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Green Supply Chain Management Practices in Automobile Industry: An Empirical Study


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1 Academics Institute of Management Studies, Dehradun
2 Medi-caps Institute of Technology and Management, Indore
     

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Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has emerged as new management strategy for automobile organizations to become more environmental friendly, cost effective and competitive. The aim of this study is to review the literature of GSCM Practices and find out the common GSCM practices amongst the automobile and auhto-component organization in Madhya Pradesh (India). The data came from survey of 10 organizations. From the literature, we have found 26 GSCM Practices. According to the survey results, some practices are at the best stage but most are on the primary stage. So, we have found that there are opportunities for business to adopt more environmental friendly operations.

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Green Supply Chain Management, Automobile, Practices
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Authors

V. K. Jain
Academics Institute of Management Studies, Dehradun
Shivani Sharma
Medi-caps Institute of Technology and Management, Indore

Abstract


Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) has emerged as new management strategy for automobile organizations to become more environmental friendly, cost effective and competitive. The aim of this study is to review the literature of GSCM Practices and find out the common GSCM practices amongst the automobile and auhto-component organization in Madhya Pradesh (India). The data came from survey of 10 organizations. From the literature, we have found 26 GSCM Practices. According to the survey results, some practices are at the best stage but most are on the primary stage. So, we have found that there are opportunities for business to adopt more environmental friendly operations.

Keywords


Green Supply Chain Management, Automobile, Practices

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