Internal Barriers of Energy Management Effectiveness by Using Reverse Logistics with Auto-Parts Industry in Thailand
Keywords:
revers logistics, auto-parts industries, energy management effectiveness, Thailand industries, internal barriersAbstract
This research was conducted in order to study the effectiveness of energy management when reverse logistics was used in the auto-parts industry in Thailand and to investigate internal barriers that affected energy management effectiveness. Purposive random sampling was used to select the samples from 20 auto-parts industry companies consisting of 10 Tier 1 companies, 5 Tier 2 companies and 5 Tier 3 companies. The total number of participants was 1,120 employees. A 5-point rating Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed for descriptive analysis using SPSS and for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and single level Structural Equation Modeling analysis (SEM) using Mplus. The results showed that the energy management effectiveness of using reverse logistics with the auto-parts industry in Thailand could be measured by three dimensions including cost (COS) with the factor loading of 0.882, time (TIM) with the factor loading of 0.848, and reliability (CON) with the factor loading of 0.799. The prediction power was 76.8%. Moreover, it was found that there were four internal barriers, with the factor loading of 0.670, that affected that energy management effectiveness of using reverse logistics with the auto-parts industry in Thailand including: 1) finance (b = 0.857); 2) internal environment (b = 0.829); 3) organizational structure (b = 0.771); and
4) individual characteristics (b = 0.910).
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