GREEN LOGISTICS FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATION PERFORMANCE OF ROAD TRANSPORT BUSINESS

Phitphisut  Thitart; Sirion  Son-ong; Piyamas  Klakhaeng

Phitphisut Thitart College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Sirion Son-ong College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Piyamas Klakhaeng College of Logistics and Supply Chain, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand

Keywords: green logistics, operation performance, road transport business

Abstract

Abstract—The article aims to study the impacts of green logistics factors affecting operation performance of road transport business. The population of the study was all 3,010 road transport businesses in Chon Buri province, Thailand. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 353 road transport businesses. A statistical software was used to analyze the collected data, using statistics Frequency, Percentage, Average, Standard Deviation. The result showed green logistics factors consisted of green transportation, green warehousing, green reverse logistics, and green packaging. It was found that the overall of factors was at a high level with an average of 3.90 percent. The highest level was green transportation, an average of 4.00, followed by green warehouses was at a high level, an average of 3.94, green reverse logistics was at a high level, an average of 3.92, and green packaging was also at a high level, the average is 3.75. The data suggested that road transport businesses in Chon Buri province should consider and implement green transportation relevant to their business. Moreover, there is a need to move towards environmentally friendly logistics, to sustainably develop the business and improving the operation performance.