Performance appraisal for green/environmental friendliness of a supply chain department
Abstract: This paper aims at proposing
a method for evaluating the environmental friendliness of a supply chain
department in any organization. Supply chain involves activities that could
affect the natural environment and if these activities are not properly
evaluated and monitored, it could affect the natural environment and also
generate ecological performance change.
Design/methodology/approach: The model for the appraisal consists of 5
criteria and 30 subcriteria. The method is applied at 3 level; beginning with
finding the relative weight of the subcriteria under each criterion using
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), followed by computing the value associated
with each level descriptor in a scale. Some subcriteria have 5 level
descriptors (very strong/moderate /weak/very weak / no), some subcriteria have
3 level descriptors (always / sometimes/ never) and some have 2 levels
descriptor (yes/no). Finally the method is concluded by the means of an
additive model, whereby the weight associated with each subcriteria is
multiplied by the corresponding level descriptor and summed up to get the
limit/state. This methodology is called the weighing multiplication and
additive model (WMAAM).
Finding: Supply chain (SC) involves operational activities and for these
activities to be environmental friendly, they have been categorized under
criteria namely; green design, green procurement, green manufacturing,
environmental management and green marketing. These criteria which consist of
30 subcriteria are evaluated in other to compute the overall environmental
friendly appraisal of the SC department.
Practical Implication: The study plays important role in understanding
various areas to be monitored and considered during supply chain activities in
order to achieve a green supply chain management or an environmental friendly
supply chain.
Originality/value: The main contribution of this work is to propose an
effective methodology that guides SC practitioners on carrying out green
performance appraisal of a SC department in any organization.
Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy
Process (AHP), environmental management, green supply chain management,
performance appraisal
Author: Solomon Olasunkanmi
Odeyale
Journal Code: jptindustrigg140067
