Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Morana, Jo?lle
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiley-ISTE, 2013.
• Σειρά: ISTE.
• Θέματα: Business logistics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Production & Operations Management.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Engineering.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.; Electronic books.

 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. 

 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.