Purpose

Apparel manufacturers' achievement of green manufacturing (GM) goal remains low. This paper aims to identify and prioritise the barriers to GM implementation in apparel companies.

Design/methodology/approach

First, an extensive literature review is conducted to identify the key barriers to GM implementation. Second, 374 usable questionnaires are collected from apparel manufacturing companies to (a) examine the impact of and (b) rank the barriers. Third, interpretive structural modelling (ISM) is applied to test the relationships among barriers. Finally, structural equation modelling (SEM) is applied to improve the model derived from the ISM.

Findings

The results reveal that the independent barriers – lack of eco-literacy among upstream or downstream supply chain members, lack of specific company-level training and monitoring of the progress of GM implementation and inadequate support from regulatory authorities – are the root causes of all the barriers. These three barriers are also at a low level of the ISM model, indicating that they significantly affect the entire system and therefore should be accorded the highest priority in dealing with these barriers.

Practical implications

The results are useful for decision-makers and apparel companies to understand identified barriers, develop potential GM interventions and formulate appropriate strategies to overcome these barriers.

Originality/value

The listed barriers are yet to be comprehensively synthesised in a coherent model and empirically tested in the apparel sector using a combination of the ISM and SEM techniques. The empirically validated model presented in this study is an important step in that direction.

中文翻译：

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分析绿色服装制造实施的障碍

目的

服装制造商实现绿色制造 (GM) 目标的程度仍然很低。本文旨在确定并优先考虑服装公司实施转基因技术的障碍。

设计/方法/途径

首先，进行了广泛的文献回顾，以确定 GM 实施的主要障碍。其次，从服装制造公司收集了 374 份可用的问卷，以 (a) 检查影响和 (b) 对障碍进行排名。第三，应用解释结构模型（ISM）来测试障碍之间的关系。最后，应用结构方程模型 (SEM) 改进从 ISM 导出的模型。

发现

结果表明，独立的障碍——上游或下游供应链成员缺乏生态素养、缺乏具体的公司层面培训和对转基因实施进度的监测以及监管机构的支持不足——是所有问题的根本原因。障碍。这三个障碍在 ISM 模型中也处于较低级别，表明它们对整个系统的影响很大，因此在处理这些障碍时应给予最高优先级。

实际影响

结果有助于决策者和服装公司了解已识别的障碍、制定潜在的转基因干预措施并制定适当的策略来克服这些障碍。

原创性/价值

列出的障碍尚未在连贯的模型中综合综合，并结合 ISM 和 SEM 技术在服装行业进行了实证测试。本研究中提出的经过实证验证的模型是朝着这个方向迈出的重要一步。