Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value

Steven A. Melnyk, Robert P. Sroufe

Description

Sustainability is changing and changing rapidly. It is becoming more widespread as companies and customers uncover its power, attractiveness, and sustainability, as well as receiving more attention in the press. Support for sustainability lies within new tools, frameworks, and approaches.

The authors capture these and other developments in this second volume of Developing Sustainable Supply Chains. In the first volume, the authors assess major management opportunities; this second volume focuses on implementation; when combined the result is a complete, action-oriented treatment of sustainability.

Written by two of the leading academic researchers in this area, this series introduces the reader, whether a student, manager, or experienced sustainability advocate, to the various tools, frameworks, and approaches that work.

Sujets

• Culture
• Business model
• Dashboard
• Collaboration
• Business
• Carbon dioxide
• Economics
• Carbon footprint
• Design thinking
• Action learning
• Best in Class
• Energy management
• Sustainable design
• Gestion et management
• Production Management
• Operations Management

Informations

• Publié par: Business Expert Press
• Date de parution: 24 août 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781631578526
• Langue: English

Extrait

Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value, Volume II
Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value, Volume II
Management Issues, Insights, Concepts, and Tools—Implementation
Robert P. Sroufe
Steven A. Melnyk
Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value, Volume II: Management Issues, Insights, Concepts, and Tools—Implementation
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Abstract
As we enter the 21st century, we find ourselves faced with two major developments. The first is the emergence of the supply chain as a strategic and tactical weapon. With the emergence of the supply chain, the unit of competition has shifted from the firm to the supply chain. However, with the advent of the supply chain, it is important to recognize that we have to view strategic objectives within a context that stresses not simply the internal operations of the firm but also the elements and stakeholders of the supply chain—elements that include the supplier base, customers, logistics linkages, relationships, transparency, and visibility. We realize that the supply chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
The second development is that of sustainability. This paradigm shift is more than simply being environmentally responsible. Rather, it is overall sustainability as measured in terms of the firm’s ability to reduce waste, improve profitability, generate strategic competitive advantages, recognize emerging social issues while ensuring that it is safe and treats its employees well. In the past, sustainability was viewed as a marketing fad; this is no longer the case. Sustainability is increasingly becoming at a minimum an expectation and a requirement for doing business (i.e., an order qualifier) and under many conditions something that differentiates firms and makes them more attractive to potential customers (i.e., an order winner).
These two developments, while often treated as separate entities, are very interrelated. It is this interrelationship that forms the major focus and thrust of this book. Essentially what “Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value” does is to present the reader with an integrated, business-oriented treatment of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) that explores why it is no longer enough for a firm to focus on sustainability within only the four walls of the firm. Rather, in today’s business environment, sustainability must involve the supply chain in a deliberate and integrated fashion. To succeed with sustainability, a firm must ensure that this outcome is not only present within the firm but is also present within the supply chain. As the insights, tools, and concepts within this book will illustrate, the market and consumers will punish those firms that promise sustainability but that are not able to deliver on this promise because of problems in the supply chain.
Both Volume 1 (Foundations) and Volume 2 (Implementation) are intended to be a stand-alone read for executive education, and supplementary text for existing MBA supply chain management courses. In Volume 2 we start with design for sustainability and design thinking, next we review supporting frameworks and tools before looking at the integration of sustainability and supply chain management, and how to enable people and customers. We then look at sustainable systems as the order winners of the future, review case studies of implementation, and then review successfully implementing sustainable supply chains to drive value before concluding with how emerging supply chain leaders will need a strategic focus with a call for action while recognizing this is just the end of the beginning.
The two-volume set provides an evidence-based management approach to sustainability and value chains to allow understanding from a variety of disciplines and professional backgrounds. If you are a business professional wanting a 2- to 3-hour introduction to SSCM, we suggest you review Volume 1 so you can more quickly be ready to put learning into action, whether at the office or in the classroom. For a more in-depth understanding of SSCM as a driver of value, we can’t help but recommend you read each volumes, while fully engaging in the action-learning process.
Key features of this two-volume set include, but are not limited to: Short vignettes of important trends to start each chapter. Relevant management issues. Evidence-based management examples from leading multinational companies along with small and medium enterprises spanning supply chains. References to appropriate tools, emerging technology, and practices. Interdisciplinary perspectives enabling your own ability to implement and manage a more sustainable supply chain. Chapter Action Items and Audit Questions for the reader to take a deeper look at integration opportunities involved in sustainability and supply chain management. An action-learning approach to applying concepts and tools. Guidelines on how to move forward with a supply chain sustainability initiative.
Keywords
action learning, audits, benefits, best in class, business models, carbon, carbon disclosure project (CDP), carbon footprint, circular economy, collaboration, culture, design for sustainability, dashboard, design thinking, enablers, energy management, environmental profit & loss statement, environmental management systems, environmental protection agency, environmental standards, framework for strategic sustainable development (FSSD), freight, greenhouse gas (GHG) protocol, global reporting initiative (GRI), greenhouse gas emissions, implementation, innovation, integration, integrated bottom line, less than truckload, life cycle assessment, metrics, multicriterion decision analysis, natural capital, new product development, obstacles, operationalize, order losers, order winners, performance measurement, pollution prevention, process design, product design, quality management, self-audit, social capital, social sustainability, supplier assessment, supply chain operations reference model, smart way program, supply chain management, sustainability, system design, systems thinking, standards, sustainability portfolio, sustainable value added (SVA), the natural step, toolkit, tools, total quality management, transparency, triple bottom line, trends, United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universal breakthrough sequence, value generation, waste.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Section I The Key Activities of a Sustainable Supply Chain
Chapter 1 Design for Sustainability—Collectively Transforming Systems and Process
Chapter 2 Frameworks and Tools
Section II Emerging Issues in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Chapter 3 Integration: Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
Chapter 4 Integration: Enabling People and Customers
Section III Sustainable Supply Chain Management—Planning and Future Systems
Chapter 5 Sustainable Systems—Order Winners of the Future
Chapter 6 Implementing Successful Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value
Chapter 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management—The End of the Beginning
References
Index
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the many people and organizations that contributed their support to this book. We need to thank MBA Sustainability Fellows Derek McMahan, Laura Monahan, Gina Johnson, Claudia Osorno, and Velika Talyarkhan for their research assistance and refinement of the chapters. Next, we would like to thank Duquesne University and the Alcoa Foundation for funding the fellowship program and portions of the research within this book; the Beard Institute for their continued support of interdisciplinary projects involving sustainability; and Michigan State University. We would not be able to include compelling information about companies already pushing the sustainability performance frontier if it were not for the many local and national companies and organizations that provided insight and examples for this book. Therefore, we need to thank 3M, Applied Products, Alcoa, Baxter, Bayer Material Sciences, Dow, DuPont, EMC, FedEx, Ford, GaBi, Global Reporting Initiative, General Motors, Herman Miller, H.J. Heinz, Honeywell, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Office Depot, Proctor & Gamble, Pitt Ohio, UPMC, Wesco, and Westinghouse. And finally, we would like to thank our families for supporting us and enabling the development of this book. To our children, we hope you will someday live in a sustainable world. To the readers of this book, we hope that you will spearhead the changes that make it possible for our children and all future generations to live in a sustainable world.

SECTION I
The Key Activities of a Sustainable Supply Chain
CHAPTER 1
Design for Sustainability—Collectively Transforming Systems and Process

Design