THE KEY ACTIVITIES OF GREEN LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IN THE THAI AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Keywords:
Green Logistics Management, Inbound Logistics, Thai automotive industry, Thai Industry Estate Authority, Key activityAbstract
Thai automotive industry needs to be developed for understanding activities management on inbound logistics that is an essential element of business operations for a manufacturing firm. The purpose of research is to study the main activities of green logistics management (inbound logistics) in the Thai automotive industry. Survey research was used in this study to collect data by sampling from the people in the field of logistics and environmental management of Thai automotive industry to examine the key activities of Green logistics management. Inferential statistics analysis using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) is applied to determine the key activities that influence to the logistics management in the sense of environmental friendly. There are two finding of research. Firstly, the conceptual framework presents three dimensions i.e. Green Transportation Activity (GTA), Green Purchasing Activity (GPA) and Green Inventory Activity (GIA) for key activities of green logistics management (inbound logistics). Secondly, the measurement model of the main three activities that GTA, GPA, and GIA are tested. The Goodness of fit statistic is 0.546. These suggest the fit of collected data to the hypothesized model.
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