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GSCM is one of the recent innovations for the enhancement of capabilities of Supply Chain
Management. In fact, these databases include mainstream research journals in the field of sustainable
supply chains, in particular, top-level operational management journals, such as Omega, International
Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and European
Journal of Operational Research. Download Free PDF View PDF See Full PDF Download PDF
Loading Preview Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. This study aims to present a systematic
literature review of GSCM practices and discusses its current status in the context of Bangladesh.
International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power (IJTPP). A Framework of
Sustainable Service Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review and Research Agenda. In 2008,
Britain officially approved and applied the Climate Change Act by Congress, which made Britain
the first country in the world with a long-term framework of legal binding aimed at reducing
greenhouse gas emissions in order to adapt to climate change. In 1987, the Brundtland report
popularized the concept of sustainable development. (In 1983, the World Commission on
Environment and Development (WCED) convened by the United Nations was created to address
growing concern about the consequences of the accelerating deterioration of the human environment
and the natural resources. Therefore, the triple bottom line’s interaction to the ternary relation and its
mechanism of action will be worthy of further study. This article is an open access article distributed
under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( ). Thirdly,
in the operation of SSSCM, we must take into account the social responsibility and economic
responsibility under the dual constraints of organizational relationship management. Compared with
manufacturing supply chains, the relationship among the participants in the service supply chain has
become more complicated and various. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD).
In addition, other stakeholder groups such as government and non-government organization (NGO)
will also make influences on the relationship and operations of service supply chain. Also the sample
size with respect to the number of papers (144 papers), as well as number of journals (48 journals), is
larger than ever considered for literature review in GSCM. Although supply chain management as a
whole is a well-known process associated with most industries, the concept of going green in supply
chain management is somehow new to the business world, corporate, and construction firms. As of
today, literature documents are very few on GSCM. This study presents a comprehensive but
straightforward conceptual model of green supply chain management. Interaction between
Sustainable Development and Service Supply Chain Participants Based on Ternary Theory. You can
download the paper by clicking the button above. On the other hand, if we don't start relying on
GSCM, we will be the reason for environmental hazards. The results are significant for managers of
manufacturing organizations in improving the practices of green supply chain management and
achieve competitive position in the industry. For instance, some online tourism commercial
companies (such as China’s Ctrip travel agency) have integrated global hotels, transport companies,
and travel agencies to provide an integrated tourism service for the consumers. The effort is also
made to emphasize upon the long term benefits of a Green Manufacturing process and also the
important role which the industries can play in preventing further damage to the environment. This
obvious gap is the motivation of our research. The answer to these challenges is to address them
proactively through sustainable SCM and logistics practices. However, more researchers are currently
focusing on this area. From the analysis of the findings, we propose a conceptual framework that is
organized into 3 environmental dimensions, 21 categories, and 64 green practices. The data in the
first part includes the lower, middle and senior managers working in the construction sector
operating in Turkey. Similarly, three performance measures are found common in majority of studies;
Environmental Performance; Economic Performance; and Operational Performance, which are
combindley called as Organizational Performance. Industries are more interested in profit making
due to sustainable supply chain activities rather than to save environment.
In this framework, the TBL has a close relationship with the ternary relationship of supply chains and
has different effects at the strategic level and the operational level. Download Free PDF View PDF
Environmental Sustainability through Green Supply chain management practices among Indian
Manufacturing Firms with special reference to Tamilnadu IJSRP Journal The escalating deterioration
of the environment is a major concern for business organisations today. Though, the concept of green
supply chain management started gaining popularity among academicians from the beginning of the
20 th century, this study finds a sharp growth of publications on the topic after 2010 until now.
