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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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Driving sustainable supply chain management in the public sector: The importance of public procurement in the European Union
TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 281 procurement files from 2007 to 2009 relating to eight product categories and four European Union (EU) member states was conducted to provide evidence of connections between sustainability policy goals included in public procurement tenders and offers.
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A conceptual framework for measuring sustainability performance of supply chains
TL;DR: This study analyzes measurement approaches that are used to assess sustainability performance of supply chains and provides new insights into sustainability performance measurement approaches, supply chain configuration, and metrics selection.
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Towards lean for sustainability: Understanding the interrelationships between lean and sustainability from a systems thinking perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and analyze the interrelationships between lean and sustainability and their impact on performance from the operational, financial, societal, and environmental viewpoints, and identify a set of building blocks for developing a lean-for-sustainability integration framework with the intention of promoting the discussion on how companies can embed sustainability into their operations.
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Evaluation of the Relation between Lean Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and Sustainability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a structural equation model to quantitatively measure the effects of Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 in Sustainability, and collected 252 valid questionnaires from industrial companies of Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain).
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From a Systematic Literature Review to Integrated Definition for Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation (SSCI)
TL;DR: From a systematic literature review to integrated definition for sustainable supply chain innovation (SSCI) as discussed by the authors, the integrated definition of SSCI can be found in the Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLEPro).
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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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