Title: Effect of green supply chain management on production costs, quality and productivity using structural equation modelling

Authors: Fariba Maadanpour Safari; Manouchehr Omidvari

Addresses: Faculty of Mechanic and Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran ' Faculty of Mechanic and Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract: Green supply chain management (GSCM) has emerged as an important organisational philosophy to achieve corporate profits and market share objectives to reduce environmental risks and improve environmental performance. Due to recent changes in environmental requirements, development and deployment of GSCM becomes more and more evident. Currently, many organisations integrate environmental enforcement activities in their strategic plans for competitiveness and define numerous activities and actions that have less environmental effect. This study first characterises enforcement activities of the GSCM; then, it examines effectiveness of GSCM activities on cost, quality and productivity of manufacturers using structural equation model in a case study in the glass industry and tests the relationships between elements of the model.

Keywords: green supply chain management; GSCM; production costs; quality; productivity; structural equation modelling; SEM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2017.087194

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017 Vol.27 No.3, pp.427 - 441

Received: 30 Jul 2015
Accepted: 03 Oct 2015
Published online: 11 Oct 2017 *

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