Title: Green supply chain management and operational performance: a study of controlled environmental agriculture in Sri Lanka

Authors: S.H.T. Kumudumali; Ravindra Hewa Kuruppuge; Hotniar Siringoringo

Addresses: Department of Operations Management, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka ' Department of Operations Management, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka ' Magister Program of Industrial of Management and Engineering, Gunadarma University, Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract: The present study aims to evaluate the influence of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices on operational performance (OPP) in a control environmental agriculture (CEA). A mixed methodology was used for data collection. The inductive approach was based on data collected using the five most successful respondents in CEA. The deductive approach was based on the data collected through 275 farmers who engaged in CEA in Badulla District in Sri Lanka. The data was analysed using the content analysis method and the structural equation modelling (SEM). Based on content analysis, experience, family support, knowledge and knowledge sharing, and green practices were the most frequently mentioned by farmers as their indicators of operational performance. Results showed the influence of the GSCM practices (GSCMPs) leads to increases the cost savings, improve the quality of products, improve delivery time, and improve the adaptability of change from one product to another.

Keywords: operational performance; green supply chain management; GSCM; green purchasing; eco-design; green manufacturing; knowledge; experience; Sri Lanka.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2023.130967

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2023 Vol.45 No.1, pp.50 - 66

Received: 04 Jan 2021
Accepted: 02 Feb 2021
Published online: 17 May 2023 *

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