Sustainability and Collaboration in Supply Chain Management (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783844102666)

As the customer is demanding more sustainable and affordable products, the supply chains have to find innovative ways to fulfill this need. In this context, collaboration as well as optimization methods are becoming even more evident to enhance supply chain structure to an efficient and sustainable approach. While collaboration and optimization increase complexity and susceptibility, risk management needs to be applied concurrently. This volume, edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Thorsten Blecker and Christian Ringle, provides valuable insights into: - Sustainability in Logistics - Sustainability and collaboration practices - Supply chain risk management - Optimization methods in supply chain management. This volume addresses timely and relevant topics. Both researchers and practitioners are addressed and can obtain background information from current distributions by international authors presenting a state of the art research overview.

Author: Wolfgang Kersten
ISBN-10: 3844102663
ISBN-13: 9783844102666
Publisher: Josef Eul Verlag Gmbh
Language: English
Published: 08/06/2013
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d