Book description
This book provides a multi-perspective approach to sustainability and value chains to allow understanding from a variety of disciplines and professional backgrounds. Some of the key features of this book include:
- Short vignettes of important trends along with relevant management issues;
- Evidence-based management examples from leading multinational companies, as well as small and medium enterprises spanning supply chains;
- References to appropriate tools, emerging technology, and practices;
- Chapter action items for the reader to take a deeper look at integration opportunities involving sustainability and supply chain management;
- An action-learning approach to applying concepts and tools so readers from any functional perspective can implement and manage sustainability projects;
- and guidelines on how to move forward with your supply chain sustainability initiative.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Section I: Introduction to the Sustainable Supply Chain
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Section II: The Foundations of Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Chapter 3. Sustainability—Generating a Strategic Competitive Advantage
- Chapter 4. Sustainability–Reducing Waste, Enhancing Value
- Chapter 5. Performance Measurement and Metrics–Enabling Transparency, Visibility, and Sustainability
- Chapter 6. Sustainability–A Performance Measurement Evolution or Revolution, Models and Programs
- Section III: The Key Activities of a Sustainable Supply Chain
- References
- Index
Product information
- Title: Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2017
- Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
- ISBN: 9781631578502
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