Green Supply Chain Management: Analysis and Implementation

This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of green supply chain management, covering its necessity for companies, main energy consumption costs, influence of green supply chain activities, and adoption of sustainable initiatives. The questionnaire assesses respondents' views on green supply chain management, including their age, occupation, and opinions on cost benefits, consumer requirements, government legislation, and carbon footprint measurement.

“To analyse the influence of
green supply chain
management in the relation to
UK Royal Air Force”

Abstract
Green supply chain management is all about the process where products and services are
supplied from suppliers, manufacturers to end customers through material flow, information
flow, cash flow, etc. (). In early times, the purpose of supply chain management is to focused on
quality, optimum cost and best service in order to develop new positive working environment.
Overall, it has been seen that supply chain management helps to control the ineffective process
and better target given activities to the company. Sustainability in green supply chain
management is very much necessary and required to ensure safety. Supply chain management is
required to be qualitative in order to reduce all negative factors such as environmental
degradation, increased CO2 emissions and climate change relationship, natural inhabitants etc.
Present research will be based on various research methodologies which play a crucial role in the
development of secure supply chain management of Royal Air Force. This study mainly focused
on qualitative research tools. That helps to gathering appropriate knowledge of green supply
chain management within the UK Royal Air Force. Secondary research method will be followed
by literature review which has been based on existing data in books, journals, internet etc. all
these tools are the part of secondary research that helps to collect data through different sources
or authors. Present literature review helps to define the concept of green supply chain
management which influences UK Royal Air Force supply chain management.

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................1
1.1 Purpose of the research.....................................................................................................1
1.2 Clear statement of aim and objectives..............................................................................1
1.3 Background information...................................................................................................2
1.4 Define concepts................................................................................................................2
1.5 Scope of the study............................................................................................................2
1.6 Research methodology.....................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................4
2.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................4
Theme 1: To identify the concept of green supply chain management..................................4
Theme 2: To evaluate the importance of supply chain management for the UK Royal Air
Force.......................................................................................................................................5
Theme 3: To determine the impact of green supply chain management in the context of Royal
Air force supply chain............................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.............................................................................9
3.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................9
3.2 Research Approach...........................................................................................................9
3.3 Research Philosophy........................................................................................................9
3.4 Research design..............................................................................................................10
3.5 Data collection................................................................................................................10
3.6 Data Analysis..................................................................................................................11
3.7 Sampling ........................................................................................................................11
3.8 Ethical consider..............................................................................................................12
3.9 Research Limitations......................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 4: RESULTS ..............................................................................................................14
4.1 Discussion.......................................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 5: ANALYSIS ...........................................................................................................23
CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION .....................................................................................................27
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................1

APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................2

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose of the research
Green supply chain management is all about the process where products and services are
supplied from suppliers, manufacturers to end customers through material flow, information
flow, cash flow, etc. (). In early times, the purpose of supply chain management is to focused on
quality, optimum cost and best service in order to develop new positive working environment.
Overall, it has been seen that supply chain management helps to control the the ineffective
process and better target given activities to the company. The main purpose of study is to
identify factors which influence green supply chain management in context of Royal Air Force.
This is the environmental innovation which helps to integrate environmental concerns into
supply chain management. The main purpose of this research is to determine the importance of
green supply chain management in Air force (). Military force can supply legal force and
weapons to support the interest of UK. Overall, the purpose of green supply chain management
is to provide services into effective service management.
1.2 Clear statement of aim and objectives
Aim: “To analyse the influence of green supply chain management in relation to UK” - Case
Study on Royal Air Force
Research Objectives
 To identify the concept of green supply chain management
 To evaluate the importance of supply chain management for UK Royal Air Force
 To determine the impact of green supply chain management in context of Royal Air force
Research Questions
Q1. What is the concept of green supply chain management?
Q2. What is the importance of supply chain management for UK Royal Air force?
Q3. What is the impact of green supply chain management in context of UK Royal Air force?
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1.3 Background information
Green supply chain management is the process of defining green acquisition, green
manufacturing and green distribution logistics. The main purpose of this GSCM is to reduce the
wastage of energy, solid waste or hazardous situation (). Present research will help to identify the
influencing factors in order to enhance green supply chain management practices on UK Royal
Air force. Royal Air Force is the UK aerial warfare company in UK. With the help of GSCM, it
helps to developing innovative ideas or technologies for transferring the weapons and other
required materials. Present research will be based on Royal Air Force to determine the new
influences factors to increase the quality of supply chain management.
Sustainability in green supply chain management is very much necessary and required to
ensure safety. Supply chain management is required to be qualitative in order to reduce all
negative factors such as environmental degradation, increased CO2 emissions and climate
change relationship, natural inhabitants etc. the main aim of the GSCM is to determine new
techniques and innovation process to drive motivations, pressures in undertaking green supply
chain management initiatives.
1.4 Define concepts
Green Supply chain management is the concept that define quality and safety from
negative effects which is occurred into environment. In present times organisations investing on
GSCM in order to strong their sustainability growth. This is the important concept of Air force to
underpin and invest to grow the positive action plan. This concept is directly connected to the
environmental process that helps to full fill the long term growth channel.
