Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach
<p><h4>A COMPLETE GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING A GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN</h4></p> <p>This detailed resource provides a stage-by-stage production methodology within the life cycle of a product to ensure environmental compliance and economic goals. After covering basic concepts and background, <i>Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach</i> discusses green engineering technologies, green value chain management, and green information management systems.</p> <p>The book delivers the knowledge to quantify the environmental impact on supply chains and identify opportunities for making improvements, leading to both green engineering and green management of a product.</p> <p><b>COVERAGE INCLUDES:</b><ul> <li>Mathematical background <li>Green engineering <li>Green materials <li>Environmental design <li>Green procurement--vendor selection with risk analysis <li>Green production--manufacture and remanufacture in certain and uncertain environments <li>Green logistics--recycling with certain and uncertain situations <li>Green customers--features and identification <li>End-of-life management--disassembly and reuse <li>Database for life cycle assessment--procedure with database <li>Web-based information support systems</ul></p>