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Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM): Design, Planning and Optimization
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Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM): Design, Planning and Optimization

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 11123

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Tsai-Chi Kuo

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Guest Editor
Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
Interests: sustainability; green supply chain network; circular economy
Prof. Dr. Yu-Chung Tsao

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Guest Editor
Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan
Interests: sustainability; green supply chain network; circular economy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

To achieve sustainability, green supply chain management (GSCM) is challenging traditional linear supply chain models to become circular supply chains. In the business realm, green supply chains allow organizations to redesign their core operations more optimally. They focus on how green approaches improve operations in an ecological way. Currently, Industry 4.0 is being used to enhance green supply chain management to higher levels by reducing waste and improving the efficiency of production processes via more precise real-time planning. It is also having a significant impact on the enhancement of the performance of green supply chain management.  

Based on the Industry 4.0 strategy, the digitization and intelligence of the supply chain enables companies to fulfill customers’ requirements more promptly. This implies that consumer procurement behaviors and demand patterns are significantly influenced by high Internet penetration, ubiquitous information availability, and rapidly growing social networks. 

This Special Issue on “Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM): Design, Planning, and Optimization” aims to curate novel advances in the development and application of green supply chain modeling to address longstanding challenges toward sustainability. Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Development of new green supply chain management models;
  • Diagnosis of green supply chain management strategies which make use of model predictions;
  • Integration of open-loop or closed-loop control to drive green supply chain management toward sustainability; and
  • The development of industry 4.0 methodology to aid green supply chain management. 

Prof. Dr. Tsai-Chi Kuo
Prof. Dr. Yu-Chung Tsao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green supply chain management
  • circular supply chain network
  • sustainability
  • optimization

