Abstract—Performance of green supply chain depends on several factors associated with their activities and thus need to analyse these attributes/factors. To improvement in overall performance, these factors should be formulated within a structural model to understand interacting relationships among them. In this way, DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) method is proposed for the purpose of this research for visualizing and constructing the interactions between identified factors related to GSC. Total 6 performance focused attributes has been identified and further classified into cause and effect group attributes utilizing DEMAEL method. Study results shows that supplier selection and related issue, governmental rules and regulations comes under cause group and green purchasing, design and operations, ecological benefits and resources management, green image, and green productivity forms effect group. Finally, a case example is presented to discuss the managerial usefulness of this research.

Index Terms—Green supply chain, Green supply chain management, DEMATEL method, Attributes, Performance measurement, Decision making

Cite:Sachin Mangla, Pradeep Kumar and Mukesh Kumar Barua, "An Evaluation of Attribute for Improving the Green Supply Chain Performance Via Dematel Method ," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Special Issue, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 31-35, January 2014.