Effects Of Green Supply Chain Management On Organizational Productivity: A Survey Of Textile Industries In Eldoret

Abstract

Green Supply Chain Management practice is a multi-dimensional concept which can be measured from different perspectives. The study purpose was to assess effects of green supply chain management on organizational productivity: a survey of Textile Industries in Eldoret. Its objectives were; to analyze the effects of green procurement, green manufacturing and the effects of operations and reverse logistics on organizational productivity in Textile Industries in Eldoret Town. The study was guided by public value theory and institutional theory; the study adopted descriptive survey research design. The research was carried out in all the departments of Textile Industries in Eldoret Town. For the purpose of getting a representative sample, the researchers used a census of the target population. Questionnaires were used as data collection instruments. The data was analyzed using both descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics (multiple linear regression model)the findings was presented in tables. The study findings indicate that all the three predictor variables; green procurement p=0.000, green manufacturing p=0.000 and operations and reverse logisticsp=0.000 showed a strong relationship with the dependent variable organizational productivity. The study thus mechanisms should be put in place by the textile industries to address the challenges that are hampering the implementation of green procurement. It should consider the environmental aspects to performance criteria when making purchasing decisions, also, organizations should adopt production processes which use inputs with relatively low environmental impacts, which are highly efficient, and which will generate little or no waste or pollution, this can lead to lower raw material costs, production efficiency gains, reduced environmental and occupational safety expenses, and improved corporate image, further, textile industries should adopt reverse logistics practices in order to conform to set environmental regulations, this should includes all activities of the flows of products, information and services between the point of origin and the point of consumption. Lastly the study recommends that organizations should increase diversity and dynamics, environmental issues which are important in ensuring organizational productivity. This will ensure organizations reduce the impact on the environment on the procurement process and to develop sustainable transport and supply chain strategies. This research that a research of the same kind since the study only focused on the effects of green procurement, green manufacturing and operations and reverse logistics of textile industries in Eldoret Town, a comparative research is suggested with other regions of the same characteristics. Further owing to the limitations of the study it is suggested that same study be done but in other sectors as the results on the current study may not be generalized to other institutions, also, as more reliable data becomes available on green procurement and organizational productivity, it may also be useful to determine whether or not the relationships examined in this study hold over time.