TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of enablers for implementation of sustainable supply chain management - A textile case
AU - Diabat, Ali
AU - Kannan, Devika
AU - Mathiyazhagan, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Prof. Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark for providing an opportunity to work on the network project “Sustainable supply chain management: A step towards Environmental and Social Initiatives” (2211916) between partner countries from China, India & Denmark which is supported by a grant from Forsknings – og Innovationsstyrelsen, Denmark.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/11/15
Y1 - 2014/11/15
N2 - Industries currently face pressure on environmental initiatives from both government regulations and global competition in addition to customer pressure. Hence, organizations are forced to implement sustainable practices to improve their environmental performance over economic performance. The Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) system is a concept which ensures environmentally friendly practices in traditional supply chains. Industries in developing countries such as India face pressure from various perspectives to adopt SSCM in Traditional SCM. In this regard, the objective of this study has been fixed to analyze the enablers for implementing SSCM into Indian industries. This study is essential for Indian industries, and especially for textile industries, to market products in the World Trade Organization and huge market opportunities. There are many enablers for adopting SSCM into TSCM, but these enablers do not ensure similar impact in all industries and countries; in fact, where SSCM is adopted the system varies according to culture and the country's regulations. Hence, industries essentially need to identify influential enablers to adopt SSCM. This study aims to identify influential enablers for SSCM by using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) from 13 recommended enablers in five Indian textile units located in south India. ISM results reveal that five enablers dominate an industry's practices, and those five enablers include Adoption of safety standards, Adoption of green practices, Community economic welfare, Health and safety issues, and Employment stability. The result of this study shows that safety perspective enablers provide additional motivation when compared to the other enablers for SSCM adoption.
AB - Industries currently face pressure on environmental initiatives from both government regulations and global competition in addition to customer pressure. Hence, organizations are forced to implement sustainable practices to improve their environmental performance over economic performance. The Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) system is a concept which ensures environmentally friendly practices in traditional supply chains. Industries in developing countries such as India face pressure from various perspectives to adopt SSCM in Traditional SCM. In this regard, the objective of this study has been fixed to analyze the enablers for implementing SSCM into Indian industries. This study is essential for Indian industries, and especially for textile industries, to market products in the World Trade Organization and huge market opportunities. There are many enablers for adopting SSCM into TSCM, but these enablers do not ensure similar impact in all industries and countries; in fact, where SSCM is adopted the system varies according to culture and the country's regulations. Hence, industries essentially need to identify influential enablers to adopt SSCM. This study aims to identify influential enablers for SSCM by using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) from 13 recommended enablers in five Indian textile units located in south India. ISM results reveal that five enablers dominate an industry's practices, and those five enablers include Adoption of safety standards, Adoption of green practices, Community economic welfare, Health and safety issues, and Employment stability. The result of this study shows that safety perspective enablers provide additional motivation when compared to the other enablers for SSCM adoption.
KW - Enabler analysis
KW - Interpretive Structural Modelling
KW - Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.081
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.081
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032069626
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 83
SP - 391
EP - 403
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -