Comparative Analysis of Two Industries for Validating Green Manufacturing (GM) Framework: An Indian Scenario

• Published in: Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series C Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 203 - 218
• Main Authors: Rehman, Minhaj Ahemad Abdul, Shrivastava, Rakesh Lakshmikumar, Shrivastava, Rashmi Rakesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Case Study; Comparative analysis; Diagnostic systems; Engineering; Environmental impact; Industrial and Production Engineering; Manufacturing; Mechanical Engineering; Green manufacturing; Reliability analysis; Factor analysis; Critical success factors
• ISSN: 2250-0545; 2250-0553
• DOI: 10.1007/s40032-016-0331-0

Green Manufacturing (GM) deals with manufacturing practices that reduces or eliminates the adverse environmental impact during any of its phases. It emphasizes the use of processes that do not contaminate the environment or hurt consumers, employees, or other stakeholders. This paper presents the comparative analysis of two Indian industries representing different sectors for validating GM framework. It also highlights the road map of the companies for achieving performance improvement through GM implementation and its impact on organisational performance. The case studies helps in evaluating the companies GM implementation and overall business performance. For this, a developed diagnostic instrument in the form of questionnaire was administered amongst employees in the companies respectively and their responses were analysed. In order to have a better understanding of the impact of GM implementation, the information about overall business performance was obtained over the last 3 years. The diagnostic instrument developed here may be used by manufacturing organisations to prioritise their management efforts to assess and implement GM.