 70
EP - 78
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
ER -