Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN: A NECESSITY IN TODAYS GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
Department
Management Department
College
Seidman College of Business
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Business
Abstract
Sustainable supply chain is a prerequisite for all companies that are engaged in the global marketplace. The management in these companies view sustainability as a powerful source of competitive and market advantage. These companies have established sustainability strategies and have made progress with pragmatic approaches, even during the time of severe economic recession. In the pursuit of making their supply chains sustainable, these companies continue to evaluate suppliers and their supply-management organizations across multiple dimensions of sustainability; and have successfully linked the objectives of sustainability with cost effectiveness, customer service, and other objectives. The reason why sustainable supply chain is so important is because it can address every stage of the life cycle of the product including all economic, environmental, and social impacts on employees, workers, users and the overall community in which the business operates.
Conference Name
The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2013
Conference Location
Brighton, United Kingdom
ScholarWorks Citation
Motwani, Jaideep and Christopher, Norman, "SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN: A NECESSITY IN TODAYS GLOBAL MARKETPLACE" (2014). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 825.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/825
