Assessing the impact of green supply chain practices on firm performance in the Korean manufacturing industry

Zailani

et al. 2019

IJSSM

Unrestrained industrialisation resulting in environmental pollution has mobilised the unstinting endeavours of scientist, researchers, policy makers and ecologist in a quest to rapidly unearth solutions to mitigate further environmental deterioration. One promising ongoing development is green supply chain management (GSCM), which promises a reduction of pollution and waste in manufacturing. GSCM achieves this through the mechanism of improving manufacturing efficiency, by reducing costs, enhancing product quality and improving product delivery. This study applies the natural resource-based view, and quantitatively examines the impact of the implementation of GSCM on firm environmental performance, and firm competitiveness. Data was collected from 122 sampled firms, analysed, and evaluated in two ways. Firstly, using partial least squared-structured equation modelling (PLS-SEM), results indicate that 'green procurement', and 'green supplier and customer collaboration', have a significant positive relationship with both firm environmental performance, and, firm competitiveness. Secondly, using importance-performance matrix analysis (IPMA), both 'green 92 C.L. Tan et al. procurement' and 'green supplier and customer collaboration' are mapped in the high in importance/high-performance quadrant. The practical recommendations are for organisations to prioritise efforts and resources towards 'green procurement' and 'green supplier and customer collaboration' in order to maximise the return on 'green' investment.

Section: Firm Competitivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green supply chain management: impact on environmental performance and firm competitiveness

Zailani

et al. 2019

IJSSM

“…These ten main methods found used in the developed models were: fuzzy model (six occurrences); multivariate statistics (six occurrences); exploratory case study (five occurrences); AHP combined with DEMATEL (three occurrences); DEA combined with ANP, RNA and MADA (two occurrences); fuzzy multi-criteria + DEMATEL (two occurrences); fuzzy multi-criteria combined with TOPSIS (two occurrences); structural equation modeling (two occurrences); sustainable manufacturing capacity assessment tool (CMAT) (two occurrences) and TISM + FAHP (two occurrences). In the remaining studies (11 studies), evaluation methods appear only once, as follows: block chain technology (BCT) [37]; cluster analysis + one way ANOVA [32]; ELECTRE TRI [39]; PROMETHEE [46]; DEMATEL [58]; AHP [26]; BW-MCDM [22]; fuzzy multi-criteria + ANP [30]; rough set theory [1]; grounded theory [25] and AHP + TOPSIS [40].…”

Section: Systemic Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The use of cluster analysis combined with the one way ANOVA statistical method has advantages because it is possible to classify supply chain forming clusters according to specific characteristics defined by researchers within each type of practice [32]. ANOVA analysis of variance helps to verify if there is any difference in the company's performance, because this method is able to treat various structures of experiments, besides estimating the variance with more accuracy and precision, extracting more information about the data.…”

Section: Cluster Analysis + One Way Anovamentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Evaluation Methods of Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Production Engineering Journals with High Impact

et al. 2019

Nowadays, scholars need to know the trends for specific themes and how the main methods are applied to solve the gaps. The research problem for this work is the assessment of methods used in the sustainable supply chain, published in journals with a high impact factor and especially in the production engineering field. The methodology utilized was an adapted version of the "Methodi Ordinatio", in structured stages to select a limited class of papers of high scientific relevance, to show how the methods are being used. The search steps included the filtering of journals in the research field with relevant impact factors and selecting databases and keywords; reading titles and abstracts; classifying the number of citations; and critical reading of all papers listed in the bibliographic portfolio. The research results and analysis of frequency of papers in the portfolio were used to identify and describe the most commonly used evaluation methods, the correlated theories, advantages, and disadvantages of each researched work.

“…Some researchers expanded the scope to sustainability by discussing the effect of integrated practices such as lean, green, and social management systems on sustainability performance. Further, in the most recent two years, researchers broadened GSCM studies by focusing on a single industry [89] or a specific country, such as Korea [90]. In summary, the researchers in this cluster initially focused on GSCM and then expanded the scope to sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), with the research topic shifting from the drivers, barriers, and outcome performance of whole SCM to more specific supplier-related issues.…”

Section: Collaboration Network Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Collaborative Networks and Thematic Trends of Research on Purchasing and Supply Management for Environmental Sustainability: A Bibliometric Review

Zhu

Wang

2018

Sustainability

Improving environmental sustainability through purchasing and supply management (PSM) has gained increasing attention from both industry and academia. However, few attempts have been made to summarize the research development of this field. This study aims to identify the major author collaborative networks and thematic trends of this field by conducting a bibliometric review based on 371 peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2017 using CiteSpace. The results show that this field is an emergent and fast-growing field which has been recognized by multiple disciplines. In terms of authors, the top ten influential authors represented by Sarkis, J., Zhu, Q.H., Vachon, S., and Klassen, R.D. were identified. Further, the four largest collaborative networks with varying research topics such as green supplier selection/evaluation and sustainable sub-supplier management were found. As for the research themes, the six largest research themes were abstracted: green supplier assessment, sustainable supplier/supply chain management, green supplier management, green supplier selection, environmental purchasing, and green supply chain management (GSCM). Further, the research thread over time was summarized as four stages: infancy stage, grow-up stage, surging stage, and deep-going stage. Finally, future research directions were given. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic review of this field using bibliometric analysis, comprehensively acknowledging the current research status of this field and that of the future.