Study of Green Supply Chain Management practices in the Indian Manufacturing Industries

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is one of the recent innovations for the enhancement of capabilities of Supply Chain Management. In this research, we aim to study the various activities of the Supply Chain processes of the various Indian Manufacturing Industries i.e. both SME’s {Small Manufacturing Enterprises} & Large Scale Industries & finds how much ecofriendly they are (i.e. how much % of the green factor are involved in their supply chain activities from the procurement of the raw material to the transportation of the final product) for the purpose of metering the performance of the manufacturing sectors has been studied. The major six activities of the supply chain; namely Green Sourcing & Procurement, Green Manufacturing, Green Warehousing, Green Distribution, Green Packaging, Green Transportation are being covered throughout the research. From these above process activities we measured the performance of the various Indian manufacturing industries with the help of various crucial performance indicators & their sub-indicator’s.The research outcome based on the survey in this research paper identifies the important results that are causes impact on the environment caused by the manufacturing sectors based upon the appropriate methodology we applied for research purpose. In this research paper, we discussed the various environment factors affecting in the manufacturing sectors while greening the supply chain as identified from the literature review. A survey questionnaire designed with four main factors affecting the sustainable supply chain further having various Indicators & SubIndicators. This survey questionnaire was being filled by the various multiple manufacturing sectors in order to find out the sustainability performance of various manufacturing sectors towards Green future. Keywords— Supply Chain management (GSCM); Green Sourcing & Procurement Green Manufacturing, Green Warehousing, Green, Distribution, Green Packaging, Green Transportation