Green supply chain management in the electronic industry

Abstract

Green supply chain management has emerged as a proactive approach for improving environmental performance of processes and products in accordance with the requirements of environmental regulations. Various approaches for implementing green supply chain management practices has been proposed and recognized in previous literatures, yet no investigation has identified the reliability and validity of such approaches particularly in electronic industry. This study examines the consistency approaches by factor analysis that determines the adoption and implementation of green supply chain management in Taiwanese electronic industry. The fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method is applied to prioritize the relative importance of four dimensions and twenty approaches among nine enterprises in electronic industry. The findings indicate that these enterprises would emphasize on supplier management performance in the crucial role of implementing green supply chain management. Establishing an environmental database of products, asking for product testing report and top management support are among the most important approaches. The results for the implications of green supply chain management implementation in electronic industry investigated in this work generate a generic hierarchy model for decision-makers who can prioritize those approaches for implementing green supply chain management in Taiwan.

Effective environmental management through environmental knowledge management

“…In order to solve these pollution problems, environmental management (EM) and green supply chain management (GSCM) have been widely adopted by enterprises with the aim of reducing pollution and evaluating environmental performance (Boiral, 2002;Chien and Shih, 2007;Hsu and Hu, 2008). Environmental protection and performance have become two of the world's most important priorities in order to attain sustainable development (Nouri et al, 2008) Over the previous decade, EM has moved away from a regulatory-based approach to one focusing on continuous development.…”

Using the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct to Evaluate Green Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Computer Industry

“…Yang et al verified the inter-relationship among continuous improvement, supplier management, environmental management, and manufacturing competitiveness in both China and Taiwan electrical/electronic companies [46]. Hsu and Hu suggested that companies could emphasize suppliers' management performance when implementing GSCM through a survey of Taiwan electronic companies [23]. Because Taiwan is a key player in the global electronics industry, this study aims to determine the major factors affecting environmental performance in the Taiwanese computer industry in order to provide empirical results as a general reference for GCSM.…”

“…Tian et al developed a system dynamics model to promote the diffusion of GCSM in China's automobile industry [22]. Hsu and Hu examined consistency approaches by fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the adoption and implementation of GSCM in Taiwanese electronic industry [23]. GSCM is gaining increasing interest among researchers and practitioners of operations and supply chain management [24][25][26].…”

The Moderating Role of Advance Manufacturing Technology (AMT) on the Relationship between LARG- Supply Chain and Supply Chain Performance

“…Spiegler et al (2012) illustrated the adaptability of SC during the arrangement of unpredictable events, responding to disruptions, and sustaining progress operations. Hsu and Hu (2008) demonstrated that green SCM is a proactive approach developed during the improvement of the environmental performance of operations following end products within a suitable requirement of an environmental regulation. Zhu et al (2010) indicated that green SCM is an environmental innovation.…”