Sustainable supply chain management / Joëlle Morana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morana, Joëlle.

Series:

Automation-control and industrial engineering series.

Automation-control and industrial engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, U.K. : ISTE, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is commonly recognized that logistics has become a major strategic issue for all companies, whether they are part of the primary, secondary or tertiary sector. Faced with the external pressures of globalization and competition, logistics optimizes processes and reduces production and delivery cycles.The use of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SuSCM) is now increasingly at the center of thought, due to the numerous factors favoring its implementation: requests from various stakeholders, governmental pressures (decrees, laws, regulations, etc.), environmental pressures (pollution

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I.1.Introduction; I.2. Historical background on how supply chainmanagement has become strategic and omnipresent; I.3. The emergence of sustainablesupply chain management; Chapter 1. The Economic Aspect of SustainableSupply Chain Management; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Intra-and inter-organizational connections; 1.3. Information, information systems and ICT:an aid to the success of intra- and inter-organizationalconnections; 1.4.Conclusion; 1.5. Appendix - technical specifications for electronic data interchange

Chapter 2. The Environmental Aspect of SustainableSupply Chain Management2.1. Introduction; 2.2.Green design or eco-design; 2.3.Green operations; 2.4.Green transport; 2.5. Systems, regulations, standards and referentialframeworks; 2.6.Conclusion; 2.7.Appendix; Chapter 3. The Social/Societal Aspect of SustainableSupply Chain Management; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2.Internal human resources; 3.3.External human resources; 3.4.Conclusion; 3.5.Appendix; Chapter 4. Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBalanced Scorecard; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Dashboard and logistics: evolution

4.3. The dashboards currently used in logistics4.4. The indicators used in Sustainable SupplyChain Management Balanced Scorecard; 4.5.Conclusion; General conclusion; Bibliography; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118604137

111860413X

9781118604069

1118604067

9781118604090

1118604091

OCLC:

844155016