1.5 Scope of the study
Green supply chain management is now becoming the increasingly important tool to
develop environmental and economic performance. Present study will be helpful to measure the
most important task which is necessary for the automotive industry to adopt In duration of time
there are many issues has occurred regarding transferring or logistics that affect directly to the
populations. In order to ensure friendly environment. Scope of this research is to develop the
Green supply chain management is productivity in order to providing protective services for the
UK population. This is the importance of supply chain management that helps to keep the
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sustainability growth of UK. By reviewing the recent literature review Royal Air Forc can
develop both internal or external environment.
1.6 Research methodology
Present research will be based on various research methodologies which play a crucial
role in the development of secure supply chain management of Royal Air Force. This study
mainly focused on qualitative research tools. That helps to gathering appropriate knowledge of
green supply chain management within the UK Royal Air Force. Qualitative research followed
by primary data tool or secondary as well (Yadav and Barve, 2015). Research approach also
considered as the important tool of research types that helps to provide clear image of study.
Further, researcher also measuring ethical consideration to be the essential tool to keep the
research secure and ethical. Overall, all types of research methodology has focused on collecting
authentic data and information to meet the research aims and objectives. Present study will be
taking interpretivism philosophy that helps researcher to identify the best possible action plan.
Besides, current study also choose qualitative method to identify the new facts or observations.
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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
Secondary research method will be followed by literature review which has been based
on existing data in books, journals, internet etc. all these tools are the part of secondary research
that helps to collect data through different sources or authors. Present literature review helps to
define the concept of green supply chain management which influences UK Royal Air Force
supply chain management. Further, research will also help to evaluate the importance of supply
chain management for UK Royal Air Force in order to ensure overall safety precautions.
Literature review also explaining the impact of green supply chain management in the context of
UK Royal Air Force.
Theme 1: To identify the concept of green supply chain management
According to Yadav and Barve, (2015) Green supply chain management which helps to
take initiatives by taking consideration of traditional approaches of supply chain. It helps to link
different operations to provide ethical or secure goods and services. GSCM follows the positive
activity to increase the environmental initiatives, profitable, widely acceptable and approachable
design full growth. Overall, supply chain management based on the process of transferring goods
and services from manufacturer, suppliers to the end consumer. Besides, green supply chain
management helps to keep that process secure and harmless for people.
According to Fahimnia, Sarkis and Davarzani, (2015) economic growth increases the
level of energy and material consumption which helps to contribute to the environmental issues
and resources depletion problems. This become the most significant facing issues for the
organisation in order to stable the balance between to regulatory, community pressure and
environmental performances. This will also help to re control the moreover, scenario of goals.
As per Hall and Roelich, (2016) concern, due to changing environment requirements that
influenced activities had increased attention in developing environmental management strategies
for the supply chain. In order to reduce all those issues, the concept of green supply chain
management has been arisen. The main purpose of the concept of GSCM is to make new
strategic approaches in order to becoming the essential factor of the making new target
performance goals.
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Green supply chain management is defined as the process of using environment friendly
inputs and transforming inputs into output results in most environment friendly manner. GSCM
is most vital tool for innovation for increases the effectiveness of suitability of supply chain. The
purpose is to discuss an overview of the development of GSCM literature in a developed
countries and developing countries. The main purpose of this research is to make the longer term
of channelising growth.
According to Silvestre (2015) It is important to integrate environmental management
practices into the whole supply chain management practices. Green supply chain is the
mandatory practices that UK Royal Air Force should needs to adopt into their practices. This
practices influence UK Royal Air Force towards adopting new channel of growth. Green supply
chain management reinvent the process of supply chain management that helps to keep the
product design more materialistic and resourcing and selection.
Green supply chain management will help to re-control the management control the
logistically is t is the good process control process of goals. Due to environmental degradation
issues of economy will reduce the process of goals. Firms tend to adopt GSCM practises in order
to reduce the negative environmental factors. In terms of developing image of the company, they
need to adopt all such practices due to the pressure of stake holder's pressure and internal factors
stemming from business led strategic processes. In terms of positive side, it also helps to
improve UK Royal Air Force corporate image, innovation, increased efficiency level suggested
by Jabbour and de Sousa Jabbour, (2016).
Theme 2: To evaluate the importance of supply chain management for the UK Royal Air Force
According to Bichou, (2015) it has been stated Air force relates to logistics, distribution,
maintenance and replacement of material and personnel. Our Air force relies on logistics in
deeper manner in order to involve better performing activity goals. UK Royal Air Force deals
with many functions in relates to vehicle transportation, aircraft and vehicle maintenance, air
transportation aircraft and vehicle maintenance, supply acquisitions, fuels, logistics planning,
traffic management and much more. According to Wang, Mirhedayatian, Azadi and Saen, (2014)
All kinds of transportation process are equally necessary and important for the logistics
management, this research will help to control the better target performance ideal thing that helps
to connect with better engaging activities. That helps to create better goal oriented task. In order
to build up to the second Gulf War required a massive movement of equipment and personnel
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from their bases in the UK. So that, in that particular phase of transaction, Green supply chain
just ensure the appropriate quality of supply chain management to maintained the flow of food
and water that meet the UK (Supply chain transformation under fire, 2018).
