Title: Green supply chain management influences on the environmental and operational performance: a case study of the printing industry

Authors: Mohammed Said Obeidat; Nader A. Al Theeb; Muna K. Beliah

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan ' Department of Industrial Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan

Abstract: Environmental awareness has recently increased dramatically worldwide. This results in adopting several environmental preservation methods, such as green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. This paper discusses the impacts of implementing GSCM practices on the environmental performance (EP) and operational performance (OP) considering a printing press industry in Jordan. Several GSCM practices were implemented at the printing press in Jordan. Collected data before and after implementing the GSCM practices were analysed statistically considering the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and the analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that internal environmental management (IEM) has positively decreased waste generation and increased operational quality. However, IEM has negatively decreased the associated noise. This was quite the opposite of waste management and green procurement methods, which showed positive effects on decreasing noise. Waste management also participated in decreasing diesel consumption. In addition, green transportation has a negative effect on decreasing new order delays.

Keywords: green supply chain management; GSCM; environmental performance; operational performance; printing industry; statistical analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2023.132988

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2023 Vol.45 No.4, pp.490 - 515

Received: 20 Apr 2021
Accepted: 08 May 2021
Published online: 23 Aug 2023 *

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