Drivers in Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Management System for Environmental Sustainability

Competitiveness is one of the most important aspects of business in the current business environment. Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Management System (AMMS) helps companies in improving competitiveness. Also, the growth of manufacturing sector is not possible without adoption of AMMS. India is a country looking to get multidimensional benefits from growth of manufacturing sector. But Indian manufacturing sector is suffering from resource crunch. It is not easy task to adopt AMMS because of limited availability of resources. Since, AMMS are linked with environmental sustainability also; this paper finds various drivers in adoption of AMMS for environmental sustainable manufacturing. These drivers are placed in priority matrix which is helpful to companies in formulation of strategy regarding environmental sustainability. Using literature review and expert discussions, 31 drivers are identified in adoption of AMMS for environmental sustainable manufacturing. A group of experts having experience in academic as well as industrial experience ranked drivers and placed them in a priority matrix. With known set of impactful drivers, it is easy to choose appropriate strategy for effective yielding of environmental sustainability for any company. This study is focused only on environmental aspect of sustainability.