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Extending total life-cycle thinking to sustainable supply chain design
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In this paper, the authors introduce a total life-cycle-based approach to sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) that extends beyond the 3R's of reduce, reuse and recycle to 6R's that includes recover, redesign and remanufacture.Abstract:
Conventional supply chain management (SCM) practices have focused only on three life-cycle stages: pre-manufacturing, manufacturing and use. The fourth stage, post-use, probably the most important from a sustainability perspective, is often addressed on a piece-meal basis, only when such practices deliver economic benefits. This paper introduces a total life-cycle-based approach to sustainable SCM (SSCM) that extends beyond the 3R's of reduce, reuse and recycle to 6R's that includes recover, redesign and remanufacture. A new definition for SSCM that adopts the total life-cycle approach and triple bottom-line (TBL) is presented. Two existing supply chain frameworks: supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model and the global supply chain forum (GSCF) framework, are evaluated in the context of SSCM to improve economic growth while ensuring environmental protection and societal well-being. The review finds that neither framework explicitly captures the non-economic aspects of SSCM, but the broader view of the GSCF framework offers much promise.read more
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Reverse logistics and closed-loop supply chain: A comprehensive review to explore the future
TL;DR: The aim of this paper is to review recently published papers in reverse logistic and closed-loop supply chain in scientific journals and identify gaps in the literature to clarify and to suggest future research opportunities.
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A comparative literature analysis of definitions for green and sustainable supply chain management
Payman Ahi,Cory Searcy +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and analyze the published definitions of green supply chain management (GSCM) and sustainable supply chain Management (SSCM) and two different sets of key characteristics for business sustainability (economic, environmental, social, stakeholder, volunteer, resilience, and long-term focuses) and SCM (i.e., flow, coordination, stake holder, relationship, value, efficiency, and performance focuses) were proposed.
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A literature review and a case study of sustainable supply chains with a focus on metrics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the literature on sustainable supply chains during the last decade; 2000-2010; and provide frameworks for sustainable supply chain management and performance measures, and also provide a case study to illustrate the experience of a utility supply chain in setting performance indicators.
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Sustainable manufacturing: Modeling and optimization challenges at the product, process and system levels
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of recent trends and new concepts in the development of sustainable products, processes and systems, focusing on dry, near-dry and cryogenic machining as examples.
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The circular economy: New or Refurbished as CE 3.0? — Exploring Controversies in the Conceptualization of the Circular Economy through a Focus on History and Resource Value Retention Options
TL;DR: In this article, the authors take a focus on the historical development of the concept of circular economy and value retention options (ROs) for products and materials aiming for increased circularity and conclude that policymakers and businesses should focus their efforts on realization of the more desirable, shorter loop retention options, like remanufacturing, refurbishing and repurposing, yet with a view on feasibility and overall system effects.
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Green supply‐chain management: A state‐of‐the‐art literature review
TL;DR: An integrated and fresh look into the area of GrSCM is taken, using the rich body of available literature, including earlier reviews that had relatively limited perspectives, on the basis of the problem context in supply chain's major influential areas.
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
TL;DR: McDonough and Braungart as discussed by the authors argue that the one-way, 'cradle to grave' manufacturing model, dating to the Industrial Revolution, creates such fantastic amounts of waste and pollution in the first place.
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Partnerships fromcannibals with forks: The triple bottom line of 21st-century business
TL;DR: In this paper, Elkington explores how effective, long-term partnerships will be crucial for companies making the transition to sustainability and offers approaches and examples of keen interest, which can be found in the Cannibals with Forks book.
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Towards the Sustainable Corporation: Win-Win-Win Business Strategies for Sustainable Development:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the development of some of those pressures, highlighting industries in the firing line, and examining some of the concerns of consumers, looking at the ways in which companies can turn the environment game into one in which they, their customers, and the environment are all winners.
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