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Journal of Social Welfare and Management

Volume  10, Issue 3, Sep-Dec 2018, Pages 645-651
 

Original Article

Optimizing Holistic Supplychain Management Practice: An Exploratory Study on Green Logistics Companies in Chennai City

A. Appu1, S.G. Balaji2

1Research Scholar, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development (BSMED), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641046, India. 2Associate Professor, MEASI Institute of Management Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600014, India.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.10318.53

Abstract

 Logistics industry in India is gaining momentum at fast pace with the evolution of infrastructure and technological innovations with the emergence of new types of top logistics companies in India. The Indian logistics industry is defined by its ability to function as an integral service to the customers in helping them ameliorate their overhead costs in the logistics sector in India. Logistics is regarded as a crucial sector of the economy to offer cost-effective solutions for shipment and transportation of goods that supports various other commercial sectors. Logistic industry in India is evolving rapidly, it is the interplay of infrastructure, technology and new types of service providers, which defines whether the logistic industry is able to help its customers reduce their costs in logistic sector and provide effective services. The recent Indian logistics sector comprises of inbound and outbound segments of the manufacturing and service supply chains. Green logisticsis a form of logistics which is calculated to be environmentally and often socially friendly in addition to economically functional. It describes all attempts to measure and minimize the ecological impact of logistics activities. This includes all activities of the forward and reverse flows of products, information and services between the point of origin and the point of consumption. It is the aim to create a sustainable company value using a balance of economic and environmental efficiency. Logistics companies in India are waking up to the global trend of offering green services to their customers and are showcasing what they do to reduce their carbon footprint. The objective of research paper is to measure holistic Supply chain Management practices among suppliers and customers of green logistics companies in Chennai city.

Keywords: Rfid Technology; Supplier(S) Relationship Management; Manufacturing Flow Management; Audit Performance of Supply Chain and Supply Chain Function.


Corresponding Author : A. Appu, Research Scholar, Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development (BSMED), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641046, India.