Fuzzy AHP approach to prioritize enablers of green supply chain management practices: A case study of automotive component supplier

Himanshu Gupta,Mukesh Kumar Barua

doi:10.5267/j.msl.2016.5.004

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Article history: Received January 5, 2016 Received in revised format April 15, 2016 Accepted May 20, 2016 Available online May 22, 2016 With superlative growth in the number of small organizations over the past two decades, the impact caused to environment due to higher production output is also immense. Most governments are continuously taking measures to mitigate the risks associated with industrial growth. One such measure is to implement green practices throughout the supply chain. Since small organizations are important part of supply chain and a major contributor of industrial output they also need to implement green supply chain practices. This paper aims to find out important enablers for green supply chain management (GSCM) from the view point of micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process methodology has been used to rank the enablers, three important enablers were identified viz. top management commitment and finance, government support and regulations and recycling and reuse efforts. Managers of small organizations can benefit immensely by focusing on implementing these practices in their organizations. © 2016 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have played a pivotal role in development of economy of any country and are often considered as powerhouse of economic growth of a country (Anand, 2015)
This paper aims to find out important enablers for green supply chain management (GSCM) from the view point of micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
Let fuzzy synthetic values with respect to seven innovation capability factors are denoted by Technological advancements (TA), Top management commitment and finance (TMC), Recycling and reuse efforts (RRE), Green procurement strategies (GPS), Supplier involvement (SI), Government support and regulation (GSR) and Customer awareness (CA) (See Table 1)

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MSMEs have played a pivotal role in development of economy of any country and are often considered as powerhouse of economic growth of a country (Anand, 2015). Indian MSMEs accounts for approximately 45% of industrial output and about 40% exports. These act as ancillary units for supplying by products to large enterprises. 2015; Manhas et al, 2015; Sharma & Kharub, 2015) With this desire to compete globally and with escalated production output, MSMEs have largely contributed to industrial pollution and ecological down gradation. With most of the past studies on greening the supply chain focusing on large organizations only (Beamon, 1999; Zhu & Sarkis, 2006; Carter & Rogers, 2008; Sarkis et al, 2011; Zhu et al, 2010; Zhu et al, 2012; Dhull & Narwal, 2016) there needs to be studies MSMEs in this regard.

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