Emerging Field of Green Supply Chain Management

(Chin, 2012) Product returns management is a very important and difficult task to support environmental sustainability. In response to this trend, researchers in many parts of the world have done a lot of research on reverse logistics and reverse supply chains, which are being studied separately from the supply chain's forward channel. At the same time, if the two channels are considered closed loop supply chains in an integrated way, there is an opportunity to create added value and improve efficiency by returning products.

The purpose of this white paper is to express the impact of green in supply chain management. First of all, I introduce the company's basic knowledge on supply chain management at various levels. After that, we introduced the chronology and benefits of Green Supply Chain Management. What are factors that affect the adoption of green supply chain in society? These factors can be categorized by various stakeholders such as government, market as a whole, industry, competitors and society. Since green supply chain management can be applied to various fields within the company, this document also explains the implementation of green supply chain management in several areas. In addition, some examples of Green Supply Chain Management applications are presented to support this concept.

Green Supply Chain Management is based on literature on environmental management and supply chain management. Adding "green" elements to supply chain management involves addressing the impacts and relationships between supply chain management and the natural environment. In addition, Green Supply Chain Management is defined as the integration of environmental thinking into supply chain management, including procurement and selection of materials, product design, manufacturing processes, delivery of final products to customers and post-disposal management. Its useful life

A new field from the viewpoint of the traditional supply chain is Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM). Through "the quality revolution in the late 1980s and the supply chain revolution in the early 1990s", companies were promoted to give more consideration to the environment. Green Supply Chain Management is becoming increasingly popular among academics and experts to reduce waste and to ensure product longevity and quality of natural resources. Currently, the most important asset to achieve the best and most advanced technology is environmental efficiency and remanufacturing process. Due to world market demand and government pressure, companies are forced to become more sustainable. In my opinion, these issues were incorporated into the strategic planning agenda and the executive suite, with the expansion of government regulations and the strengthening of public responsibility for environmental responsibility. " The first green supply chain was born in 1989