The major challenges that generally organisation has facing are cost containment, supply
chain visibility, risk management, increasing customer demands and globalisation. These are the
same issues that has been by the companies (The smarter supply chain of the future, 2009).
Cost containment is the foremost responsibility to the businesses, this helps to enhance
the quality of product or services. Company also needs to focus to how to reduce cost in the
activities and programs.
Supply chain management was firstly introduced by Keith Oliver of Booz Allen
Hamilton in 1982, this has been the most significant term for many decades (The smarter supply
chain of the future, 2009). For example, the focus of supply chain management is on the
development processes of customer quality. Global market or company has been increasing the
demand of effective supply chain manner that helps to connect the customer needs and targets in
more specific manner. SCM is an important term for the organisation. That helps to keep
customer happy and satisfied. Company market performance, timely availability of products at
locations all are depends upon the effectiveness of supply chain strategies as per the suggested
Hazen, Overstreet and Boone, (2015). In terms of Air force companies availability of blood is
must have required for army forces in their supply chain.
Main target of Air force companies is to make balance between information or material
flows to customers or to needed force Such as competitive weapons etc. supply chain
management generally consist with leading sectors such as consumer packaged goods, fashion
apparel, petrochemicals or automotive manufacturing firms. Overall, this plays a most important
role in all those sectors to ensure stability performance.
Theme 3: To determine the impact of green supply chain management in the context of Royal
Air force supply chain.
According to Hazen, Overstreet and Boone, (2015) traditional supply chain
methodologies, it was majorly comprises between five parts Raw material, industry, distribution,
consumer and waste. All these factors are might be become the reason of pollution, waste, and
other hazards to the environment. It has been forced by the companies to suppliers to ensure
about the quality or material they were used in the products. This also helps to control the wrong
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activities goals that affects the longer quality performances. It helps to remove all those
challenges and issues that they facing. According to Heckmann, Comes and Nickel (2015) this
impact positively on the nature of activity goals, to keep the major target performance goals.
Apart from that, supply chain management helps to develop the new major activities and goals in
order to sustain the longer situational task. This activity has been growing in recent years with an
interest from both academia and industry. Automotive industry should have required to adopt
this practices in order to sustain it stability and performance of Army Forces.
Basically, green supply chain management helps to discover the long term growth and
gives the best productive services. It helps to provide integration facility that helps to create stiff
competition in the industry has led auto makers to focus on the efficient level of task. It gives
positive impact on the overall work in order to sustain the long term productivity of goals. In
automotive industry they rely on the visibility due to competitively lower customer base.
Integration of product initiation process will help to re control the management task. In
according to present scenario of task suggested by Silvestre, (2015)
In order to develop the new developing goals, due to increasing the long term goals and
target performance level. Green supply chain issues has been the increasing challenges goals.
Overall, green supply chain management has given long term impact on the company in order to
keep the company level up and work effective. According to Jabbour and de Sousa Jabbour
(2016) This impact on positively such as green supply chain management has a great effect in
increasing environmental performance, minimizing waste and achieving cost savings. Because of
increasing the synergy among business parties, green supply chain management helps enhances
efficiency through partner and their supply networks. It helps to reduce cost of material and helps
to make stability growth in between all channels. Overall, it helps to reinvent the new level of
major goals effective and leading sources and best productive source. This more, supply chain
management practices needs to be adopted and have to contribute best channel of leading source
full goals.
According to Jabbour and de Sousa Jabbour, (2016) green supply chain management
impact positively and helps to improve visibility of demand. Companies having inadequate
visibility of real demand. That is filtered upstream through any intermediary organisation that
make lie between the company and final user. Another improvement by applying green supply
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chain management is are supply chain fulcrum in which it helps to make the balance supply and
demand.
According Hazen and et.al., (2014) green supply chain management are main aim is to
produce the longer term of sources and make the good corporate image in the competitive
market. In the context of UK Royal Air Force, they need to adopt this green supply chain
concept in terms of improving the safety precautionary goals. It has become necessary to help in
increasing the important for increasing the working efficiency level. This would also help to
control the longer term of challenging task.
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CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
Research has always been based on quantitative and qualitative approach that helps to
take the research into deeper manner. Research includes several types of goals and methods that
helps to conduct research in systematic approach. Present research based on green supply chain
management that helps to influence UK Royal Air Force military force. In order to collect all
necessary data and information this tool has been used by researcher such as research approach,
philosophy, research design and goals (Hall and Roelich, 2016). Overall, it also helps to convey
the more information about the study. Overall, research philosophy helps in study to observe,
analysis, comparison and reasoning the research results.
3.2 Research Approach
Research approach is study tool that based on hypotheses, this further tools divides into
distinctive point between deductive and inductive approaches. As followed deductive approach is
the approach that has been based on assumptions whereas, inductive approach is the type that
helps to contribute into new theories (Hall and Roelich, 2016). This will help to re control the
longer term of phase.
