Title: Assessing current scenario of green manufacturing implementation in Indian SMEs

Authors: Mahakdeep Singh; Kanwarpreet Singh; Amanpreet Singh Sethi

Addresses: Mechanical Engineering Department, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India

Abstract: The present study builds an understanding of green manufacturing practices implemented by Indian SMEs. Green manufacturing practices including: waste reduction, eco-friendly techniques, reusable resources, and environmental awareness of green manufacturing are found to be prevalent amongst SMEs. In this paper, we consider the current SME landscape for green manufacturing practice implementation. A green manufacturing practice questionnaire was formulated after an extensive literature review. The questionnaire utilised a four-point Likert-scale was adopted to record respondent views. Our survey sample was formed from academics and green manufacturing practice experts. We received responses from 169 manufacturing SMEs across India. Our study results reveal that green manufacturing can play a useful role in enhancing the business performances of SMEs. Effective deployments of these practices were found to contribute towards improved competitive performance and social perception of SME. This led to increased product awareness and heightened customer demand. We find that Indian manufacturing SMEs must continue to engage with green manufacturing practices. The study calculated the percent point score for each factor of GM with respect to the Indian SMEs and highlighted the impact of each factor on business performance.

Keywords: green manufacturing practices; GM; reliability; quality; Indian SMEs; percent point score; PPS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2022.125471

International Journal of Management Practice, 2022 Vol.15 No.5, pp.639 - 670

Accepted: 01 Apr 2021
Published online: 12 Sep 2022 *

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