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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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The bright side of manufacturing–remanufacturing conflict in a decentralised closed-loop supply chain
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a contrasting view of the manufacturing-remanufacturing conflict: OEMs sometimes benefit from the decentralised control mode under which they ignore the internal cannibalization rather than the remanufacturing option.
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Supply Chain Management and Sustainability: Procrastinating Integration in Mainstream Research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make use of behavioral theory to explain the current lack of integration of sustainability issues with supply chain and operations management, and conclude through abductive reasoning that the reasons for procrastinating integration of sustainable issues in SMC research are the conflicting nature of the task and the inherent context, which is the focus on operations rather than environmental or social issues.
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Sustainability and innovation in the Brazilian supply chain of green plastic
Giana de Vargas Mores,Caroline Pauletto Spanhol Finocchio,Rodrigo Barichello,Eugenio Avila Pedrozo +3 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the innovation process in the production of green plastic, a process which replaces a non-renewable resource (naphtha) for a renewable one (ethanol from sugarcane), through the lens of sustainable supply-chain management.
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Toward a theory of supply chain fields – understanding the institutional process of supply chain localization
Zhaohui Wu,Fu Jia +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study was conducted to investigate the institutional process of supply chain localization in four multinational enterprises (MNEs) in China and found that SC localization is an institutional process, taking place at both actor and field levels, where continuous ideation of new operations practices leads to structuring of both the SC and SC field.
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Emerging ICT concepts for smart, safe and sustainable industrial systems
TL;DR: This editorial introduces the special issue on Emerging Information and Communication Technology concepts for smart, safe and sustainable industrial systems in the Elsevier journal Computers in Industry and suggests basic requirements to design usable future Industrial Systems that must be safe, smart and sustainable.
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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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