This paper identifies and structures the primary strategic
and operational elements for a framework that will
aid managers in evaluating green supply chain alternatives.
These alternatives may include such factors of who
to partner with, what type of technology to introduce, or
what type of organizational practice to adopt. The
decision to adopt one of these alternatives will be necessary
for an effective green supply chain, but will be
dependent on a number of factors and elements. The
structure that is developed in this paper is a “network
hierarchy” that can be used to evaluate these alternatives.
The technique for analyzing the decision is based on the
analytical network process (ANP) or the systems-withfeedback
approach first introduced by Saaty [13].