Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management

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