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Construct and Priority Ranking of Factors Affecting Crowdfunding for Green Products
by Xiu-Yue Zhang, Jui-Che Tu, Shurui Gu, Tzu-Hsuan Lu and Minzhe Yi
Processes 2022, 10(3), 480; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr10030480 - 27 Feb 2022
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This article aims to target the key factors that could positively affect crowdfunding success for green products in order to promote crowdfunding efficiency and green supply chain management. Methods: Data were collected through expert interviews and questionnaires and then processed through analytic hierarchy [...] Read more.
This article aims to target the key factors that could positively affect crowdfunding success for green products in order to promote crowdfunding efficiency and green supply chain management. Methods: Data were collected through expert interviews and questionnaires and then processed through analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analysis. Statistical tool: This study used Expert Choice as the software for AHP analysis. Sampling: There were 20 participants (20 effective) in pretesting and 30 (23 effective) in formal testing. Participants were followers of green products in Taiwan. Results: (1) Twenty-four factors were abstracted to form the final construct; (2) the 24 key factors could be divided into 2 hierarchies, with 5 primary factors and 19 secondary factors; (3) among the 5 primary factors, “green diversified context” was the most influential; (4) among the 19 secondary factors, “product material is safe and non-toxic” was the most important. Conclusions: Funders would be likely to finance green products on crowdfunding platforms if these products fit the 24 key factors in orders. Implications: This research contributes to product life cycle theory and crowdfunding theory and practically improves the sustainability of green products. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM): Design, Planning and Optimization)
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Discussion on the Purchase Factors and the User Demands of Electric Scooters from the Perspective of Consumers’ Life Style—A Case Study on Gogoro
by Jui-Che Tu, Xi-Hui Jia and Ting-Jen Yang
Processes 2022, 10(2), 395; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr10020395 - 18 Feb 2022
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With the development and popularization of the concept of a sustainable environment, the green energy industry represented by electric scooters has entered a vigorous development period. However, consumers are reluctant to buy electric scooters, resulting in low sales, which is limiting the development [...] Read more.
With the development and popularization of the concept of a sustainable environment, the green energy industry represented by electric scooters has entered a vigorous development period. However, consumers are reluctant to buy electric scooters, resulting in low sales, which is limiting the development of the electric scooter industry. Therefore, from the perspective of different consumer life styles, this study explored the impact on the purchasing decisions and user demands, so as to inform design strategy for the development of a sustainable electric scooter industry. This study adopted the methods of expert interview and questionnaire survey, used the self-made consumer life style and electric scooter product attribute scale as the research tool, and carried out quantitative analysis with the help of statistical software. It showed that compared with consumers’ awareness of environmental protection, product performance is the key factor that attracts consumers to buy electric scooters. More than consumers’ awareness of environmental protection, our study showed that product performance is the primary determinate of a consumers’s decision to purchase electric scooters. The consumer of the electric scooter can be categorized into three life style groups: “brand-conscious group”, “environmental and cost saving group” and “trendy adventurers group”. Outside of the “environmental and cost savings” group, the least important attribute that drive purchasing decisions was environmental sustainability. This can also inform more effective governmental policies and education to promote greater environmental protection. Each life style consumer group prioritizes different product attributes; therefore, electric scooter manufacturers should view each group as distinct market segments and draw up different product design and marketing strategies. Full article
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An Integrated Kano Model, Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, and Decision Matrix for Sustainable Supplier Selection in Palm Oil Industries Indonesia, a Case Study
by Tsai-Chi Kuo, Muniroh Muniroh and Kristin Halisa Fau
Processes 2021, 9(6), 1078; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr9061078 - 21 Jun 2021
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Industries have to integrate environmental, social, and economic aspects into their supply chain management to achieve sustainability. Hence, the industry needs to take appropriate actions in choosing the right suppliers. The aim of this study is to develop a framework for selecting sustainable [...] Read more.
Industries have to integrate environmental, social, and economic aspects into their supply chain management to achieve sustainability. Hence, the industry needs to take appropriate actions in choosing the right suppliers. The aim of this study is to develop a framework for selecting sustainable suppliers by integrating quality management tools using the Kano model, Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process, and Decision Matrix Method. To identify the critical sustainability criteria, the Kano model by the clustering the criteria for sustainable selection supplier was used. We then used the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process to determine the weight of each criterion and applied the Decision Matrix Method to select the most sustainable supplier. Afterward, the appropriate proposed framework was implemented in one of the palm oil industries in Indonesia to validate that the framework is applicable and useful. The study shows that the environmental dimension is the most sustainable supplier criteria followed by economy and social dimension. Quality, pollution control, and information disclosures were found to be important sub-dimensions for sustainable supplier selection. Full article
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Revenue and Cannibalization: The Effect of Interchangeable Design Confronted Remanufacturing Processing
by Feng Fu, Shuangying Chen and Lin Sun
Processes 2021, 9(3), 497; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/pr9030497 - 10 Mar 2021
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Traditional wisdom suggests that the interchangeable design in process system engineering, such as modularity or commonality design, can lower the manufacturing cost and act as a revenue driver. Moreover, the interchangeable design will be efficient in both assembling for new production and disassembling [...] Read more.
Traditional wisdom suggests that the interchangeable design in process system engineering, such as modularity or commonality design, can lower the manufacturing cost and act as a revenue driver. Moreover, the interchangeable design will be efficient in both assembling for new production and disassembling for remanufacturing. As such, interchangeable design confronted remanufacturing processing often involves a balance of revenue from cost drivers and cannibalization effects from remanufacturing. Therefore, this paper studies how the original equipment manufacturers’ (OEMs’) interchangeable design impacts the remanufacturing decisions, as well as the economy and environment. Specifically, we develop two theoretical models, in which an OEM makes a strategic choice relating to design interchangeability when the remanufacturing operations are undertaken by itself (Model O) or outsourced to third-party remanufacturers (Model T). This study finds that, although the optimal level of interchangeability related to the product design in Model T is lower than that in Model O, the optimal quantity of remanufactured products in the latter scenario is always higher. This suggests that remanufacturing outsourcing deters the OEM’s strategic choice on design interchangeability, which may be consistent with the fact that Lexmark makes its products less interchangeable to avoid remanufacturing from third-party remanufacturers (TPRs). Conversely, although the OEM is always less likely to outsource its remanufacturing operations to independent remanufacturers, remanufacturing outsourcing may be more beneficial for the environment, industry, and society. These key insights on the environmental groups or agencies suggest that remanufacturing outsourcing may be more beneficial for the environment, industry, and society and depends on the OEMs’ attitudes towards its profitability loss. Furthermore, to eliminate the above contrasting effects between the OEMs’ profitability and other issues, two possible remedies, including a revenue-sharing contract and subsidy-incentive mechanism, are provided to achieve a “win-win” situation. Full article
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