Title: Using GreenSCOR to measure performance of the supply chain of furniture industry

Authors: Aries Susanty; Sri Radina Putri Nur Hidayatika; Ferry Jie

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, Diponegoro University, Prof. H. Soedarto S.H Road, Tembalang District, Semarang, Indonesia ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Diponegoro University, Prof. H. Soedarto S.H Road, Tembalang District, Semarang, Indonesia ' School of Business IT and Logistics, College of Business, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to measure and evaluate the performance of green supply chain management (later it is abbreviated as GSCM) practice which have been done by some enterprises in the furniture industry in Jepara, Central Java with GreenSCOR approach and propose some feedback to this industry. Data used in this study collected through in personal interview and closed questionnaires. A sample of this study was 20 furniture enterprises, consisted of four large scale enterprises on in-house manufacturing indoor, three large scale enterprises on in-house manufacturing outdoor, seven medium scale enterprises on in-house manufacturing indoor, and six medium scale enterprises on in-house manufacturing outdoor. The result of measurement indicated that the enterprises in the category large scale and in-house manufacturing outdoor have a better aggregate value of the sum total of performance index of each indicator for the implementation of GSCM practices compared with medium scale and in-house manufacturing indoor.

Keywords: GreenSCOR; Jepara; furniture industry; large enterprises; medium enterprises; in-house manufacturing; performance measures; supply chain performance; furniture supply chains; green SCM; GSCM; supply chain management; Indonesia; indoor furniture; outdoor furniture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2016.078573

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2016 Vol.9 No.2, pp.89 - 113

Received: 31 Oct 2015
Accepted: 18 Feb 2016
Published online: 24 Aug 2016 *

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