Abstract:
Sustainability is emerging as a main
consideration throughout the industrial world due to the
environmental pollution and degradation happening in a major
scale as a result of industrial wastes while lean management is
becoming a popular management tool in minimizing waste.
Logistics industry contributes for these issues due to the wastes
released in a considerable amount. Experts have highlighted
that implementing lean principles in parallel to green concepts
is more successful; which could lead to waste and cost
reduction. A theoretical gap has been identified in the field of
logistics in applying lean and green concepts in the context of
Industry 4.0. A comprehensive literature review was conducted
to address the identified research gap with the objective of
examining the important lean practices and green concepts
which are expected to enhance the operational performance of
logistics functions. A key word based search, analysis of the
topic and abstract, full text review were the steps followed
respectively, for selecting the most relevant research papers
which have been proven as valid, accepted and published to
extract the knowledge for this study. As the major
contribution, authors have developed a conceptual framework
which focuses on the enhancement of operational performance
of logistics operations by applying lean and green concepts
with special reference to Industry 4.0 technologies. The results
of the study will be beneficial for the LSP as it will suggest the
strategies, concepts and techniques to enhance the operational
performance of logistics functions.
