Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management: (Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management Science)

SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management addresses the most relevant topics of operations and supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability. The main focus is to provide a step-by-step guide for managerial decisions made along the product life cycle, following a path made up of the following steps: product design, sourcing, manufacturing, packaging and physical distribution, reverse logistics and recovery. Guidance is provided on understanding traditional operations and supply chain management approaches, tools and techniques such as production planning, stock management, quality management and performance measurement, which can be adapted to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability. Key features: Repositions the main operations and supply chain management decisions developed in the perspective of the Life Cycle Analysis (Cradle-to-Cradle approach) and the Triple Bottom Line approach (economic, environmental and social sustainability) Covers sustainability and future trends, sustainable operations as a competitive factor as well as performance measurement and control Explores five main areas of operations and supply chain management; design for environment, procurement, manufacturing, packaging and distribution and reverse supply chain Provides a case study within each chapter to further the reader’s understanding along with numerous examples and real-world problems The book will be valuable for students at undergraduate and graduate levels in management and engineering schools, as well as for practitioners working in operations and supply chain management functions.

Table of Contents:
Preface x Acknowledgements xiii 1 Sustainability and Future Trends 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Sustainability Before Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management 2 1.3 The Impact of Climate Change 7 1.4 Mega‐Trends and Sustainability 9 1.4.1 Demographic Evolution 10 1.4.2 Urbanisation 11 1.4.3 Emerging New Consumers 12 1.4.4 Smart Technologies and the Digital Factory 15 1.5 Mega‐Trends, Sustainability and Supply Chain Management 17 1.6 Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility 19 1.7 The Development of Sustainable Objectives from the Triple Bottom Line Perspective 22 1.8 Sustainability: The Reasons Why 23 2 Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management as Competitive Factors 28 2.1 Introduction 28 2.2 Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing and Service Industries 31 2.3 Operations, Supply Chain Management and Competitive Advantage 37 2.3.1 Strategic Alignment 37 2.3.2 Operations, Supply Chain Management and Decision Making 39 2.3.3 Operations and Supply Chain Performance Management and Control 40 2.4 Performance and Trade‐Off Management 43 2.5 Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management: A Reference Framework 44 3 Sustainability and New Product Design 52 3.1 Introduction 52 3.2 The Environmental Orientation Path 54 3.3 Life Cycle and Cradle‐to‐Cradle Approaches 58 3.4 Eco‐Efficiency and Eco‐Effectiveness 61 3.5 The Design for Approaches 64 3.5.1 Design for Environment 66 3.5.2 DFE Principles 70 4 Sustainability and Procurement 81 4.1 Introduction 81 4.2 The Role of Procurement in Delivering Sustainable Solutions 83 4.3 Implementing a Sustainable Procurement Strategy 85 4.3.1 Indentifying Needs and Defining Specifications 87 4.3.2 Vendor Pre‐Selection 88 4.3.3 Tender Evaluation and Vendor Selection 90 4.3.4 Vendor Control and Contract Management 92 4.4 Ethics in Procurement 94 5 Sustainability and Production 98 5.1 Introduction 98 5.2 The Design of the Production System 100 5.3 Leveraging Lean Management for a Sustainable Production 102 5.3.1 Overview of Environmental and Social “Wastes” 105 5.3.2 The Lean Principles and Toolkit 109 5.4 Leveraging Six‐Sigma for a Sustainable Production 126 5.4.1 Six Sigma and Statistical Process Control 130 5.5 Servitisation and Leasing 135 6 Sustainability and Logistics, Physical Distribution and Packaging 136 6.1 Introduction 136 6.2 Social and Environmental Aspects in Logistics and Physical Distribution 138 6.3 Physical Distribution and Sustainability: A Reference Framework 140 6.3.1 Carbon Footprint Auditing 145 6.3.2 Eliminating Transportation Waste 149 6.4 Warehouse Management and Sustainability 155 6.5 Sustainable Packaging 159 7 Reverse Logistics Management and Closed-Loop Supply Chain 162 7.1 Introduction 162 7.2 Reverse Flows and Sustainability 164 7.3 Reverse Logistics and Closed‐Loop Supply Chain: Not only a Semantic Difference 166 7.4 Closed‐Loop Supply Chain Management: Integrating Forward and Backward Flows 168 7.5 Sustainable Supply Chains: Why, Who, What and How? 169 7.5.1 Why? Drivers and Reasons in Sustainable Supply Chains 170 7.5.2 Who? Main Players in Sustainable Supply Chains 171 7.5.3 What? Products, Materials and Packaging in Sustainable Supply Chains 173 7.5.4 How? Recovery Options in Sustainable Supply Chains 175 7.6 Value Creation Through Recovery Options 178 8 Measuring Sustainability 186 8.1 Introduction 186 8.2 Measuring Sustainability in Manufacturing Companies 188 8.3 Sustainable Development Measurement 189 8.3.1 The Measurement of GDP: Limits 189 8.3.2 Human Development Index 191 8.4 Sustainability Measurement in Companies 194 8.4.1 Relevant Profiles 194 8.4.2 Reference Models 197 References 204 Index 224

About the Author :
Valeria Belvedere Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy Alberto Grando Bocconi University – SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy