Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management

by David B. Grant, Alexander Trautrims, Chee Yew Wong

Overview

Our daily lives are permeated by the activities of logistics and supply chain, from food and clothing to doorstep deliveries. As these processes have the ability to significantly impact the natural environment, it has never been so important to develop and implement sustainable principles and practices.

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is an essential textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students for understanding sustainability as it pertains to logistics operations. This book covers the direct environmental impacts of logistics and supply chain processes, including emissions and waste, as well as how wider changes such as globalization need to be given similar considerations. Presenting different pathways to guide readers, case studies and supported by extensive research, this book provides all the support needed to understand and implement a sustainable approach.

Now in its third edition, Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is fully updated with the latest research and data including trends in logistics and supply chain management and new cases. Online resources include instructor manuals and complied lists of figures and tables.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398604438
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	968,414
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Professor David B. Grant is Professor of Supply Chain Management & Social Responsibility, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland and Bua Luang ASEAN Chair Professor, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. He has over 175 publications and participates in editorial boards for numerous journals.

Professor Chee Yew Wong is Chair of Supply Chain Management at Leeds University Business School, UK. He has extensive consultancy experience in operations, purchasing, production, inventory and distribution management.

Dr Alexander Trautrims is a Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management at Nottingham University Business School, UK. His research focuses on sourcing, compliance and supply issues.

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 00: Introduction; ** Chapter - 01: Logistics and supply chain management; ** Chapter - 02: Science of sustainability; ** Chapter - 03: Freight transport; ** Chapter - 04: Sustainable warehousing; ** Chapter - 05: Product design, cleaner production and packaging; ** Chapter - 06: Sustainable purchasing and procurement; ** Chapter - 07: Reverse logistics and recycling; ** Chapter - 08: Risk, resilience and corporate social responsibility; ** Chapter - 09: Sustainable logistics and supply chain management strategy

Editorial Reviews

"This is a great book offering a wide range of topic from transport and logistics to supply chain strategy. Even more important, sustainability is not discussed as an add on, but is central to the presentation of all topics, giving the book a clear competitive advantage."

Professor Dr. Stefan Seuring

"The design of the whole book is very user-helpful, with tables, boxed examples from successful firms, graphs, lists, matrices, bar-charts, pie-charts, flow-charts, and what they intriguingly call a 'radar chart'. At the end of every chapter is a useful summary, and a first reading would benefit by simply reading these for a rich foretaste of the detailed content. [...] It is really a handbook, a do-it-yourself guide for supply chain managers, clearly explained, and not avoiding the problems of implementation"

Ms Piyawan Puttibarncharoensri – Director

"Highly practical guide to the principles and practices for sustainable logistics and supply chain management."

Supply Business

"The book offers an excellent and broad overview of sustainability. It goes far beyond freight transportation and also includes corporate social responsibility, ethics and risk issues in supply chains. The topical mini-cases relate the discussion to practice and are a great source for teaching."

Professor Stephan M. Wagner

"If you are looking for a book to inspire you and at the same time have the latest information on Sustainable logistics and SCM, this is the book to read. The authors have managed to capture the essence of logistics and SCM and at the same time add the new perspectives needed to understand how to deal and cope with the challenges posed on businesses in times of crisis. I certainly hope that this book will reach an even broader audience as sustainability and topics addressed here are even more important in the future."

Rector at BI Norwegian Business School Karen Spens

"The only textbook on logistics and supply chain management putting sustainability at the core of each chapter. This offers a unique approach highly relevant for today's businesses."

Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring

"Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a powerful book for both executives and practitioners. It contains the key elements of building and maintaining sustainable supply chains. The principles and concepts are illustrated with practical applications and examples. This is a great book."

Dr. Dale S. Rogers

"Publication of the latest edition of Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is timely. The authors bring their unrivalled expertise to this thorough and holistic exploration of sustainability across business networks. This new edition is essential reading for business managers and students alike."

Professor Edward Sweeney

"This is an excellent overview of sustainable supply chain management, and a valuable resource for managers and students alike."

Dr. Craig R. Carter

"Sustainability has become license to do business in the 21st Century, and must incorporate all facets of a firm's operations, including most importantly, supply chain management. Professors Grant, Trautrims, and Wong provide a current assessment of sustainable supply chain management from a logistics perspective. Their book is an easily accessible overview of sustainability that is relevant for the practicing logistics manager."

