Introduction to Green Supply Chain Management
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 9788740308259
Description: Green supply chain management is an introductory book that will give the readers a glimpse about environmental aspects in supply chains. Regulatory and competitive pressures are making it inevitable for companies to adopt a green supply chain management framework.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is Green Supply Chain Management?; title: Why Green Supply Chain Management?; title: The Negative Influence of Waste; title: An overview of research on green supply chain; title: Strategies for a Green Supply Chain; title: Role of Green supply chains in making a business future ready; title: References; title: Benefits of Green Supply Chain Management; title: Sustainable supply chain management; title: Sustainability as a central theme in Supply Chain Management; title: Benefits of implementing green supply chains; title: Leveraging benefits of green supply chains for strategic competitive advantage; title: References; title: Challenges in implementation of Green Supply Chain Management; title: Challenges and complexities in supply chain management; title: Evolution of green practices – adding to the complexity; title: Challenges in implementation of green supply chains; title: Recommendations to overcome the challenges; title: References; title: Measuring The Performance Of Green Supply Chains; title: Introduction; title: Literature Review; title: Challenges in measuring the performance of green supply chains; title: Summary; title: References; title: Green Design & Selection Of Green Technology; title: Green Design/ Technology; title: Closed loop manufacturing; title: Product Stewardship & green design; title: Benefits of green design; title: Growing importance of green design; title: Summary; title: References; title: Green Purchasing; title: Green Purchasing and Supplier Relationships; title: References; title: Green Logistics; title: Growing importance of logistics; title: Reason for interest in green logistics; title: A broad overview of literature in green logistics; title: Future of Green Logistics; title: References; title: The Conflict between Lean and Green; title: Introduction; title: Five principles of Lean thinking; title: Improving Lean efforts – A few guidelines; title: To summarise; title: References; title: GSCM: Links to Quality standards, TQM and CRM; title: Introduction; title: TQM, CRM, ISO standards; title: Summary; title: Examples of Green Supply Chains; title: Introduction; title: Case Study: Thermax India; title: References; title: The Future of Green Supply Chains; title: References