Gaining Competitive Advantage through Strategic Green Supply Chain Management: From a Literature Review towards a Conceptual Model

The link between green supply chain practices (GSCPs) and competitive advantages (CAs) is a subject of growing interest amongst academics and practitioners. Despite the theoretical arguments that environmentally conscious practices would give competitive advantages for companies, there is no consensus in empirical research concerning the positive impact of GSCPs on CAs. Due to this lack of clarity in the literature, this study undertakes a comprehensive review to evaluate the circumstances necessary for GSCPs to achieve sustainable CAs. Subsequently, a conceptual model is proposed to elaborate on the causal relationship between GSCPs and CAs. Future research opportunities are recommended to expand on the proposed conceptual model and to address the shortcomings of the existing literature

The Development of a Strategic Prioritisation Method for Green Supply Chain Initiatives

<div><p>To maintain a competitive position, companies are increasingly required to integrate their proactive environmental strategies into their business strategies. The shift from reactive and compliance-based to proactive and strategic environmental management has driven companies to consider the strategic factors while identifying the areas in which they should focus their green initiatives. In previous studies little attention was given to providing the managers with a basis from which they could strategically prioritise these green initiatives across their companies’ supply chains. Considering this lacuna in the literature, we present a decision-making method for prioritising green supply chain initiatives aligned with the preferred green strategies alternatives for the manufacturing companies. To develop this method, the study considered a position between determinism and the voluntarism orientation of environmental management involving both external pressures and internal competitive drivers and key resources as decision factors. This decision-making method was developed using the analytic network process (ANP) technique. The elements of the decision model were derived from the literature. The causal relationships among the multiple decision variables were validated based on the results of structural equation modelling (SEM) using a dataset collected from a survey of the ISO 14001-certified manufacturers in Malaysia. A portion of the relative weights required for computation in ANP was also calculated using the SEM results. A case study is presented to demonstrate the applicability of the method.</p></div

Evaluation of formative measurement model.

<p>Evaluation of formative measurement model.</p

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Constructs operationalisation.

<p>Constructs operationalisation.</p

The final ranking of green initiatives in company X.

<p>¹ Importance</p><p>² Performance</p><p>³ Performance*Importance</p><p>⁴ Opportunity for improvement</p><p>⁵ Opportunity for improvement* Importance</p><p>⁶ Total contribution in improvement opportunities</p><p>The final ranking of green initiatives in company X.</p

The total effect of the elements on the target variable

<p>The total effect of the elements on the target variable</p

Evaluation of reflective measurement model.

<p>Evaluation of reflective measurement model.</p

Evaluation of structural model.

<p>*<i>p</i><0.1</p><p>**<i>p</i><0.05</p><p>***<i>p</i><0.01</p><p>Evaluation of structural model.</p

AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK- FOR DESIGNING A STRATEGIC GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

In today’s world of global business, several organizations have realized that green supply chain practices provide them with competitive benefits. In this respect, a strategically oriented view of environmental management is critical to supply chain managers. Regarding the importance of this issue, an attempt has been made to develop an integrated framework for designing a strategic green supply chain (SGSC). Firstly, by reviewing the literature, a causal relationship model is developed. This model presents the main factors affecting the decisions for prioritizing green strategies and initiatives.  Secondly, based on this model, a decision-making tool using the analytic network process (ANP) is provided. This tool assists companies to prioritize the environmental strategies and related initiatives in different operational areas of their supply chain. Finally, in order to provide part of the data required in this tool, a performance measurement system is developed to evaluate the strategic environmental performance of the supply chain