# Effect of IoT Capabilities and Energy Consumption behavior on Green Supply Chain Integration
## 1 Introduction  
Internet of Things (IoT) is a prominent innovation in the field of information and communication technologies where IoT can connect different devices through the internet [1]. IoT can interlink different devices (such as sensors, networking devices, and vehicles) through different software to share their real-time data through the internet [2]. IoT also provides a platform to interlink differentprocesses, devices, and people located at different places around the world [3]. These days, most of the organizations are using information and communication technologies (such as entrepreneur resources planning (ERP), computers, email, smartphones, barcodes, fax, radio frequency identification (RFID), and many other advanced technologies) for communicating and sharing real-time information [3]. The functionality of these technologies can be increased through internet connectivity [4]. Whereas, IoT is an intelligent and autonomous solution compared to other information communication technologies [5] and can help business organizations to meet modern needs with ease and efficiency.  
Information and communication technologies (ICT) help in managing and monitoring orders, packaging, distribution, transportation, storage, and return functions in supply chain management [6]. The IoT can interlink all these supply chain processes through the internet and can provide support for the global monitoring of such business activities. Additionally, the suppliers, customers, and manufacturers can communicate and exchange information with each other through IoT [1; 3]. Furthermore, modern technologies like bar codes, RFID, and sensors are also revolutionizing the retail industry [7].  
In the supply chain works available in previous literature, the relationship between ICT and supply chain integration has already been established to improve supply chain performance [6; 8; 9; 10]. Furthermore, the relationship between IoT, supply chain integration, and SCP has also been previously established in the literature [11]. However, the most critical factors like energy consumption behavior (ECB) and green training (GT), that are the crucial elements in achieving a successful green supply chain performance (GSCP), are ignored in the previous studies. Typically, GSCP is concerned with environmentally friendly activities which differentiates it from traditional supply chain management. Considering this research gap, the study presented in this paper investigates and develops a relationship between IoT, SI, CI, ECB, GT, and GSCP and tests this relationship empirically.  
Resource-based theory and contingency theory supports the need of the study presented in this paper since IoT and GT can enhance the organizational capabilities to create a competitive advantage to increase GSCP. Moreover, the combination of both theories can provide the guidelines to develop an environmentally friendly framework to increase GSCP. Thus, the relationship between IoT, SI, CI, GT, ECB, and GSCP is logically supported by two different theories. This study can fill the research gap identified in the available GSCP literature and open new horizons of improvement and gain in business for organizations and researchers.  
The rest of the paper includes a literature review relevant to the studied variables, followed by the methodology, results, and conclusion.