Research approach is the process of plan or design that includes several steps or
assumptions to detailed method of data collection, analysis and interpretation. This helps to keep
the longer term sources and need developmental goals. Present research has been based on
Inductive approach to analyse the influencing factor of green supply chain management.
Research approach helps to conduct a long lasting goal and implementing session to develop the
formative research statement. Inductive approach starts with observations and theories in order
to ensure research aims and objectives. The purpose of being selected this approach is to
generate meaning full information from selected data. This approach is based on learning from
experiences in order to conclude the final outcomes.
3.3 Research Philosophy
It is another considering part of research methodology term that helps to discussing
research topic into detail manner (Lewis, 2015). Researcher study the topic in a great level of
depth, in order to meet the research aims and objectives. Generally, philosophy has been based
on belief in order to ensure work effectiveness. Further, research philosophy has been based on
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two types i.e. positivism and interpretivism approach. Positivism philosophy is based on factual
knowledge which has been come from observation that consists measurement etc. in which
researcher role is to collect data and interpret that information into final results outcomes (Lewis,
2015). Beside, interpretivism is the kind of philosophy that helps to keep conduct interviews and
observations. This type of philosophy helps to get involvement of human interest. Present study
chosen interpretivism philosophical tool to involve or to integrate human interest into a study.
This tool is based on reality such as social constructions, consciousness, shared meaning and
instruments. The main purpose of this research philosophy is the multiple methods to explore the
different issues.
3.4 Research design
Every definition has consisted different meaning of research design. Some authors are
considered research design as a choice between qualitative and quantitative research methods.
This further divides into two form exploratory and conclusive research design. Exploratory
research explore the specific area on which research has been based. Contrary, conclusive
answers aims is to research questions. Research design will help to re control the managing task
performance. Exploratory research design aims to explore the research topic and find out some
new more thoughts. Besides, conclusive research design helps to answerer the research questions
targets. Present study will use exploratory research which explore the importance of green supply
chain management importance in automotive industry. Exploratory research goals needs to make
the better goals services. In other term, exploratory based on informal typical based study. It
helps to provide in-depth knowledge of the study.
3.5 Data collection
Data collection is a process of collecting information from all the relevant sources to find
answer to the research problem. Test the hypothesis and evaluate the outcomes, it is another
source full channel of distributional goal and target. Data has been collected from newspaper,
magazines, journals and online portals (Flick, 2015). There is an abundance of data available in
these sources about your research data. There are two types of data collection type primary and
secondary. Primary research is the research and also helps to control the major possible action
plan in order to meet the needs of more challenging performing task (Lewis, 2015). Primary data
collection is the technique in which data has been collected through survey, interviews,
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observation etc. besides, secondary data collection tool is the type under which researcher collect
all those data which is already been existed in books and journals. Overall it helps to control the
longer term of growth. It helps to control the growth leading source and best leading
performance. Data analysis is another form of results and growth leading targets (Bichou, 2015).
For present study both primary and secondary data collection method has been used to explore
the concept or importance of green supply chain management. Primary research has been based
on questionnaire survey and secondary research conducted by literature review by collecting
sources from books, journal, internet etc.
3.6 Data Analysis
Data analysis is useful technique that assists to process data and inspecting, cleansing,
transforming, etc. Main goal of researcher with data analysis to interpret appropriate findings and
draw valid conclusion from different sources (Flick, 2015). In the present research, qualitative
strategy used to collect data and thematic analysis consider finding appropriate outcomes. This is
because, in this regard, different themes has been prepared on the basis of systematically tools
can be applied. As a result, it aids to find desired results outcomes in appropriate manner. It
integrates with accuracy and appropriate working of information which assists to find valid
results. There are two types of data analysis approach Quantitative and Qualitative data analysis
approach tools. Present study will be uses qualitative research analysis tool in order to meet the
needs of data collection. Present qualitative research has been based on questionnaire survey
with the helps of selected respondents. This method of research helps to meet the aims and
objectives of the research.
Data analysis is the more essential goal and leading sources of channel in order to
conduct research into deeper manner (Bichou, 2015). Apart from that, data analysis helps to
critical the role of analysis and interpretation of figures and numbers. This tool helps to redefine
the findings, comparisons of primary research of the literature review are critically important for
both types of studies. It is the process of inspecting (Flick, 2015)
3.7 Sampling
Sampling is the another most crucial and determined structure of research methodology.
Sampling can be explained as a specific principle that helps to identify the better result outcomes
and goals. Target population represents specific selected data and also helps to control the task
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management goals (Hall and Roelich, 2016). Apart from that, sampling is the systematic process
which is used by analysis in which a predetermined number of observation are taken from a
larger population depends on the type of analysis being performed but may include either simple
or systematic sampling. Present study will be uses simple random sampling and taken 50
employees UK Royal Air Force. This helps to control the best possible action plan in order to
meet the research aims and objectives. This helps to identify that how much green supply chain
management is important and efficient in order to meet the research objectives goals. Present
study will have been taken 40 employees of UK Royal Air Force in order to conduct the study
further.
