Adoption of smart and sustainable manufacturing practices: An exploratory study of Indian manufacturing companies

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440542110406
Author(s):  
Ankur Aggarwal ◽  
Sumit Gupta ◽  
Anbesh Jamwal ◽  
Rajeev Agrawal ◽  
Monica Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Manufacturing Competitiveness ◽  
Indian Industries ◽  
Modelling Approach

Technological advancements and volatile customer demand over the globe have forced manufacturing industries to adopt smart and sustainable manufacturing practices. Now the industries are moving towards the Industry 4.0 to satisfy the mass customization demands as well as to create sustainable value creation. Indian industries are considered as one of major manufacturing hub for the automobile components in world and plays an important role in development of Indian economy. However, the adoption level of Smart manufacturing practices in India is limited due to technological, economical and other challenges. Industries are still struggling with the adoption of smart and sustainable manufacturing practices in the developing economies like India. Therefore, this study aims to find the relationship between sustainable and smart manufacturing practices in the emerging economies. In the present study we have used the hypothesis modelling approach to link the manufacturing competitiveness and top management commitment with the sustainable and smart manufacturing practices. The data is collected with the help of questionnaire survey from the Indian manufacturing industries. Further, Structural equation modelling approach (SEM) is used. The results of this study highlights how manufacturing industries can adopt the smart and sustainable manufacturing practices in the developing economies like India.

scholarly journals An Integrated Decision-Making Approach for Cause-And-Effect Analysis of Sustainable Manufacturing Indicators

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1517
Author(s):  
Neeraj Bhanot ◽  
Fahham Hasan Qaiser ◽  
Mohammed Alkahtani ◽  
Ateekh Ur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Effect Analysis ◽  
Final Cause ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Cause And Effect Analysis

Sustainability is a growing concern for manufacturing companies, as they are major contributors to pollution and consume a substantial portion of the world´s natural resources. Sustainable manufacturing can reduce waste, conserve energy and increase resource efficiency. However, one of the main challenges facing manufacturing organisations to put sustainability into practice is the lack of understanding of the cause-and-effect relationships between critical indicators of sustainable manufacturing. To overcome this challenge, a novel, rigorous and integrated framework, composed of four quantitative methods, is proposed to analyse critical indicators of sustainable manufacturing. The analysis is based on responses from both academic and industry experts. These four methods including DEMATEL (decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory), the MMDE (maximum mean de-entropy) algorithm, ISM (interpretive structural modelling) and SEM (structural equation modelling) are uniquely integrated to present statistically validated relationships between critical indicators using information on varying degrees of relationship between them. The final cause-and-effect models for the respondent groups (i.e., researchers and industry experts) are further validated through gathering the viewpoints of a researcher and an industry practitioner for its robustness. The novelty of our research lies in: (1) proposing a novel and integrated rigorous quantitative framework combined with qualitative research method; (2) applying the proposed framework to analyse contextual relationships between critical indicators of implementing sustainability, in the manufacturing sector as a whole, which to the best of authors’ knowledge is the first of its kind; and (3) comparing and contrasting results of researchers and industry practitioners’ groups along with a check of their validation and robustness.

scholarly journals The impact of Covid-19 on E-business practices and consumer buying behavior in a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (38) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Fakhr E Alam Afridi ◽  
Shahid Jan ◽  
Bushra Ayaz ◽  
Muhammad Irfan
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modelling Approach ◽  
Consumer Buying Behavior

Online trade has shown a sharp increase since the outbreak of pandemic Coronavirus. The COVID-19 has affected almost all financial and business activities around the world, even in Pakistan. It has changed the way consumers used to shop before the pandemic outbreak. Many companies until recently have developed and created their online stores and making up the most of their sales using internet channel. Consumer have no other choice but shop from home. In this research study, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on e-business practices and consumer behavior in Pakistan. The theory of acceptance model has been applied where consumer behavior, e-business, and COVID-19, and posted as a key construct of the proposed research model. Structural Equation Modelling approach has been used to examine the interrelationship of variables of research. We applied two-step recommended Structural Equation Modelling approach, first, validate the constructs by using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and then conducted Structural Equation Modelling path analysis and report the results, which indicated that in the present scenario COVID-19 has significantly impacted both e-businesses and consumer buying behavior in the context of Pakistan. This research briefly highlights the e-commerce trends and discusses the rapidly growing scope for online businesses and makes several future research suggestions, especially in the context of cultural and other barriers such as digital payment adoption in developing economies. This study limitation is the study sample and context-specific to Pakistan.

