Green manufacturing supply chain design and operations decision support

Abstract

This special issue of International Journal of Production Research provides a platform for sharing the knowledge base, recent research outputs and a review of recent developments highlighting the critical aspects of green manufacturing supply chain design and operations decision support. The special issue includes 15 contributions presenting new and significant research in the relevant area. Contributions mainly present either a novel green/sustainable manufacturing supply chain design and operations decision support approach applied to a problem, or a state-of-the-art method on green/sustainable factors in supply chain design and operations. The article delineates an overview of the contributions and their significance, and an introspection on the 'green' factors involved.

Ranking Chinese SMEs Green Manufacturing Drivers Using a Novel Hybrid Multi-Criterion Decision-Making Model

“…As the green supply chain and green product fields were rapidly expanding, research began to focus on specific areas, with researchers conducting further research into the supply chains that involved the whole customer order cycle [18] and integrated environmental thinking into supply-chain management such as product design, material sourcing and selection, manufacturing processes, delivery of the final product to the consumers and end-of-life product management [19,20]. The reason to include green factors into the manufacturing supply chain design and operations decision support is to improve environmental performance [21], reduce the overall carbon footprint [22,23], recycle used/waste products and by-products [19,24] and comply with territorial legislation and international treaties [25], while at the same time improving supply and distribution efficiencies, save time and money and satisfy the needs of the customers by providing quality products and services [26]. Li et al (2016) [27] analyzed survey data from 256 Chinese-based high-tech firms and proved that providing strong support for green product design and green supply chain processes could improve the firms' environmental and financial performance.…”

Otomotiv Endüstrisi için Bulanık Tabanlı Bir Yeşil Performans Değerlendirme Modeli

“…They applied fuzzy GRA method in order to rank green suppliers. Bhattacharya et al (2015), provided an overview related to GM supply chain design and decision support to help researchers studied in this field. , proposed a MCDM methodology integrating DEMATEL based ANP (DANP) and PROMETHEE methods for selecting the best green manufacturing practices.…”

“…Developing policies for reducing carbon footprint which is related to CO2 equivalent (CO2e) gases emitted during all stages of production is quite important in terms of an environment oriented production. CO2e gases cause global warming which is one of the most crucial problems facing our world (Bhattacharya et al, 2015;Hussain et al, 2017). Environmental pollution, on the other hand, is an important problem which threats human life (Kamacı and Uysal, 2017).…”

Pricing decisions for substitutable products with green manufacturing in a competitive supply chain

“…To an extent, SSCM is an extension of green supply chain management (GSCM). The goal of a green supply chain is to improve supply and distribution efficiencies, save time and money and satisfy customer needs (Bhattacharya et al, 2015). GSCM efficiently improves brand image, then captures an increased market share and gains customer trust by providing desired and quality products (Sharma et al, 2017).…”