3.8 Ethical consider
Ethical consideration are the most considerable element of research report that helps to
connect the better form of services and challenging task performances. Research participants
should always be treated in good manner, that helps to connect the long lasting goals and make
better decision making approach (Hall and Roelich, 2016). Ethical consideration has focus on the
particular channel in order to meet the best possible action plan. Apart from that, dignity of
research participants should be foremost for the researcher to taken into consideration. Moreover,
there are some new points which is most required to take the better option and goals. The main
purpose of researcher is to full fill the best target performance. Respondents should always take
all process positively in order to ensure ethical research environment without given any harm to
anyone. Apart from that, it will also help to control the unnecessary effective tasks that connects
the unwanted attention of goals. Researcher also needs to considered all acts or laws related to
research conducting. It helps to ensure positivity into the working environment (Mirhedayatian,
Azadi, and Saen, 2014). Ethical consideration will help in research to make positive decision
making approaches for conducting research.
3.9 Research Limitations
Research limitations are always been present while any research has been conducted into
any specific area. It is necessary for researcher to minimize the range of risk or uncertainties that
affect the longer time period goals. That connects the longer period of tasks and make the fruitful
task performance, in order to meet the needs of better organisational per motional task. In order
to prevent risk or uncertainties. Researcher always needs to make contingencies plan in order to
meet the needs of better task oriented goals. Contingency plan will always help to connect the
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better performing goals. Besides, research also helps to reconnect the research aims & objectives
to make things clear and specific. Along with that, research aims and objectives always needs to
be narrowed so that the level of focus could be increased. Whereas, data collection techniques
also has been done in order to sufficient manner. Sample size is the another concerning factor to
minimize the research limitations. For that, researcher also needs to take sample size according
to the sample goals (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Research limitations helps researcher to
get over from the unwanted situation by implementing some effective goals.
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CHAPTER 4: RESULTS
4.1 Discussion
Green supply chain management continues to be an important research agenda through
which all research findings has been included. In order to build up the new learning and better
advancing matter of growth. In order to determine the importance of influential factors that helps
to create the green supply chain management. That helps company to adopt fair and ethical
transportation services. It helps to control the better management tools and techniques to identify
the essential tools and techniques of green supply chain management. Basically it has been seen
that, GSCM play a most vital role in manufacturing companies where product or services go
through the process and then transfer to the end consumer.
Theme 1: Employee age
1. What is your Age ? Frequency
Below age 25 20
25-30 15
Above 30 5
Interpretation : On the basis of above interpretation process, it has been interpretative
that maximum age of the employees are above 25 who are young, strong and capable to take
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Below ag...
25-30
Above 30
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
20
15
5
Column B

risk. Besides, 15 employees are coming between the age of 25-30. Besides, rest of the employees
are above the age of 30 years old. I have been observed that military companies are always hiring
young employee who are physically or mentally fit.
Theme 2: Company in future to develop business with green logistics and supply chain
strategies.
2. Do you think, it is necessary for the company in future to develop business with
green logistics and supply chain strategies
Frequenc
y
Yes 25
No 10
Don't know 2
Interpretation : As per this interpretation, it has been find out that 25 number of
respondents were suggested positively. According to them green logistics can help better to
transfer the weapons from one place to another in eco friendly manner. Besides, 10 respondent
suggested that green supply chain is less technical effective and managing improper manner of
work. All over, green supply chain might be less qualitative in order to full fill the long term
growth. Only 2 respondents were like who has no idea about what is actually needed to do be
correct. Overall, it has been concluded that higher number of respondent were gives positive
15
25
10
2
Yes
No
Don't know

response towards the necessity of green supply chain management. They all think positive
towards taking GSCM into the business practices.
Theme 3: Energy consumption cost in the company's logistics and supply chain system.
3. What are the main energy consumption cost in the company's logistics and supply
chain system ?
Frequenc
y
Oil 15
Electric 20
Water 3
Gas 2
Interpretation : On the basis of above stated table, that which of the following taken
higher consumption cost in the process of logistics. So as per the all 40 respondents, 20 of them
selected oil. That electricity is the higher level of consumption taking cost in the working process
comparatively others. As per the 15 respondent they chose oil to be the most consumption cost
taken source. Besides, 3 of them were suggested water is the higher costs taking source in the
overall system process. Only two respondent are thinks that gas is the most consumption taking
source. As per their though process, it has been observed that, actual the higher cost taking
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Oil
Electric
Water
Gas
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
15
20
3
2
Column B

overall it helps to give the longer term of goals. On all it helps to keep the management goals
more attentive, approachable.
Theme 4: Supply chain activities can influenced by green supply chain management to
company
4. How often supply chain activities influenced by green supply chain management
? Frequency
Often 10
Occasionally 5
Constantly 10
None 5
Interpretation : As per this above table, supply chain activities influences green supply
chain management. Earlier methodologies of supply chain were only focused on the quality. But
now, supply chain management can do better with the helps of green supply chain management
tools. It helps to contribute more environmental sustainability logistics things to ensure safe and
secure environment. Researcher asked this question to employees that how often supply chain
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Often
Occasionally
Constantly
None
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10
5
10
5
Column B

process influenced by GSCM. According to 10 respondents they suggested GSCM often affect to
the process of supply chain only in terms of environment protection. They suggest that, green
supply chain management helps to gain revenue, or also increasing the cost of energy. 5 of them
respondents were suggested that, supply chain get affected from green supply chain management
occasionally some in terms of making task helpful goals. Out of 40 respondents other 10 of them
suggested green supply chain affect supply change in constant manner whether in terms of
climatic conditions, revenues or client satisfaction. As per the only 5 respondents they did know
about the any of the fact.
