Sustainable Supply Chains - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Feb 2021
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COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

August 2013 (Revised January 2016)
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Sustainability at Siemens

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Emer Moloney

Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief Sustainability Officer, Barbara Kux, in 2008. Asks students to evaluate success of those efforts and outline what the company should do going forward. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Energy Efficiency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Gender; Electronics Industry

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06 Sep 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning

Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel Watson

21 Mar 2022
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Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?

28 Mar 2014
Talk

Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors

By: Michael W. Toffel

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18 Aug 2020
News

Vaccines Use Bizarre Stuff. We Need a Supply Chain Now.

16 May 2022
News

Baby Formula Is Just the Latest Supply Chain Crisis—We Should Be Asking Why

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Vaccines Use Bizarre Stuff. We Need a Supply Chain Now.

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok

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Why have things been such a mess? For starters, there are a lot more layers than you probably imagine. View Details

2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Inge Skjelfjord and the Cacao Supply Chain

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Oludamilola Aladesanmi and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

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Jun 2021
Conference Presentation

Back to the Future: Digital Integration in Global Supply Chain

By: Hise O. Gibson

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7 Apr 2016
Conference Presentation

Assessing and Improving Working Conditions at Global Supply Chain Factories

By: Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou

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Oct 2013
Talk

What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors

By: Michael W. Toffel

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1998
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Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

By: J. H. Hammond, Marshall L. Fisher, Walter Obermeyer and A. Raman

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Cost Management; Demand and Consumers; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty

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January 2004
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From Supply Chain to Demand Chain: The Role of Lead Time Reduction in Improving Demand Chain Performance

By: Suzanne de Treville, Roy D. Shapiro and Ari-Pekka Hameri

Keywords: Supply Chain; Performance; Distribution

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05 Mar 2001
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Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

important." Scott Lichtman agrees, pointing out that "to be efficient in this fast-moving era rather requires longer-term investment in skills and strategy adoption by longstanding employees ..." On the other hand, Ryan Heinl believes that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September–October 2020
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Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How.

By: Willy C. Shih

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms everywhere. Coupled with a rise in economic nationalism, manufacturers everywhere are going to be under pressure to rethink their sourcing and logistics... View Details