Integration of lean and green supply chain - Impact on manufacturing firms in improving environmental efficiencies

Parveen, C. Mallika; Kumar, Ajit; Rao, T. V. V. L. N.

doi:10.1109/gtec.2011.6167659

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“…4 shows the articles that have been published in the recent lean-green literature intending to integrate these strategic initiatives. Some of these integrating approaches were developed to be applied at an operation/process level in the manufacturing industry (Diaz-Elsayed et al, 2013;Pampanelli et al, 2014), while others have focused on supply chains (Parveen et al, 2011;Mason et al, 2008). Despite these, there seems to be a limited number of approaches or models that integrate lean and green thinking and merge their fundaments and principles (Pampanelli et al, 2014;Kurdve et al, 2011).…”

Section: Integration Of Lean and Green As A Consolidated Approachmentioning

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Lean and green – a systematic review of the state of the art literature

Garza‐Reyes

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The move towards greener operations and products has forced companies to seek alternatives to balance efficiency gains and environmental friendliness in their operations and products. The exploration of the sequential or simultaneous deployment of lean and green initiatives is the results of this balancing action. However, the lean-green topic is relatively new, and it lacks of a clear and structured research definition. Thus, this paper's main contribution is the offering of a systematic review of the existing literature on lean and green, aimed at providing guidance on the topic, uncovering gaps and inconsistencies in the literature, and finding new paths for research. The paper identifies and structures, through a concept map, six main research streams that comprise both conceptual and empirical research conducted within the context of various organisational functions and industrial sectors. Important issues for future research are then suggested in the form of research questions. The paper's aim is to also contribute by stimulating scholars to further study this area in depth, which will lead to a better understanding of the compatibility and impact on organisational performance of lean and green initiatives. It also holds important implications for industrialists, who can develop a deeper and richer knowledge on lean and green to help them formulate more effective strategies for their deployment.

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Section: Integration Of Lean and Green As A Consolidated Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lean and green – a systematic review of the state of the art literature

Garza‐Reyes

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

491

355

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“…However, despite these studies, and the fact that Garza-Reyes (2015a) identified around 23 different research articles that study lean and green within the context of supply chains, only the works of Parveen et al (2011) and Mason et al (2008) have intended to integrate lean and green, and merge their fundaments and principles, within the context of supply chains. This suggests that further research is needed to propose a method to integrate and demonstrate the applicability of lean to enhance the environmental performance of supply chains, but particularly, its logics and road transportation activities.…”

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“…In order to realise their natural synergies and compatibilities, and for lean initiatives to consider environmental aspects, and vice-versa, a number of researchers have intended to align and integrate the lean and green paradigms through different approaches (Diaz-Elsayed et al, 2013;Pampanelli et al, 2014;Parveen et al, 2011;Mason et al, 2008;Duarte and Cruz-Machado, 2013a;Duarte and Cruz-Machado, 2013b). However, despite these studies, and the fact that Garza-Reyes (2015a) identified around 23 different research articles that study lean and green within the context of supply chains, only the works of Parveen et al (2011) and Mason et al (2008) have intended to integrate lean and green, and merge their fundaments and principles, within the context of supply chains.…”

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Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment

Garza‐Reyes

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Kumar

et al. 2016

Production Planning & Control

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“…Another combined method is the lean and green which are utilized in many research works. To promote the sustainability in the industry, Parveen et al [5] have conducted a study to assess the major lean tools used in lean and green supply chain and these tools also include the six sigma method. Franchetti et al [6] pointed out that six sigma is an important tool for implementing with the lean and green initiatives in the organization, especially, manufacturing enterprises, since the proper utilization will reduce the non-value added waste in the organization efficiently.…”

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The Implementation of Life Cycle Analysis and Six Sigma Method to Achieve Sustainable Water Consumption in the Agricultural Sector

Kandananond

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Generally, water is regarded as one of the most important resources in every aspect of life. The reduction of water consumption is a crucial issue for both business and environmental perspectives. This study focuses on the integration of life cycle analysis (LCA), six-sigma, and water footprint method to reduce the water consumption in the agricultural sector. The scenario utilized in this study is the water management in the rice production process. The life cycle analysis and water footprint are used to effectively quantify the water consumption of each production activity covering the analysis scope from cradle to gate. The analysis is based on the type of water footprints which are differentiated into green, blue, and grey. Green and blue water footprint are the rainwater and irrigation water required to grow paddy rice while grey water footprint is the amount of polluted water caused by the production. Afterwards, the main tool of six-sigma, DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control), is implemented to reduce the water footprint. The measurement stage shows that the proportion of water use falls in these categories, farm water (93.4665%), polluted water (6.4196%), transportation (0.1135%), and milling (0.0003%). Since rice is the semi-aquatic plant so the reduction of farm use water is likely to be impossible, the spotlight is on the polluted water accounted for the second highest water consumption and it is caused by the fertilizer use. Therefore, the cause-and-effect diagram deployed in the analyze phase points out that the utilization of the green manure from the cover crops should be used in conjunction with the tradition fertilizer use. In the improvement phase, after the intervention measure is implemented, through the simulated calculation, the experimental design method statistically shows that the amount of grey water footprint is significantly reduced. To ensure the sustainability of the improvement, the individual X control chart will be applied to monitor the value of grey water footprint in the control stage.

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Integration of lean and green supply chain - Impact on manufacturing firms in improving environmental efficiencies

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

Lean and green – a systematic review of the state of the art literature

Lean and green – a systematic review of the state of the art literature

Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment

The Implementation of Life Cycle Analysis and Six Sigma Method to Achieve Sustainable Water Consumption in the Agricultural Sector

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