Available online: (accessed on 16 January 2017). (In Chinese) Fast Hotel Washed Out White Bed
Sheets with Caustic Soda Blending Detergent. EMAS-The European Eco-Management and
AuditScheme, European Union, Belgium. They use a multi-objective and multistage planning model,
especially considering factors such as the service area, path setting and planning, carbon dioxide
emission, and human resource working time in the reverse logistics service supply chain. The
motivation behind this paper is to quickly survey the various writings articles and researches in and
around the green supply chain management (GrSCM) in the course of the most recent quarter
century. Data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. Based on the triple bottom line
(TBL), we have analyzed related sustainable supply chain management research between 2006 and
2015, reviewed papers involving two or three bottom lines as well, and then introduced some
classical frameworks for manufacturing supply chain management and service supply chain
management. To browse Academia.edu and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a
few seconds to upgrade your browser. The importance of research regarding the sustainable service
supply chain becomes increasingly prominent, yet the related literature is rare, a framework of
SSSCM is scarcer. As the focal member in the supply chain, the service integrator will encourage his
supplier and customer to achieve three wins in the supply chain based on the life cycle assessment
and meeting social responsibility. Interaction between Sustainable Development and Service Supply
Chain Participants Based on Ternary Theory. Since the 1990s, the previous enterprise-centric strategy
has been replaced by a customer-centric strategy, which derived a series of emerging production and
operation management techniques and methods, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Supply Chain Management (SCM). The relationship
between the customer and the service provider will affect the integrator’s management of the entire
supply chain relationship. GSCM is one of the recent innovations for the enhancement of capabilities
of Supply Chain Management. The assessment involved 144 research articles published in 48
selected journals between 1998 and 2013. On the strategic level of service supply chain sustainable
operation, some important operational strategies are still worthy of in-depth discussion. Editor’s
Choice articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from
around the world. Also the sample size with respect to the number of papers (144 papers), as well as
number of journals (48 journals), is larger than ever considered for literature review in GSCM. We
believe that the internal and external mechanisms of ternary relations are worthy of further study.
SCM is used to describe the logistic management between organizations. The purpose of this paper
is to review the GSCM over the last fifteen years and guidelines to help academicians, researchers,
and practitioners in better way to understand integrated GSCM from a wider perspective. Download
Free PDF View PDF The Curious Case of Green Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review
Euro Asia International Journals There has been extensive progress in building up ecological and
social supportability towards operations administration and the inventory network in the field of
sustainable development. In most corporate, construction firms and businesses the emphasis now is
to raise environmentally responsible consumption and production with a view of promoting
environmental quality, reduce poverty and bring about economic growth, with additional
improvements in health, working conditions, and sustainability. Conclusive chapter summaries and
plenty of visual aids help readers retain the information they need to improve environmental
performance within, and beyond their organizations. A systematic classification and a critical
analysis is carried out so as to identify research gaps in content of GSCM, as well as to recommend
directions for future research. Gilbert (Hardcover Developmental Biology, Tenth Edition by Scott F.
The first step is source identification, which aims to select the literature related to our purpose and
method. Furthermore, a new taxonomy was proposed on the basis of content and research
methodology utilised.
In the long term, both social benefit and economic profit need to meet the sustainable development
of supply chains and, at the same time, meet human needs. The ternary relationship is the core of the
service supply chain enterprise relationship. Although supply chain management as a whole is a well-
known process associated with most industries, the concept of going green in supply chain
management is somehow new to the business world, corporate, and construction firms. As of today,
literature documents are very few on GSCM. This paper is based on literature review of GSCM
practices in Bangladesh construction industries. This need has emerged due toincreasing
environment disturbances with the increase in growth of production and consumption rate in
organizations. The papers spans a longer time period of 16 years (1998-2013). This represents
advancement to isolated efforts whereby each unit or a firm conduct greening practices separately.
As a brand-new management model under the framework of sustainable development, green supply
chain management has attracted the growing attention of the academic and business world. We use
cookies on our website to ensure you get the best experience. Green is a strategy implemented to
improve the environmental sustainability and with supply chains evolving dynamically towards
competitive advantage, Green Supply chain management practices has gained importance in business
research. Within this review framework, we also identify GSCM research questions that are worthy
of investigation. Next Article in Journal Urban Recreational Fisheries in the Australian Coastal Zone:
The Sustainability Challenge. Concept of GSCM, functional Model of an organization supply chain
with environmentally influence, differences between conventional SCM and GSCM and models for
implementation of GSCM registered in the literature have been discussed. This research has
quantitative research methods according to environmental applications of companies. Regulatory
bodies that formulate regulations to meet societal and ecological concerns to facilitate growth of
business and economy also suffer from its absence. Enterprises in the practice of corporate social
responsibility must fulfill these three areas of responsibility. GSCM has gained popularity with both
academic and practitioners. All articles published by MDPI are made immediately available
worldwide under an open access license. No special. Industrial effluents have severely damaged and
polluted our environment and caused ozone depletion. He believes that the sustainability of the
service supply chain can be composed of four dimensions. Consistent with the TBL, these sustainable
practices are designed to achieve three objectives of sustainability: economic, social, and
environmental performance. He then provided a conceptual framework for improving supply chain
performance and reducing risk, as shown in Figure 7. GSCM has emerged as a strategic approach for
enterprises seeking to become environmentally sustainable. If the topic or abstract of the literature
has no obvious relationship with sustainable supply chain management, the document should be
removed from the list. However, even though the research for the service supply chain starts
relatively late, there exists great potential in the basic theory research on the service supply chain,
based on a theoretical perspective of ternary. 5.2. Main Sustainability Features of Service Supply
Chain Sustainability in a service supply chain has its unique advantages in the competitive market. In
most corporate, construction firms and businesses the emphasis now is to raise environmentally
responsible consumption and production with a view of promoting environmental quality, reduce
poverty and bring about economic growth, with additional improvements in health, working
conditions, and sustainability. Next Article in Special Issue Impact of Energy Conservation and
Emissions Reduction Policy Means Coordination on Economic Growth: Quantitative Evidence from
China. Of course, there are also some certain risks in the ternary relation. Lastly, consideration of the
ternary relationship under service supply chain planning requirements and incentive-oriented life
cycle assessments, along with provider barrier settings, are worthy of an in-depth study as well. 6.
