A combined approach using AHP and DEMATEL for evaluating success factors in implementation of green supply chain management in Indian manufacturing industries

ABSTRACT

The present work aims to evaluate the success factors (SFs) associated with the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) from the Indian manufacturing industry perspective. Initially, 24 SFs relevant to GSCM adoption and implementation were identified from the literature and inputs received from relevant experts. Subsequently, a structural model was proposed by means of combining the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach to evaluate these SFs at the tactical, operational and strategic levels in GSCM adoption. The AHP method helps in determining the relative importance/priorities of the SFs to GSCM adoption. In addition, the DEMATEL method captures the interactive relationships among the SFs, and analyses them on the basis of causal effect mapping. The model proposed can help industrial managers/practitioners to formulate short-term as well as long-term flexible decision strategies in efficiently managing a green supply chain.

KEYWORDS:

• GSCM implementation success factors
• AHP
• DEMATEL
• supply chain management
• sustainable production
• Indian manufacturing industries

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Dr Allan Woodburn (Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Logistics), associate editors and anonymous reviewers, for their constructive suggestions. We thank you and your reviewers for suggesting directions for improving the paper. The authors are also thankful to The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India for technical support. The authors also acknowledge supporting research facilities provided by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. The second author also acknowledges the support of the research facilities provided by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The authors are also thankful to The Ministry of Human Resource Development, India for financial support.