The environment as a supply chain management issue

Article Abstract:

Companies should be paying more attention to management issues which impact the environment because greater cost-effectiveness and competitiveness can be achieved. An increasing amount of pressure to consider the environment will be placed on businesses in the future. Companies should cooperate with one-another to form mutually-beneficial networks. Total quality management practices should be revised to take note of environmental supply-chain items.

Resources, Environment & Energy, Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Business, Environmental aspects, Natural resources, Human beings, Total quality management, Humans

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A Conceptual Model for Researching the Creation and Operation of Supply Networks

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The model presented offers a robust structure that allows complex and cross-case examination of multi-disciplinary, multi-variable data from service/product supply networks. It is applied to eight case studies; implications for further research are discussed.

Models, Comparative analysis

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Developing the Concept of Transparency for Use in Supply Relationships

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Discussion focuses on how the concept and commercial importance of transparency may differ from conventionally understood interpretations of the term when expressed as a manageable factor in a supply relationship between two entities.

Management dynamics, Management, Business-to-business market, Business to business market, Company business management, Disclosure of information

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