Title: Roadmap for lucrative greening of supply chains: theoretical and practical perspectives

Authors: S. Vinodh, S.R. Devadasan, D. Rajanayagam

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004, Tamilnadu, India. ' Department of Production Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004, Tamilnadu, India. ' Manager-Standards and Systems, Salzer Electronics Limited, Coimbatore-641 047, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract: Increasing dependence on suppliers and the high concern for protecting the environment, force modern organisations to green their supply chains. In order to face this challenge, a model for creating lucrative supply chains by greening them is proposed in this paper. A hypothetical case study on this model has been presented to illustrate its working. The results of the t-test conducted during this research indicate the practical feasibility of this model. The paper concludes by stating that significant innovation and research are required in this direction, so that greening of supply chains leads to total prosperity of the organisations.

Keywords: supply chain management; SCM; environmental engineering; Kyoto agreement; ISO 14001; recycling; modelling; process management; benchmarking; greening.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2007.013316

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2007 Vol.2 No.1, pp.29 - 44

Published online: 20 Apr 2007 *

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