Books in the Springer Series in Supply Chain Management series

This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space, whether from the operations management and industrial engineering side or more from the industrial ecology and life-cycle assessment side.Finding efficient solutions towards a more sustainable supply chain is increasingly important for managers, but clearly this raise difficult questions, often without clear answers. This book aims to provide insights into these kinds of questions for students and practitioners, based on the latest academic research.

This book lays the foundations for quality modeling and analysis in the context of supply chains through a synthesis of the economics, operations management, as well as operations research/management science literature on quality.

This book is the first to focus on sustainable supply chain management in the fashion industry and is therefore a pioneering text on this topic.In the fashion industry, disposable fashion under the fast fashion concept has become a trend.

Sharing accurate and timely supply and demand information throughout a supply chain can yield significant performance improvements to all members of the supply chain.

Thisbook highlights what it takes to be successful in identifying and executing environmentalresponsibility from an operational perspective. It provides cutting-edgeresearch from globally recognized field experts. It is a useful resource for practitionersto explore why and how firms engage in environmentally responsible operations,but also a valuable resource for academics as an introductory reference thatprovides direct exposure to key environmental operational problems faced bymany firms today. This book can also be used as an introductory reading forstudents with varying educational backgrounds - from business school students interestedin environmental issues to environmental scientists interested in obtaining abusiness perspective - as it provides a broad scope of key issues at theinterface of operations management and environmental and social responsibility.EnvironmentallyResponsible Supply Chainsis structured in a modular fashion, with each chapter introducing and analyzinga specific timely topic, allowing readers to identify the chapters that relateto their interests. More specifically, the book distinguishes between two keydrivers of environmentally responsibility: Profit and Regulatory compliance.The book is divided into five sections. The first three sections of the bookexplore profit driven environmental responsibility, and provide examples as towhere the motives for environmentally responsible business practices come from,where business opportunities are, and what operational perspectives are key toprofitability. The last two sections of the book focus on regulation as adriver of environmental responsibility and identify motives, opportunities, oroperational perspectives as to effective regulatory compliance. Ultimately the book introduces the reader to the fundamentals of sustainable operations and highlights the latest research on the topic.

This book aims to revisit the "traditional" interaction between channel strategies and the marketing mix in a connected world.

From data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers.

This book aims to revisit the "traditional" interaction between channel strategies and the marketing mix in a connected world.

This book examines the challenges and opportunities arising from an assortment of technologies as they relate to Operations Management and Finance.

The book identifies the challenges and opportunities arising from the shift towards responsible business operations and examines these issues through the lenses of operations management, emphasizing the supply chain transformations associated with these changes.