Green product development framework: empirical evidence from Chinese automotive supply chains

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Benchmarking-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI:10.1108/bij-10-2022-0614

M. Abdulrahman, N. Subramanian

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Abstract

PurposeThe study aims to develop and test a supply chain wide green product development framework of focal firms and their major suppliers, in the context of the Chinese automotive industry.Design/methodology/approachAn in-depth case studies approach is adopted for this study. Three automotive sector upstream supply chains involving 17 firms and 51 experts as respondents were interviewed on the importance and implementation effectiveness of 6Rs (reduce, redesign, recover, remanufacture, reuse and recycle) across the manufacturer and their respective tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers.FindingsThe results indicate that the Chinese automotive sector supply chains are mainly focused on “reduce” practices with immediate environmental and economic benefits. The investigated firms however had future implementation plans for “redesign” and “recovery” practices to become comprehensive in green product development (GPD).Research limitations/implicationsThe study facilitates automotive firms, industry policymakers and researchers the understanding of incorporating comprehensive GSCM practices across the upstream supply chain to achieve circularity. The study focused on upstream supply chain due to the concentration of major production practices in this section of the supply chain. However, the downstream supply chain equally deserve attention as well as the need to understand the mediating and moderating roles of the different Rs to tease out the pros and cons of achieving overall environmental sustainability.Originality/valueThere are very limited studies on comprehensive GPD for achieving optimal GSCM and sustainability. By simultaneous looking at a focal firm and its upstream supply chains GSCM practices, this study addresses a system-wide comprehensive GPD issues from implementation of 6Rs perspectives in the supply chain.

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绿色产品开发框架:来自中国汽车供应链的经验证据

本研究的目的是在中国汽车工业的背景下，开发和测试重点企业及其主要供应商的供应链范围内的绿色产品开发框架。设计/方法/方法本研究采用深入的案例研究方法。三个汽车行业上游供应链涉及17家公司和51位专家作为受访者，对制造商及其各自的一级和二级供应商的6r(减少、重新设计、回收、再制造、再利用和再循环)的重要性和实施有效性进行了采访。研究结果表明，中国汽车行业供应链主要侧重于具有直接环境和经济效益的“减少”实践。然而，被调查的公司有“重新设计”和“恢复”实践的未来实施计划，以成为全面的绿色产品开发(GPD)。研究的局限性/意义本研究有助于汽车公司、行业决策者和研究人员理解在上游供应链中整合全面的GSCM实践以实现循环。由于主要的生产实践集中在供应链的这一部分，所以研究的重点是上游供应链。然而，下游供应链同样值得关注，也需要了解不同Rs的中介和调节作用，以梳理出实现整体环境可持续性的利弊。原创性/价值对于实现最佳GSCM和可持续性的综合GPD的研究非常有限。通过同时观察焦点公司及其上游供应链GSCM实践，本研究从供应链中实施6r的角度解决了全系统的综合GPD问题。

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Benchmarking-An International Journal MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

16.10%

发文量

154

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