Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook

2013-07-18 Business & Economics

Author : Chuck Munson
Release : 2013-07-18
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 24X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook by : Chuck Munson

Download or read book Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook written by Chuck Munson. This book was released on 2013-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference is a comprehensive collection of original case studies on building sustainability into the supply chain. An ideal resource for graduate-level and executive courses in sustainability, operations management, and supply chain/logistics, The Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook covers a wide spectrum of social, economic and environmental issues; as well as new areas such as reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chains. Steven Leon covers these and other specific topics: strategy, implementation, decision making, transportation, supplier relationships, collaboration, lean and continuous improvement, finance and economics, worker safety and rights, procurement, production, delivery, packaging, logistics, and global supply chains. He frames these case studies with authoritative introductory material, and offers corresponding teaching notes and Q and A sections that make this an even more useful instructional resource.

Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook

2014 Business & Economics

Author : Steven M. Leon
Release : 2014
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook written by Steven M. Leon. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The armenia earthquake: grinding out an effective disaster response in colombia's coffee region. Resilient response and recovery at western digital: after the Thai flood. ...

Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management

2017-01-31 Business & Economics

Author : Valeria Belvedere
Release : 2017-01-31
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management written by Valeria Belvedere. This book was released on 2017-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management addresses the most relevant topics of operations and supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability. The main focus is to provide a step-by-step guide for managerial decisions made along the product life cycle, following a path made up of the following steps: product design, sourcing, manufacturing, packaging and physical distribution, reverse logistics and recovery. Guidance is provided on understanding traditional operations and supply chain management approaches, tools and techniques such as production planning, stock management, quality management and performance measurement, which can be adapted to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability. Key features: Repositions the main operations and supply chain management decisions developed in the perspective of the Life Cycle Analysis (Cradle-to-Cradle approach) and the Triple Bottom Line approach (economic, environmental and social sustainability) Covers sustainability and future trends, sustainable operations as a competitive factor as well as performance measurement and control Explores five main areas of operations and supply chain management; design for environment, procurement, manufacturing, packaging and distribution and reverse supply chain Provides a case study within each chapter to further the reader’s understanding along with numerous examples and real-world problems The book will be valuable for students at undergraduate and graduate levels in management and engineering schools, as well as for practitioners working in operations and supply chain management functions.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

2013-05-20 Technology & Engineering

Author : Joëlle Morana
Release : 2013-05-20
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Rating : 269/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sustainable Supply Chain Management written by Joëlle Morana. This book was released on 2013-05-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonly recognized that logistics has become a majorstrategic issue for all companies, whether they are part of theprimary, secondary or tertiary sector. Faced with the externalpressures of globalization and competition, logistics optimizesprocesses and reduces production and delivery cycles. The use of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SuSCM) is nowincreasingly at the center of thought, due to the numerous factorsfavoring its implementation: requests from various stakeholders,governmental pressures (decrees, laws, regulations, etc.),environmental pressures (pollution, disappearance of fuel fossils,etc.) and societal pressures (reputation/image, protection, etc.).However, there are still obstacles to the implementation of SuSCM,including significant costs, the complexity of coordination and thelack of communication within the whole supply chain. Nevertheless,it should nowadays be included by any organization in its decisionstowards a strategic approach towards sustainability. This book presents each economic, environmental and societal aspectof SuSCM. By considering each of these dimensions separately, theprimary objective is to facilitate the implementation of theelements that make it up. Readers are also provided with several“strategic interpretive lenses” to be able to performaudits and diagnostics of each component. Contents: 1. The Economic Aspect of Sustainable Supply ChainManagement. 2. The Environmental Aspect of Sustainable Supply ChainManagement. 3. The Social/Societal Aspect of Sustainable Supply ChainManagement. 4. Sustainable Supply Chain Management Balanced Scorecard. About the Authors Joëlle Morana is Lecturer in management science, attachedto the Laboratoire d’Economie des Transports (TransportEconomy Laboratory) at University Lumière Lyon II in France.Her fields of research concern economic, environmental and societallogistics.

Sustainability Delivered

2012-04-26 Business & Economics

Author : Madeline Pullman
Release : 2012-04-26
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 191/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Sustainability Delivered written by Madeline Pullman. This book was released on 2012-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a supply chain manager, an executive, an entrepreneur, or a stakeholder in a sustainable business, this book will help you develop the awareness and skills needed to support sustainable supply chain management in your firm. The authors introduce the many ways that social and environmental responsibility can be integrated into supply chain management, from sustainable product and process design to programs and techniques that support product end-of-life management. The book begins with a discussion of sustainability and business strategy. It then explores product and process design, sustainable purchasing and logistics, and product end-of-life management topics. The authors include real-world examples and cases from some of the world’s leading companies in sustainable supply chain management. The examples range from small local companies to large multinational players to give a broad range of ideas to the reader. With case examples, workshops, and step-by-step instructions on how to create a sustainable supply chain, Sustainability Delivered is the most practical and usable book on the market that will help you and other business leaders to authentically pursue and deliver on sustainability ideals

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