Reverse Supply Chains

Reverse Supply Chains
Author: Surendra M. Gupta
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1439899037

Winner of IIE Book of the Month, December 2013The introduction of reverse supply chains has created many challenges in network design, transportation, selection of used products, selection and evaluation of suppliers, performance measurement, marketing-related issues, end-of-life (EOL) alternative selection, remanufacturing, disassembly, and produc

Handbook Of Sustainability Management

Handbook Of Sustainability Management
Author: Christian N Madu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 910
Release: 2012-03-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814458708

Sustainability is about the effective management of nonrenewable and nonreplenishable natural resources. These resources are limited and critical to maintaining ecological balance. A collective effort is required to balance our socio-economic needs with environmental needs. This could be achieved by re-evaluating policies and actions as to how they affect the environment. Sustainability requires changes in traditional practices of doing things and refocusing ourselves to the needs of the earth. This handbook explores the role of sustainability in achieving social development, environmental protection, and economic development. These three areas constitute what is referred to as the triple bottom line (TBL). Sustainability management may help organizations and their global supply networks to re-evaluate their policies, processes, programs, and projects in terms of triple bottom line. Sustainability helps to facilitate planning, implementing, reviewing, and improving an organization's actions and operations to meet ecological goals.

Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Author: Luo, ZongWei
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466627743

Technological Solutions for Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management highlights theories and technological growth in applied research as well as advances in logistics, supply chains, and industry experiences. Aiming to enhance the expansions made towards an efficient and sustainable economy, this book is essential for providing researchers, practitioners and academicians with insight into a wide range of topics.

Intelligent Computing

Intelligent Computing
Author: Kohei Arai
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1127
Release: 2019-06-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030228711

This book presents the proceedings of the Computing Conference 2019, providing a comprehensive collection of chapters focusing on core areas of computing and their real-world applications. Computing is an extremely broad discipline, encompassing a range of specialized fields, each focusing on particular areas of technology and types of application, and the conference offered pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from around the globe a platform to share new ideas and development experiences. Providing state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real- world problems, the book inspires further research and technological advances in this important area.

Remanufacturing Modeling and Analysis

Remanufacturing Modeling and Analysis
Author: Mehmet Ali Ilgin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1439863083

New, Now, Next. Consumers' ever growing appetite to acquire new products and their short courtship with them has kept manufacturers busy not only expending resources at an alarming rate, but also depleting these resources and giving rise to waste and pollution at a correspondingly increasing and disturbing rate. Traditional manufacturing methods th

Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management

Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management
Author: Akkucuk, Ulas
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2016-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522520376

Various industries in modern society can contribute to many different sustainable development initiatives. By implementing better processes for resource usage and its impacts, businesses can play a vital role in creating a cleaner environment. Ethics and Sustainability in Global Supply Chain Management is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on organizational procedures and methods that ensure environmental sustainability, while maintaining effective production processes. Highlighting the most innovative topics and perspectives, such as life cycle costing, waste management, and business leadership, this book is ideally designed for professionals, academics, practitioners, graduate students, and researchers interested in developing green supply chain processes.

Applications of Management Science

Applications of Management Science
Author: Kenneth D. Lawrence
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2015-02-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784412104

The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision making problems. We hope that this research annual will significantly aid in the dissemination of actual applications of management science in both the public and private sectors.

Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Tatnall, Arthur
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2699
Release: 2009-10-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1605669830

With the technological advancement of mobile devices, social networking, and electronic services, Web technologies continues to play an ever-growing part of the global way of life, incorporated into cultural, economical, and organizational levels. Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (4 Volume) provides a comprehensive depiction of current and future trends in support of the evolution of Web information systems, Web applications, and the Internet. Through coverage of the latest models, concepts, and architectures, this multiple-volume reference supplies audiences with an authoritative source of information and direction for the further development of the Internet and Web-based phenomena.

Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems. Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT

Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems. Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT
Author: Markus Nüttgens
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2011-09-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642241484

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems, held in Hamburg, Germany, in September 2011. The 14 revised full papers and 16 research in progress and practice papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The full research papers are organized in the following topical sections:governance, sustainability, design themes, customer and user integration, and future subjects.