A Study on the Impact of Knowledge Management on Supplier Orientation in Sustainable Supply chains

Background/Objectives: Over the past few years, sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has received significant attention and there is a growing expectation to extend sustainability efforts beyond internal operations to suppliers and customers in the supply chain. This paper examines the impact of supplier orientation in supply chain management by using knowledge management as a component of sustainable supply chain management. Methods/Statistical analysis: In this study, a survey was conducted, and analysis was performed using SPSS and PLS 2.0 as statistical tools. Findings: The research results showed that knowledge storage had a certain impact on supplier orientation in sustainable supply chains. Knowledge storage of the enterprises can be regarded as part of the information technology application. Improvements/Applications: There is a need to provide detailed statistics and analysis on the ownership, industry and scale of the enterprises among the research objects, thus providing more or different levels of understanding.