- Postgraduate textbook that provides students with an understanding of sustainable transformation in supply chain operations and management
- Supported by learning outcomes, exercise questions and a glossary to help students understand how managers and employees handle and implement sustainable change in supply chains
- Includes real world examples from companies including P&G, Unilever, Mars, Starbucks, McDonald's and Patagonia
- Online resources: lecturer slides, instructor's manual with additional exercises and assignment options
Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation
Building Responsible and Resilient Supply Chains
With this postgraduate textbook, understand the environmental and social challenges companies manage when they transform their supply chains to become more sustainable.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781398624092
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 240x170
352 pages
About the book
Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation is a textbook that looks at the processes, issues and solutions of imbedding and managing environmental and social changes into supply chains.
This textbook is aimed at postgraduate students studying the challenges and disruptions faced within supply chains when becoming more sustainable. Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation covers:
- Environmental and social factors
- Building and developing sustainable supply chains
- Embedding sustainable operations
- Managing disruptions and supply chain leadership
- Risks and opportunities during transformation
- Metrics and KPIs for evaluating success
With this textbook students will understand how to manage challenges that can arise when building a sustainable, ethical and resilient supply chain, and how recalibrating strategies can lead to a more sustainable supply chain. Real-world examples from P&G, Unilever, Mars, Starbucks and McDonald's are included throughout to assist with problem-solving, critical thinking and application.
In-text resources include a glossary, learning outcomes, exercise questions and activities. Online resources include PowerPoint slides for lecturers and a lecturers' manual with additional assignments.
About the authors
Manish Shukla is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at Leeds University and Programme Director of the MSc Global Supply Chain Management. He is a Fulbright Fellow, with his research focusing on addressing real-life challenges in sustainable supply chain, applying operations, technology and innovation.
Vickey Swami is a dynamic consultant with a deep expertise in data analytics and business transformation, based in Manchester, UK.. With a strong focus on delivering data-driven insights, he has guided numerous organizations through complex product development and market positioning challenges, consistently driving operational efficiency and revenue growth.
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