Developing sustainable supply chains to drive value : management issues, insights, concepts, and tools /

Sroufe, Robert Paul.,

Developing sustainable supply chains to drive value : management issues, insights, concepts, and tools / Robert P. Sroufe and Steven A. Melnyk. - First edition. - 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrations. - Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, 2327-3348 . - 2013 digital library. Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection. .

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Section I. Introduction to the sustainable supply chain -- 1. Sustainable supply chain management, the next industrial revolution -- Section II. The foundations of sustainable supply chain management -- 2. Sustainability , reducing waste, enhancing value, and generating a strategic competitive advantage -- 3. Performance measurement and metrics-enabling transparency, visibility, and sustainability -- Section III. The key activities of a sustainable supply chain -- 4. Standards and tools in support of sustainable supply chain management -- 5. Design for sustainability, collectively transforming systems and process -- Section IV. Emerging issues in sustainable supply chain management -- 6. Integration: supply chain management and sustainability -- Section V. Sustainable supply chain management, planning and future systems -- 7. Sustainable systems, order winners of the future -- 8. Sustainable supply chain management, the end of the beginning -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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As we enter the 21st Century, we find ourselves faced by two major developments. The first is the emergence of the supply chain as a strategic and tactical weapon. With the emergence of the supply chain, the unit of competition has shifted from the firm to the supply chain. However, with the advent of the supply chain, it is important to recognize that we have to view strategic objectives within a context that stresses not simply the internal operations of the firm but also the elements and stakeholders of the supply chain --




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