Beschreibung
This book is an introduction to support operationalizing and optimization of "sustainability" in supply chain management. Supply chain management is currently facing the sustainability transition. However, many practitioners are struggling how to operationalize "sustainability" of products and processes and how to quantify and optimize sustainability in supply chain management problems. We present two modeling approaches. The first one is the optimization of the three sustainability objectives people, planet and profit also known as the triple bottom line. We provide a step-by-step approach to optimize supply chain problems using multiple objective optimization. The second modeling approach is based on system thinking. Likewise processes in nature, the interaction between processes in supply chains defines their behavior. We introduce system dynamics as a modeling technique to study the dynamic interactions of societal, environmental and economic processes in supply chains. Every modeling approach is explained in detail and illustrated with real-life problems that can serve as a starting point for solving your own problems. After reading this book you will be able to use quantitative modeling for analyzing and optimizing sustainable supply chain management problems.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Ir. Dirk Inghels is an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain Analytics department of the School of Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis entitled "Policy Modelling for Sustainable Waste Management" in 2016. He holds an M.Sc. (2006) in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Eindhoven University, an M.Sc. (2000) in Industrial Management from Ghent University, and an M.Sc. (1990) in Industrial Sciences from the University of Antwerp.Dirk Inghels has more than 10 years of experience in the domain of sustainable supply chain management, and his research focuses on sustainable supply chain management in the public and private sectors. His ongoing research concentrates on integrating operations research techniques in topics related to sustainable supply chain management and on improvements in quality management.In addition to his academic work, Dirk Inghels has more than 30 years of industry experience in different domains such as engineering, quality, and sustainability. He is currently the Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental Senior Manager at Aleris Aluminum BV in Duffel, Belgium. He is also responsible for sustainability in this position.
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