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Green Supply Chain Management: A Precursor to Green Purchasing

In: Green Practices and Strategies in Supply Chain Management

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  • Kenneth Mathu

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The chapter's focus is on an enterprise collaboration with the members of the value chain and the use of technology to enhance integration. These factors are attributes of supply chain management (SCM). When emphasis is placed on lean and agile supply chains, closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics, and the practice of just in time (JIT), the operation is transformed to green supply chain management (GSCM). JIT reduces outsourcing of resources, has controlled production and transportation, and uses distribution centers to expedite the distribution process. The utilization of the returned products in reverse logistics for reuse, recycle, and remanufacturing reduces dumping and environmental degradation. The returned materials become additional resource which is value-added to the enterprise. Ultimately, this is a cost saving and a contribution to the enterprise's bottom line and sustainability.

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  • Kenneth Mathu, 2019. "Green Supply Chain Management: A Precursor to Green Purchasing," Chapters, in: Syed Abdul Rehman Khan (ed.), Green Practices and Strategies in Supply Chain Management, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:195213
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.87158
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    1. Guangyuan Xing & Bing Xia & Jue Guo, 2019. "Sustainable Cooperation in the Green Supply Chain under Financial Constraints," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-16, October.

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    Keywords

    collaboration and integration; environment; green supply chain management; lean and agile; reverse logistics;
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    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management

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