Conclusions Sustainable development is the inevitable choice of the development of human society.
For this analysis, we used SPSS, ANOVA, and co-relation of coefficient.
Within this review framework, we also identify GSCM research questions that are worthy of
investigation. Environmental management is the primary indicator of sustainable practices, followed
by social responsibility, customer management and health, and safety and risk management,
sequentially. He then provided a conceptual framework for improving supply chain performance and
reducing risk, as shown in Figure 7. This paper is based on literature review of GSCM practices in
Bangladesh construction industries. You can download the paper by clicking the button above. This
research paper attempts to review previous research studies in the field of Green Supply Chain
Management (GSCM) Practices and its impact of Organizational Performance. International Journal
of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power (IJTPP). The supplier evaluation and supervision system
for the social and economic dimension also need to be established so that the balance of the entire
supply chain system is kept. 5.5. Research Agenda of Sustainable Service Supply Chain The
increasing global concern for sustainable development has brought unprecedented opportunities and
challenges to the sustainable development of service supply chains. In 2008, Britain officially
approved and applied the Climate Change Act by Congress, which made Britain the first country in
the world with a long-term framework of legal binding aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions
in order to adapt to climate change. Ordinary supply chain management involves several extraction
and exploitation of the natural resources. The methodology of empirical research involved selection
and classification of 144 research articles in GSCM. Green supply chain refers to the way in which
innovations in supply chain management and industrial purchasing may be considered in the context
of the environment. The Number of original documents for each database. Editor’s Choice articles
are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world.
The study collects data from Scopus and ISI Web of Science databases and objectively selects 880
papers and conducts metadata analysis. There are different motivators for companies to switch to
\'green\' in their supply chain. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK). Those
green supply chain activities are of great importance to sustainable development. Download Free
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unavailable. This obvious gap is the motivation of our research. A Framework of Sustainable Service
Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review and Research Agenda. It includes purchasing,
inbound logistics, production, distribution (outbound logistics and marketing), and reverse logistics.
Gupta, and Omkar 2011 Qualitative IIMB Management Review M A general framework is
proposed, showing that the existing studies focuses on four broad aspects: 1 Strategic considerations
2 Functional level decisions 3 Laws and regulations 4 Integral models and decision support tools.
Based on the criteria of TBL and relying on the service supply chain in the Abu Dhabi region, such
as cafeterias, aviation, and hospitals, the questionnaire and the confirmatory factor analysis have
been used to obtain the limited service supply chain sustainable framework, as shown in Figure 6. It
also determines the external pressures that affect the businesses most in protecting the environment.
Compared with manufacturing supply chains, the relationship among the participants in the service
supply chain has become more complicated and various. From the two aspects of society and
economics, the current research on the sustainable management of service supply chains is limited.
The study is focused on development of GSCM which also includes that all the researchers from this
review is focused on environmental and social sustainability towards operation management and the
supply chain management. The study collects data from Scopus and ISI Web of Science databases
and objectively selects 880 papers and conducts metadata analysis. GSCM considers emphasizing
environmental issues in Traditional Supply Chain Management (TSCM), in both upstream and
downstream business enterprises.
