Supply chain uncertainty and environmental management

Integrating Environmental Management and Supply Chain Strategies

The decisions related to managing the supply chain and supply chain strategy are already considered important in many organizations. As more executives adopt environmental practices, supply chain strategies will only increase in importance. In this paper, we review how companies develop environmental supply chain strategies. Our interviews with companies from The United States, The United Kingd...

Environmental Management Systems and Green Supply Chain Management

Some researchers question the legitimacy of EMSs since organizations can claim to have one when in fact they make no attempt to reduce their environmental harm. In instances where EMSs enhance an organization’s environmental performance, critics argue that improvements are likely to occur within the organization’s operational boundaries rather than being extended throughout the supply chain. Ho...

Environmental and sustainability ethics in supply chain management.

Environmentally Conscious Supply Chain Management (ECSCM refers to the control exerted over all immediate and eventual environmental effects of products and processes associated with converting raw materials into final products. While much work has been done in this area, the focus has traditionally been on either: product recovery (recycling, remanufacturing, or re-use) or the product design f...

Uncertainty in Supply Chain Inventory Management: A Fuzzy Approach

Inventory represents from twenty to sixty percent of most manufacturing firms' total assets. Inventory management policies can thus prove critical in drawing the profits of such firms (Arnold, 1998) and their relevance clearly increase when Supply Chains (SCs) rather than single firms are considered. Inventory management is in fact a major issue in Supply Inventory decisions are often made inde...

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