Drivers to sustainable manufacturing practices and circular economy: A perspective of leather industries in Bangladesh

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:174

Article

Moktadir, Md Abdul³  Rahman, Towfique¹  Rahman, Md Hafizur¹  Ali, Syed Mithun¹  Paul, Sanjoy Kumar² 

[1] Bangladesh Univ Engn & Technol, Dept Ind & Prod Engn, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

[2] Univ Technol Sydney, UTS Business Sch, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[3] Univ Dhaka, Inst Leather Engn & Technol, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh

关键词: Sustainable manufacturing practices;    Circular economy;    Sustainability driver;    Leather industry;    Graph theory;    Matrix approach;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.063

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable manufacturing practices and the circular economy have recently received significant attention in academia and within industries to improve supply chain practices. Manufacturing industries have started adopting sustainable manufacturing practices and a circular economy in their supply chain to mitigate environmental concerns, as sustainable manufacturing practices and a circular economy result in the reduction of waste generation and energy and material usage. The leather industry, in spite of it contributing remarkably to a country's economic growth and stability, does not bear a good image because of its role in polluting the environment. Therefore, the leather industries of Bangladesh are trying to implement sustainable manufacturing practices as a part of undertaking green supply chain initiatives to remedy their image with the buyer and to comply with government rules and regulations. The main contribution of this study is to assess, prioritize and rank the drivers of sustainable manufacturing practices in the leather industries of Bangladesh. We have used graph theory and a matrix approach to examine the drivers. The results show that knowledge of the circular economy is paramount to implementing sustainable manufacturing practices in the leather industry of Bangladesh. This study will assist managers of leather companies to formulate strategies for the optimum utilization of available resources, as well as for the reduction of waste in the context of the circular economy. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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