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.