scholarly journals Analyzing the drivers of sustainable value creation, partnership strategies, and their impact on business competitive advantages of small & medium enterprises: a PLS-model

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (13 (110)) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Putu Hariastuti ◽  
Pratikto Pratikto ◽  
Purnomo Budi Santoso ◽  
Ishardita Pambudi Tama
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Critical Phenomenon ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Production Equipment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Sustainable manufacturing is a critical phenomenon in the process of creating sustainable value. This is a way to increase innovation and resource quality. On the other hand, the partnership strategy is an important factor in efforts to improve company performance. The involvement of the partnership strategy is one of the factors that strengthen the achievement of sustainable values. Furthermore, this affects the sustainability of a manufacturing company's competitiveness, including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In this study, we focus on creating sustainable value and the role of partnership strategies in improving the business performance of SMEs engaged in the metal manufacturing industry. The Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used to evaluate relationships and effects based on survey data from small and medium industries. The results show that the creation of sustainable value, including products, processes, production, equipment, organization, and human values, has a significant impact (β=0.522; ρ<0.001) on increasing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises. The effect of sustainable value creation on sustainable competitiveness is fully moderated by the partnership strategy (β=0.179; ρ=0.03), especially in the technology & equipment, and human resources. Apart from being a moderating variable, the partnership strategy has also been shown to significantly act as a partial mediating variable (β=0.135; ρ<0.05) for sustainable value creation in enhancing competitiveness. The partnership strategy's simultaneous involvement proves that the partnership strategy plays an important role in value creation to increase the competitiveness of sustainable manufacturing SMEs

Implementation of sustainable manufacturing practices in Indian manufacturing companies

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 2441-2459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Gupta ◽  
G.S. Dangayach ◽  
A.K. Singh ◽  
M.L. Meena ◽  
P.N. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Product Recovery ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose In the current global manufacturing scenario, all most all major players are now in a position to commit themselves to sustainability in all their operational initiatives and each of them follow their own methodology to attain their goal of sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to assess the sustainable manufacturing practice (SMP) in Indian manufacturing sector. This paper is also focused on the how lean practice leads to the sustainable manufacturing (SM). Design/methodology/approach A survey methodology is used for this research. The SMPs are identified for the literature review and survey questionnaire was framed. In all, 345 usable responses from four sectors namely automobile, electrical and electronics, machinery and process were collected through Google survey. Findings This research is focused on the SMPs. From this research it is found that sustainable product and process design (SPPD), lean practices (LP), agile practice and customization, sustainable supply operation and distribution and product recovery and return practices lead to the SM. Research limitations/implications This study has some limitations, which future researchers could consider. The large industries of Indian manufacturing across four sectors have been considered, the study can be further taken up to the micro, small and medium enterprises of the Indian manufacturing scenario. The questionnaire can be further developed as that it can be used for a global survey across various sectors and then comparison can be made between the Indian companies and their global counterpart. In future longitudinal studies can be conducted by considering the other SMPs like mass customization, smart manufacturing practices, etc. Practical implications The present research helps the stakeholders to develop strong regulatory norms/policies to promote the SMPs in Indian manufacturing industries. This research may help production/manufacturing managers/practitioners to understand various issues related to SM and how they can be used gainfully to improve their practices and performances towards sustainable development. Social implications This study enriches the corporate social responsibility in the organization. Corporate social responsibilities activities to be undertaken by the company shall include poverty and malnutrition, promoting health care including preventive health care and sanitation including contribution to the Swachh Bharat Kosh set-up by the Government of India for the promotion of sanitation and making available safe drinking water. This reinforces the company broader aim through its business activities to contribute to the wellbeing and sustainable development. Originality/value This study offers evidence of the implementation of SMPs namely SPPD, LP, agile practices and customization, sustainable supply operation and distribution and product recovery and return practices in Indian manufacturing organization. The authors propose a conceptual framework for SMPs and empirically tested.

