Ecological and environmental issues are playing a larger role in corporate and manufacturing strategies. Global and domestic environmental regulations and laws are forcing many organizations to consider environmental impacts of all functions, business processes and products. In this paper the...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a framework which can assist focal companies in the development of sustainable supply chains. Sustainable development from an industrial perspective has extended beyond organisational boundaries to incorporate a supply chain approach....

Environmentally conscious manufacturing (ECM) has been a mainstay of sustainable organizational practices for at least two decades. The adoption of ECM practices needs to overcome a variety of barriers. To overcome these barriers and adopt these crucial practices, understanding their structure...

The multi-tier sustainable supply chain relationship (MSSCR) is a socially important topic receiving greater attention in the supply chain research community. MSSCR research investigation is difficult. There is greater complexity associated with broader sets of organizations, practices,...

Environmental regulations are important drivers making organizations take their environmental performance seriously. Environmental regulatory mechanisms include ‘carrots’ or ‘sticks’—they can be incentive or coercive-based. The question exists on which type of mechanism would be most...

Developing performance measurement is a necessary element for the effective management of organisations. Performance measurement has been gaining in importance in both operations and management literature. In this paper an evaluation of the development and implementation of performance measures...

Strategic ERP Extension and Use provides practitioners and researchers with a window into the cutting edge strategic extension and the use of modern ERP systems, focusing on current use of ERP system implementation as well as outlooks for future developments for operations and strategic...