Craig Carter

"This book provides a wonderful roadmap to help managers, students, and even scholars, grasp the fundamentals of green supply and logistics management. The comprehensive treatment of this complex issue is presented in easy to understand language that makes it conveniently accessible even to the novice. "

Joseph Sarkis

"The book offers an excellent and broad overview of sustainability. It goes far beyond freight transportation and also includes corporate social responsibility, ethics and risk issues in supply chains. The topical mini-cases relate the discussion to practice and are a great source for teaching."

Professor Stephan M Wagner

"Based on expert research, this text covers the whole scope of sustainable logistics. Examining the subject in an integrated, holistic manner, this book analyzes all the key areas in sustainable logistics and supply chain management."

Inbound Logistics Jason McDowell

"Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a powerful book for both executives and practitioners. It contains the key elements of building and maintaining sustainable supply chains. The principles and concepts are illustrated with practical applications and examples. This is a great book."

Dr. Dale S Rogers

"This revised edition of Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management introduces new perspectives and new real life examples of sustainable logistics and supply chain in practice. It is written in an engaging style which should appeal to practitioners, academics and students alike. This is an important text for those offering courses in supply chain management, with research led applications and case studies which will be particularly useful in a teaching context. This edition also includes on-line support materials which teaching staff will find invaluable, including tips for teaching, PowerPoint presentations and in class activities."

Dorothea Carvalho

"The book covers all facets of a sustainable supply chain: Product Design, Sourcing and Procurement, Freight and Transportation, Warehousing, Reverse Logistics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Supply Chain Risk. It combines theoretical explanations with actual practical business cases, which makes it both educational and interesting to read. It will give you a good understanding of the current state and developments of sustainability in Logistics and Supply Chain operations, and is an excellent starting point for development of your own sustainability program."

Logistics Matter - Martijn Graat

"This overview is a timely, cohesive manual on sustainable SCM. getAbstract recommends this comprehensive, practical guidebook to CEOs, investors, supply chain managers, logistics managers and business leaders seeking profitable lessons in sustainability strategy."

getAbstract Inc.

"The book offers an excellent and broad overview of sustainability. It goes far beyond freight transportation and also includes corporate social responsibility, ethics and risk issues in supply chains. The topical mini-cases relate the discussion to practice and are a great source for teaching."

ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Prof Stephan M. Wagner

"This is one of the first books globally integrating sustainability into all logistical and supply chain related processes. It will serve students as well as practitioners in getting good insights onto the topic."

Universityof Kassel, Germany - Dr. Stefan Seuring

"Based on expert research, this text covers the whole scope of sustainable logistics. Examining the subject in an integrated, holistic manner, this book analyzes all the key areas in sustainable logistics and supply chain management."

Inbound Logistics - Jason McDowell

"This overview is a timely, cohesive manual on sustainable SCM... getAbstract recommends this comprehensive, practical guidebook to CEOs, investors, supply chain managers, logistics managers and business leaders seeking profitable lessons in sustainability strategy."

Inc. getAbstract

"This book provides a wonderful roadmap to help managers, students, and even scholars, grasp the fundamentals of green supply and logistics management. The comprehensive treatment of this complex issue is presented in easy to understand language that makes it conveniently accessible even to the novice." —Joseph Sarkis, Professor and Head of Department of Management, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management is a powerful book for both executives and practitioners. It contains the key elements of building and maintaining sustainable supply chains. The principles and concepts are illustrated with practical applications and examples. This is a great book." —Dr. Dale S. Rogers, Professor, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business School

"This is one of the first books globally integrating sustainability into all logistical and supply chain related processes. It will serve students as well as practitioners in getting good insights onto the topic." —Dr. Stefan Seuring, Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Kassel, Germany

"Sustainability has become license to do business in the 21st Century, and must incorporate all facets of a firm's operations, including most importantly, supply chain management. Professors Grant, Trautrims, and Wong provide a current assessment of sustainable supply chain management from a logistics perspective. Their book is an easily accessible overview of sustainability that is relevant for the practicing logistics manager." —Craig Carter, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University

"The book offers an excellent and broad overview of sustainability. It goes far beyond freight transportation and also includes corporate social responsibility, ethics and risk issues in supply chains. The topical mini-cases relate the discussion to practice and are a great source for teaching." —Prof Stephan M. Wagner, Chair of Logistics Management, Director Executive MBA, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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