An analysis of critical success factors towards sustainable supply chain management – in the context of an engine manufacturing industry

ABSTRACT Appropriate consideration and selection of practices, success factors are of utmost importance of the best use of resources, time and money to facilitate Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) development. This study presents an integrated framework based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) to evaluate potential alternatives for the SSCM. The criteria used for the selection of various enhancers of sustainability, which are developed along with the categories are environmental, economic, social, technical, organisational and business. An Indian-based engine manufacturing industry is taken to build up the model. AHP is employed to select the best criteria from the various Critical Success Factors (CSFs) listed under the categories based on the calculated weights. ISM and Matrice d’impacts croisés multiplication appliquée á un classment (MICMAC) analysis are employed to model the relationship among the various CSFs and to select the best from the developed matrix. The result indicates ‘support from senior management for environmental activities’, ‘environmental teamwork’ and ‘government support’ are the main CSFs for the achievement of sustainability of the supply chain.