Theme 5: Organisation have a green supply chain system or operate energy efficient system
5. Does the organisation have a green supply chain system or operate energy
efficient system ? Frequency
Yes 25
No 15
Interpretation : On the basis of this above table, it has been observed that according to
all respondents green supply chain system or operate efficient system helps to reconcile the
effective management tools and technique that UK Royal Air Force adopts the effective tools
and techniques in order to build up the new general effective Performance tools and technique
18
25
15
Yes
No

ion order to beet the effective management tool. As per the 25 respondent they were suggested
yes on the contrary, 15 number of customer said no.
Theme 6: Reason to adopt green supply chain management system
6. What are the main reason to adopt green supply chain management system ? Frequency
Cost benefits 15
Consumer requirements 15
Government legislation 10
Interpretation : On the basis of this analysation where respondents asked by researcher
that what are the reason to adopt green supply chain management system in UK Royal Air Force.
According to them, 15 respondent were suggested cost is the big reason. GSCM helps to reduce
the use of high technical approaches or tools. 15 of them respondents suggested that, consumer
requirements or force required a healthy climatic environment. Out of them 10 were
recommended that 10, it helps to protect the less interference of government legislation. Or
besides, it also helps to get the good image in front of government bodes.
Theme 7: Following green initiatives is the organization adopting activities
7. Which one of the following green initiatives is the organization adopting ? Frequency
19
15
15
10
Cost benefits
Consumer
requirements
Government
legislation

Measuring carbon footprint 20
working on sustainability 10
CSR 10
None of them 0
Interpretation : On the basis of the interpretation analysis, it has been observed that 20
number of respondents are suggested that measuring carbon footprint are the main green
initiatives that company adopting. On the other hand, 10 of them were thought working on
sustainability is the might be the another green initiatives that could company adopt into their
working practices. Apart from that, another 10 respondents recommended that, CSR is the green
initiatives that helps to provide ethical services or weapons to army forces. It helps to give more
protection to the public protection sources.
Theme 8: Green supply chain system has been implemented
8. How long has the green supply chain system has been implemented ? Frequency
1 year 10
More than 1 year 15
over 2 years 10
20
Measuring carbon footprint
working on sustainability
CSR
None of them
0 5 101520
20
10
10
0
Column B

Interpretation : On the basis of this interpretation process, it has been concluded that as
per the 15 respondent. This system has been applied on the company from more than one year.
Besides, 10 of them were suggested that, UK Royal Air Force has been implemented green
supply chain from 1 year. On the contrary, 10 of them are like been suggested that from more
than 2 years company been using this function of green supply chain management goals.
Theme 9: Energy efficiency or environmental sustainability involved within the company
green supply chain process
9. Is energy efficiency or environmental sustainability involved within the
company green supply chain process ? Frequency
Yes 30
No 10
21
10
15
10
1 year
More than 1 year
over 2 years
30
10
Yes
No

Interpretation : On the basis of this, management system goals. It helps to coordinate
better environmental goals and better technical performance in order to reduce negative effects
on climatic environment. According to this interpretation, it has been found out yes with the help
of green supply chain management energy efficiency or environmental sustainability involved in
company green supply chain management. Overall, it has been concluded that, green supply
chain management helps to give the long impact on the development process. As per the only 10
suggested no. according to them GSCM is not very much efficient for environmental
sustainability.
Theme 10: Recommended their views on green supply chain management ?
Interpretation : As per the observation process and interpretation it has been suggested that,
number of respondents wants to involve green supply chain management in supply chain
activities. It helps UK Royal Air Force to get the better decision making approach in terms of
transferring the services or weapons to the other army forces for protection. Large number of
respondent suggested different benefits of GSCM such as few of them provides justification on
GSCM that, green supply chain management helps to increasing energy costing order to increase
the focus into more effective process and gives positive impact on the overall system goals.
Some of them, recommended with the help of green supply chain management, company can
help to contributing in climatic chain (Benefits Of Green Supply Chain, 2018). Global warming
is impacting the weather, ice gaps and glaciers in both northern and southern hemisphere in
negative manner. With the help of using green supply chain practices could help to reduce the
negative impact.
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CHAPTER 5: ANALYSIS
Theme 2: Company in future to develop business with green logistics and supply chain
strategies
Primary research : As per the primary sources under which researcher collects data
from selected respondents. Some of them gives positive response towards adopting green supply
chain management strategies. And some of them said no to adopt green supply chain
management strategies in order to reduce the technology tools.
