The impact of green supply chain management practices on manufacturing smes performance in the tamale metropolis. Moderating role of supply chain collaboration
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2023
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The study focused on the impact of green supply chain management practices on manufacturing smes performance in the tamale metropolis. Moderating role of supply chain collaboration. The study adopted a descriptive research design and non-probability sampling was used and the study sampled two hundred and eleven (211) respondents. Questionnaires were used mainly for data collection. The study used quantitative approach in analyzing the data. The study found out that the manufacturing smes do not design products to ensure that they have reusable and recyclable contents, neither do they use life-cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental load of products. Meanwhile the firms reduce power consumption in products during manufacturing and transportation and they employ eco-technological equipment and process during manufacturing. The study established that also, the smes collaborate with suppliers to set up environmental goals and work with their suppliers to seamlessly integrate their inter-firm processes. Also, challenges that the manufacturing smes face were lack of government support, lack of alternate technology and fear of success and pressure of lower prices. The study concludes that, gscm not only assist them to perform directly economically, but also help them to perform socially and environmentally, which raises both their own and the community in which they operate the quality of life. Gscm procedures therefore have an effect on the manufacturing smes performance. The study recommends that policymakers, in particular the government and other environmental regulatory bodies, should give the necessary impetus to enforce already-existing regulations and further develop specific national regulations that will support and exert pressure on ghanaian manufacturing smes to adopt gscm practices in the manufacturing sector.
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A thesis submitted to the institute of distance learning, Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in logistics and supply chain management