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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"sustainable supply chains"”.
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Creating Sustainable Supply Chains: Influencing Sustainable Practices in the Supply Chain
… are reporting their commitment to create sustainable supply chains. Ultimately, supply chain professionals are the drivers of change within their respective organizations, so this dissertation examines the role of communication as a tool to persuade supply chain professionals to create …
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Sustainable supply chains: Bridging the gap between environmental economics and operations management
In 2030, we will reach the deadline of most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, which represent a universal call to end poverty and protect the planet. The SDGs are distinct from previous environmental and social targets because they recognise that development must …
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Sustainable supply chains enabled by mergers & acquisitions: motivations, strategic considerations, and integration outcomes
… particularly within the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments. Today, ESG performance is a critical component of business strategy, and a source of competitive advantage. From a strategic operations …
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A data-driven approach to vendor rationalization and engagement for sustainable supply chains
… smaller order quantities, a greater emphasis on sustainable sourcing, and better management of supply chain risks are challenges Li & Fung is addressing by reshaping its relationship with its vendor base. The current work seeks to develop a data-driven approach for vendor base rationalization and …
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A predictive approach for identifying high performance factories
… cycles. To support the transformation of the supply chain, data analytics is used to explore leading indicators for firm survival in the garment industry. This project seeks to identify the major drivers of factory success through the lens of current factory performance metrics (quality, …
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A Study of Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Supply Chain
… by establishing an empirical link between sustainable supply chains characteristics and organisational competitiveness. The overall aim is to develop an empirical model of sustainable supply chain characteristics that improves resource utilisation, profit maximization and competitiveness in …
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Nature-Centered Materiomics: Experimental and Computational Design
… to fuel new growth. Nature effectively forms sustainable supply chains with no waste by leveraging both the constituents of materials and their structural organization at multiple scales, architecting common and abundant building blocks into a variety of high-performing composites. In this …
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Developing a Focal Firm’s Sustainable Supply Chain Framework: Drivers, Orientation, Practices and Performance Outcomes
… acknowledge that linking sustainability with the supply chain is a crucial step for operations management (Hall, 2000; Zhu and Sarkis, 2004; Koplin et al., 2007; Matos and Hall, 2007). Despite a growing number of studies on sustainability from the point of view of the supply chain (Linton et al., …
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EXPLORING NATURAL RESOURCE SCARCITY MITIGATION APPROACHES IN SUPPLYNETWORKS
… issues. This has led to growing scrutiny on the sustainable use of natural capital, requiring firms to incorporate natural resource scarcity (NRS) risks into their operational strategies. However, as demonstrated in the review of the literature, there is a gap in understanding on how firms with …