Secondary research : As per the according primary research data, it has been analysed
that authors and journals recommended green supply chain management most cost effective and
efficient for reducing negative effects of climatic degradation. Literature reviews suggested some
strategies of GSCM such as risk based strategies with regard to inter organisational investment
resource development is one of risk minimization. Firms generally adopts this strategy for the
sack of stakeholders requirements. Efficient based strategies which is based on cost-efficient or
lean and green approach to GSCM. These are the strategies would help to discover the effective
green environment in UK Royal Air Force.
Theme 3: Energy consumption cost in the company's logistics and supply chain system
Primary research : As per the primary sources of research, researcher has been found
out that respondents recommended or give positive response in order to adopt the green supply
chain practises into action. Large number of respondents preferably said electric is the higher
source of energy consumption in logistic management practices. And rest of the respondents
suggested the other names such as oil, water and gas.
Secondary research : As per the secondary literature review, it has been concluded that,
the response towards green supply chain management is high comparatively others. Secondary
research critically eventuate the importance of green supply chain management in the future or
suggested that oil or diesel are the main energy consumption goals that company might be taking
higher consumption cost. As per the secondary sources, it has been found out that, green supply
chain management are less cost effective approach in supply chain practices.
Theme 4: Supply chain activities can influenced by green supply chain management to
company
Primary research : As per the primary research and data collected from respondents. It has been
suggested that, green supply chain often influenced supply chain activities in the business
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function. Apart from that, also it has been concluded, that few respondents suggested that
constantly GSCM influences supply chain management process.
Secondary research : As per the literature review, it has been found out that green supply chain
practices affect logistic process very much frequently in order to reduce environment depletion
or UN wanted environment effects (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Many of the articles and
study has cleared that, GSCM is the best approach to make supply chain management more
focused towards healthy environment. This been also helps to contribute the best logical
performing goals and target market performance. Contrary, green supply chain management can
also help company to increase work efficiency level among forces. Nowadays, green supply
chain practices are more essential to produce goods and services.
Theme 5: Organisation have a green supply chain system or operate energy efficient system
Primary research : As per the sources of developing new skills and better object performance
would help to discover the new learnings and goals. Overall, it helps to make the best possible
action plan to make company environment more positive and influencing. As per the conducted
survey, large number of employees suggested that, UK Royal Air force has green supply system
and operate energy efficient system.
Secondary research : On the basis of conducted secondary research by literature review process
(Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Majorly focused on the effectiveness of green supply chain
practices. Overall, it helps to identify that, green supply chain management helps to discover the
longer period of goals. Overall, it looks like the better form of better services growth.
Theme 6: Reason to adopt green supply chain management system
Primary research : As per the primary research it has been found out, that number of
employees suggested green supply chain management helps in cost benefits. It helps company to
make the proper resource planning goals. Some other benefits that green supply management
provides that is consumer requirements (Hall and Roelich, 2016). Overall, more apart, it helps to
give the betterment goals. According to employees recommended UK Royal Air force can also
get the benefit from government legislation. By adopting GSCM company also can get the good
impact from the effect of betterment of services by government.
Secondary research : As per the secondary research It has been concluded that, reason to adopt
green supply chain management system goals. As per the different authors suggested that, green
supply chain management is the highly required task or process to be implemented according to
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the goal oriented process goals. There are many reasons to introduce GSCM practices into
business function such as to increases. It helps in transportation process to implement the longer
term goals and better productivity level (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Another reason of
adopting green supply management is to reduce the negative impact of globalisation.
Theme 7: Following green initiatives is the organization adopting activities
Primary research : As per the primary research, large number of respondents were suggested
that GSCM helps to measuring carbon footprint is the positive factor that helps to connected
better environment goals. Besides, as per the other respondents has been suggested that, Working
on suitability is the another initiative in the company activities. However, it has been cleared
from primary research is that, Green supply chain management is not completely essential for the
development of logistics system process in UK Royal Air Force.
Secondary research : As per the secondary sources, it has been seen that companies are highly
engaged with GSCM to ensure environment friendly nature or giving better services to
population (Heckmann, Comes and Nickel, 2015). Another initiative could can adopt into their
business practices is that, corporate social responsibility in order to give some social help. UK
Royal Air force needs to invest in these services to ensure the population safety goals.
Theme 8: Green supply chain system has been implemented
Primary research : As per this survey, it has been stated that UK Royal Air Force has been used
this initiative process from last few years and also helps to control the negative impact on
globalisation. It helps company to flow of transportation process of weapons or tools necessary
for them. Overall, it would help to re control the effective management
Secondary research : As per the secondary research goals and better objectives, it helps to
control the long term goals and better affectivity performance activity, many of the companies
has already been adopted GSCM practices into their action plan (Johnson, 2014).
Theme 9: Energy efficiency or environmental sustainability involved within the company
green supply chain process
Primary research : On the basis of collected data from primary resources. It has been concluded
that, GSCM practices into action plan will help to improve efficiency or environmental
sustainability within the company logistic process.
Secondary research : On the contrary, secondary research has been suggested green supply
chain process been given great impact on the company sustainability also they helped to
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contribute in environment development process. Many of the researchers proved that GSCM is a
vital for the automotive industry (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015).
