Ecological - economic factors of spare parts supply to car service centres, Republic of Cyprus

Abstract

The article considers environmental and economic factors in the models of supplying spare parts to car service centres in the Republic of Cyprus. The features of the formation of economic and environmental factors are revealed, country specifics are clarified. Based on the results of a survey of representatives of 21 car service centres with various business organization formats, it is shown that car service companies in the Republic of Cyprus use a predominantly intuitive approach to organizing the supply of spare parts. The assessment of the formed carbon footprint is carried out extremely rarely and only selectively. Using the Hamel-Prahalad core competencies matrix, key supply models are grouped, considering the possibilities of digitalization and distributed management. The upper quadrants define advanced management models - dealership (upper left quadrant) and digitalization and decentralization model (upper right quadrant), referring to the ideal situation. Based on regression modelling, the relationship between the aspects of organizing the supply of spare parts to the formed carbon footprint is shown. While based on correlation analysis, the presence of a close relationship between environmental (specific carbon footprint) and economic (service coefficient) factors was confirmed. Taking into account the results obtained, the main organizational and managerial changes are proposed that will allow car service enterprises of the Republic of Cyprus to optimize the supply of spare parts while taking into account environmental and economic criteria, including the introduction of a competent approach to managing the supply of spare parts; modernization and digitalization of the inventory management system; implementation of quality, environmental responsibility, risk, cost and performance management systems, as well as the development and implementation of innovation management systems.