Journal 1
Articles
Green Supply Chain Management: A Review And Research Direction
Author
Noor Aslinda Abu Seman , Norhayati Zakuan , Ahmad Jusoh and Mohd Shoki Md Arif
Year
2012
Framework
Green supply chain management continues to be an important research agenda among the
researchers. However, there is still limited of studies to investigate GSCM adoption and
implementation in developing countries. Therefore, our research direction will be focus on ISO
14001 certified manufacturing firms in Malaysia context in order to extend the study about
GSCM in more depth. ISO 14001 certified firms will be focused because they are expected to be
involved in the adoption of GSCM practices. This is supported by the studies of Darnall et al.
and Zhu et al. The research direction of this paper is showed above.
Variables/Items/Measurement
Based on these tables, the authors can see that most studies were explored on developed
countries and more focus to the manufacturing area. It can be concluded that most developed
countries are chosen because they were facing a lot of environmental problems due to the greater
economic consumption. Then, the manufacturing industry can be seen as the major contributor to
the environmental problems.
Journal 2
Articles
The Implementation of Green Supply Chain Management Practices in Electronics Industry
Author
Ninlawan C., Seksan P., Tossapol K., and Pilada W.
Year
2010
Framework
To survey current green activities in computer parts’ manufacturers in Thailand, 11
manufacturers are selected for case studies who provide in-depth interview about green
procurement, green manufacturing, green distribution, and/or reverse logistics. Their products or
services are related to computer parts which are IC, hard disk drive, power supply, print circuit
board and monitor. Also, several stakeholders in EOL electronic parts: used computer stores,
waste collectors, disassembly/recycle plants, and final treatment/landfill company are involved.
Most of them comply with WEEE and RoHS directives to minimize the hazardous or toxic in
electronic parts. Their green activities can be revealed as shown in Figure above.
Variables/Items/Measurement
1.Environmental
1.1 Reduction of air emission
1.2 Reduction of waste water
1.3 Reduction of solid wastes
1.4 Reduction of physical
1.5 Decrease of consumption for hazardous/harmful/toxic
materials
1.6 Decrease of frequency for environmental accidents
1.7 Improve an enterprise’s environmental situation
2.Positive economic
2.1 Decrease of cost for materials purchasing
2.2 Decrease of cost for energy consumption
2.3 Decrease of fee for waste treatment
2.4 Decrease of fee for waste discharge
2.5 Decrease of fine for environmental accidents
3.Negative economic
3.1 Increase of investment
3.2 Increase of operational cost
3.3 Increase of training cost
3.4 Increase of costs for purchasing environmentally
friendly materials
GSCM pressure: questions about affecting or motivating
implementation were answered using a five-point scale (1 =
not at all important, 2 = not important, 3 = not thinking about
it, 4 = important, 5 = extremely important). The questions
can be grouped as three topics which are:
1.Market
1.1 Export
2.Regulatory
2.1 Central governmental environmental regulations
2.2 Regional environmental regulations
2.3 Regulations: WEEE
2.4 Regulations: RoHS
2.5 Regulations: REACH
2.6 Regulations: EuP
3.Competition
3.1 Competitors’ green strategies
3.2 Industrial professional group activities
The questionnaire contains questions about the influence of implementing GSCM on these
performance factors were answered using a five-point scale (1 = not at all, 2 = a little bit, 3 = to
some degree, 4 = relatively significant, 5 = significant). The questions can be grouped as three
topics which are shown above.
