Cover -- Sustainable Operations and Closed-Loop Supply Chains -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Sustainability and Closed-Loop Supply Chains -- CHAPTER 2: Take-Back Legislation -- CHAPTER 3: The First Step Toward Sustainability-Lean and Six-Sigma -- CHAPTER 4: Eco-Efficiency and Metrics...

Using case studies from European countries, chapters discuss trust-building methods for food networks in an e-business environment. Key issues include the influence of cultural disparity and cross-border transactions upon major product groups such as meat, cereal products and fresh produce.

This book examines the opportunities for, and the effects and benefits of, collaborative working practices and their impact on supply chain performance. The first part of the book focuses on modeling the supply chain using conceptual frameworks to describe the relationship between collaboration...

In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. food system: locally grown food. Many believe that "relocalization" of the food system will provide a range of public benefits, including lower...

This book presents the different models of supply chain performance evaluation for global supply chains. It describes why it is necessary to evaluate global performance both to assess the contribution of the supply chain to achieve the goals of creating value throughout the chain and also to...

Recognizing the substantial economic and social value brought to host countries and local communities through the procurement practices of large private and public companies, this book provides a first-hand account of the Local Content regulations, strategies and procurement processes needed to...

Intro -- GLOBALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS AND U.S. POLICY -- GLOBALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS AND U.S. POLICY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 GLOBALIZATION, WORKER INSECURITY, AND POLICY APPROACHES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- TRENDS DRIVING GLOBAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION -- Technology -- Global Labor Supply...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Strategic Concerns -- 2 The Extended Global Supply Chain: New Problems and New Responsibilities -- 3 Risky Business -- 4 Companies Behaving Badly -- 5 The SEAAR Movement -- 6 Who's in Charge Here? Organizational Responsibilities for an Ethical...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1 About the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model -- 2 Building Organizational Support for Supply Chain Improvement -- 3 Week One: Planning and Organizing -- 4 Week Two: Project Kickoff and SCOR Metrics -- 5...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword of the VICS CPFR Committee -- Preface -- 1. Efficient Consumer Response as the Origin of CPFR Prof. Dr. Dirk Seifert, Harvard Business School and University of Massachusetts -- 1.1 The Goals and Tasks of the ECR Concept -- 1.2 The Reversal of the Push...