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Sustainable supply chains: An introduction
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In this paper, the focus on environmental management and operations is moved from local optimization of environmental factors to consideration of the entire supply chain during the production, consumption, customer service and post-disposal disposition of products.About:
This article is published in Journal of Operations Management.The article was published on 2007-11-01. It has received 1593 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supply chain sustainability & Supply chain.read more
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Logistique, SCM et développement durable : une revue de la littérature
TL;DR: In this article, the present etude recherchera les principaux leviers du developpement durable dans la chaine logistique and les repercussions des pratiques durables sur les performances of ces chaines, tels qu'ils apparaissent dans les articles selectionnes.
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Modular recycling supply chain under uncertainty: a robust optimisation approach
TL;DR: This study proposes a robust integrated reverse logistics supply chain planning model with a modular product design at different quality levels that appraises the impact of two major sources of uncertainty, demand rate and the volume of returned products of a key recycled material.
Biomass Supply Chain Management for Energy Polygeneration Systems
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the design and evaluation of sustainable biomass supply chain networks taking into account all major managerial and technological aspects in the context of existing energy systems, and propose a conceptual methodological framework that captures the complexity of the decision-making process for the design of biomass supply networks for contemporary energy polygeneration systems.
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Economic and Environmental Performance of the Firm: Synergy or Trade-Off? Insights from the EOQ Model
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tested the feasibility of doing good and doing well simultaneously by using a multi-objective approach to a variant of the well-known EOQ model and demonstrated that both views are not contradictory but valid under different conditions.
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Green Supply Chain Management Model for Sustainable Manufacturing Practices
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used two extended strategies to identify the dimensions of green supply chain and their impact on manufacturing practices, which were further refined through experts by forming a problem solving group consisting of seven experts from the manufacturing sector.
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Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
TL;DR: The seven revolutions for sustainable capitalism: competition, competition, triple win revolution, values from me to we revolution, information and transparency, no hiding place revolution, lifecylces from conception to resurrection revolution, partnerships after the honeymoon revolution, time three scenarios revolution, corporate governance, stake in the future, sustainability transition, value shifts, value migrations the worlds of money and power, sustainability audit, how are you placed.
Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate
TL;DR: The Dutch flower industry has responded to its environmental problems by developing a closed-loop system to reduce the risk of infestation, reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides, and improving product quality as mentioned in this paper.
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Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications
Gerald Rebitzer,Tomas Ekvall,Rolf Frischknecht,D Hunkeler,Gregory A. Norris,Tomas Rydberg,W-P Schmidt,Sangwon Suh,Bo Pedersen Weidema,David Pennington +9 more
TL;DR: The LCA framework and procedure is introduced, how to define and model a product's life cycle is outlined, and an overview of available methods and tools for tabulating and compiling associated emissions and resource consumption data in a life cycle inventory (LCI) is provided.
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Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in chinese manufacturing enterprises
Qinghua Zhu,Joseph Sarkis +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and environmental and economic performance in Chinese manufacturing enterprises, and investigated how two primary types of management operations philosophies, quality management and just-in-time (or lean) manufacturing principles, influence the relationships between GSCM practices and performance.
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