What is Circular Supply Chain

This chapter discusses the implementation of “circular supply chain management” (CSCM) in manufacturing companies. It also discusses the factors that influence and present barriers to effective CSCM implementation. The circular supply chain emphasizes an increase in the usage of reuse, recycling, and remanufacturing, promoting the shift of manufacturing features from linear ('take-produce-use-dump') to circular models of product, by-product, and waste flow. In the last few decades, supply chains in manufacturing industries have become global. In recent years, organizations have sought to approach circular supply chain models to lengthen the product life cycle, manage waste, and promote economic sustainability by shifting customer preferences toward secondary commodities and products. As a result, CSCM may provide a meaningful linkage between their economic growth and resource depletion, and community welfare issues, and therefore offer the potential for the sustainability of a business.