Green Supply Chain Management and the Contribution to Product Development Process

Abstract

A company that is developing a product must respect all phases: concept, research, analysis, development and launch. At the same time, the green supply chain management must be integrated with suppliers, production and distribution, along with the product development process. This study’s aim is to present a model of product development process oriented to green supply chain management, resulting in a product that meets the environmentally sustainable standards. In order to search about the existing models in the literature and the research opportunities in the area, the following keywords were used: sustainability, product development process and green supply chain management; the search was conducted in CAPES Periodicals Portal (MEC). The year of publication was not limited, aiming to understand the evolution of all materials already published. The first section presents concepts about market demands, laws, regulations and green products. The second section discusses about green supply chain management and product development process, and the model presentation. As a result, it was discussed that the green supply chain management and the product development process have still been treated with a broad approach, which made it possible to create a model that could guide the companies to develop a product aimed to the green supply chain management.