Theme 10: Recommended their views on green supply chain management
Primary research : Primary research recommended several benefits and strategies for green
supply chain management that helps to develop the ozone-friendly results and goals. Overall, it
makes the proper implementing process goals that affect the business environment goals.
Secondary research : On the basis of secondary research also has been suggested both positive
and negative influencing factor has been provided for the green supply chain management
(Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015).
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CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION
Green supply chain reveals the implementation of today's most pressing environmental
issues and demonstrate how green practices can actually save money or helps to increase the
efficiency and reduce delivery time (Pan and et.al., 2015). There are different factors and
importance of implementing GSCM practices are their which develops the better growth of UK
Royal Air Force to make their working environment more prominent and cost effective. Present
study can helps selected company to transfers the weapons and necessary items from one place
to another. Supply chain management in military company play a vital role. They transfer many
services or products in order to ensure safety and protection. Such as weapons, needful
appliances and things to natural disasters victims etc (Piercy, N. F., 2016). it helps to develop the
major goal oriented process to ensure better effective performance goals. Present study has been
based on UK Royal Air Force which is the military force company in UK. The main purpose of
this present study is to identify the influence of green supply chain management in the context of
company case study. Overall, it helps to implement the long term goal oriented deals with help to
convert the better target performance goals. Besides, study also explained the concept green
supply chain management which described that GSCM plays a vital role in the company
structure to ensure work sustainability (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Besides, it also helps
to define the betterment of leading sustainability development to ensure healthy work
environment. Also, defined that company always needs to adopt eco friendly inputs to transfer
the output goals. Further, research also been justified the importance of supply chain
management for the cited company study. In order to full fill the activities into effective manner
such as transportation vehicles, aircraft, vehicle maintain ace etc. on the contrary, study also
analysed the challenges that generally company facing such as containment, supply chain
visibility, risk management, increasing customer demands etc. overall, present helps to addressed
the issues of globalisation and helps to encourage people or company to understand the important
role of green supply chain management (Silvestre, 2015). Apart from that, study also concluded
the impact of green supply chain on company context. Another major output of this study is that
green supply chain management encompasses potential to make cost saving in transportation.
Specially in UK, it is the most necessary concern to build up the importance of green supply
chain management into the business practices. The output of this study is helpful to generate
standardization of commercial and military logistics metrics and equipments. That helps to
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change in technologies towards step forward for military supply chain management. Overall, this
would help company to implement the green supply chain management activities to develop and
contribute in environment friendly nature (Wang and et.al., 2016). Overall, study has been taken
both primary and secondary research methods to collect data. Apart from that, study also
considered different research designs or methodologies to make the final outcome performances.
Another output of this research is to make the proper developing idea in supply chain
management. Study defined the importance of supply chain management in manufacturing
industries on which customer satisfaction has been based (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015).
Overall, it would help to decontrol or reduce the unnecessary impact of supply chain
management.
Although, GSCM has been comprehensively reviewed, that there are areas around green
supply chain that still require for further more studies. Green supply chain management apart
from that, it helps to control the management effective goals in order to meet the best
employable opportunity and goals. Overall, study helped to encourage new opportunity goals in
order to fulfilled the green development culture (Luthra, Garg and Haleem, 2015). Most
importantly is helped to encourage the new development growth opportunity and helped to
maintained the sustainability growth. Beside, study also taken primary research with the help 40
respondent to analyse the role of green supply chain management. It has been find out that, large
number of respondent helped to give the importance to green supply chain management in order
to full fill the research aims and objectives. Besides, it also helps to recreate the new approaches
and strategies in order to enhance the green sustainability growth. However, it has been helped to
make the necessary growth and best effect full decision making approach (Luthra, Garg and
Haleem, 2015). This research outcomes helps to make innovative styles of new green supply
chain approaches that affect the overall supply chain. From the study, it can be concluded that
GSCM is the modern approach way to conventional supply chain management. That also helps
to affect the positive outcomes goals (Silvestre, 2015). This helps company in financial impacts,
improves operations by employing an environmental solutions. All along that affect the business
opportunity task.
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APPENDIX
Questionnaire
Name:
Occupation
1. What is your Age ?
 Below age 25
 25-30
 Above 30
2. Do you think, it is necessary for the company in future to develop business with green
logistics and supply chain strategies
 Yes
 No
 Don't Know
3. What are the main energy consumption cost in the company's logistics and supply chain
system ?
 Oil
 Electric
 Water
 Gas
4. How often supply chain activities influenced by green supply chain management ?
 Often
 Occasionally
 Constantly
 None
5. Does the organisation have a green supply chain system or operate energy efficient system ?
 Yes
 No
6. What are the main reason to adopt green supply chain management system ?
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 Cost benefits
 Consumer requirements
 Government legislation
7. Which one of the following green initiatives is the organization adopting ?
 Measuring carbon footprint
 working on sustainability
 CSR
 None of them
8. How long has the green supply chain system has been implemented ?
 1 year
 More than 1 year
 over 2 years
9. Is energy efficiency or environmental sustainability involved within the company green
supply chain process ?
 Yes
 No
10. Recommended their views on green supply chain management ?
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