Tools and Technologies of Transparency in Sustainable Global Supply Chains

Fuzzy revenue efficiency in sustainable supply chains

The performance assessment of supply chains including sustainability dimensions of economic, environmental and social is a significant aspect for managers and decision makers. Furthermore, imprecise data are presented in many real world applications. Therefore, the current paper proposes an approach based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze the revenue efficiency of sustainable supply...

Web Technologies and Supply Chains

Developing sustainable food supply chains.

This paper reviews the opportunities available for food businesses to encourage consumers to eat healthier and more nutritious diets, to invest in more sustainable manufacturing and distribution systems and to develop procurement systems based on more sustainable forms of agriculture. The important factors in developing more sustainable supply chains are identified as the type of supply chain i...

Optimization and Evaluation of Sustainable Supply Chains

Increasing environmental concerns together with legislations are forcing industries to take a fresh look at the impact of their supply chain operations on the environment. This paper introduces a mixed-integer linear programming based framework for sustainable supply chain design that considers life cycle assessment (LCA) principles in addition to the traditional material balance constraints at...

Through a Glass Clearly: Standards, Architecture, and Process Transparency in Global Supply Chains

Despite evidence that lack of interoperable information systems results in enormous costs, development, implementation, and effective use of interorganizational information systems (IOS) remain an elusive goal for many companies. Lack of interoperability across systems is especially problematic for manufacturers dependent on global supply chains. We develop propositions about the characteristic...