Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management

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eBook - ePub

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management

About this book

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is the essential guide to the principles and practices of sustainable logistics operations. Based on extensive research, this book covers the whole scope of sustainable logistics. The case studies, with particular attention for use in a teaching context, relate the theoretical concepts to practice and what is happening 'on the ground'. Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management examines all the key areas in sustainable logistics and supply chain management, including: sustainable product design and packaging; sustainable purchasing and procurement; environmental impact of freight transport; sustainable warehousing and storage; and much more. Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a highly accessible guide to sustainable supply chain management. It provides an excellent insight into the topic that will help managers, students, and scholars grasp the fundamentals of green supply and logistics management. A vital teaching resource for courses on sustainable logistics, this revised edition includes valuable supporting online materials.

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Yes, you can access Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management by David B. Grant,Chee Yew Wong,Alexander Trautrims in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Industrial Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780749478278
eBook ISBN
9780749478285
INDEX
3M 138
A P Møller Maersk Group 81
Abukhader, S M and Jönson, G 22, 23
accountability.org.uk 243
Adidas 134, 135, 137
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 236
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR) 129
‘agile’ 17–18
Alnatura 109–10
Amazon Dash 15
Apple 13, 114, 244, 246
Arvis, J-F et al 52
AS/RS (Automated Storage/Retrieval System) 96
Ashley, Mike 111–12
Ashton Hayes 2–3
Asian Productivity Organization (APO) 131
ASOS 113
Associated Press 38
Austrian Institute of Ecology 57
autonomous vehicles 86–87
Awaysheh, A and Klassen, R D 161
Baker, P 93, 99, 105
Bapna, Manish 38
Barclays Bank 217
Barnard, S and Elliott, M 269, 270
Barry Callebaut 234
Barry, V 236
Basel Convention 147
Batteries Directive 202
BBC 76, 112, 114
Beauchamp, T L and Bowie, N E 236
Belkin 16
biofuel 76–77, 84–85, 87
Blue Jeans 188
BMW 195
BNP Paribas 93, 96, 99
Böge, S 23–24
Booth, C 156
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 75
Bowen, H R 228
Bowersox, D J, Closs, D J and Stank, T P 13
bow-tie analysis 271–72...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of figures and tables
  6. About the authors
  7. Foreword by James R Stock
  8. Introduction
  9. 01 Logistics and supply chain management
  10. 02 Science of sustainability
  11. 03 Freight transport
  12. 04 Sustainable warehousing
  13. 05 Product design, cleaner production and packaging
  14. 06 Sustainable purchasing and procurement
  15. 07 Reverse logistics and recycling
  16. 08 Risk, resilience and corporate social responsibility
  17. 09 Sustainable logistics and supply chain management strategy
  18. Index
  19. Backcover