Title: An approach to develop green capability in manufacturing supply chain

Authors: Srikanta Routroy; C.V. Sunil Kumar

Addresses: Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus (Rajasthan) – 333 031, India ' Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus (Rajasthan) – 333 031, India

Abstract: In the present scenario, achieving the green capability has become one of the typical features that is pitching hard along the explorations and transitions of the manufacturing supply chains. Since the ceremonious, common and static solutions do not help to transform the dynamic natured manufacturing supply chains into green manufacturing supply chains. This is mainly due to the increased complexity (of manufacturing supply chains) outpacing the advancement achieved. Hence, there must be a process geared up to identify and prioritise the significant areas to focus and dynamically adjust the targets for continuous improvement to achieve green capability. To address these issues, the current study proposes a methodology consisting of five phases to institute the directions for achieving green capability and it is integrated with a benchmarking approach to provide the basis for continuous improvement. In order to present its utility, it is deployed in an Indian manufacturing company.

Keywords: green supply chains; green SCM; GSCM; fuzzy AHP; FAHP; analytical hierarchy process; benchmarking; supply chain management; manufacturing supply chains; continuous improvement; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2016.073322

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2016 Vol.6 No.1, pp.1 - 28

Received: 29 Nov 2014
Accepted: 31 Dec 2014
Published online: 30 Nov 2015 *

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