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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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Dynamic development and execution of closed-loop supply chains: a natural resource-based view
TL;DR: In this paper, a natural resource-based (NRBV) and dynamic capabilities (DC) perspective is used to explain the importance of new resources in technology, knowledge and relationships, and stresses the role of DCs to constantly address changes in the business environment to renew these strategic resources.
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Environmental Sustainability Initiatives: A Comparative Analysis of Plant Efficiencies in Europe and the U.S.
TL;DR: It is suggested that the pursuit of ESI is enhanced among European plants, compared to their U.S. counterparts, and important implications for engineering and supply chain management practice and research are highlighted.
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A comprehensive approach in assessing the performance of an automobile closed-loop supply chain
TL;DR: In this article, a suitable approach has been proposed for closed-loop supply chain performance measurement in the automotive industry, based on reviewed literature, and it is believed that this approach will result in increased effectiveness and efficiency in CLSC performance measurement.
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A Review on Drivers and Barriers towards Sustainable Supply Chain Practices
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the barriers and drivers towards the implementation of the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and find that there are various factors that have been documented to influence an organization in making the decision towards SSCM implementation.
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Sustainable development of global supply chains—part 1: sustainability optimization framework
TL;DR: A holistic sustainability optimization framework for strategic network design of industry supply chains under consideration of economic, social as well as ecologic objectives and the minimize-time-to-sustainability approach as new optimization strategy for long-term network design problems is proposed.
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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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