The impact of sustainable manufacturing practices on sustainability performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salwa Hanim Abdul-Rashid ◽  
Novita Sakundarini ◽  
Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla ◽  
Ramayah Thurasamy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Manufacturing Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Sustainability Assessments ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Sustainable manufacturing practices are one of the significant environmental initiatives taken by manufacturing industries to preserve the environment and improve the quality of human life while performing manufacturing activities. The emergence of the value creation concept, economic value no longer counts as a single factor for measuring manufacturing performance. Within the sustainability context, the impact of manufacturing activities on the environmental and social aspects should be taken into account as the basis for assessing manufacturing performance, which is called sustainability performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of sustainable manufacturing practices with sustainability performance, which considers the environmental, economic and social aspects. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey is carried out among 443 ISO 14001 certified manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Structural equation modelling is used to evaluate the relationship of sustainable manufacturing practices with sustainability performance. Findings The findings of this study indicate that manufacturing process is the manufacturing stage that gives the most impact on the improvement of sustainability performance. Hence, it is concluded that manufacturing companies in Malaysia are highly focussed on the production bound when implementing sustainable manufacturing practices. Research limitations/implications Although this study indicates a good estimation of the proposed model, additional variables might be added to improve the prediction strength of the proposed model such as considering type of industries, economic scale or ownership. Adding the comparison of sustainable manufacturing practices between different countries also a valuable research to investigated. Practical implications The framework proposed here can also assist manufacturing industries to conduct sustainability assessments by providing elements of sustainability performance and can serve as a guideline to select appropriate sustainable manufacturing practices and to what level the practices need to be improved to leverage companies’ sustainability performance. Originality/value The framework proposed here can also assist manufacturing industries to conduct sustainability assessments by providing elements of sustainability performance and can serve as a guideline to select appropriate sustainable manufacturing practices and to what level the practices need to be improved to leverage companies’ sustainability performance.

scholarly journals UNCERTAINTY AS AN ANTECEDENT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK: DOES SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY MATTER IN RISK MITIGATION?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 503-509
Author(s):  
Jutamat Sutduean ◽  
Watcharin Joemsittiprasert ◽  
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility

Purpose: This study aims to address the existing research gap, as well as to explore the various types of flexibility which could contribute in mitigating supply chain risks. Methodology: In this regard, we consider three aspects under SCR namely; manufacturing process risk, delivery risk, and supply risk. The study explores the relationships among supply chain risk and environmental uncertainty, and the moderating role of supply chain flexibility by employing data of 91 manufacturing companies and develop a structural equation modelling. Results: Developing economies are contributing well in the global trade and are responsible for 50% of the generated global output. They present future prospects for economic growth and pose challenges mainly because of immature supply chain operations. Considering the critical role of emerging economies in global supply chain, such as India and China, it is also important to observe the moderating and driving supply chain risk factors in these regions. It is assumed that this study will not only fill the existing gap in the literature of SCRM but will assist researchers and practicing managers, by enabling them to fully understand certain types of supply chain flexibility, thus reducing the SCR under business environments.

scholarly journals Performance Measurement System and Quality Management in Data-Driven Industry 4.0: A Review

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Parkash Tambare ◽  
Chandrashekhar Meshram ◽  
Cheng-Chi Lee ◽  
Rakesh Jagdish Ramteke ◽  
Agbotiname Lucky Imoize
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Industrial Standards

The birth of mass production started in the early 1900s. The manufacturing industries were transformed from mechanization to digitalization with the help of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Now, the advancement of ICT and the Internet of Things has enabled smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 refers to the various technologies that are transforming the way we work in manufacturing industries such as Internet of Things, cloud, big data, AI, robotics, blockchain, autonomous vehicles, enterprise software, etc. Additionally, the Industry 4.0 concept refers to new production patterns involving new technologies, manufacturing factors, and workforce organization. It changes the production process and creates a highly efficient production system that reduces production costs and improves product quality. The concept of Industry 4.0 is relatively new; there is high uncertainty, lack of knowledge and limited publication about the performance measurement and quality management with respect to Industry 4.0. Conversely, manufacturing companies are still struggling to understand the variety of Industry 4.0 technologies. Industrial standards are used to measure performance and manage the quality of the product and services. In order to fill this gap, our study focuses on how the manufacturing industries use different industrial standards to measure performance and manage the quality of the product and services. This paper reviews the current methods, industrial standards, key performance indicators (KPIs) used for performance measurement systems in data-driven Industry 4.0, and the case studies to understand how smart manufacturing companies are taking advantage of Industry 4.0. Furthermore, this article discusses the digitalization of quality called Quality 4.0, research challenges and opportunities in data-driven Industry 4.0 are discussed.

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