Multi-criteria assessment of the benefits of a supply chain management training considering green issues

Abstract

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is an important issue for organizations that spend considerable amounts of investments on personnel training annually. Although these investments present positive effects, the manner to assess the effectiveness of the training is unclear. Training, whose characteristics are intangible, is sometimes difficult to be assessed. This research has carried out a multi-criteria training assessment for GSCM through the four top-level processes of Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR) i.e., Plan, Source, Make and Deliver. Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied in the training assessment. In the chemical industry where our study was performed, the SCOR top-level processes were considered criteria, whereas Individual and Organizational Benefits alternatives. The modeling considered pairwise judgments for criteria, and ratings or absolute measure for alternatives. The analysis revealed that training essentially contributes to the organization, resulting in 87% for Organizational Benefits, and 77% for Individual Benefits. Organizational Benefits focused on the use of the best practices in GSCM and on the common understanding of vocabulary and processes. In addition, Individual Benefits increased knowledge and skills in GSCM. This result, presented to managers of the company, was validated as consistent and feasible.

Exploring an innovative pivot: How green training can spur corporate sustainability performance

“…Second, this work further contributes to green training research by theorizing the process by which green training can be expected to promote corporate sustainability performance from the behavioral perspective. Previous studies have mostly focused on the antecedents (e.g., Sarkis et al, 2010) and outcomes (e.g., Teixeira et al, 2016; Tramarico, Salomon, & Marins, 2017) of green training. What has been lacking in the scholarship is an investigation into the internal process mechanisms in the relationship between green training and corporate sustainability performance.…”

Multi-criteria analysis of professional education on supply chain management

“…The two criteria considered were benefits for the individual and the benefits for organization ( Figure 5). The sub-criteria include individual recognition, improve SCM knowledge, professional certification, validation of knowledge and skills, common understanding of vocabulary and processes, best practices, improved company performance, and proven knowledge and organizational skills (Tramarico et al, 2017). Sub-criteria were confirmed by the experts.…”

“…Individual relates to people while organization relates to a group (Khadivar et al, 2007). SCM associations indicate that certification could be evaluated by using two sets of benefits (Tramarico et al, 2017) which include individual benefits (Hansen et al, 2002;Van Zyl, 2003;Lummus, 2007;Treem, 2013;Gammelgaard & Larson, 2001). and organizational benefits (Gilbert, 2014;Bulkeley, 2006;Schoenherr et al, 2014b;Khadivar et al, 2007).…”

“…With alternatives being compared to each other, two by two (relative measurement), some historical trends could be kept in Table 4. Individual and organizational benefits (Tramarico et al, 2017).…”

Application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Solve Environmental Sustainability Problems: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Hereby, green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) performs as a significant part in affecting the whole environmental effect of any business engaged in some activities of Supply Chain (SC) and enhances sustainability performance. Many GSCM researches concentrate on the diverse topics that range from organisational research and practice in GSCM [100][101][102][103][104]. The lack of agreement on green SC practices is assumed to be caused from the green SC field being a new field of practice and study since the theories in this field are still identifying and underdeveloped, assessing, and choosing the vital GSCM practices are main purposes for successful GSCM implementation [105].…”