Finally, based on the ternary relationship theory, the life cycle assessment of the whole supply chain
must be established on the incentive policy, to set up barriers to the supplier’s entrance. Download
Free PDF View PDF An overview of Green supply chain management practices in Bangladesh
construction industries Mostain Belal, Mohammed Chowdhury The contemporary trends of Green
supply chain management (GSCM) are making awareness in the construction industries. Although
sustainability and supply chains both have a long history of research in their own fields, a crossover
study actually began in the early 21st century. The traditional manufacturing supply chain has some
same characteristics with the service supply chain. The papers spans a longer time period of 16 years
(1998-2013). Integrators have to establish communication channels in the supply chain from the
source to the end-market by the corporate culture in order to ensure the quality of services and
products. The dominant variables of supply chain efficiency, such as economic, environmental, and
social, were identified using a system dynamics approach in the RMG field. This need has emerged
due toincreasing environment disturbances with the increase in growth of production and
consumption rate in organizations. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology (JFMK). The
proposed framework tries to clarify the mechanism for GSCM imple. Download Free PDF View
PDF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW AND RESEARCH DIRECTION
Kanaga Varitharajah Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has appeared as an environmental
innovation which integrates environmental concerns into supply chain management. The motivation
behind this paper is to quickly survey the various writings articles and researches in and around the
green supply chain management (GrSCM) in the course of the most recent quarter century. He then
provided a conceptual framework for improving supply chain performance and reducing risk, as
shown in Figure 7. The objective of this article is to propose a conceptual framework that considers
dimensions, categories, and practices in green supply chain management. In most corporate,
construction firms and businesses the emphasis now is to raise environmentally responsible
consumption and production with a view of promoting environmental quality, reduce poverty and
bring about economic growth, with additional improvements in health, working conditions, and
sustainability. Regarding the environment and economy, many papers have discussed SSSCM. The
findings and future research directions of the study offers a new avenue for further exploration and
contribution to this discipline. See Full PDF Download PDF See Full PDF Download PDF Related
Papers A REVIEW OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IAEME Publication The main
objective of this study is to review the recent literatures of the Green Supply Chain management
(GSCM) and also determine the environment concern of this emerging field. In such a service supply
chain, every participant plays its own role, undertakes its own responsibility, and takes its own
corrective actions when necessary. 5.3. Sustainable Service Supply Chain Based on TBL Based on
the analysis of existing sustainable manufacturing supply chain research in Section 4, we argue that
TBL has been mostly applied in the manufacturing supply chain, which provides a helpful reference
for constructing a sustainable service supply chain management framework. As for the social aspect,
in the hotel service supply chain, China’s hotel industry frequently reported some negative news in
2016, for example, the news entitled “Fast hotel washed out white bed sheets with caustic soda
blending detergent”, has caused consumer concerns. The Number of original documents for each
database. GSCM has gained popularity with both academic and practitioners. Note that from the
first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. For this analysis, we
used SPSS, ANOVA, and co-relation of coefficient. Integrators play an important role in the service
supply chain, helping to match customers’ needs with providers’ services, while the providers are
actual service providers and are in direct contact with customers. The assessment involved 144
research articles published in 48 selected journals between 1998 and 2013. According to our results,
Bangladesh has refused to raise the fine for environmental incidents. Overall performance should be
increased by implementation of Green design, Green purchasing, Green Production, Green
Warehousing, Green ware housing, Green recycling in proper manner. The data from 74 companies
were composed using the survey questionnaire and interview method using stratified sampling.
Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the
field. A Feature.
These three responsibilities constitute the bottom line of enterprise development. At the same time,
during the economic globalization process, the service industry has increased quickly, and its
contribution to economic growth is increasingly obvious. Furthermore, a new taxonomy was
proposed on the basis of content and research methodology utilised. Results showed that
environmental and financial performance of organization has no statistically significant association
with green supply chain management. The authors examine various industries, including electronics,
food products, and manufacturing, and draw on case studies from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and
Oceania, allowing students to compare and contrast domestic and international practices. But now a
day, the environmental sustainability has been an important issue to business practice. GSCM is one
of the recent innovations for the enhancement of capabilities of Supply Chain Management. Thirdly,
in the operation of SSSCM, we must take into account the social responsibility and economic
responsibility under the dual constraints of organizational relationship management. Please note that
many of the page functionalities won't work as expected without javascript enabled. Readers will
learn how to integrate the fields of operations management, procurement and purchasing, logistics,
and marketing into a successful green supply chain, looking outward to form sustainable partnerships
rather than focusing their efforts within the company. Additional organizational theories which are
considered valuable for future GSCM research are also identified with a conclusion for this review.
Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers.
