Abstract
The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) and its technological updates on the success of the green supply chain (GSC) implementation, as well as the benefits this affords. This research is applied to the Mexican maquiladora export industry. A model of structural equations is presented to know the importance of the integration of ICT, combined with the implementation of GSC and the generation of benefits with the use of ICT. The results indicate that there is a direct, positive effect (PE) and significant among the four latent variables (LTV) analyzed but the most noteworthy is the indirect effect that the variable updating the ICT has on the benefits of GSC, through the variable mediators’ implementation of a GSC, since the direct effect of updating the ICT on the benefits of the implementation of GSC does not become significant. Whereby, it is recommended that the industry integrates and updates its ICT since, using the integrated and updated ICT and the implementation of a GSC, a series of economic, productive and environmental benefits will be created.
Highlights
Nowadays, organizations must always ensure they consider their environmental impact
Considering that how up-to-date the information communication technology (ICT) that an organization uses, as well as its technological updates, have a role to play in company operations and their supply chain (SC), we suggest the hypothesis: Hypothesis 3. (H3) Updating of ICT has a direct and positive effect on the implementation of green supply chain (GSC)
The model proposed and the six hypotheses, were valid with information from the Mexican manufacturing industry but their conclusions can be extended to the rest of this industrial sector in other countries, since in the Mexican manufacturing industry the sector is basically composed of companies from all around the world, such as United States of America, Germany, Japan, France, China and so forth
Summary
Organizations must always ensure they consider their environmental impact. Not doing so makes their business outsiders, as the concepts of environmental and social sustainability are becoming increasingly popular amongst organizations, providers, distributors and clients. Organizations develop diverse business strategies but the important and most widely-used is that of the green supply chain (GSC) [2]. GSCs allow a balance between ecological, financial and social benefits, as well as provide a solution to environmental problems and image generated by the different activities which make up the traditional supply chain (SC) [3]. The GSC is the generation of green purchases, green manufacturing, green packaging, the adoption of green technology, green distribution and green marketing, what it is being looked for, trying to eliminate or minimize waste in the form of hazardous, chemical, energy, emission and solid waste [6,7,8]. By adopting a GSC, companies improve their image and social acceptance and they generate higher financial income and so forth
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