Supply Chain Management Practices in the Automotive Industry in India

Abstract

The automotive industry is one of the main manufacturing industries and has a significant effect on the environment and society. SSCM procedures are specific practices that are implemented into the conventional supply chain and assist an industry transition to an SSC. Firms have a hard time finding the most beneficial practices and understanding how they interact. Unfortunately, no prior research has looked at how these practices interact in the car business, especially from an Indian viewpoint. The goal of this research is to gain a better knowledge of the interconnected influences across SSCM processes, with a focus on the automobile industry. Our study includes perspectives from a variety of stakeholders, including management, societal, environmental, and government organizations. Researchers offer a conceptual model for evaluating automobile industry SSCM practices in the rising Indian economy, based on the Validation Laboratory and Decision Making Trial technique. The researcher discovered interdependencies and the prevalence of the highlighted practices through a survey questionnaire of the above stakeholders. The cause units and effect groups of the practices are depicted in a prominent causal connection diagram. Particular stakeholder viewpoints and composite stakeholder viewpoints are compared and contrasted. According to the findings, the most important strategies for establishing SSCM are performance management to conservation and applying the triple bottom line method in strategic decision making. This research lays a platform for industrial executives to comprehend the interplay between practices, increasing the likelihood of effective SSCM implementation in the automobile industry.