Journal of Production Economics M This paper uses a framework based on mixed integer linear
programming to consider the sustainable supply chain life cycle assessment. As the focal member in
the supply chain, the service integrator will encourage his supplier and customer to achieve three wins
in the supply chain based on the life cycle assessment and meeting social responsibility. A
Framework of Sustainable Service Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review and Research
Agenda. The data in the second part includes the final customers located in Yenice, Canakkale.
Within the main hypothesis, the relationship between green supply chain management and
subordinate elements of business performance is also examined. It shows that lack researches to
examine the adoption and implementation of GSCM practices especially in developing countries
such as Malaysia. The purpose of the paper is to briefly review the recent literatures of the GSCM
and also determine the new direction area of this emerging field. As a result, 101 articles have been
selected for our research; the spread of the database is shown in Table 3. The main features of these
frameworks are combined. Supply chain management will comply with the trend of sustainable
development. The study is focused on development of GSCM strategies which also includes that all
the researchers from this review is focused on environmental and social sustainability towards
operation management and the supply chain management. A systematic classification and a critical
analysis is carried out so as to identify research gaps in content of GSCM, as well as to recommend
directions for future research. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (JLPEA). A
detailed review is used to sort out the literature and develop the research direction of the study. This
study presents a comprehensive but straightforward conceptual model of green supply chain
management. To learn how to manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. Our result
shows that there is positive relation between environmental performance and competitive advantages
with the use of green supply chain management practices i.e. Green supplier, green innovation and
green manufacturing. The study has found and that the implementation of the sustainable supply
chain in the firm has a positive impact on the economic performance of the company and
competitiveness, hence provide a competitive edge to the company.
Although sustainability and supply chains both have a long history of research in their own fields, a
crossover study actually began in the early 21st century. You can download the paper by clicking the
button above. Therefore, our screening criterion also considers the TBL when we construct a
sustainable supply chain management framework. Although there are multiple models on logistic
network problems barely involving sustainable development, especially considering the supply chain
profit share from the society aspect. Many studies in service supply chain have been inspired by these
similarities and relations and made new explorations. Subject to the scope of the study, only studies
with strong or direct links to the sustainable supply chain will be selected. This represents
advancement to isolated efforts whereby each unit or a firm conduct greening practices separately.
Based on in depth interviews with four manufacturing companies, the results show that customers,
marketing, regulations, competitive and internal factors are among the factors that encouraged firms
to adopt green practices. In this section, we will analyze those chosen papers. In this chain, service
integrators integrated functional service providers’ service capabilities, and the providers are in
charge of providing customers with integrated services. The environment and society are the two
cornerstones of the sustainable supply chain, and the economy is built on these two cornerstones.
First, because of the intangible characteristics of service products, it is not easy for a service supply
chain to realize the green supply chain compared with the manufacturing supply chain. However,
there are differences in the degree of impact of both outcomes. Thus an area which is rich, with
opportunity that remains mostly unexplored, where a number of pathfinders are starting to show
others the value that can be found. From the social and economic point of view, the studies on
manufacturing supply chains are relatively older or vaster. In fact, these databases include
mainstream research journals in the field of sustainable supply chains, in particular, top-level
operational management journals, such as Omega, International Journal of Production Economics,
International Journal of Production Research, and European Journal of Operational Research. It can
make a supply chain adapt and guide the requirement of the market long time continuously, and it
can also bring more high-quality products to the consumers. Therefore, many sustainable supply
chain management methods in the manufacturing industry are very helpful in exploring the
sustainable service supply chain research. GSCM has gained popularity with both academic and
practitioners. Moreover, the study finds a consistent growth in the evaluation of green supply chain
management practices and performance. Nevertheless, in November, another travel service integrator,
the Chiyu tourism company, announced that its capital chain broke. Whereas, organizational
performance produced a positive and significant impact. TBL is an integration concept of economic
bottom line, environmental bottom line and social bottom line. Previous Article in Special Issue An
Evaluation of the Low-Carbon Effects of Urban Rail Based on Mode Shifts. Though sustainability is
the major concern in todays organisations, very little research has been done to investigate the
GSCM practices in Indian Industries and their Environmental Performance. Using organizational
theories to help categorize the literature provides opportunities to address both the objectives of
understanding where the field currently stands and identifying research opportunities and directions.
The reason behind this phenomenon is that one paper could be covered in different databases. This
study will review the literature on green supply chain management through several aspects including
green supplier. It could be found that the total number of articles in Table 3 is 248, which is larger
than 101, that is, the total number of articles in Table 4. The assessment involved 144 research articles
published in 48 selected journals between 1998 and 2013.

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