Green supply chain implementation best practices

• Main Authors: Tang, Poh Siew, Abdullah, Rohani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/8445/1/p1532.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/8445/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000792423

Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become a critical factor to sustain organization’s competitive advantages.In this regard, many firms and researchers have attempted to find out factors that affect either positively or negatively on SCM.Recently, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has been receiving the spotlight in many studies. However, there has been minimal research on measuring GSCM performance within few enterprises.It is critical to conduct the research on the relationship between GSCM practices and supply chain performance among different country firms. For this reason, four best approaches were identified; Aligning the goals of the green supply chain with the goals of the business, evaluating the supply chain as a single life cycle system, innovation using green supply chain analysis, reducing of wastage at each supply chain stage.