1st Edition

Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management

By Melanie E. Kreye Copyright 2023
166 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book takes as its starting point the need to improve sustainability performance across the triple bottom line and reach global sustainable development goals. As such, it places sustainability at the heart of developing and explaining relevant theory, concepts and models in operations and supply chain management. Whereas previous textbooks on operations and supply chain management have... Read more

01 Introduction

Part I Sustainable products

02 Sustainable product design

Case: Sustainable product design at Ambu A/S

Part II Sustainability and operations

03 Sustainable production

04 Lean management

05 Servitization

Case: Sustainable energy production with Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC)

Part III Sustainability and supply chains

06 Collaborative supply chains

07 Sustainable procurement

08 Sustainable transport and logistics

09 Reverse supply chains

Circular economy

Biography

Melanie E. Kreye is Professor and Chair of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the School for Business and Society at the University of York. She joined the school from the Technical University of Denmark. She further holds an external position at the Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK.